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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
6
Quality and Fair Dealing claim stronger resolve to maintain top grade goods at the lowest prices. In six months they increased business without expanding stock, signaling satisfied customers who return and bring friends. Oak Merc evaporated sweet corn sold at 25 cents per pound.
The Agency for Carharrts Overalls reports sales are strong with repeat customers who favor the brand. Demand remains high as former wearers continue adopting Carharrts for daily use and work wear.
A reflection on the fading power of polite phrases and gratitude as life grows busier and more uncertain. The writer notes the spread of distant tornado news and contemplates how such events highlight life’s fragility.
The piece muses on how long a man with few friends can hold public office. It notes Patterson’s release from prison without bail and hints at the impact on her emotions and the world’s view after confinement.
A columnist notes that only one family Bible is sold now in England versus ten sold thirty years ago and asks if this indicates a worsening world.
A Kansas City man boarded 1 283 weeks without paying a board bill. He must have been smoother than the average boarder.
H. P. Robinson former Abilene Chronicle foreman has purchased the Riley Regent from Frank Crane confirming a shift in local printing leadership. The deal signals Robinsons expansion in the Abilene publishing scene and crane exits the Rex Regent operation.
The note links unsettled weather with a prosperous year and asserts Kansas can feed the world next fall.
It begins to appear Kansas will win the 1905 cyclone pennant as Oklahoma remains atop the first division.
McPherson editors unite over grief after the death of Mr Criner's son. The editorial notes that in times of sorrow political differences fade and sympathy prevails as the community shares in the mourning.
The Capital lauds the Tele Scope as one of the best country dailies in Kansas. The piece suggests the comp would miss its mark and hit them, Charles and the Daily Free man.
G W MacNight, president of the First National Bank of Junction City, announces his candidacy for State Treasurer in 1906. He has served in the State Senate and is described as possessing qualifications for a first class official.
A reflective note by Mack Cretcher urges letting troubles fade as time passes. It imagines a peaceful Kansas scene a century hence with flowers blooming birds singing, while current worries are buried beneath six feet of earth.
Kansas politicians counsel Governor Hoch to refrain from closing the joints while insisting he should enforce all laws as sworn. The Kansas City Times notes the dispute mirrors earlier fights over Sunday liquor laws and boodler prosecutions.
In Fairland I T May 12 705 a letter describes digging rural line holes with water, long days of fieldwork, and a fertile Denmark valley framed by flint hills. It notes farms of about 400 acres, tenant arrangements, and open ranges with nearby rivers rich in bass and croppy. It mentions land prices from 1 200 to 8 dollars per acre, Indian contact, and a local newspaper venture.
Mrs A L Whitney hosted the graduating class and school board on Wednesday evening and Mrs Thorpe entertained the seniors and juniors this evening. A full account of both gatherings will appear next week.
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