Local Notices and Social Items from Republic County Journal
A flood of town news notes names of residents visitors and movements. Jay Cooper visits Belleville Axel Hansen and Alex Jones are in town Barber business in Byron Nebr J H Nelson moved into H G Beal house in town Gustaf Nystrom buys property on south Cloud street and plans to move Frank A Mosher presides over local finances James King arrives from Chicago for a visit Mrs Rockhold moves to Wallin farm J U Sandells and Emma visit Courtland D J Ghachill moves to Heber Kans Levi Olson visits JOURNAL office M A Preble attends Implement Dealers Convention in Kansas City J H Cullers also travels to KC for the same event Co W Gulick seeks medical care in St Joseph Mo. Several others noted including Miss Hattie Newton and L A Marble with 320 acres and Steamboat Pilot job in Colorado. The section closes with political notes about Andrew Shearer patent and a local quip about a politician.
School Board Adopts Pupils Suspension Resolution
The board grants teachers authority to suspend a pupil who fails to provide a parent or guardian written or verbal excuse four days overdue. Teachers may require makeup lessons for the absence.
Scandia guests join Belleville dance night
Wednesday evening at Belleville many Scandia residents attended the dance including Mr and Mrs J C Gunter Miss Jessie Jennings Miss Mabel Sherbondy and Messrs Jake Weislogel Roy Riggins Ralph Heaton Will McDowell Obby Sigsbee and Charley Bowling in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Belleville
J. C. Gunter
Jessie Jennings
Mabel Sherbondy
Jake Weislogel
Roy ‘Riggins
Ralph
Harry Heaton
Will “McDowell
Obby Sigsbee
Charley Bowling
Prussian Postmaster General Kraetke Takes Office
The new Prussian postmaster general, Herr Kraetke, inherits duties to uphold traditions set by the late Herr von Stephen founder of the universal postal union and pioneer of postal cards underground cables and other aids to international intercourse.
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Herr Kraetke
Herr.von Stephen
The
Universal: Postal-Union
Parisian sculptor D Epinay models John Paul Jones
Prosper D Epinay, the Parisian sculptor who has spent years in Rome, has completed a plaster model of John Paul Jones. The figure shows Jones beside an anchor with a drawn sword, poised to board an enemy ship.
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John Paul Jones
Prosper. D
Scandia School Literary Exercises Scheduled Friday
The Scandia school invites patrons to a semi monthly literary program on Friday January 30 at 8 PM. The program features essays declamations instrumental and vocal solos and aims to entertain and interest attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia School
Taorp
Trial ends with Jewell City favored in football case
The football trial concluded before Justice A. D. Wilson on Tuesday with judgment for Jewell City. An appeal notice was filed. Jewell’s attorney was R. W. Varner of Mankato and French of Jamestown appeared for the opposing side. Jewell witnesses included Cross, M. Drake, Geo. Edwards, J. J. Metz, John Smith, and James Stidham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Wilson
Jewell City
R.W. Varner
Mankato
Jewell
French
Jamestown
Complaint Against Postmistress in Western Pennsylvania
A Chicago Journal excerpt cites a complaint against a western Pennsylvania postmistress. The letter alleges she is a fourth class official who runs a store and refuses postal cards and letters, blaming a pension now, and accusing residents of misconduct. The item illustrates official life tensions in rural districts.
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Fouth
Pennsylvania
Chicago Journal
Subscription Credits for This Week
Entitled subscribers listed with amounts. New subscribers marked with a star and quitters with a dagger. Names include John Nystrom C Othberg J L Vandeveer J H Throbeck Belly C A Swanson James Nelson B H Carlson B D Woods M H Ware Mrs Cora A Gox Levi Olson H G Beal Mrs D Kershner John Crites A R Tucker D J Churchill G Mod Jones Albert Sandinf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nystrom
Othberg
J. L. Vandeveer
J. H. Throbeck
Ww. Belly i
C. A. Swanson
James Nelson
B .H. Carlson
School Reports From Poplar Grove and Red Top in December January 1903
Poplar Grove records 22 teaching days from Dec 8 to Jan 16 with 21 pupils and an average daily attendance of 16.9 percent and tardies totaling 5. Names listed as not tardy or absent include Lars Nordgard and Artie Taylor among others. Red Top reports 20 teaching days for 20 pupils with 14 average daily attendance and 18 tardies. visitors include Supt E K Baird. Weather outlook predicts partly cloudy and unsettled conditions tonight and Friday. Kansas City cattle market up 10 cents with top at 5.55 and hog market up about 30 cents with top around 6.25 for 300 lb hogs.
