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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
6
A brief advertisement promises savings on all purchases at Gulick Mercantile Company. It asserts new goods across dry goods clothing shoes hats notions furnishings and groceries and advertises grocery specials.
Advertises grocery items with prices including 6 pounds rice 7 bars soaps 25c evaporated corn 3 cans 10c sage 10c and 2 cans salmon. Mentions tapioca and hominy and fancy hand packed tomatoes at WV. Trade at Gulicks for produce and pantry staples.
Kansas will raise nearly 90 000 bushels of wheat this year. The piece plays on the term circus flu keys to critique education and ambition, suggesting such jobs test a person and reflect environment, while noting all kinds of people are needed in the world.
The passage urges warning that idle boys during summer break damage moral character more than losing three months of schooling benefits. It advises parents to keep youths productive, even with simple tasks like tossing rocks over a barn to prevent backward drift.
An elderly writer muses on life a hundred years hence noting unchanged social annoyances. He imagines barber shops late trains and the all knowing fool remaining. women with crying babies and couples chasing ice cream stay in place. He signs off with the notion that one voyage through life suffices.
A brief report notes Chicago workers use air rifles in protest, drawing an analogy to historic duels in France and signaling rising tension over labor actions. The piece highlights the unusual weapon choice and the charged atmosphere surrounding the strikes.
In the past week the bulk of the Russian fleet was sunk or captured. If this does not end the war the result should. An expert accountant began auditing the state treasurer’s books earning $25 a day plus expenses and will work late into the fall. Costs accrue to keep state officers aligned.
A compact essay urging patience and hard work as drivers of success. It praises positive thinking, effort, and resilience with examples from Cyrus Field and Kansas, urging readers to act now and improve the world through persistent endeavor.
Readable fragment notes cream colored product priced at $1.40 per unit with reduced rate at Gulick's store. Mentions Marysville and grade levels in ad style.
The article argues against basing virtue on beauty and praises a noble character as essential. It cites Ruth from the Bible as a model of loyalty, courage, and service, urging girls to imitate her virtue, work ethic, and fear of the Lord rather than rely on appearances or novels.
A brief poultry feed advertisement appears in the page, promoting Dr Hess Pan acea as an egg maker. The notice credits D A Nywatu for the sale and distribution details.
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