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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
2
Local ads announce fall goods and hats at reduced prices from Ellen Loring with clerking by Mrs. Ora Sandell. Other notices mention visits by J D Lynn of Courtland and K A Duncan, a Scandia rumor of upcoming weddings, and a Belleville osteopath consult. Ousow and Beckman Cash Store advertises Kansas City Skirt Co samples with guaranteed fit.
A twelve foot brick walk is laid before the Bruns wick hotel as plans show further walks by John Freeburg Lumber Co M Weislogel and the Mo Pac will soon extend brick walks along both sides of the business section of main street in Scandia, marking a street improvements push.
Considerable interest gathers around a Scandia football squad this fall with potential for a strong eleven. Prospective players signaled include Maxey Fred Smith Jokander ShotSman Fred-Me Dowell Plotner Nordman Rig gins Linden Scott Kimball Gatchel and Wilson. A meeting at the JOURNAL office Thursday evening will elect officers and invite all interested to attend.
Rock Island reports train No 15 delayed about ten hours Tuesday and No 9 almost as late. Presbyterian church to hold preaching next Sabbath in morning and evening. Mrs A R Morey returns from St Joe Missouri after five weeks for visits and medical care. Wanted marr man to work on farm free rent and fuel steady job good wages. Contact C G Asp Gregn Republic Kansas.
Rev O J Swan to sell a horse two buggies and many household articles at public auction Saturday September 23 at 1 PM. The C R I & P cut Hendrix and other western land boomers from their Colby excursion rate Tuesday evening, forcing the excursion to be cancelled. The reasons are unclear.
Merritt Sigsbee will conduct a public stock sale at his farm west of town on Thursday. The sale lists 15 head of horses 20 head of cattle 25 head of sheep and 65 head of hogs. N S Hoyt will cry the sale. A steam shovel was brought in on the Rock Island to fill a washout west of town but work was delayed as crews were sent east to repair washouts amid ongoing rains.
Kanvas City retailers advertise a guaranteed fit for ladies selecting samples at Ouson and Beckman Cash Store. The copy emphasizes style options and customer assurance.
Columbus machine listing offers separators with 350 pounds per hour capacity priced at 80 dollars and 450 pounds per hour capacity priced at 100 dollars. M A PREBLE.
John Freeburg is away on a trip to Kansas City and Chicago this week. William Freeburg from Courtland has charge of the business here during John's absence.
Dick Warner Missouri Pacific agent received 300 dollars for hauling a circus to Beloit. Shortly after, a wagon arrived and dumped 600 half dollars on his desk, a sight he says he has never witnessed before in Concordia Kansas.
Rev. O. J. Swan, pastor of the Swedish M. Id. church, has been invited to the pastorate in Ong Nebraska and will depart soon. He has served Scandia for six years and earned goodwill from congregation and community as his family has led in church work and social affairs.
A terse classified note offers to sell 62 funs at 3712 D. W. Grant, Almena, Kansas, urging buyers to purchase property rather than rent.
Performance dates Sept 28 29 mark the Powell Dramatic Company run featuring Coleman the Barber. Local patrons urged to attend as a notable entertainment event in downtown Manhattan.
All persons with baseball uniforms are asked to turn them in at once. A. J. Ritey, manager.
The Powell Dramatic Company schedules performances on September 28 29 and 30. The notice reminds readers to remember the dates for the shows and ticket availability.
John Freeburg advertises 27 kitchen safes of a single pattern made of ash, 38 inches wide and 80 inches high, with three coats of golden oak varnish and embrassed panels. They are priced at 850 dollars for the lot or 5.50 dollars each, offered by William Freeburg.
Coleman the Barber urges customers to send their laundry to Manhattan for top quality cleaning and prompt service, asserting superior results and reliability.
Miss Florence Humphrey heads to Manhattan for school. Rhoda and Mary Poage visit Elsie Bettis, while Alice Garman stays with relatives near Courtland. C S Kirk spends weekend in Belleville. J M Brown family and Rhoda Poage travel to Boise Oklahoma. Wheat sowing begins locally and Elsie Bettis works at St Arbuthnot’s. A Poage family visit includes Stel la and Mrs Williams. Courtland cousins Myrtle Davis Lizzie and Mary Tutter from Colorado Springs join Elsie Bettis. A surprise at P M Herrick brings J S Garman family and Elsie Bettis.
For sale by D A Nywala. The advertisement claims Sherwin Williams paint covers more surface and lasts longer than any other paint. It presents a generic sales blurb with a singular seller and product claim.
A Kansas City outfit reports Olson and Beckman Cash Store seized samples from the Kansas City Skirt Co ladies division, alleging inspection and collection actions linked to a fitting dispute.
Miss K Bliss spent the day Sunday in Belleville visiting friends and taking in the local scene.
J G Storer returned from Kansas by Tuesday. Dr J C Sherrard of Norway was given the Master Mason degree here Monday evening. Mr Lance Plotner of Delaware Ohio conducted the work.
Two French engineers have successfully reached the summit of the Four-clad Agnelli in Switzerland, achieving an altitude near 13 700 feet. The ascent marks a notable feat in high altitude mountaineering.
In a playful fashion note, the piece suggests white strings on mourning bonnets to signal a young widow not retiring from marriage, blue for a colder, later-soft woman, and no strings for a widow determined to stay single, with grass strings as a decorative option.
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