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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
6
Whitney's advertises a wide range of items from dry goods and notions to groceries, hardware, and sewing machines. The store promises lowest prices and constantly on hand stock, highlighting special things to call the public’s attention.
Mrs Whitney returns from eastern markets with latest millinery novelties. Spring clothing arriving with attractive prices. Steel ranges on display at 328.00 and praised by users. New line of ties in all colors and shapes. Added wood paints, wallpaper, corsets, thread, safety pins, and Simpsons Prints offered. Prices and items listed with limited legible details.
Fragmented sales note promises affordable sample shoes and slips as new stock arrives. Mentions limited quantities and quick distribution to the public. Appears to offer future availability of footwear and related goods with vague pricing references.
Local brief items report treasury and warrants in the city, upcoming election judges and clerks, a bank robbery in Hardy Nebraska, and travel notes. Editor Kimball’s winter Cape Nome voyage highlighted. Changes to mail routes on April 1 affect Concordia and noon paper delivery. Scandia beat Republic in a ball game, local dances, storms, and misprints noted. County superintendent race whispers include E Baird, Bixler, Polley. Community events include a stereopticon at city hall for school library, and hot election atmosphere with poems prize winner. Presbyterian services adjust to monthly schedule. no service next Sunday morning.
An Albany man sought a doctor for his gravely ill child but, after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy bought at a local drugstore, the child recovered. The pharmacist reports the remedy is widely recommended in the area and is sold by Happer, the druggist.
A vintage ad urging readers to take Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin after meals to prevent constipation indigestion and stomach troubles. It promises relief from sick headaches and stomach issues and notes a physician or seller named A. White.
Local fragment describes Belle Ore working for George Cowles and Mrs. Joe Hodgen, Grandia Wibbard visiting near Belleville, Bolling building a new house on land bought last fall, and Will Adams constructing in Talino. Elders Johnson and Brown visit neighbors, host meetings at Love Tree, and support rural mail delivery. References Ashley Cooper and a period of weather, plus a personal note about indigestion and a remedy.
Mr. Warren Rowey of Wind sor avenue near Hartford, a long time North End resident, marked his 82nd mile of life with family and friends. He shared a bottle of cider he bottled in 1850, once brought to Mgr. Gordon's Blue Hills area, noting its palatability and faint cider brandy aroma.
The name Wugela means fear and the rapid flood gave it its name. A mountain thunderstorm can raise the river many feet in minutes, a resident reports a forty foot rise in one night. The swift current makes crossings impossible and light timber drift becomes impassable. A heavy rise could sweep away any temporary bridge.
A fragmented notice promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Popsin and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with testimonials from Wilkinson and S. Mearkie praising stomach relief constipation and cough cures. Mentions sale via local agencies and a Geneva merchant reference, reflecting early pharmacy advertising.
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