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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
8
County Clerk Peter Johnson records Oct 7 1907 Belleville Kansas notes from the Commissioner's Meeting. Official file numbers 6835 24 5060 30 appear in the clerk’s office record.
The 1907 county board adjourned to Oct 8 then met Oct 9 and 10 at Belleville. They approved bonds for Frank Sager and J J Smith, released J H Moranville from jail, and set weekly payments for Mary Vincera. Road views were ordered for Big Bend and Fairview two townships with appointed viewers, reports due by Jan 1 1908. Claims against the county were audited with extensive payments to officials, vendors, and services, and the board adjourned sine die.
A dense list of property transfers from Alta EB Waterson to C H Jenks. F A Smith to Sanford W Robbins. Alanson H Green to M W Fae. C P Lingberg Admr to P E Larson. Sanford Robbbins to Dana W Julian. A W D Fisher to H C Swartz. Babcock & w to N A Babcock and Della D Lyon. Anna Dahlstrom to John Camp. J S Lewis to Jonathan Kelley. MF Print to Jennie Robbins. Elmer Everhart to James Shepard. Peter Johnson to John Johnson. Bertha E Slover to William Eccles. McCrossland to Lydia M Wilmott. Gen A Fritzinger to Edgar Felly. Frank Campbell to Japel Campbell. J B Campbell to H W Campbell. Guy C Emery to J C Moran. J O Moran to LH Koontz. Kansas Town & Land Co to Philip Feil Jr. Phillip Feil to J D V Dovel. W A Carmean to J R Kobes. Joseph N Brooks to George Wilkinson. Alex H McCall to Robert Mills. Hans Nelon to Hans Abraham. Moran to Avton via Beechers Add Narka.
A retail jeweler recounts a shop trick where two older customers viewed rhinestone rings as substitutes for diamonds and left without buying. The clerk predicts they will return to buy genuine stones after discovering the ruse, noting rhinestones’ usefulness alongside diamonds.
The Kodak Park chimney rises 366 feet on an octagon base 23 feet deep and 40 feet across. The round brick shaft narrows from 28 feet to 11 feet outside diameter, with an inside diameter from 19 to 9 feet. The acid proof lining, air space, and 2400 horsepower smokestack opening are described along with a lightning rod and dual ladders. Total stack weight is about 3200 tons.
A proposed electric line would connect Europe and Asia from Beslan across the Caucasus to Tiflis, about 135 miles beyond. The scheme awaits Russian government approval and aims to unite the two continents by rail.
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