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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
2
Notice states subscription not discontinued except at publisher option until all arrearages are settled. It warns that failing to initiate a discontinuance at the end of the paid period may lead to continued engagement and new terms.
A detailed recount of Scandia’s July celebration notes a perfect day despite warnings, with three bands, a flower parade, a medal presentation for heroism, a beans dinner, various races, a band concert, and a fireworks finale drawing substantial attendance and praise.
A brief notice announces farm loans at 5 percent with a small commission. The signatory is W. Hall & Co. based in Belleville, Kansas.
The June report records a mean temperature of 67 degrees, 0. degrees below normal, with the 30th as the hottest day and the 11th near frost. Winds were light from the north, rainfall 3.97 inches, 13 rainy days, five clear, 19 partly cloudy, six cloudy, and a year-to-date excess of 8.37 inches.
W. E. Livingood, veterinary surgeon and dentist, announces visits to Scandia Wednesday and Thursday, Formosa Friday and Saturday, Courtland Monday and Tuesday with a specialty on ridlings and lump jaw. Deputy grain inspectors earn about sixty dollars monthly plus expenses. Dr A V Baues and Jurests of St Joseph Mo offer monthly treatments at 11 am to 4 pm. F 8 Long of Agenda called at the JOURNAL office Wednesday. A M Bettis building a new barn. A brick crossing is being laid on Third street at Grant. Kallman and Anderson's new building rises to first story. The thermometer stands high as we go to press.
Mrs. D. P. Thompson of Portland and her son Ralph faced a ferocious five year old buck that escaped a fifteen acre park on Mr. Thompson's farm near Vancouver. The deer attacked Mrs. Thompson, then Ralph, in a life threatening struggle lasting about twenty minutes before Ralph escaped. Mr. Story aided with a gun as the pair sheltered in the barn.
A county breakdown lists the men holding the large alfalfa fields and their acreages. About one sixth of the total area is planted by these growers, who are profiting from a thriving crop.
The piece argues that wealthy and even middle income American parents spoil children with luxury and endless pleasures. It cites Ruskin and Renan to show how early indulgence dulls long term zest. Parents should temper wealth to prepare youths for real world struggles and avoid lifelong entitlement.
Observers warn of a decline in clergy supply for Protestant churches in England and America with a potential German shortfall. Past trends show theology students dropping from 206 per 1000 in 1883 to 150 in 1893 and 101 in the current year.
An unusually pale robin nesting near Court Square in Rutland Vermont stands out for its near white plumage with several white feathers. Residents report frequent sightings and interest in the stray bird.
An underfunded expense bill shows the New York committee of fifteen spent on losses in gambling houses. Detectives, traveling in pairs, pursue evidence but repeatedly lose to the plungers in this odd feature of the chase.
I will have at the old ci hurehill barn one Belgian stallion imported, registered, weight about 1800. Will stand till Oct 1. Price $10 to insure mare with foal. Money due when mare is known with foal. Money due if mare is disposed of. A. R. Pucker.
The Lone Tree community reports Fourth of July activities and ongoing harvest labor. Mrs. Clinkenbeard plans a two week visit to Beatrice Nebraska. The Presiding Elder from Concordia will preach at Lone Tree on Sunday. Several locals, including Andrew Adams Walter Ratick and Roy Bowling, are working for relatives and neighbors. Chester Ainsworth and family visited from Nebraska. Wilber Kelly has been ill.
Dan McCarthy traveled from Formosa on Sunday. EO. Lutz and family of Clyde spent the Fourth in one city. The Journal editor claims a walking record from Belleville to Scandia. We completed the trip the other day in two hours and twenty minutes, eight minutes less including a stop at Rylal.
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