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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
3
Numerous Scandia residents and visitors are recorded over the week from Burr Oak to Belleville. Reports include hospitality visits, theater plans for Camille in Belleville, a political candidacy note, real estate sale, and a lecture by Robert Parker Miles with sixity season tickets already sold.
Levi Bygren returns from Western Kansas as Henry Bulley arrives from Tre Serine Andrew Tangdall comes from Superior. Mentions of dog races in Norton, A B Mahan building on Grant street, Mrs May Gribble from Horjmose, wildlife migration, and several locals in town. Courtland and Scandia played ball 4 to 2. Calves thinning. Camile at Belleville opera house. Stofer family at Paul Mae's. corn yield claim. Milo Messenger visiting from Colorado City. roasting ears samples. Kansas soil remark noted.
The Cash Store at Belleville reports wholesale sales of over forty eight thousand pairs of cotton flannel mittens this fall. Mittens are offered in dozen lots at wholesale prices with 12 cent kind selling for 9 cents per dozen. Mail orders are carefully filled.
The notice warns the public that two men claiming to represent New York Life Insurance Co have operated locally for weeks without legitimate authorization. It asserts there is no general agent in Kansas and accuses the pair of making false policy claims about G. Bulkley of Scandia Fred Bulkley Will Bulkley Bert Morey and others. It questions doing business with such callers.
Subscriptions to many newspapers and magazines may be paid at the Journal office. Special rates listed include SCANDIA JOURNAL and Chicago Inter Ocean 1.60 semi weekly, Chicago Daily Tribune 3.00, McClures Magazine 1.85, Saturday Evening Post 1.85, Topeka Herald 3.60.
H J Bailey of Mankato Kansas promotes 15 years experience as livestock auctioneer with satisfaction guaranteed. Dates for services may be arranged at the Journal office, offering a place to print bills.
Five dozen sheep offered for sale by Theo J. Otro. The animals are described as fine stock and located five miles north and 134 east of Scandia. Bargain sought for a quick sale.
The township board will hold its final meeting of the year at the Bank of Scandia next Monday October 27. All claimants should present their claims.
Theo Otto of Union Valley visited town Monday. Alfred Swanson of Scandia bought the building once used by Geo Cundiff to open a photograph gallery in Republic. Cliff Simms begins a poultry business and earns local support. Belleville Cash Store Mittens offers canton flannel mittens cheaper than the fabric. Mrs Hanna Florentz and her son from Amethyst Colorado visited with her parents Mr and Mrs C J Carlson. M A Preble left for Ernest Oklahoma for a two week visit with son Glenn. Eight prairie chickens were spotted south of town Tuesday morning, first in a long time. Jennie Nelson was judged sane at Belleville Monday and sent to the Topeka asylum.
The Topeka State Journal announces installation of a new double deck Goss perfecting printing press praised as handsome and modern. The line prints up to 25,000 complete ten page papers per hour and makes the paper the largest daily in Kansas with expanded Saturday editions.
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