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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
7
The column lists residents and visitors including LL Morris sick this week and Mrs M J Caldwell ill for a week. W D Brotchie conducted business in Belleville on Tuesday while I C Ware spent the week in his office in Belleville. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or return from trips, and local events include Old Soldiers meeting on June 8. A bridge approach was damaged by high water and a large tree lodged beneath it.
An editorial discusses Mr. Carnegie's remark on the chances of penniless boys today versus forty eight years ago. It argues outcomes depend on the individual and family, noting that wealth and education are more accessible now, with many self made men rising fast and more opportunities available for the penniless.
Henry Hallenbeck returns to Orleans Nebraska while Homer Clark travels from Republic. A D Wilson in sick list. Claflin family moves to Welds farm north of town. River reaches high water mark Friday night. J qughner travels west on Rock Island toward Republic. L M Johnson sells house at 38rd Grant to C A Sandell. J F Close and family plan to move to Topeka next week. C G Bulkley sells Newell Cooper place on Grant to Oliver Nelson for 750. Ellingson of Chicago visits his brother A Ellingson. W Segerhammer visits Belleville to deal with County Commissioners. Carl Segerhammar directs JOURNAL to Deward Michigan for summer. Colemans and Sandells Barber Shops close at eight in summer except Saturday.
Mrs Hattie Tebow returns home to Salt Marsh after visiting friends near Republic and Scandia. Mae Preble Otto John Fraser Paree Plotner and others drive to Belleville for the high school commencement. Oscar Anderson from Courtland township adds the Journal and Kansas City Star to his reading list.
Rumors circulate about a second wedding in town but the JOURNAL has not verified the claim. The report notes no confirmed details or official announcements from the bride groom or families.
A year ago Irish manufacturers toured Donegal to start hand tufted carpet making known as Turkish or Persian. The work is hand produced with fingers tying long knots between beams, then colored row by row by girls. It requires no steam power and suits rural Ireland, promising wide employment across the west with skilled, cheerful workers and a plans to expand.
The Republic Journal reports on sunless days, river flooding risks, and calls for dredging or diking as the channel fills. It notes farmers seeing catfish bloating on alfalfa and the Missouri Pacific depot olds afloat, with 200 losses. Also details society notes: Mrs. Hyatt leasing her house, the Craze visit, a May 31 wedding of Thomas Caldwell and Clara Aspegren, and local medical advertising.
The town grapples with scarce goods as tobacco dominates shelves and cheese and bananas dwindle. If the blockade persists, grocers warn of further shortages across multiple product lines.
H. 8. Cooper M Weistogel and Rudolph Moe are among those shut away from home by floods. Mr Cooper is supposed to be in Topeka and the others at Frankfort Kansas all three may be in Kansas City.
The Rock Island operates a single passenger train each direction daily. The Prosser branch train runs to Prosser and returns the same day, providing round trips within a day.
Seandia experiences only one mail delivery in a week with expectations of another week or longer before mail service improves. The article urges patience as the sole remedy.
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