Scandia Journal praised by Hugh S. Cooper
In a September 10, 1917 letter to Parlee Plotner, Hugh S. Cooper of Missouri commends the Scandia Journal for its quality and notes Scandia’s churches school water works and electric lights. He urges local residents to subscribe and encourages District 6 school children to study hard for a busy world. He signs from 2328 Olive St. IX. C., Mo.
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Parlee Plotner
Scandia
Kansas City
Hugh SS. Cooper
Olive St
IX. C
Chamberlain tablets praised by merchant for two year trial
G A McBride of Hedford Ontario reports strong customer success with Chamberlain tablets after two years of selling them and offers a free trial. Indigestion and constipation sufferers are urged to try the product. A Hobart M Cable piano player factory demonstration is announced at J A Freeburg's store on September 22.
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G. A. McBride
Hedford
Hobart M. Cable
J. A. Freeburg
Hobart M. Cable Piano CO
Sandblasting At State House Cleans Aged Exterior
Visitors witness a sandblasting crew cleaning the east wing of the state capitol in To gweka. A worker on a platform directs a hose while compressed air drives sand to strip fifty to sixty year grime, revealing white stone beneath.
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Togweka
Coppers Weekley
Kansan Linotype Operator Credited With Khaki Bill Song
A Hutchinson linotype operator known as Slats Watson of the Hutchinson News Jamestown Optimist is credited with writing the war catch song Khaki Bill. Critics say the tune, a swingy march, could rival Tippecary and bands are already performing it in France and at home. Thousands of copies have been sold by music dealers.
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Hutchinson
Tipperary
France
H. L. Watson
Property Listings Near Oberlin and Rydal Kansas
An 232 acre tract adjoining Oberlin Kansas with Sappa Creek boundaries offers tillable land, timber, and posts. Priced at 60 dollars per acre with a 5000 dollar cash balance at 6 percent. Also 80 acres improved five miles south of Rydal offered by J W Plotner. if unsold by October 1 it will be rented.
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Oberlin
Decatur
Kansas
J. W. Plotner
Rydal
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
The advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured locally. It promises a constitutional remedy through Hall's Catarrh Medicine that works through the blood, offering $100 for any case not cured, with circulars and 75 cent price from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Early Cambridge Pioneer William Talbot Dies at 64
William Aaron Talbot born January 31 1548 in Cambridge HL died August 17 117 at his Cambridge home aged 64 years 6 18. He moved from the Cambridge area to Kansas in 1870 with hardships marking his pioneer life before returning to Cambridge in 1894. He married Martha Mahaffey February 5 1868 and had eight children seven boys and one girl.
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William Aaron Talbot
William and
Mary Talbot
Cambridge
Old Farm
Old Lot
Baptist Church of Cambridge
Martha Mahaffey
Mark W
Mary Frances
Henry E
Charles Verne
Benjamin F
George F
Ralph A
Joseph
Kansas
Brady Bowling
Atchison
Indiana
Scandia
Obituary of W. A. Talbot Passes After Illness
W A Talbot, a respected farmer from Cambridge Ill, died Friday August 17 after four years of hardship from grasshopper damage and illness. He leaves a wife six sons one daughter four brothers one sister eleven grandchildren and many friends. Funeral services were held Sunday August 19 at the Baptist church with Rev Miller officiating. interment followed at Rosedale cemetery. The sextets Mesdames Mann and Taylor and Messrs C B Taylor and J B Taylor performed songs during the service.
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W. A. Talbot
Baptist Church
Miller
Rosedale
Mesdames Mann and
Taylor
Messrs
C. B. Taylor
J. B. Taylor
Mark
Henry
Cambridge
Fred
Minneapolis
Benjamin
Verne
Ralph
Galva
Sanol advertised for liver kidney and bladder care
An ad promotes Sanol as a remedy for the liver kidneys and bladder claiming it can restore function. A 35 cent trial bottle is offered and Palace Drug Store is the retailer.
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Sanol
The
Palace Drug Store
The Wolf to Be Staged by Local Cast in Near Future
Local theater fans are urged to watch for The Wolf a heavy drama from a six member cast with elaborate scenery and lighting by Adolph Nelson and Hol. Wires. The piano demonstration by Hobart M. Cable will start September 22 at Freeburgs store conducted by John B. Oden and W. Floyd Smith. Lee Bowersox and wife travel to Topeka Fair and other eastern Kansas towns. other residents noted with visits and a light rain improving wheat ground.
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The
Adolph Nelson
Hol
John B. Oden
Hobart M. Cable
Freeburge
Oden
W. Floyd Smith
Conservatory of Music
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Lee Bowersox
Topeka
Mr. Bowersox
Kansas
Ralph Bowersox
Fred Mae
Petition Seeks Adjudication of Carl Larson’s Majority Rights
Notice published in Scandia Journal lists Carl Albert Larson a minor seeking court permission to act as adult in contracts real and personal property and to purchase hold and dispose of assets without guardianship. Swen J L. Larson as next friend files petition in Republic County District Court with attorney E S Nelson for petitioner.
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A. D
District Court
Republic County
Kansas
Carl Albert Larson
Swen J L. Larson
Carl Larson
Swen L. Larson
E. S. Nelson
Union News Notes from Union and Nearby
Dr McFarland visited Mrs Archie Larson who had been sick. Chester Ball of near Rydal for Mutual Insurance was in Union. D P Johnson and Frank Johnson and family visited I Bowersox. Union folks attended the funeral of Wm McCullough of Freedom. The McCullough family has many friends in Union. Wm Mikesell and family moved to Belleville. Els family from our neighborhood. Frank Briles and family moved to Vanek farm in north Union. Mrs Ora Bowen and daughter visited Ralph Bowersox. Farmers cutting corn fodder and hay for wheat sowing this week. Emery Hall Neatug Sandell and
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Commissioner Aspegren
August Resmussen
Isidore Bowersox
Earnest Mikesell
Belleville
Mikesell
A. Larson
Kenneth Thomas
Emery Hall
Bert Bowen
Archie Larson
McFarland
D. P. Johnson
Frank Johnson
Republic
I. Bowersox
Union
Wm. McCullough
Freedom
McCullough
Wm. Mikesell
Els
Frank Briles
Vanek
North Union
Ora Bowen
Ralph Bowersox
Neatug Sandell
Great Faith in Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
Mrs. W. H. Williams testifies her father used Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea about a year ago and was immediately relieved after three doses he was cured and had great faith in the remedy.
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Chamberlain
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MR. Cooper
Fletcher
Rhedene Castoria
Professional Directory
A.R. Morey
PR. J. West Morey & West Real Estate, Loans & Insurance
F. & M. Bank
Roscoe C. Ward
C. V. Haggman
C. W.bobo
M.D
Gulick
ER. A. Moore Osteopathic Physician Office
F. & M. Bank Building
L. N. Hendrix
Attorney AT Law
Scandia Journal
J. W. Plotner & Son Publishers
Sandblasting State House
Minneoln
Dashler
Maer
KatisMize
Palace Drug CO
Scandia Kan
William A. Talbot
Castoria
Ainer Warner
Omaha
Alfred Kallman
Frank Mikesell
Earnest Mikesells
Paul Milner
Chas. Larson
Jonah Milner
the Farmers and Merchants Bank
Union News
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Nebraska
G. W. Nimocks
Bank of Scandia
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