Concordia Citizens Laud Democrats in Party Letters
A Concordia reader profile lauds Bert Brown of the Kansas Democratic Party and praises Frank Carlson as Kansas Republican chair. The letter recalls Carlson as a dirt farmer from Cloud County and honors Helvering while urging Democrats to win in two years.
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Concordia
Kan‘San
Bert Brown
Kansas
Cloud County
Carlson
State Central Committee
Guy Helvering
Helverine
Frank Carlson
Landon
Hedges
Davis
Woodring
Local Elevator Reports Strong Week in Corn Trade
Last week saw steady shipments as trucks moved from outlying corn cribs to the local elevator. About 7000 bushels of corn were purchased amid a price rise, with most corn sold at twenty to twenty one cents. the elevator handles its own hauling.
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Isageson Trothers
Officers Raid Raton Farm East of Scandia
County and federal officers swarmed the Norris farm one mile east of Scandia and a half mile south on Tuesday afternoon. A large still was found and transported to Belleville. Suspects were arrested but later released. The sheriff led the county forces.
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Norris
Scandia
Belléville
Harness Stolen From County Farm Barn
Thieves entered the barn at the County Farm last Monday evening and stole two sets of good harness. Sam Summers, superintendent, offers a liberal reward for information leading to recovery. One set belonged to Mr. Summers and the other to M. C. Chambers of Norway.
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Sam Summers
Township Road Near School Being Improved
Scaridia township reports a project to create a new road east of town. The road is graded and finished, and is already in substantial use by residents and laborers.
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Scaridia Township
York College Quartet to Sing Tomorrow
The York College male quartet from York Nebraska will present a thirty minute program tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the school auditorium. Townspeople are invited to attend and hear the performance.
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York College
York
Nebraska
Palm Sunday and Good Friday Services at Amana Lutheran
Amana Lutheran Church announces no morning or evening services for Palm Sunday while the pastor serves near Hernicn Kansas. An 8 PM Good Friday service and Easter Sunday morning service are planned with Luther League sponsorship and choir participation.
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Amana Lutheran Church
Hernicn
Kans
Luther League
Scandia Day Promises Bargains and Free Chicks for Shoppers
Merchants in Scandia announce next Saturday as a big trade day with many low prices and new shipments. Hundreds of free chicks will be given away, and customers are urged to visit Main Street stores to take advantage of spring savings and loyal, home owned service.
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Scan‘dia
Scandia
Main Street
Scandia M&idd
Sean
Dia
Adventures of Grandpa junior play staged at City Hall
City Hall will host the junior class comedy Adventures of Grandpa next Wednesday evening April 12 in three acts. A farce about a grandson who pretends marriage to gain his grandfather’s money, with a quarantine mix up and a French dancing mistress, features Helen Green Mabel Stromberg Nona Fae Mahan Wilhelmina Wetzel Cleo Ward Marvin Henry Dwight Brewer Harold Johnson and Edwin White with acts between specialties.
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Grandpa
Justvover
Copenhave
Helen Green
Mabel Stromberg
Nona Fae Mahan
Wilhelmina Wetzel
Cleo Ward
Marvin Henry
Dwight Brewer
Harold Johnson
Edwin White
Methodist and Lutheran Church Notices for Palm Sunday Week
Methodists announce Finance Committee meeting at the parsonage Thursday evening and a class meeting Saturday afternoon. Palm Sunday events include 10 am Sunday School, 11 am worship, and 7:30 pm Epworth League with 8 pm service. Ladies Aid hosts Thursday with Mesdames Naslund Linden and Fredrickson. Saviors Lutheran lists 10 am Sunday School, 11 am worship, Lent offerings to Synodical Budget, Holy Week services Thursday 8 pm, and Easter Sunday worship April 16. Pastor T Orlin Torgeson invites all to be welcomed.
