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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
A sale listing offers 2 3 and 4 year old colts mostly unbranded from Harney County Oregon. The stock is described as good and raised on a top western ranch with some well matched teams available.
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The Kansas Cyclones face flooding and rising oil prices amid national headlines about John D. Rockefeller's new ten million dollar educational endowment. The local question centers on whether oil prices will finally adjust as expected.
America mourns Secretary of State John Hay who died last week. The article lauds Hay as the greatest secretary since Blaine and highlights his foreign diplomacy as a standout chapter in American history.
The grand jury returned twenty one indictments in the beef trust investigation. It begins to look like the government may still be spending around three hundred thousand dollars on this action.
The county paper offers eight pages of local and official county news plus the Kansas City livestock market report and illustrated features. Trial subscription three months for 25 cents via postal card.
De Dy Roller has moved his Floor and Feed Store into the building formerly occupied by D Man's Laundry. The new location will serve all his old customers and attract many new ones.
The Republican River rose about five to six feet from Sunday to Tuesday, flooding roads and fields and prompting residents to move from the banks. The river neared the Brunswick hotel by Wednesday, washing out parts of the Rock Island track west of town and delaying train service on the Prossier Branch. Crops suffer and farmers face hard replanting while north, south, and west areas resemble a lake. residents report livestock stranded on islands and boats used near the race track.
A washout on Rock Island caused heavy damage as the roadbed vanished for 70 to 80 feet. The pile driver operated from Wednesday into Thursday morning, but no trains have passed since Tuesday morning and the restart date remains uncertain.
A terse notice credits COLEMAN as agent for Manhattan Laundry and endorses its fine work. No further details given.
A brief notice notes parties striving to view the West with a Fare set at one rate plus 2 cents for a 21 day limit. The fragment indicates a pricing rule and a time limit, without full context or names.
Berlin reports about 399 miles of paved streets with last year’s street cleaning labor cost at $529000. The piece also muses on aging, sleep needs, and a rocky house built on rock versus sand, ending with a contrast on borrowing advice from a millionaire and a note on mindedown business in life.
A fragment notes Rev Johnson leading the choir in Oh for a Thousand Tongues to Sing at Blackville Church The excerpt mocks the congregation for singing with only one tongue between them and ends with a humorous poke at their unity
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