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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
4
A letter from Norman Lithty of Des Moines praises Krause's Headache Capsules for instant relief and cites a Boston user. It also promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup and severe colds, claiming no opiate content and wide approval. sold by Harper drugstore.
Local notices report Governor Roosevelt scheduled in Belleville from 12:55 to 1:07 p.m. on September 28. News items note milk ticket sales, visiting Chicago native C. A. Wardrum sister, and Webb McNall with Hugh Alexander to speak at city hall. Other items include Galveston storm impact, log rolling turnout, and a planned McKinley Club meeting led by Republic County Republicans.
Notice of two sheep missing from a farm four miles north of Scandia with neck straps. Call A Stromberg to report. Also an advertisement mentions a weekly Satur day Evening Post subscription offer and a cough remedy from One Minute Cough Cure by A P Hopper.
Prentiss County educators plan a unified meeting to discuss current events and share attendance records with county papers. Parents urged to provide pens ink and writing books, with funds or district purchases to stock school supplies. A Sept 28 flag ceremony and Lieut Pike story will be observed.
The column notes delays from Monday rain affecting wheat drills, confirms Richard Wilford’s travel from London to New York with a hoped return by October first, and mentions J Doyle and H N Boyd speaking on political issues at Pleasant Grove school. Also reports visits to Abbert Ratledger’s by Mrs Fredell and Grandma Kephart, plus upcoming Belgian Hare herd plans and reflections on Journal correspondence contests and subscriber demand.
The piece argues that Missouri Iowa and other states offer good agricultural prospects but warn buyers to compare land prices. It notes farmers seek better conditions yet face higher value elsewhere and predicts Kansas farms may rise in value with improvements like rural mail routes and bridged waterways enhancing connectivity.
Miss Myrtle Phillips and H H Poage own bicycles. Rishers shows good first teaching week. Sid and Phil Creager tour their estate. Carlsons and Creagers plan a large cattle sale Sept 26 on Creager Ranch. Nina Turnquist works for Mrs Joe Houghton. Mr and Mrs Nelson boarding at Mrs Harriskin Kackley. Joe Houghton buys Chas Monson land. Clarence Kackley works on the section. Henry Nelson from Downs Kans returns with niece Anna for a short visit. Maud Phillips attends school at Jewell City. Mrs Snouder returns to Eldere Iowa. B H Carlson in Courtland Friday. Rumor hints Miss Millie Hamilton marriage. groom unknown. Whitney's Department Store offers top fall goods at unchanged prices. Ellingson from Chicago visits brother A Ellingson. A sister arrives midweek. Whitney's Chicago sourced fall and winter stock is the finest yet at Scandia.
A vintage ad urges readers to try Dewitt's Little Early Risers from A. P. Hopper and then visit A. P. White's drug store for a trial bottle of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It warns not to sling mad or lose your head while discussing politics.
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