Western Winds and Local Visits Highlight Week
Sunday visits fill the community as John Poage spends the day with A. M. Poage. Miss Jessie Weislogel stays with her sister Mrs. Nystrom. Mrs. J. M. Brown and children were in the area. A. Thompson D. N. Woods and families visited John Williams. Several locals travelled to Manhattan last week. John Garman Jr. suffers a haystacker accident. a doctor confirms only a bruise.
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Jessie Weislogel
Mrs. Nystrom
John Garman Jr
Haggman
Union News From Scandia Township Social And Agricultural Notes
D P Johnson and family attended the Cooper reunion in Scandia Township Sunday. Dry conditions threaten oat shortages while alfalfa first crop nears completion. Jim Hodkinson suffered serious injury from a hay derrick accident, estimated impact around forty feet. Sissel and D P Johnson delivered hogs at Scandia Monday morning. Haney and Colelazier prosper delivering cream. Haney milks ten cows averaging about $4 per cow, about $40 weekly. Minnie Bowersox returns from Kirksville. Grant expected home Friday. A letter from Prof Marvin of Minneapolis, Kansas notes Marvin’s failed bid for County office, a disappointment to Union Valley friends. Arthur Cardwell lost a valued horse last week. Talks of Sunday school formation at Union Valley B L, with L Al Johnson visiting from Belleville. George works for Frank McCullough in Freedom township. Oliver Johnson and wife of Courtland visit Union Valley Tuesday. Beaver township hosts many elderly residents. a roll of honor lists several men and women aged 80s and 90s.
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Sissel
George
Frank McCullough
Freedom Township
Oliver Johnson
Gourtland
Union Valley
County Assessments Show Widespread Decline and Poverty
A northern county faces severe fiscal gloom as assessors report declining population and dwindling property values. Listed towns show mixed population figures while new housing rises. Bell Telephone extends lines to Scandia and Concordia, and local events include Esther Hemberger’s thirteenth birthday party with gifts. Henry Collins recounts a freight-rate dispute after shipping two cattle cars to Topeka.
Onion crop sold advance to Englishman for cure claim
Report claims the 1906 Bermuda onion harvest was contracted to an English buyer who plans to market an onion juice remedy for consumption. The Hartford Courant notes the claim as a story and questions its credibility.
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Bermuda
Hartford Courter
Grading Cream System Aimed at Better Butter Quality
Bulletin No. 134 from the Experiment Station of the State Agricultural College Manhattan outlines a cream grading method. It pays farmers different prices for cream based on quality, rewarding proper handling to raise overall cream quality and produce better butter. The Bulletin is available free by request to the Station.
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State Agricultural College
Manhattan
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John Poage
A. M. Poage
H. H. Johnson
Belleville
John Mahan
Sheridan
Robinson
A. ©. Thompson
D. N. Woods
John ‘Williame’s
Mary Poage
J. M. Brown
Arden
Jennie Thompson
Clyde
Marvin
Edith
Florence Humphrey
Ollie Haney
Union News
D. P. Johnson
Cooper
Scandia Township
Jim Hodkinson
Joseph Sissell
Scandia
D. A. Haney
Riley Colelazier
Union
Mr. Haney
Minnie Bowersox
Kirksville, Mo
Grant
P. Johnson
K.ee Marvin
Minneapolis
Ottawa Co
Arthur Cardwell
B.l
L. al Johnson
Beaver Township
Gelmberg
Andrew Holquist
Lewis Hall
Frank Hanson
A. Jolmsgan
Peter Parson
O. Samuelson
N.C. Swenson
Sandin
Agi Shaver
Holquist
Hall
Hansowe
Ars
Mary
Monson
Anna Nelson
Republic County
Albion
Beaver
Big Bend
Courtland
Elk Creek
Fairview
Farmington
Jefferson
Pye
Cate Liberty
Lincoln
Norway
Foo Richland
Rose Creek
Munden City
White Rock
Washington
Republic” Cuba
Bell Telephone Co
Concordia
Superior
Mankato
Scandia Company
John Hemberger
Esther
Henry Collins
Wolfe Packing Co
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Clover Leaf
Lansdale
Creamers
Artzberg
John H. Cullers
Rock Island
Southwest
Plack
Ann
Syanat
J. A. Merrill
Munn. & Co
Scientific American
Scleniae
MUNN
New’ York
Washington, D
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