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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
1
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Enrollment lists nine boys and eleven girls with average daily attendance eight boys and nine girls. Tardiness counts four boys and zero girls. Absence records show four boys five girls, nine students neither absent nor tardy. Named students neither absent nor tardy include Clella Virginia Kackley Edna Lena Woods May Woods Faye Etter Gladaliter Warren Harold Downing Adolph Jensen Walter Jensen Waldo Woods. Visitors Superintendent Nutter J F Zavodsky Chas V Zavodsky teacher.
A typewriter repairman recalls selling a machine to Mrs. Van Rensaleer for her son as a Christmas gift. The boy disassembled it into a soapbox pit of parts, the toy wrecked beyond belief, and the repair took two days to restore. The tale ends with the repairman expressing faith in the boy’s potential.
A new market device claims to end sleeplessness by simulating the lure of a passing landscape. The fan like instrument uses revolving mirrors to soothe the eye and brain and induce a deep nap, mimicking the view from a speeding express train.
The piece argues that a naturally mean person stays economical and that a less economical person learns meanness first to gain efficiency. It suggests curbing generosity early and using later life to cultivate generosity, claiming no successful person is a philanthropist before age 60.
The Journal invites reliable readers to report weekly items from their area. Writers may call or write to propose contributing and covering local events.
A quarrel unfolds at the Hohr residence over breakfast, a matron’s scolding and a meek man’s quips about former husbands. The exchange includes a rolling pin scene as the man dodges the matron’s ire and storms off the porch.
A reader story reveals a bride was given glass that turns out to be cut glass. Mrs Shoddy questions the gift’s true material while the bride defends the bargain grade. The exchange exposes the deal’s honesty in a witty marital debate.
An irate New Yorker derides local narrow views and prejudices, calling out the mockery of regional bias. He insults the idea that Manhattan is the center of all meaning, railing with fury and pounding the air as he denounces what he calls the narrow "tree of view."
In Strasburg this month canning of goose livers begins and will keep thousands employed until near April. The finest livers come from geese that have not laid eggs. Johann Clauss started goose liver pates in 1790 but rival Doyen added truffles and surpassed him. Now pates de foie gras follow Doyen’s recipe established over a century ago.
In a teaching moment at the riding school the instructor explains riders mount on the left side. He notes the old rule stems from sword-wearing practice, as swords hung on the left and stepping up from the right risked the blade.
A brief exchange captured by the Louisville Courier Journal shows a man asserting a married man has a right to spend part of his salary today and expecting his wife to react accordingly. The dialogue hints at domestic finance and spousal discussion.
A fragmented notice notes increased costs at Ny valley markets with A J Rileyprice updates. Vendors mention wallet and purse theft concerns and plan price talks on Tuesday and Wednesday with Chionghi Sean and others.
Report for month ending November 20 shows 36 students on roll with 16.4 attendance for boys and 11.3 for girls. Tardiness totals 17 with 4 boys and 13 girls. Not absent total 7 and not tardy 25. Named students Elva P Daniel and Dwight C Garman as neither absent nor tardy. Highest exam averages include Medith Marble Ester T Anderson and Elva P Daniel. Zavodsky EF KE teacher.
Offer for four illustrated articles on dairying fruit growing poultry and farming conditions in Oregon Washington and Idaho. Send 25 cents in stamps to Pacific Monthly Portland Oregon.
Mrs. Wm H Serig of Wheeling Virginia praises Chamberlain s Cough Remedy for curing her daughter and preventing her son s croup with early use. She notes the product is sold by D A Nywall. The consumer also advertises weekly poultry listings by A J Kiley.
Notice announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Lee Holer on Tuesday November 24. The parents are named and the location is implied as New York.
R M White of Turtle Bayou Texas says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy outsells all other medicines combined. For sale by D A Nywahk.
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