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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
1
Bank advertises steel safety deposit boxes at 75 cents per year with a call to inspect them at The Farmers and Merchants Bank location inviting customers to inquire and secure a box.
The Republic County Fair runs September 10 11 12 and 18 1912 and adds a premium for township exhibits. First prize 75 dollars second 50 third 25 for grains grasses fruits and vegetables produced within the township. Send a postal card to Secretary C M Arbuthnot to receive a copy of the premium list.
Chas H Sessions announces official findings from the state Tax Commission on 1903 to 1911 tax increases. Total state tax rise $815,523.00 and local tax rise $10,058,054.006 across eight years. Republic county totals show state rise $17,070.51 and local rise $102,865.19. No comments added to figures.
The piece argues that Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan stand against unseen corporate powers shaping the nation. It mocks opponents, labels critics, and cites Missouri experience alongside editorials from Kansas Optimist and W. C. Palmer.
The Lindsborg News notes a thief who breaks into a home at night faces killing risk and punishment, while a man who robs a peer in business is often deemed shrewd, highlighting a stark contrast in societal judgment and penalties.
The page features quotable lines on ignorance learning stinginess and humor from sources like Kingman Journal and Gridley Light. It contrasts views on fatherly frugality within a family and notes that hydrophobia prompts action while delirium tremens may leave authorities hesitant.
Strayed or stolen from pasture at Norway Kansas on Sunday night July 7 a red money milk cow. Phone any information to C A Brewer 804 Farmers Valley or neighbor for recovery.
Creditors and all interested parties are notified that A J White administrator of the estate of George L White will apply to the Republic County Probate Court in Belleville Kansas at the next term on Monday April 1 1912 at 10 o clock AM for final settlement of the estate. The request includes allowance of fees discharge of duties release of sureties and an order determining heirs. First published in the Scandia Journal July 28 1912.
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