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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
2
A long scrolled column reports on local residents moving jobs, travel, and wedding attendances near Rydal Scandia and Scotch Plains. It also includes a lengthy pro Republican defense of values, policy, and a call to vote for the party in upcoming elections led by President Roosevelt.
Gossip in Topeka and Wichita centers on Chester I Long pressing Senator Burton to back Capes amid shifting alliances. Terms like desperation and ridicule describe Long's waning efforts after failed plots with Stanley and Curtis. Burton’s influence shifts hands as Stover, Simpson and other Burton allies weigh speeches and coalitions.
An old promotional piece claims Scott's Emulsion strengthens growing bones in children and treats rickets. It asserts daily small doses restore stiffness, growth, and proper shape, promising cures for soft bones and noting availability in New York and at druggists for one dollar.
Belleville Opera House previews On the Suwanee River for October 23. The Southern play features a murder plot and a blind girl’s defrauding suitors with plantation characters and famed songs. Prices range 25 to 50 cents.
The Old Soldiers Mutual Benefit Association of Scandia Kansas expresses thanks to business men ladies and the public for aid to a Campfire held October 8 1902 at City Hall. The Scandia Cornet Band is also thanked for music and all friends who aided the event. By order of the committee. Subscription information for the Journal office.
The Nation al Advocate argues that if all workers signed and kept a pledge, labor unions and agitators would be unnecessary, eliminating strikes and poverty. It claims prosperity would replace dissipation, improving homes, reducing crime, and safeguarding young women's virtue.
A Paris aeronaut plunged about 600 feet in a recent balloon mishap. The incident follows a weeks old clash between a Belleville publisher and the editor of the Courtland Register.
A terse report notes many marriages ended in divorce in Indiana last year. The author quips such upheaval might influence agriculture, suggesting a paradoxical jump in hay production.
Subscription credits listed for the week mark new subscribers with a star and cancelations with a dagger. The notice identifies eligible subscribers and applies credits accordingly.
Notice of letters not called for will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in 30 days. Dated October 1, 1902. Names listed include Claude Christensen Irwin Haines Rev Jas A Maller Wim Starr Mrs Ellen Westbrook A B Knipaun P M.
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