Live Stock Report From Kansas City Stock Yards
Special to Scandia Journal Oct 5 reports cattle receipts below expectations with a strong to higher market. Grass western steers and stockers gain most. light run puzzling dealers. Trade notes top outside drive at 7.65 for yearlings and 6.75 for best grass steers. Hog prices slip as packers push down margins. run today 16 000 head with week total near 70 000. J A Rickhart and L S C sign off. A lilac bush blooms, noted at Ellen Loring home.
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Scandia Journal
Kansas City
Nebraska
Chicago
J. A. Rickhart
L. S.C
Collins boy rents Phil Beecher farm for next year
Rydal notes report Charley Reed attended Byron fair a day last week. Dale Ainsworth's cousins from Courtland visited Saturday. Miss Bertha Fogelberg holds a revival at the chapel. Mexicans work on the railroad near Rydal. Weary sells beer locally Tuesday. Ed Bushby and wife depart Tuesday for Ottawa Kansas for a short visit.
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Charley Reed
Byron
Local Notes On Visits and Land Watches
Earl Shubundis works for Charley Reed. Mats Anderson and Jobo Sun dive traveled to Colby to check land interests. Mrs. BH Ryan of Parsons arrived for a two week visit with her mother Mrs. Booze. C C Wilson traveled to Belleville then Concordia for Presbytery. Louis Paulson of Topeka visits old acquaintances. The Lutheran Social at Norway drew a good crowd. Hall conducted a successful sale Tuesday with N S Druyt as auctioneer.
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Bh, L. Ryan
Parsons, Kans
Man seeks electric cure for rheumatism on third rail
Jack Smith, longtime county poor farm inmate, reportedly attempted suicide by lying on an interurban train’s third rail in Tacoma. He survived when the current left him senseless and believes the shock cured his rheumatism. Authorities have committed him to Steilacoom asylum for evaluation of his belief.
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Nea
California
Tacoma
Jack Smith
Jack
Steilacoom Insane Asylum
Milwaukee Sentinel
Forcing the Lilac Buds in Crock and Water
The article outlines forcing lilacs by cutting strong branches and planting in earth with plant food in a crock set in a water-filled saucer. It advises periodic weak ammonia around the stalk and warns against forcing in water alone. It notes fruit blossoms form when branches stay in water in strong sunlight.
The Disappearing Pine in the Three Pine States
The standing pine in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota probably does not exceed 20,000,000,000 feet. Last year the total cut in these states was about 3,292,000,000 feet. At that rate stumpage may be exhausted in six or seven years. Original growth was about 400,000,000,000 feet, and most has been cut since 1872.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Unclear Financial Report Fragment Mentioning Deposits and Liabilities
The readable text shows a partial balance sheet with liabilities and capital sections. It mentions cash items, reserves, a Petis line, and deposits including certificates of deposit. Specific figures are incomplete or garbled, hindering full reconstruction.
Portrait Pleaséd VWeongers Sir Iubert von Herkomer
English artist Iubert von Herkomer recalls painting Richard Wagner without a sitting. Wagner allowed daily access at his home in 1877 as he prepared English audiences for his music. After a month of observation, Herkomer began the portrait, finishing it after a rapid two day session and presenting it to Wagner. Wagner was delighted by the result.
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Iubert von Herkomer
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Penn Man Hunt Turns Into Gentlemen's Night
In a playful exchange, Stubb asks about a hasty departure while Penn jokes no criminal has escaped. The Girls Bachelors' club plans a quiet event described as a gentle men's night, not a vigil or chase.
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Stubb
Penn
Scott
Girls Bachelors’ Club
The Limit. Hewett Gruet and Sunlight Dispute Over Airship
The speaker argues Hewett Gruet is a mean fellow who blocks sunlight for garden use by anchoring an airship over the property. He complains about this nuisance while urging action and mentions obtaining medications at Nywall's for careful filling and savings.
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Hewett—Gruet
Jewett
Hewitt
Car of Cabbage Notes From Market Prices
A fragmentary market note mentions cabbage at 132 cents per unit with unclear buyers. The text lists odd terms like Ove seven eight and ninth and references Star Grogory, leaving the main price and item uncertain.
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Grogory
House For Rept Inquire at Bank of Scandia
A government house for representatives inquiry centers on Bank of Scandia. Officials from the inquiry team request records and statements from bank executives and staff regarding loan practices and financial arrangements. The investigation aims to clarify compliance with regulatory standards.
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Bank of Scandia
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve hailed as great healer on earth
A frantic call says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a burned baby cut foot piles and corns for the family. Mother reports rapid relief and claims it is the greatest healer on earth sold by all druggists.
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Bucklen
Moses
Baby
Johnnie
Mamie
Billie
Auction notice for Ellen Loring’s paints and brushes
Cull and see my goods before Laying at home Ellen Loring offers white lead linseed oil prepared paints varnishes Japaloe paint varnish and whitewash brushes for sale at her walls.
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Ellen Loring
Car for sale in good running order at £150
Small automobile described as in good running order priced at 150 pounds for quick sale. Contact FOF at Hadsell, Talmo, Kansas by call or write.
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Hadsell, Talmo
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Live Stock Report
Rydal News
Collins
Phil Beecher
Dale Ainsworth
Courtland
Bertha Fogelberg
Rydal
Foo. Weary
Ed Bushby
Ottawa
Kans
Earl Shubundis
Mats Anderson
Jobo Sundive
Colby
C. C. Wilson
Belleville
Concordia
Louis Paulson
Topeka
Norway
Oi. Hall
N.S. Druyt
Farmers and Merchnants Bank
Scandia
State of Kansas
Nis
Ee Depad
Arm Hhouse Petis
Sedo
Stoatecordaisas
County of Republic
Sss
HS. Cooper
Sid Bank
Beok
Aick
Hls Cooper
Wilson
S. Cooper
M.A. Preble
Mountains
Yellowstone
Pacific Northwest
H. Z. Ackley
Missouri
Orr
Satley
John Deere
L. Godfrey
James Lowden
H. S. Cooper
Nywall’s
Hobr’s
Hugos
Real Estate and Insurance
Ixansas
Kansas City Star
Weekly Star
Stax
Ilt
Journal
Wits
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