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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
7
Ad copy notes a rainless Monday and praises advertising value. It mentions Poultry Pan-a-ce-a making hens speak and a renewal by J. T. Webber of Scandia for the JOURNAL. The piece emphasizes small ad spend yielding big returns.
Ben Rosenquist of Oakland becomes a new Journal reader. Instant Louse Killer priced at 25c for 1 lb or 60c for 3 lb at NYWALL'S. Dr C V Haggman shifts his date one year forward for the Journal this week. Omar Hite visits Republic City with Rev and Mrs Hite. Tornado insurance reminder. Bank of Scandia noted.
Joseph McGowan of Rydal called Saturday to sign up as a new reader of the Journal.
Local items note Prof W C Rickel passing through on his way home from Belleville. A Wardrum family visits Belleville for two to three days. Levi Nelson prepaid two years of the Journal. Taxes payable June 20. Byron cyclone funeral toll reported eight. Postcards of Scandia for sale. Mrs Empheria Peterson visits Courtland. J M Kimball family visits. Parlee Plotner returns from Holton for summer. W S Beaves heads to Kansas City for trolley conductor job. Hess and Clarks Pan-a-ce-a advertised. J H Cullers travels to Gove county for real estate. Nywall offers Smithsonian Trusses.
Mr and Mrs Herrman and daughter Millie depart Saturday for a three to four month trip to Sweden. Belleville visitors Mrs Hostetler Miss Thyra Mr Fred Herbolsheimer view storm damage. The JOURNAL seeks new correspondents across the county to collect weekly local news. Old papers 5c a bundle.
Local notes describe telephone crews from Belleville and Courtland repairing cyclone damage Saturday. Hail storms visited Scandia with large stones. roads blocked by uprooted trees. Residents from Belleville and Scandia visited the scene, with social scenes amid repairs and band concert plans derailed by weather.
A short note invites readers to place advertisements in the JOURNAL for quicker results. It stresses prompt service and visibility through the newspaper's channels.
The Sunday Capital proclaims itself the largest Kansas Sunday paper with broad news coverage and family departments. It promotes a limited special offer to receive the paper from now until November 15 for 50 cents, urging readers to subscribe by mailing to the Daily Capital in Topeka Kansas.
The line asserts that the Smithsonian is the sole seller offering a positive guarantee on trusses, as stated in a brief promotional note for NYWALL'S.
The Emporia Gazette notes Walt Mason as a widely copied Kansas newspaper man known for humorous verse on topics from chicken thefts to political campaigns. The piece praises his distinctive style and presents a beautiful little poem excerpt.
An 1860s era verse recalls soldiers who were young in sixty two and slept in sod tents. The poem contrasts sentiment and humor, praising a country shrine where patriots kneel and pray. It highlights Decoration Day memorials and the enduring memory of those who served.
Ennis Bros report long use of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy made in Des Moines. They credit it with saving a life in El Paso Texas and now sell it in Narcosse Florida through D A Nywall. The product remains popular and expanding in local mercantile sales.
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