Community venue opens with grand ceremony
The formal opening concluded successfully and organizers announced plans to continue the opening events throughout the season.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
6
The formal opening concluded successfully and organizers announced plans to continue the opening events throughout the season.
Fragmentary OCR mentions prices 15.00 and 12.00 and a double barreled gun. No clear event or names provided.
A fragment lists assorted kitchenware with prices: pint cups at 15e, half gallon coffee pot at 10e, wash-dish at 5e, calendar at 10e, stew kettle at 10e, hunter sifter at 40e, two pie plates at 4s.
A compact guide covers use of 5 and 10e counters for crafts and small tools. It outlines measuring, counting, and organizing shears and related articles for efficient workshop workflow.
A fragment lists groceries and household items with prices and quantities including Lyon Coffee two packs and iSibs sugar. It notes closeout sales on stoves washing machines gloves and mittens at manufacturer cost and caps sold at manufacturing cost.
Mr J R Stofer and Miss Zentta Moe were married at the parlors of the Hotel Republic on a Wednesday afternoon. A wedding supper followed at the bride’s parents home three miles north of town with guests remarking on abundant food. They will honeymoon in Kansas City, then Iowa, as noted by local readers.
Local column notes coal supply from Preble and grades from Colorado Wyoming Missouri. City residents travel to Concordia for Buffalo Bill show. new United Brethren pastor Rev Beeler will serve Scandia. Marriage of Edward E Barrett and Clara B Parkis. Employment demand calls carpenters masons and farm laborers. encouragement to work and jobs guidance offered at JOURNAL office.
September was warmer than usual with no frost. The 5th had the warmest day and the 27th the coolest. Rainfall totaled 5.37 inches over 11 days, nearly double the September average. Winds shifted mainly south and southeast with 40 mph gusts on the 24th between 3 and 4 pm.
Advertised letters listing includes W H Deal John M Fitch A G Gilbert Lizzie Hoffman Frank Moore A A Nichols Oliver Sawyer W H Taylor Kran P M with 30 days to claim before transfer to the Dead Letter Office dated October 1 1900. Names appear in a chaotic OCR fragment.
Vice President Roosevelt spoke briefly to a crowd estimated in the thousands at Rock Island depot in Belleville joined by M. A. Low and D. W. Mulvane. Congressman Calderhead attended with remarks by F. B. Dawes of Leavenworth and J. F. Statesman of Indiana predicting a GOP victory in November.
A fragmentary wanted notice seeks a boy aged between six and twelve living near Scandia Kansas. The ad mentions safety at home and advertises a cough remedy sold with claims of immediate results and prevention of consumption.
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