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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
2
A city notice warns residents about failing eye care in the area. It accuses some eye professionals of fraud and emphasizes the danger of improper lens fitting. The piece expresses trust in qualified practitioners and cautions against untrained providers in the community.
A set of reader letters from 1903 praising Dr. Jones for eye examinations and spectacles. Names include Mrs Emily Hall of Hardy Nebraska Dr Beem of Edgeley North Dakota Dr JP Barbour of Ainsworth and J St Pearson Justice of the Peace. Patients report perfect satisfaction and strong recommendations.
The editor and publisher states subscription terms at one dollar per year with a higher rate for not paid in advance. Subscriptions are not discontinued except by publisher’s option until arrearages are paid. Failure to direct discontinuance at period end will be a new engagement.
For Rent a 25 by 50 store room and a 16 by 20 adjoining office on Fourth street in a good location. Five living rooms above the store and a good cellar underneath. Cheap if taken at once. Inquire at 283 Wilson & Smith.
The week lists credits for subscribers as marked, with new names and quitters noted. A local baseball game reports Formoso beating Scandia 19 to 4 after a disputed umpiring call, with White and Heck contributing strong performances and Clyde Appleby umpiring.
A local baseball box score shows Scandia 0 Formoso 1 with Sprinker and Erkenbrack driving in runs. Sprinker has a walk, Erkenbrack a run, double plays McDowell to Morris to Loofbourrow Ramsey to Hale to Case. Time listed as 1 hour with Henry umpiring and James Whitney scoring. A note mentions smallpox concerns moved to the countryside to reassure townsfolk.
Society women, says a doctor, devote significant time to health and beauty. The expert notes that without this care they would appear aged by thirty.
A local retailer announces a clearance in July and August to make room for new stock. The sale features an excellent line of boys two and three piece suits and other new up-to-date summer goods offered at reduced prices.
The text cites Madame Recamier famed for poise who said grace comes from private conduct as if the court watched. It notes Seneca lamenting aging prevents reciting 2000 words from memory. It mentions Druids teaching a 20 000 verse memory system taking up to twenty years.
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