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Poplar Grove
Lars Nordgard
Artie Taylor
Katie
Florence McGlashan
Myrtle Myers Cora
Nellie Nichol
Boxsupper
Sylvia Blackwoon
Red Top
E. K. Baird
Charlie Lash
Blanche Williams
Cora Bowling
Walter Henry
Mimir McGunsnan
Kansas City
Miss Mariana Ross Appointed Junior House Surgeon
Miss Mariana Ross has been appointed junior house surgeon by the governors of Macclesfield Infirmary in England. She previously earned high honors at Glasgow University and is praised by her instructors as an exceptionally bright student.
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TrouserSuurgeon
Mariana, Ross
Macclesfield Infirmary
England
Glasgow University
South Carolina to establish silk farm after tea success
The article notes South Carolina will establish a silk farm following tea cultivation success. Duke de Litta, who runs a large silk operation in southern Italy, has started the silk farming experiment, signaling potential agricultural diversification.
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South Carolina
Duke de Litta
Italy
Accident at Brookfield Involving Freight Trains
A curious accident occurred at Brookfield Indiana when a fast freight train passed a siding with an open switch. The stationary train’s tender was pushed off its track and a cattle car telescoped by a hogs car, while corn smothered remaining animals. Locomotives are interlocked requiring dynamite to separate them.
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Brookfield
Ind
Sevois
Eic
Wood Durability Noted In Dry Climates Across Ages
In very dry atmospheres wood lasts remarkably, enabling wooden caskets and artifacts to survive from Egyptian catacombs dating 2,000 to 8,000 years before the Christian era.
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Wood
Ambiguity and Lucidity Stir Public Debate
In a Washington Star passage a friend praises a statesman's lucid document while noting public perception may doubt its profundity. The exchange highlights tension between clarity and public trust in political messaging.
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Washington Star
Gambetta Next Speech Revealed by Coquelin
Coquelin recalls finding a sheet with three enigmatic words in Gambetta's papers. He asks what it means and learns it is Gambetta’s next speech. The actor notes he will deliver it to the national assembly tomorrow.
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Gambetta's
Coquelin
Collier’s
Gambetta
National Assembly
Glasgow Wash Houses Offer Quick Home Laundry
In Glasgow city institutions wash houses serve working class districts. Housewives use washing stalls dirt extractors and drying stoves for four cents per hour. A family’s laundry can be finished in a few hours and taken home ready to use.
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Wasi
Glasgow
Meaning and use of the word Humph in Irish Court ruling
In the Irish Court of Appeals two justices viewed Humph as an expression of dissent while two leaned toward it signaling a dissatisfied state of mind. The final decision described Humph as an expression of doubt or dissatisfaction.
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Irish Court of _Appeals
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jay Cooper
Axel Hansen
J. A. Caldwellm
A. L. Kephart
W. T. Maynes
Concordia
J. H. Nelson
H. G. Beal
Carl Segerhammar
Rock Island, Il
Ward
Walter
Senate
Clyde
C.J. Webber
Senate Committee On Charitable Institutions
Alex Jones
Byron, Nebr
C. QC. Othberg
White Rock
Gustaf Nystrom
P. O. Peterson
South Cloud Street
Mr. Nystron
J. T. Patterson
Republic
Big Bend Township
the Journal
Port
Okla
Frank
A. Mosher
B. D. Woods
Hydro Okla
Journal
Republic County
Hattie “Newton
I. C. Ware
Topeka
R. E L. Galloway
Courtland
Albert Sandin
Beaver
J. P. Heatoh
J. U. Sandells
Emma
D. J. Ghachill
Heber
Kansas
Levi Olson
Kackley
James King
Chicago
Mrs. Kershner
G. M. Jones
M. A. Preble
Implement Dealers’ Convention
J. H. Cullers
Co. W. Gulick
St. Joseph, Mo
Coleman’s
Andrew Shearer
Congress
Sik Farm
Wvill
Q@ea Tata
Produce
Weislogel & Gould
C. A. Sandell
Bowes
JW. Ekblad, A. B
Farmers & Merchants
Opposit Methodist Church
Scandia, Kansas
H. G. Morrison
M. D
Bank of Scandia
U. B. Church
Turkey
C. A. Sandeel
Missouri
Pacific Railway
Il. C. Townsend
Gen's Pass
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Scandia, Kans
L. McCalister
Wilson & Smith
Insurance
Attorney-At-Law
Rock Islands System
Memphis
Peoria
ST. Jose
Omaha
Denver
Colorado
Fort Worth St.paul, Minneapolis
Kansas City Flyer
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
E. W. Thompson
Missouri River
Palace Drug Store
W. F. Eagleson
Scaandia
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