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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
1
Wo H Hitt advertises rates: $1 per year in advance, display ads by column inch, 5 cents per line for first insertion with six words per line, local ads. Special contract rates and mail order ads offered. Cash with copy preferred. checks not wanted. Card of thanks costs 25 cents. announcements for fundraising social events follow regular rates.
A series of public notices announces candidacies for local offices in Republic County. J M Livingood seeks Probate Judge and A A Burk seeks Clerk of the District Court, both subject to the August primary. Eugene Simmons announces for Clerk of the District Court, and Alex Scott for Sheriff, all under Republican primaries.
The statement announces C G Aspegren as a candidate for county commissioner from the second district, subject to Republican voters will at the August primary.
A reflective passage notes how illness impacts relatives who share life, how death burdens the community more than creditors, and how obituary writers aim to honor the deceased. It imagines a recording angel with no black mark and future descendants praising the person’s life.
The piece argues saloon taxes fail to pay government bills and instead waste time and money. It cites a Massachusetts study claiming alcohol causes a large share of crime and prison inmate intoxication, comparing saloons to predatory gamblers harming workers.
Kansas health officials report lower death rates from tuberculosis pneumonia broncho pneumonia Brights disease diabetes and homicides compared with the U S. in 1912 1913 citing absence of slums and saloons and noting prohibition contributes to longer life and stable character Kansas records lower kidney deaths and fewer deaths by own action with remarks on framing public health benefits amid temperance culture. Local items follow about residents and community life in Belleville Narka Scandia and surrounding areas.
Tudor Charles Clarence and Chas Landreth Dr Fitzpatrick Mr Frank Kamp and others were over from Republic Monday on business. Mrs Z R McHenry and children returned from Scandia where she helped move to Kansas City. County teachers attended exams in Belleville. April bounty receipts show 37 wolf scalps 540 crowthheads and 1050 gopher scalps paid.
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