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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
4
Between nine and ten o clock Wednesday morning James Robertson faced a devastating fire that wrecked the old 22 by 18 foot structure and a new 16 by 22 foot addition two stories high. Mrs Robertson and younger children were sheltered with relatives while James and the boys stayed with Peter Garrison as they plan rapid rebuilding and insurance coverage totals.
Mrs Orlo Willis visited Concordia on Tuesday. Charley Gabrielson returned from Oakland Nebraska. F Hendrickson plans a dance tonight in Concordia. A large crowd expected. Mrs Orval Kackley was in Concordia Saturday. Lee Elinberg bought a fine new top and buggy. Rev Holmen preached at the Swedish church Sunday. Victor Haggman returned from Kansas City for a visit. Leonard Nelson was in Concordia Tuesday. A large crowd attended Courtland singing Monday. Nelson and Willis opened a thriving store. Clarence Johnson has measles but is improving. Houghton and son drove to Concordia Wednesday. Monson Bros shelled corn for Loundblade Monday. Wilford Phillips visiting. Dave Elmberg shelled corn for Mr Hedstrom. Lee Pearson and Lerbert Hamilton rode to Hardy Nebraska Sunday. Leonard Nelson bought T Fitzgerald's house and lot. L Edberg and daughter Elien attended a Scania meeting Saturday.
A Jamaica story reports C G Lloyd receiving a pamphlet from the colonial botanical department with a dead scorpion inside. The reptile crawled into a tubular pamphlet among Kingston mail sacks and was flattened. Lloyd notes the danger of insects transferred globally and warns those handling mail.
Houston Norris returns from Salina while Carl Aspegren works for N P Peterson and Wm White visits from abroad. Farmers cut stalks sow oats. Hugh McGowan to work for Chas Furcomer. Miss Barnetta Ball visits Poplar Grove school. Postmaster's ingenuity brings daily mail to farmers. Lantern exhibitions entertain and educate about Cuba. Diploma contenders from Dist 35 84 88 listed. hopefuls include Kate Louden Ella Olson Amanda Wohlford Heen Herrman Walter Kilmer Gui Bessie Laura James Willie West Emil Nelson Kate Maud McGlashan. Literary society meets March 11 with debate on temperance vs war. judges decide for the affirmative.
A Baltimore Sun report recounts a brakeman on a west bound Baltimore and Georgia line intervening during a near derailment at Cranberry Summit. His quick actions prevented a crash. the company awarded him $30 and posted a bulletin. Also noted are Shakespeare birthplace trust annual meeting figures and a curious note on Queen Victoria's descendants.
A District 48 column lists farmers cutting stalks building a summer kitchen and trades in Hol. Lewis making mail boxes. It notes the east half of section 34 sold for 3500. Mrs O Neal and daughters visit invalids. Miss Bessie Skeets visits grandparents in Concordia. Weightanan from Belleville visits. Ames hires Alfred in place of Victor Day. Harry Gile works for Norris. Kari Kelly for Mellen. Ames buys lumber in Scandia for a new house. Ed Wilson is a carpenter. Several visitors and a birthday party for Effie Loofbourrow are described with names and arrangements.
Joe Hamill shells corn this week and Stalk cutting is the order of the day. Elder Brown is ill and Elder Johnson is away in Lincoln, causing a pause in meetings last week. Meetings resume Wednesday the 21st for a week or more with talks on the angels messages from Revelation chapter fourteen. A club dance invites all to attend at the hall this evening.
Peter Paulson was in Jamestown Friday while Clarence Anderson killed a wild goose Monday. Ella Mellen arrived from Concordia Saturday. a box supper is planned at Oak Creek Saturday evening. Pete Pherson visited Jamestown recently. T. King’s infant is ill with pneumonia. Alex Scott attended a convention at Manhattan Thursday. Will Stewart rents land west of town from P. O. Larson. Gardis Shivvers was sick Sunday with the grip. Mr and Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Chapman drove to Concordia Tuesday. Some youths attended baptisms near Yuma Sunday. Shirley Shivvers visited Jamestown and Yuma. A graft of potential breach of promise talk cited around the Circle. Bonds of 500 dollars were voted at District 95 Monday. 32 for, 3 against. With 400 added to treasury, a new school house is planned. Oak Creek officers installed Friday: A. W. Sandin president, Shirley Shivvers vice president, Emma Paulson secretary, P. J. Pearson treasurer, CR. Nelson marshal. Some rough language was heard on the road west of town Sunday night. locals, grown men, drank corn juice and caused a disturbance.
The community pushes for quarantine removal and expects new telephone links soon. Mentions land changes, local builders in Sherdahl, a new store building, and plans for an elevator. A school entertainment is set for Pleasant Grove on the 29th with recitations and songs. Matt Mercer circulates a petition for a 8 mile free rural route from Republic City to spur delivery.
Mrs H J Cusack of Atchison makes two corn husk bonnets inspired by the corn carnival. One is destined for Queen Victoria and the other for Queen Helen. A bonnet crafted two years ago belongs to Mrs McKinley, wife of the president, as reported by the Kansas City Journal.
A German officer estimates that in the century just ending more than 20,006,000 men died in war. The text is fragmentary and unclear but ties to late 19th or early 20th century armed conflict counts.
Advert tells of a line of white enameled iron beds with brass ornaments priced at 3 75, with sizes from 4 50 to 6 00 and up to 800 and good. The copy promotes cleanliness convenience neatness and economy, claiming beds of lasting value and wide assortment.
Grandpa Pilcher is very sick. A. J. Sanders made a business trip to Belleville. Mrs. John Drake of Otego visits relatives. Miss Lizzie Hoffman returns from Salina Wesleyan. Rev Devett and others attend Christian church dedication at Randall. Theodore Fransen dies in Texas. two sisters remain here. Surprise parties honor Grandma Smith and Mrs. Chadd on birthdays. Flora Wilkins wed Lewis Dow near town. they plan to live near Kansas City. Prof Richardson’s music class begins Friday. License issued to Alfred Rasmussen and Celia Morehead. Al Mahan sale draws a large crowd. Congressmen Curtis Miller and Reeder renominated.
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