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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
7
Local residents share visits and travels as Mrs. Alice Johnson and others in Coirtiane and Norway communities drop by Spitstiniirumi Sammer-tirs-Sammer-iten day. Senior class play slated for April 23. Rev P H Smith assumes Methodist ministry in Scandia.
A. good second hand Overland car in excellent running condition is for sale to someone willing to pay what it is worth. Tires are practically new. Price two hundred dollars. Mrs M C Steele.
Scandia merchants advertise ready-made dresses at old prices and a sale of tankage by Wyman and Smith Grain Co. Local visits include Aspegren and Mrs. Hothis with Mrs. Rabat Doctor in Belleville. Hartwell Smith of Republic and others travel for business. eye tests offered by Br Bobo. The Riverside Club plans another dance next Saturday. Brown’s in Town comedy set for April 23 at City Hall. Egg payments by Scandia Merc. noted. Miss Jennie Trimmer and Miss Hawkins visit. Several residents ill with pneumonia. hog shipment by Lloyd Davis to Kansas City. Annual Methodist conference held in Hays. Rev. Smith moved to Styndia. Rev. Heke returns to Claflin congregation.
The note mentions April 23 as a date connected to Brown's in Towns City Hall and a subscription payment status, implying a local gathering or notice about dues.
Sabetha visit for an uncle’s funeral. Birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Androse of Union township. Local visitors include Ed and Mrs. Ahrens of Belleville and Clarence Banks. Theatre and church events announced, plus plans for Easter services. Joe Marshall enters Republican Congressional race, with critique of his timing and prospects against James Strong.
The Lutheran Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 a m and services at 11:00 a m with evening services scheduled.
Sunday School at 10:00 with Easter program and 11:00 preaching led by Pastor P. H. Smith. Evening worship at 7:30 with Rev. P. A. Smith and U B Choir special music. Social at Presbyterian church parlors next Wednesday. Community notices include births, visits, and local greetings with names and places such as Pomona California, Chicago, Culver Kansas, and Wichita.
Galveston report tells of L Sandel and family who fished at Anderson's Way island. A net cast yielded a boatload of crabs and fish, with an oyster shell found on the bottom wrapped in a five dollar note. The tale notes the bill was damaged but legible.
Investigations begun by mining experts north of here after the Athapupuskow gold strike reveal mining has occurred in the Hudson Bay region for more than 200 years. The Hudson Bay Company, with land grants and mineral rights, has been conducting the activity per preliminary reports. The industry was kept secret to deter trespassing on company property.
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