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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
8
June heat prompts Gulick Mercantile Co to showcase what it calls the largest line of summer goods in the region. The store advertises a wide array of seasonal items aimed at helping shoppers cope with hot weather.
Lawson Polke and LaFollete spoke at the Ottawa Chautauqua this year. The note adds a forecast of hot southerly winds around that period.
An advertisement mirrors a promotional push for Kansas State Agricultural College featuring Carrie Nation advocating for state education. The piece frames Will as a comparable figure promoting institutional support and growth within Kansas.
W R Stubbs held multiple lengthy conferences with President Roosevelt last week. The Kansas observer wagers that Stubbs, aside from Senator Long, wields more influence with the President than any other man in Kansas.
A well to do Republic county farmer spends longer in Belleville and drinks more. He has reduced landholdings from a quarter section to eighty then to forty. Banks and merchants grow skeptical as he misses obligations and wastes time on the streets. The same old story ends the same old way.
New statutes take effect July 1 1965 regulating hunting and fishing. Fishing allowed with hook and line anytime. other methods banned. Residents may obtain licenses from county clerks for 1 and non residents pay 15. Open seasons range from August to April for various game. Owners hunting on their land require no license. Daily bag limits include fifteen grouse or prairie chicken, twenty quail, twenty plover, ten ducks geese or brant.
The text states strict penalties for possessing or selling game birds, with fines from five to one hundred dollars plus costs for unlawful killing, and duties for officers to prosecute violators. License funds support enforcement and restocking, and complete laws are available from D W Travis, State Fish Warden, Pratt Kansas.
The calendar year 1904 saw the Pennsylvania Railroad earn 118 million dollars. Comparisons show the vast scale of its income versus other nations and regions, including Canada and several Caribbean and Latin American states. The railroad's revenue dwarfs those of countries with far smaller populations.
A Pearson's Magazine excerpt notes that Pennsylvania Railroad earnings rival national treasuries of the Netherlands and Sweden Norway, and even approach combined Balkan states. It asserts the US rail system, with 215000 miles, earned about two billion in 1904, nearly matching US, Britain and France government revenues.
The June 5 1908 meeting of the County Commissioners of Republic County acted as a Board of Equalization at 1 30 pm with James Ramsbottom presiding. Valuation changes included Price Big Bend township sw of see 12 T125 from 230 to 190 Benson Liberty township on sw of see 26 T1 R3 from 0 to 1010 and Collins Freedom township 134 acres see 34 T2 R38 reduced 60. adjourned to June 7 1905.
Fred Holm died this morning at 9 o'clock. Funeral services are planned for Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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