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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
3
Jamestown Optimist questions Hughes plan as headline notes policy aims to prevent war while no conflict has started. An item about sale of team wagon and harness by C. E. Martin appears as a brief notice.
Mrs C E Martin advertises sewing work of all kinds and invites inquiries. Dr E A Moore osteopathic physician notes office in F and My Bank Building, Tuesdays and Fridays. Seandia Kansas.
An advertisement from Ward's Barber Shop promotes Holton Steam Laundry as the best agency in Scandia offering quality work and inviting customers to try their service.
Sunday dinner with Frank and Grace Mahan. Grace visiting from Minneapolis. John Mahan and sons planned barn work near their farm. Notes on town sales and prices, Halloween display at Palace Drug, and local mileage reports. Early snow covers five inches, unusual for October. Speculation on presidential candidates noted.
A large crowd attended the Tuesday event at Hohrs Hardware where a Wonder Washer was awarded to Guy Ward after the demonstration. The crowd discussed betting law and noted voters may lose votes at final tally.
Visitors from Wray Calorado and Emporia call on relatives. A Special Range Exhibit offers a Free Puré ware set with a South Bend range purchase during Oct 20 week. Fred McNinley arrives in Guy Ward's shop as barber. Presbyterian Sewing Society meets Nov 1 to collect dues. Bazaar set for Nov 22. Methodist Ladies Bazaar planned for Election Day Nov 7 at Larson building. Social Tea at Mrs. A S Mahan on Nov 2.
A big Range Exhibition will be held at P. Phersons Hardware in Norway from October 25 to 37. Read the big ad for details and events during the display.
Mi and Mrs Earl Baird of Glenn Elder visited Friday and Saturday at the W H Mikesel home near Rydal, meeting family and sharing news during the weekend call.
Mr and Mrs Frank Cuthbert enjoyed a visit from three of their grandchildren on Saturday. The grandchildren came up from Norway to spend time with the family.
Prolific Poland China boar for sale described as big and spring farrow. Contact Scandia at phone 220 or James Nelson for details.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Tablets as a remedy for despondency caused by indigestion and biliousness. It claims quick relief within a day or two and includes an endorsement from Mrs. C. E. Riley of Huon, New York, stating strong satisfaction with the product.
The Teachers Training Class began last week and will meet again Thursday evening at 7 30 at the Hall. Choir practice will follow. Sunday services include Sunday School at 10 am and Evening Sermon at 9 pm on the topic Dimiple slip. The Theos board sermon series on Christian Fundamentals continues. The Ladies of Skandia plan a sewing meeting with Mrs Seabolt Thursday afternoon. Also notes include a quotation from Thomas Paine and Lincoln about friendships.
Union News reports a startled reaction after sighting a full grown blizand on hands. Bert Bowen and wife visited Ballleville Monday while Mrs Ruth Mahan and children stopped at Labon Marshall’s Tuesday. Frank Mikesell delivered corn at Rydal Wednesday and Mrs D F Householder visited her sister Mrs Ora Bowen on Monday. James Austin and wife visited home folks recently.
A Belleville week of community events includes a Republican Rally at Union Schoolhouse with county candidates and J T Johnson selling wheat at Rydal. Residents attended Dave Austins sale. Mr Austin plans to move to Wyoming for health reasons. Families visit and travel between Concordia James Town and Belleville, with various hog sales and small-town gatherings noted. Constipation and Chamberlains Tablets are recommended for regular bowels and appetite.
The Richmond Times Dispatch records a tense exchange as a judge and Mandy discuss Cephas's behavior. Cephas is described as often on the wagon and crippled, needing crutches, with faint allusions to alcohol use and a peculiar habit involving water.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a Washington Star clipping with implied crime notes and a furtive duck metaphor, suggesting a clipped reference to a crime story and a tied tie image, though details are unclear.
A humorous exchange quotes The New York Journal about a horse taking a woman for a ride and the woman being laid up for six weeks, contrasted with a tale of a man who ran away with a horse and suffered six years of recovery.
A brief dialogue snippet shows Percy and Reggy arguing about memory and engagement. The Boston Globe cites a woman who forgets a joke and recalls a past engagement, highlighting a lighthearted, domestic moment with humor.
A salesman offers a tea for one, then asserts the history book costs twice as much. The buyer jokes about buying the tea free with the history, and the salesman clarifies they sell the history and include the tea to keep readers awake.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a quip about a poet who left no letters to publish but a pile of unpaid bills, joking about compiling them into a deluxe edition as a humorous deadpan remark.
A fragmented reading notes a long standing link between Shakespeare and Cervantes. The text hints at cultural exchange and shared literary influence during the late 16th century across Europe.
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