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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
2
Charles Buddy Rogers stars in Half Way to Heaven a jaunty action romance set in a carnival. Jean Arthur and Paul Lukas support a perilous love triangle with outdoor all talking scenes and a thrilling finale.
Seasonal guidance from Kansas State Agricultural College covers lice treatment for calves, proper barn hygiene, nursery stock sourcing, stock share leases starting March 1, seed oat smut control, late spring burning, cattle finishing strategies, and screw worm prevention. It emphasizes warm housing for treatments, verified seed treatment, and proactive farm sanitation.
A fragment credits E G Kelly noting that mats burned before warm weather arrived last spring.
Stewart Wilbur shelled corn for Vérn Farlee on Wednesday. Roy Lewis with George Fike went to Scandia Tuesday evening. Miss Lucille Kelly visited Roy Blackburns Wednesday. Mrs. Al Morris is another mumps case. Roy Lewis remodelled his car last week. Glen Housholder cut wood Saturday. Mrs. Elmer Farlee helped Mrs. Mack Drovetta with supper for corn shellers Friday. Mrs. J J Lewis was ill several days. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Swanson and children visited Olaf Norgard Thursday. Floyd Nondorf is sick at his sister’s home, Mrs. Arthur Danielson.
Studies in New York indicate farmers travel farther for groceries and staple articles. Four miles is the average distance to nearby villages. ten to eleven miles for furniture. seventeen miles for shoes and dresses. Seventy percent reported mail order use, with less than one percent buying groceries by mail and the most frequent mail orders being women's shoes and dresses.
Locals Mr and Mrs John Carlson visited Adolph Nelson. Mrs Robert Sundine and Ruby went to Belleville. Cream for sale at Midget Lunch. 1928 Diamond Joe White Corn 90 cents a bushel call J R Storer Scandia. Daisy Dowdall of Rackley business caller. Chester O Neal of Kansas City departed. Red Bull for sale two years old by S S Benedict. Virgil Curry Eloise of Hiannis Neb arrived for funeral of Mike O Neal.
A collage of social notes, visits, and small ads. Residents like Hazel Bettis and Vic Erickson visit relatives, while Wall Paper ads from Hageman and Wires run alongside local notices and inquiries for selling sows. Various citizens attend funerals, quilting afternoons occur, and regional sales of Upland White Corn are advertised with contact details.
Mr and Mrs S D Blakeley express thanks for patrons who visited Riverside Park outlining its transition from public amusement area to private farmland. The property is now maintained as a private farm by the Blakelys.
Sunday visits at W R Billings home and calls to Mike O Néal. New spring wall paper patterns advertised by Haggman and Wires. Mrs G W Nimocks visited Belleville. Miss Elsie Mitchell substituting in Wayne schools. Othberg and Olson piped water to Mrs N E Davis home. Clarence Kackley funeral attended. C A Isaacson gravely ill. For sale items include a trailer ice box 61 tube radio and 36 pure bred chickens. Charley Glover’s son born Sunday March 30.
Community members visit relatives over the weekend including Supt and Mrs J D Andrews in Emporia and Mr Mrs Paul Doctor Cordia. Carl McDowell from Fort Crook Nebr visits. A sale ad notes well bred vaccinated Duroc Jersey sows by S S Benedict who expects farrow soon.
The Kansas Cooperative Wheat Marketing Association schedules two meetings at 7 45 p m in Belleville High School Auditorium on April 7 and Rackley Woodman Hall on April 8. Local members are urged to attend.
The family expresses gratitude to those who assisted during their bereavement. They thank for flowers and services from Mrs. M. O'Neal Mrs. Theresa White Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Curry and Mr. and Mrs. Chester O'Neal.
A sale item mentions a work mare offered by A L Gabdlazier of Scandia Paene 1314 and a Chevrolet truck delivered by Karl Hugos. In Almena Kansas Coleman and Reece reported last week Glen Tantlinger visited August Swans. Paul Marlow bought a used Ford coupe from Hugos Garage last week. Nellie Anderson and Ellen Loring visited Mrs Sundine Sunday evening. S D Blakeley and spouse visited friends in Courtland Thursday afternoon.
Miss Rhea Ensign spent the weekend in Lawrence visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John McGregor and daughter of Cawker City visited Joe Jennings and daughter Mrs. Maggie Anderson. they left Thursday.
The Welcome-In Circle will hold a food sale at the F and M Stores on Saturday afternoon and evening, April 5. Lunch will be served all afternoon with sandwiches, coffee, pie, cake, salad, and chicken pie on the menu.
Riversie Farm is no longer open to the public and will be maintained as a private farm. Hiking and picnics are forbidden at Happy Hollow Sleepy Hollow and Riverside Park. Trespassing and hunting are prohibited. Tenant Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Shennaman owners Mr. and Mrs. S D Blakeley.
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