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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
4
The notice urges individuals to keep accurate business accounts for the 1917 income tax. It explains tax thresholds: unmarried earners over 1000, married over 2000, with an extra $200 exemption per child under 18. Three children under 18 delay taxation until earnings exceed 2600.
A revenue officer will be in Scandia on Saturday February 2, with headquarters at the Post Office. Residents liable for tax should meet him to determine liabilities, as noncompliance carries severe penalties. The notice urges records of 1917 incomes and notes deductions for gifts, with cautions on crop and livestock income timing.
A farm advisory piece promotes using a bank account to deposit all income receipts from livestock grain butter and eggs and interest income. It argues year end income equals bank deposits and suggests recording each transaction to prove payments by check to avoid disputes like a surgeon’s unpaid claim.
Doctor Bobo fits glasses. Mrs Shirley Foreman and children spent Sunday at Camp Funston. A 160 acre farm for rent. Inquire at the Bank of Scandia. Mrs Isaacson was very sick with stomach trouble during the holidays. Mrs Wm Rollins spent the first of the week in Belleville with friends. COR McGregor plans to come up from Funston to spend Sunday. Ella Cline leaves Saturday for Oakland Kansas to visit relatives. Mrs Elizabeth Coleman granted a pension of 25.00 monthly with back pay. Mrs Vic Erickson and children visiting relatives at Omaha Nebraska. Kenneth and Marion Powers returned from a visit with rest in De Witt Nebraska. Geneva Johnson spent weekend in Belleville with Miss Lulu Williams. D F Perkins of Concordia called at the Journal office. Mrs H A Richardson left for St Joseph Mo to attend a golden wedding. Norris Baxter Rock Island section foreman visiting relatives in Tennessee. Mrs M J Sigshee slowly recovering from pneumonia. Quote from Ralph Parlette. Woodmen and Royal Neighbors installation on the 18th with lunch. Frank Bergren and Mabel spent day in Courtland. A Gamble in Souls at the Princess Saturday night. Mrs Ella Rockhold orders Journal sent to Humbolt Kansas near which she and Jesse Nichols reside on a 400 acre ranch. Sanol liver kidney and bladder tonic advertised with 35c trial bottle at Palace Drug Store. Joe Barrett, Chester Ball and J J Frey passed through to Courtland hog sale. Frey with J W Shotwell cried the sale. Norris Baxter on Tennessee trip. Pete Lewellyn in charge during absence. Sanol ad notes backache liver and kidneys.
Five weeks old sale notice for Mrs Maxell appears. Republic County Teachers Association plans its next meeting in Scandia on Saturday February 5. Albert Gafman, west side stock raiser, subscribes to the Journal. Grafton Nutter from Republic advertises a war picture for next Tuesday. Misses Cornelia and Opal Gertson of Formosa visit cousins Lena and Clara Melby last weekend.
Vic Erickson has purchased from Mike Weislogel the forty acre parcel located between the Rock Island tracks and Sam Summer's place.
Misses Dorothy and Mildred Poroman with foreman DD accompanied by the weather at Sunday with their father JOP Po ain at Funston.
Auctioneers J J Prev and J W Shotwell will cry the sale for C E Schrock January 30. Ralph Parlette notes fate shaped by a broken apple tree branch. Sanol advertised for kidney and bladder relief. Mrs I W Foreman of Stratford Texas visited Camp Funston and family. Gust Wennerston rents Vic Anderson’s ice house and tools for the coming season. Anderson plans to move from Kirk Nebraska in summer.
Clara Sederstrom of Lindsborg plans to finish a music course in May and offer piano instruction to former pupils. Call 142 Scandia or write CLARA SEDERSTAM, Lindsborg Kansas for details. Godfrey Smith renewed his father Frank Smith’s Journal subscription during a weekend visit to Scandia. Wm. Rollins resigns from the local meat market for a higher salary job in Junction City and will move soon. the Rollins farewells are noted by friends, especially Mr. Peterson.
Mills must produce a barrel of flour from 264 pounds of wheat that tests 58 or better. The flour will fall between the first and second grades and be free of adulteration as previously.
A. B. Johnson visited the office Wednesday and paid five Journal subscriptions. One was for his mother in Oberlin, one for his son Alex in Cawker City, one for E. N. Nelson of Denver, one for Mrs. C. N. Pickett of Stockton California, and his own edition was included among the payments.
Delpha Williams of Kackley smoothly attends Scandia high school but missed returning to classes until Wednesday because her father suffered a serious illness.
The annual election of officers was held Wednesday evening. Results include Superintendent Emil Nelson, Assistant Superintendent Abe Johnson, Secretary Geneva Johnson, Assistant Secretary Anna Johnson, Treasurer Altha Tebow, Organist Altha Tebow, Assistant Organist Mrs Blanche Nelson, Supt Home Dept Mrs L C Hicks, Supt Cradle Roll Mrs A S Mahan, Librarians Goldie Adams and Archie Tebow.
Rev. C. L. Hicks of the Methodist church aided remodeling by drawing plans and helping with carpentry. He also joined the board of education’s effort, coming to the office to set type and perform printing tasks to publish the paper.
Miss Imma Poage entertained the N O Y B club and guests at her Kackley home Friday afternoon. After knitting and games, a five o'clock three course dinner with American flag place cards followed. Guests included Esther Isaacson Edith Anderson Sophia Peterson Anna Forsberg Florence Norden Julia Larson Mabel Berggren Ina Swanson Mary West and several Mrs. Waite Ahrens and Wires.
A damaged, garbled entry lists daily attendance figures and tardiness concerns for a school activity on August 21. Names appear to include Mia Aspegren, Francis Westin, Rex Barrell, Owen Reed, Risse Nelson, Carl Drickson, Mildred Aspegran, Howard Vandeveer, William Free, Hugo Hricksom, Dorothy Aspegren, Florence Nelson, Oliver Johnson, Lena Cooper, and a teacher, among others.
S. Ho Baldwin and Jannypy of Savith Center visited Bundayay near WIT Joon-ou. They spent several days in the neighborhood with friends, engaging in social visits and local activities.
Fragmentary note mentions Lawrence Rost, Jar Of Soc, Will Stelzer, and a lumber yard invoice. Details are unreadable. no clear event, date, or outcome present.
The note recommends Chamberlains Tablets for stomach trouble and suggests trying them to find relief. It emphasizes trying the product with no strong claims and mentions potential improvements after use.
Mrs Sigsbee improves and may return to duties soon. Sunday School teachers plan weekly meetings at the parsonage with the first session held Monday. Sunday services listed with Sunday School at 10 10 A M and evening worship at 7 30 P M. Norway reports strong attendance and praise for a commendable Christian Endeavor program. Sunday School at 10 A M and morning worship at 11 A M.
Fred Wheeler, a Scandia alumnus, writes of drills and camp life at Camp Presidio California to his aunt. He praises the officers and meals noting Christmas dinner with turkey and trimmings, beds baths and Y M C A programs with religious and vaudeville shows. He observes orderly grounds and reports not wanting to return home while enjoying good health and routine.
An old advertisement touts Sano eczema medicine as a universal remedy for eczema and skin diseases. It claims Sa nol is a guaranteed cure and offers a 35 cent large trial bottle.
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