Notice of Final Settlement in Leibach Estate
Probate court in Republic County Kansas to hear final settlement of the estate of Henrick Leibach on June 16 1913 at 10 00 AM in Belleville. Administrator John A Freeburg seeks final fees discharge of surities and heirs adjudication. Published in Scandia Journal May 2 1918.
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Said
Henrick Leibach
Belleville
Republic
State of
Kansas
Said Hernick Leiback
John A. Freeburg
Hernick Leiback
Scandia Journal
Scandia Pharmacy Promises Silverware to Top Voter
Beginning May 27 and ending June 10 Scandia Pharmacy offers a prize of 200 pieces of silverware valued at $20 to the girl with the largest gain in votes.
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Scandia Pharmacy
Local notes and a county Y M C A boys camp opening
Community notices report visits and shopping in Concordia, church services, and social calls. The Pawnee boys camp by the County Y M C A opens June 16 for older boys and June 23 for younger boys with enrollment due by June 10 and June 15 respectively, fees set at 3.00 for six days and limited to sixty per session.
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Pawnee
Advertising Rates and Subscriptions Policy
Wm H Hitt publishers offer subscription price of 1 per year in advance and list ad rates. Display ads 10c per column inch, local first insertion 5c per line with six words per line, mail order cash with copy. Special contract rates apply. card of thanks 25c. fundraising announcements charged at regular rates.
President Wilson's Cabinet Names and Posts
The list names 9 Secretary of State William J Bryan Treasury William McAldoo Interior Franklin K Lane Agriculture David Houston War Lindley M Garrison Commer William C Redfield Navy Josephus Daniels Labor William B Wilson Prov Gen Albert S Burleson Att'y Gen James C McReynolds.
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Sec’y
William J. Bryan
Treasury
William McAldoo
Interior
Franklin K Lane
Agriculture
David Houston
Lindley M. Garrison
William C. Redfield
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Labor
William B. Wilson
P. M
Albert S. Burleson
James C. McReynolds
Kansas Sunshine and the After Year's Crop Hope
A nostalgic Kansas prairie ballad imagines prosperity after a strong harvest. It praises healthful air and optimistic toil, notes seasonal challenges like pests and storms, and envisions a future where workers enjoy wealth and happiness as crops reap rewards across the plains.
Notice of Final Settlement in Seven A Svenson Estate
In Republic County Kansas Probate Court, administratrix Anna C Svenson asks for final settlement of the estate of Seven A Svenson at the next term on July 7 1913 at 10 AM. The filing includes request for allowances of service and attorney fees and discharge of sureties and for a court finding of heirs. Belleville Kansas May 19 1913 Journal May 23 1913.
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State OF Kansas
Republic County
Said
A. Swenson
Belleville
Republic
A. Svenson
Anna C. Svenson
Belleville Kans
Scandia Journal
Dr King’s New Discovery's claim as best cold remedy
Marion Ohio druggist C Lower endorses Dr King’s New Discovery for colds throat and lung troubles. He cites curing his wife after others failed and urges a bottle for home use. Priced 50 cents and $1 guaranteed by druggists.
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C. Lower
Marion
Ohio
Dr. King
Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Harry Harter
The item notes the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Harry Harter and mentions Nellie Christian as a remembered local figure. It also covers a May party at the Fraser home with games and socializing, and a brief local update on Grace Adams helping with house cleaning. A fishing outing by Mr and Mrs Chas Lash and Mr and Mrs Edd Fraser is reported as uncompleted.
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Harry Harter
Mrs. Harter
Nellie Christiansen
Chas. Lash
Edd Fraser
Community Notes and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Choir practice at C C Griffiths drew a good crowd last Saturday. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Edd Fraser and the Grant Fraser family. The Children’s Day program is set for June 8, with a program committee working hard. Mrs Christiansen visited her daughter near Courtland. A light shower with hair fell on Monday. Bert Fulcomer and daughter Bessie spent Sunday in Scandia with relatives. Rose Tate visited home folks. Archie Carpenter returned from Jewell County. Preaching at church Sunday with Rev Van Gundy praising character. Paris Green is in season with 10 20 and 35 cent sizes. Logs may reach 18 to 24 inches square and 70 feet long. Greenheart timber prized by Lloyds for ship timber and pilings. Government bans cutting timbers under 11 inches square due to timber demand and deforestation concerns.
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Greenheart
Lloyds
Paris Green Adverts at Scandia Pharmacy
The Scandia Pharmacy lists Paris Green available in 10¢ 20¢ and 8¢ sizes for purchase.
Sun Dials Across Cultures and Ages
Sun dials vary in form from horizontal to spherical and portable. A Pyrenean peasant tool uses two wooden cylinders with a stylet. Historic examples include Hezekiah's 740 B C dial, a 1586 French example on a river chapel column, and Juvisy’s grand 1910 dial at Plammarton observatory.
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Hezekiah
Gironde
France
Juvisy
Plammarton Observatory
Harper’s Weekly
Big Timber of Guiana Promises Durable Uses
The greenheart tree of British Guiana stands out as one of the world’s most remarkable and useful woods. Among its three varieties yellow black and quaintop all prove durable when cut at mast.
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Guiana
British Guiana
Matrimonial Market Tale From Cooch Behar
An elderly widower from Cooch Behar seeks a bride for his daughter amid high dowry rates. After his son dies, he marries again to wed his daughter to his new brother in law, illustrating a curious twist in contemporary marriage commerce.
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Hitabadi
Basumati
Cooch Behar
Hedgehogs Milk Cows Stir Devon Farm Debate
Devonshire farmers discuss a farm incident near Uffculme where a farmer and a friend shooting rabbits saw a spaniel drag a hedgehog from a hedge. The farmer claimed hedgehogs are pests milking cows and harming fowls, eggs, and nests.
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Uffculme
Devonshire
England
Devon
Peril of the Game and Unexpected Cautions
A quirky, era style brief notes risky topics and odd health quips. It recalls a joke about talcum powder causing a chronic cough and mentions a cherry sundae at Seandia Pharmacy as a light local detail.
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Seandia
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the Bank OF Scandia
G. W. Nimocks
J. H. Sandell Cashier
Republic County, SS
Norway
The
Golden Rule Society
Ellen Larsen
Ole Hammer
P. P. Hammer
E. Jacobson
P. Thompson
C. Boyce
R. McGregor
Concordia
J. S. Melhus
M. A. Preble
F.L. Dutton
J. Ingebretsens
C. T. Eastvedts
P. P. Hammer and Family
J. J. Melhus
FE. M. Eastvedts
Eugene Tebow
Jamestown
League
Roger
Scandia
C.S. Morey, H.S. Cooper, M. A. Preble
A. R. Morey
J. J. Smith
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Wm. H. Hitt, Pustisher
Pres. Wilson
Kan
Prairies
Republican
W. C. Palmer
Joe Mercer
Lone Tree& Providence Chapel
Ed Fraser
Grace Adams
Harry Walter
D. A. Nywall
Stssiityria
Ben
Scandia, Kans
C. C. Griffith
Mrs
Grant Fraser
Mrs. Christiansen
Courtland
Bert Fulcomer
Bessie
Merna
Miss Rose Tate
Archie Carpenter
Jewell Co
J. A. Carpenter
Charlie Tate
Morleys
van Gundy
Paris Green
Paris
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