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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
7
Miss Bertha Wilson and Miss Marie Jewitt visit Manhattan and surrounding towns this week as friends arrive from Clay Center and Belleville. Residents attend social events, new Ford autos appear, road work continues, and plans for a water works system proceed this week.
Mrs J W Ekblad of Duluth Minnesota arrives for a ten day visit with her mother Mrs Early. John Botts receives an initiatory degree in Free Masonry at Lebanon Lodge No 221 Monday night. Next regular communication set for Monday June 5 with work in the first degree.
Rev. J B Anderson of Pasadena will lecture in Swedish at the Swed ish Methodist church Tuesday evening May 23. A free will offering will be taken. Anderson was pastor here thirty years ago.
W E Godfrey announces he has bought the Holmes Bros Drag business and asks friends and patrons to continue their patronage. He promises careful handling of all business and satisfactory service at the same prices as before. He thanks customers for their past support and signs as your servant.
Ed Graves, maker of Graves Hair Tonic and Germ Killer, toured the town today and spoke with several users who assert the product works every time, noting noticeable scalp effects.
The column notes Fulcomer and Bedard selling ready made skirts with 20 percent off, remarking the sale creates very short hems. It mentions local ads in the James Town QOptimist and comments on advertising ethics. Also references Parlee Plotner finishing a school term at Cuba and a Kansas City burglary report in The Star.
Old Bill Shiftless boasted about wages in a crowd. A man owed ten dollars offered to let Bill haul hay for five credit, sparking Bill to deny being a horse. He spent the rest of the afternoon pitching horseshoes.
A fragment suggests a group of older unmarried women reacting with amusement to a notable object or event. The tone hints at playful social observations common in local notices, though specifics are unclear.
A Missourian visiting a city explores the Woman's Exchange storefront. He asks if it is the Woman's Exchange and is met by a tall gaunt clerk who jokes about identity, then the mountaineer departs in haste.
A compact tribute praises a local resident as an indispensable, generous contributor to the town’s progress. The piece lauds his memories and impact, noting his modest means but lasting value to the community and its future.
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