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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
6
Rural carriers struggle with travel as locals move about. Visitors include R J Greuter's brother from Narka and L McAllister heading to Mapleton. H E Day new Missouri Pacific agent arrives with his bride from St Louis. Howard Bowling dies at the Cabin from general exhaustion. funeral held Thursday.
The expansion to M O Lervold's building is taking shape and is expected to be ready for occupancy before cold weather sets in.
Three Republic county men J A Mosher J K Christensen and J M Ward serve on the jury to try Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary mutineers who killed a guard and escaped causing statewide turmoil about a year ago. A prominent attorney predicts the condemned fate for the defendants regardless of counsel. Weislogel and Goold meat market dissolved J M Weislogel buys partner's share to run the shop alone. Goold planned to start a Belleville butcher business but failed to secure it and remains without a job.
Miss Eva Jokander travels from Kansas City. Emma Sandell visits Courtland. Dr W G Haning named pension examiner. Box supper at city hall October 23 to aid high school organ fund. Dr W F Eagleson heads to Wichita as I O O F Grand Lodge delegate. Fire along Rock Island right of way scorches S C Humphrey hay.
Mrs James Street taken to Kansas City Tuesday for eye treatment at a hospital near blindness noted as unfortunate. Coleman the Barber proclaims good clean work. Mr and Mrs George B Smith welcome a son born Monday October 12. Fresh oysters advertised at the Up-to-Date Restaurant. A timely rain lifts spirits though roads turn dusty.
Reading mentions Concordia Laundry weekly baskets on Wednesdays RT Smith Avent. Philip Tingstrom ill at week start. item priced at 85 dollars for Straight Sill with Surrey leather trim. Amanda Wohlford started as Olson Beckman clerk Monday. subscriptions payable at JOURNAL Office to Kansas City Star.
A notice notes that J A Freeburg has bought his partner's furniture store interest and will run the business alone. The write up praises Freeburg as an energetic young man and predicts the store will become Republic County’s main furniture buying point. A separate property claim mentions items left in an Anderson buggy and invites owners to prove ownership and pay costs to recover them.
Weldon Worrell returned Sunday from Arkansas where he attended the funeral of his nephew killed in a head on collision on the Kansas City Southern railway. En route home, Mr. Worrell himself was in a head on collision and badly shaken.
The sheriff took Wwm.,Miller to Belleville on Friday to serve a 60 day sentence that had not been carried out. The writer laments the impact on Miller and the county, noting the hardship of lengthy separations from Kansas and the disruption to work and home life.
The Rev J A Williams arrives from Auburn Kansas this week to conduct business as a transacting individual. He has rented his house on South Cloud street to J A Caldwell who will take occupancy immediately.
Kansas farms advertised for sale outline rich soil in Republic and Jewell counties with 8 to 205 acres, multiple houses, barns, and pastures. Listings include 160 acre and 240 acre tracts near railroads, alfalfa and corn potential, and loans at 5 percent. Prices range from 2 600 to 9 500 with terms offered and nearby schools.
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