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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
4
Freeman items report residents visiting relatives, weddings, and local activities. Notable events include Ada Stanton serving as maid of honor at Topeka, a district meeting backing a $500 schoolhouse bond, and a serious Fourth of July accident injuring the Estvedt family.
Sunday visitors and residence updates include Miss Bessie West at B Carson s, Miss Stella Gilbert visiting Mrs H Bradley, and Thos Bainbridge of Omaha spending the Fourth with his parents. Farmers report hogs at Rydal market and several locals plan trips to Abilene and Elsworth county.
Tall oats and light heads mark the district while a good shower passed Tuesday night. Hogs sold in Concordia, harness bought for a Fourth, and local visits to Oak Creek and Concordia are noted. Independence Day crowds, ice cream stands, and a pair of farm accidents accompany reports of sickness and a funeral in Waco Texas.
Harvesting progress shows oats not yet full and threshing begun. Pastures drying and grass scarce with chinch bugs and grasshoppers abundant. J W Ambrose attended Bryan Convention in Kansas City. Cuthbertson brothers threshing. H Ayers reports wheat crop good. Corn price noted at 50 cents per bushel pending rain. County visitors include L Morris and other notables in Belleville. Williams Roeckhold party headed to Beatrice Nebraska for three weeks. Richard Wilford’s voyage concluded safely. Local politics mention Baird, Cuba, visiting Union and gauging support for County Superintendent. Full details promised.
Local merchants Lervold and Mahan advertise five gallons of gasoline for 95 cents fueling customers with a budget friendly offer.
An ad style line promotes decorating homes with wall designs and colors at the Palace Drug Store. It touts beauty rivals the Vale of Cashmere and roses described as the brightest earth offers.
Born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Beck a boy. Mrs Gates and son Herbert visited in Concordia. Mrs Hanning of Belleville visited Mrs W W Stewart. Mr C E Parker went to Mankato to visit relatives. Mr Adam Black returned from Oklahoma. Will Stubbs of Altoma Texas visiting old friends. Rev McKay and daughter from Clyde visiting Ed McKay. Miss Ona Glasgow to Belleville for Normal. Mrs Hancock of Confidence spent days with Wim Free family. Mrs T Glasgow and May Glasgow left for an autig in Colorado. The death of Charley Pilcher’s daughter. funeral July 12 at Christian church. Mrs Maud Workman injured in a near fatal cart accident. recovery underway after horse ran onto railroad tracks and Beav er bridge where it was killed.
In the State of Kansas versus Wm. Goold the trial in Justice Peach's Belleville court stretched from Monday to Wednesday with jurors secured after a full day and part of the next. The state sought to prove sale of intoxicants and nuisance premises, while the defense contended Budweiser is not intoxicating. A verdict had not yet been announced. Scandia and Courtland also played ball, with Scandia losing 22 to 17.
The London Globe profiles Herr Seeth, a six foot one inch lion trainer weighing about seventeen stone, who initially resists an interview. He explains turning his back on some lions is safest, notes the importance of persuasion over force, and shares bites of his life from Kollmar Holstein to the hippodrome dressing room.
The article lists attendees and staff across many names and titles, noting good turnout despite warm weather and Independence Day celebrations. It credits the Superintendent for guiding instructors and includes a long roster of individuals associated with the event or organization.
Citizens of Republic County invite temperance supporters to gather at the Court House in Belleville on Saturday July 28 1900 at 10 a m to form a county organization for enforcing the Prohibitory Law. Music and speaking will accompany the meeting.
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