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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
6
Church services and social events fill a busy week with music class recitals and socials. A ten pound boy welcomed at the Williams home. enrollment totals set at 177 across schools. Dr. Eagleson plans temporary office absence. Journal seeks a second hand iron safe. Scandia loses again to Republic, while local rail and post office duties promise future changes.
August was hot and dry though cooler than July. Mean temperature 79 with 101 high on the 1st and 57 low on the 5th. Rain fell on 18 days totaling 1.66 inches, 0.99 below normal, wind southeast with 4047 miles of movement. Since January 1st, 591 degrees excess, 6 inches rainfall deficit. 11 clear 16 partly cloudy 4 cloudy days.
Howard Bowling tripped on a sidewalk across from the office Tuesday morning and broke his leg near the hip. Drs. Hyatt and Ekblad set the fracture and he is progressing as well as can be expected. The accident may push the city to install new brick sidewalks citing widespread poor conditions.
The Old Settlers Reunion at White Rock drew a huge crowd last Thursday with dinners and appetites matching yore. Talks by veterans and readings from the White Rock Independent recalled the community’s early days and law and the lawyer address by C A Kimball of Courtland drew praise.
The sole town restaurant Inquired Ep Kee sold by J Riley to Peter Kallman for 2.2. he also sold his barber shop to Chas Sandell with possession set for September 15. Riley plans to focus on poultry this winter and may move west to the Pacific coast in spring.
Property listing notes a sale of a house with five lots in the City of Scandia. The listing shows a contact line reading Wilson & Suita with a street location and a telephone or address cue.
For sale in Scandia Kansas 238 acres of land a six room dwelling new outbuildings and other improvements. Bargain for a buyer who wants a home in town with soil potential. Also an herbal tonic ad offering Herbine at 50 cents from Av J White druggist.
Miss Lela Hyatt and Clifford Simms wed in Belleville and plan to ride the evening train to Colorado. The bride, employed at the town telephone office, is esteemed. the groom is the son of a Republic area farmer and has worked at Idaho Springs Colorado. Many friends send good wishes as the couple head west.
For sale several head of mules horses and colts. Call at my place 2 miles west and 3 south of Norway.
A surprise party was given last Thursday evening for Miss Lola Ghorehill on her late birthday. Guests included Emily Swanson Ruby Anderson Laura Happer Gertrude Swaney Mary Hanson Anna Hanson Edith Sandell Beulah Beeler Alice Smith Ada Larson Carrie Larson Me Preble Don Newton James Whitney Willie Norris Parlee Platner Warren Purdy Burl Nelson Harry Morgason Ray Wheeler Luther Kershner Elzy Swanson and Neltie Churchill.
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment is recommended for blind bleeding or protruding piles. It will cure the most obstinate cases. Price five dollars per bottle, tubes seventy five cents. A. J. White, Druggist.
A Friday evening gathering hosted by Mrs Wheeler drew a large crowd. An ice cream sale raised over ten dollars for the Presbyterian calendar.
Frank Nelson to speak at Hugo's Grove in Norway today at 2 p.m. The ad urges Ballard's Horehound Syrup for quick relief of coughs and colds, priced 25 and 50 cents. An A J White notice concludes the item.
Personal notices report Miss Jean Parker, longtime grammar school teacher in San Francisco, honored by naming a school after her. Queen Alexandria learns lacework while Mrs. Harrison donates a portrait to Indianapolis public schools. Claus Spreckels and others contribute to naval and civic funds. poetry from Stonewall Jackson found in Lexington. General Howard considers retirement from the Congregational Home Missionary Society. Italian settlement plans involve Carlos de Bourbon amid Spanish residence tensions. The Lee family’s military presence grows from Civil War years to the present.
The piece notes affordable jardiniere options enhancing houseplant display with soft green, old rose, and subdued yellow tones. It suggests a spring indoor arrangement using a green enamel milk pan with tall plants and hyacinths surrounded by moss, plus easy watering. It also mentions Lord Charles Beresford lending a Chinese coin collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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