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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1903
Page
2
Heralds announce a varied program featuring love scenes war scenes sacred scenes and dramatic vignettes presented with Edison stereo projecting kinetoscope and McIntosh imperial stereopticon. Tickets priced 15 25 and 35 cents and admission urged. Elegant new wedding stationery offered at the JOURNAL office.
Cutters and Johnson advertise fence posts for sale and urge readers to visit the JOURNAL office to inquire about subscriptions for newspapers and magazines. The note also mentions a Sauer Kraut Brigade show at the Opera House Saturday night.
Excitement at the Rock Island depot as locals report eerie figures loitering near the building. A night man, noises, and a window sighting sparked a large armed patrol and a thorough search, but the alleged villain vanished.
The Board met in regular session in Belleville Kansas with all members present. The county doctor was ordered to aid Moses Bailey of NorWay township in temporary medical relief. The Running family of three invalids was assigned care with Seifert to Olson and a three dollar weekly gain approved. The board adjourned to meet at 3 30 a.m. DY Wilson County Clerk Chairman
The January 15 1905 Belleville meeting of the County Commission approved Dr William Kamp as secretary of the county board of health for the year after bidding for duties including nursing quarantines and fumigation. The lowest bid from Dr J S Billingsley for health quarantine and clerical tasks was rejected in favor of Kamp. County printing contracts were awarded to six papers at standard rates, with Belleville Telescope named official county paper. W K Walters named purchasing agent and the board adjourned sine die.
A brief notice lists subscription credits this week. New subscribers marked with a star and quitters with a dagger are noted. The show From Sumter to Appomattox plays Saturday night at the Opera House, with tickets on sale at the usual place and reserved seats priced at 350.
In South Courtland Aaron Anderson threshes with aid from The Weir boy. Mrs Carl Anderson arrived from Topeka last Sunday. Hulda Anderson rehearses nightly for the upcoming box supper. The community plans to move to Center school house next Friday night January 30. Gideon Anderson, from Greeley Cole, reportedly left Tuesday to marry.
Freeman reports Tweedy and Campbell were chased by an enraged bull in Speenburg's feed yard this week. Campbell recalls Lew becoming pale after the first charge while Campbell sees the bull as local lore notes, with Lew described as white as a sheet except his nose.
The Formosa performance of From Sumter to Appomattox drew strong applause as the Western Advocate notes it was a roaring success, praising the production and its portrayal of historic events.
H J Bailey of Mankato Kansas is an experienced livestock auctioneer with fifteen years in the trade and offers satisfaction guaranteed. Dates may be arranged at the JourNAL office, the place to get your bills printed.
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