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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
3
The Presbyterian Church holds a live Sabbath School every Sunday at 10 a.m. A primary department is available. Preaching services alternate Sundays at 11 a.m. conducted by Pastor Rev. McKay. Everyone is welcome.
Local freight at 2 40 p m. Fast freight 12 40 p m. Fast passenger 9 19 p m. Local passenger 5 34 p m. Local passenger 10 00 a m. Fast passenger 2 45 a m. Flag for Topeka and aft.
A Kansas university chemist compares eight coals with natural gas showing relative heating costs. Cherokee coal at five dollars a ton is cheaper than gas if gas costs over eighteen and a half cents per thousand feet. Arkansas semi anthracite at seven fifty equals gas at twenty six cents. Other coals, sizes, and gas equivalences are listed with values from Lawrence readings. Open Lawrence Bridge celebration draws four thousand. speakers include regional officials and company reps. A five million cubic foot gas well near Iola is noted as a major strike. An accident near Richmond, Kansas, kills a 95 year old and injures others as a dump car overturns.
Mrs Ellen Speelman 50, wife of farmer L T Speelman, took her daughter Hazel 14 to a little schoolhouse near Henson Kansas mid afternoon and vanished. The next day the horse reappeared at the Speelman home. By the following afternoon the mother lay dead and Hazel wounded in an old barn west of Henson. A revolver with four cartridges exploded lay nearby. Sheriff Mort Stevenson suggested the mother shot Hazel and then killed herself. Awaiting inquest officials withheld motive details.
In Olathe a group of four masked gunmen entered the Frisco depot shortly after midnight and held six men at gunpoint. They stole $21.94 from the cash drawer and valuables including watches. A telegraph operator was briefly captured, and a search by armed volunteers began but yielded no trace by nightfall.
A collage of kitchen notes and recipe tips including ginger cordial mulled grape juice and coconut milk chocolate. Also features economical egg substitutes, buttermilk baking ideas, and quick rolls with notes from Dickens on insightful children.
A compact guide promotes frugality citing Swiss import costs and waste avoidance. It describes veal roast stuffing, various soups and meatless dishes, polenta, quenelles, and dishes using useful biscuit dough. Practical kitchen tips include olive oil use, cooking mackerel with cider, and fruit enriched biscuits and puddings.
A tenant questions a landlord's bill after a water pipe burst this winter. The landlord charged extra to cover costs, claiming the incident created a rink and required special maintenance.
Rev. W. H. Warner of Myersville Maryland says his sciatica back pain neuralgia and kidney distress were cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He claims the medicine saved his life and urges readers to use the exact product name DODD'S.
A humorous exchange contrasts New York and Chicago feats with rooftop golf and croquet as two Irishmen argue about city quirks. The piece ends with a wry aside on life’s problem solving.
A witty note contrasts fools who accept fate with a savvy person who pursues goals. It emphasizes proactive pursuit over passive acceptance and frames ambition as core to clever action.
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