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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
4
We offer a line of high grade wraps at unusually low prices after buying the entire line at our own cost. Joe Bute did not receive his order in time, and we now present the stock to customers with big savings. Come in to see the finest rackets and winter goods including suits and overcoats as part of our annual sale.
N S Cooper delivered corn at Sherdahl while Nels Westin plans to farm the old Henry Kirk farm this summer. Mrs Alfred Rasmussen visits from Norway and Miss Alice Sjoholm visits from White Rock. Lt Rasmussen adds a large house extension with ClA Wardrum from Scandia handling the work. Henry Rosene hosts a social for friends. Emert’s holds a house warming with a dance. Alma Strom leaves cashier job at O B Strom Dept store to attend school. Pleasant Grove School opens second term with Miss Mayme Ambrose as teacher to general approval. Mrs Paul Moe hosts a surprise party and guests present a rocking chair as a gift.
Miss Lillie Mellen returns to Concordia and Ben Bartlett wins an ice filling contract. Socials and illnesses appear with visits from J. R. Hugos and Os car Rambo’s infant. A January 1901 wedding unites Lillie Jacobsen and Arnie Thompson. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic advertises malaria relief.
Norman McCe win visits friends while Joseph McGowan returns from Oklahoma. Farm moves, school openings, and church notices fill this week. Miss Sylvia Blackwood leads Poplar Grove school. Miss Grace Mosher and Alfred Kallman wed at Belleville. planting, fodder, and home life features accompany old and new neighbors. A cold remedy ad closes the item.
Dr A B Wilkins arrives from Red Rock Oklahoma. Frank Tucker ill. Frank Chadwick sold farm two miles south of town and new owners plan a Swedish church at northwest corner. M W A to install officers January 14 with meal. H A Hoyt sold hardware to Frank Buchmuer. Homer plans spring mountains trip. J D Weir leaves for Kirksville Missouri. H M Gates set coal oil on stove pipes. fire injures hand.
Advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a plain tonic with Itop and quinine claiming throat and lung healing. It markets as safe for children with a no cure no pay offer and a 25 cent price at all druggists.
Advertisement claims Mull's Lightning Pain Killer instantly cures cholera croup rheumatism diphtheria and other pains. It is priced at 25 cents and marketed as safe for children and absolutely pure. Sold by A. J. White with a $1,000 offer for its equal.
A Topeka man misplaces a small opal, goes to a jeweler to replace it, then finds the old set. He returns to the shop and asks them to use the old stone instead of the new one. In a fluster he tries to remove the stone from his mouth and admits the mix up. He then jokes about using the new stone. The piece ends noting Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin sold by A J White.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day and stop coughs. It emphasizes a 25 cent price with a “No Cure, No Pay” claim and simple takeaway wording for quick relief.
The advertisement warns that counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve are circulating and urges customers to buy only genuine DeWitt’s Salve for canine piles sores and skin diseases. It references Gulick’s and Thew’s Jackets and names A. B. P. Happer.
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