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Methodist Church
Epworth League
Our Saviors Lutheran Church Norway
Ans
D. RL Hugos
Jesus Our Savior
Calvary
T. Orlin Torgeson
Palm Sunday Services and Church Events
Kackier Palm Sunday observances include Sunday School and Bible classes at 10, morning worship at 11, Swedish services, and an evening service at 7 30. Mrs Emil Johnson hosts the Women Missionary Society Thursday afternoon April 6 1983. Confirmation class planned for Saturday April 8 at 9 at the parsonage.
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Emil Johnson
Women’s Missionary ‘Society
Ruth Polk
Quist
Joseph
Lundbade
Living Savior
Carl G. Danielsen
Omaha Mian Preaches at Presbyterian–U B Church
The Rev. Thomas B. Dickson, a student at the Presbyterian Seminary in Omaha, Neb, conducted Sunday services at the Presbyterian United Brethren Church in Scandia during the latter part of last week and led the Christian Endeavor services in the evening.
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Thomas
B. Dickson
Presbyterian Seminary
Omaha
Nebraska
Scandia
Christian_ Endeavor
Missouri Section Foreman Moves Headquarters to Scandia
The Missouri Pacific foreman office shifts from Norway to Scandia as the Dune lengthens to twenty miles. Joe Gray and his assistant Ine Chavez will relocate to Scandia in the near future for more convenient work.
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Missouri ‘Pacific
Norway
Scandia
Joe Gray
Ine’ Chavez
New Beer's Eve Parties Planned Across States
The piece notes celebrations across about sixteen states as midnight approaches. It mentions Congress denying 3.2 beer as intoxicating, Kansas City police restricting officers, airline officials banning pilots, and abolitionists awaiting Supreme Court tests with a delayed ruling.
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Congress
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Mrs Sterling Gunter Buried in Scandia
Mrs. Maria Lucy Gunter, 82, died last Thursday at her Kansas City home. She came to Kansas in 1878 and lived in Scandia until 1909 before moving to Kansas City. She was mother of Will Gunter of Scandia. Her funeral was at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Smalley of Belleville and burial at Riverview Cemetery.
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Maria Lucy Gunter
Kansas City
Kansas
Scandiay
Gunter i
Will Gunter
Scandia
Presbyterian Church
Smalley
Belleville
Riverview Cemetery
Two Track Meets Planned By School
Scancia athletes train for upcoming events as two track meets are scheduled. A boys only dual meet with Courtland will be at Courtland ball park Friday afternoon Anvil 14. The County meet set for April 28 at Belleville Fair Grounds will include all county schools except Belleville and feature boys and girls events with cups and medals. Coach Hahn leads preparation.
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Courtland
Courtland Ball Park
Belleville
Beleville
Hahn
Runaway trailer crashes fence on Cloud Street
Last Saturday Edwin Sallman pulled a four wheel trailer loaded with wood up Cloud Street when the hitch broke. The trailer sped downhill striking the iron fence in front of the A Me Bettis home, causing considerable damage before stopping. Paonia courts are to be repaired with new clay to improve practice grounds for students.
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Edwin Sallman
A. Me Bettis
Paonia
Parent Teachers Set New Open House Date
The next Parent-Teachers meeting date has been advanced to Wednesday evening April 26. The annual open house will be held then to display exhibits of work completed during the year.
Plane crash near Neodesha claims several lives
A giant Ford airliner carrying a champion Canadian basketball team crashed near Neodesha after engines failed. Six are killed and eight injured as the plane, breaking apart on a rain soaked field, crashed two years to the day after Knute Rockne's death. Owner Jack H. O'Brien of Minneapolis also perished.
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Knute Rockne
Tulsa
Winnepeg
Canada
Neodesha
Oil Company
Ths
Jack H. O'Brien
Minneapolis
Belleville hosts county music festival at high school
Rennicke County Music Festival was held Friday night at Belleville High School Auditorium. Nine schools participated with each presenting a fifteen minute program. Scandia School performed a girls and boys glee club with Carl Forsberg leading the choir and a girls quartet including Jeannette Ahrens and Nona Fae Mahan.
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Rennicke County
Belleville High School
Scandia ‘School
Ichorus
Eins
Uartet
Ae Carl Forsberg
Epin
White
Marvin
Flores
Tiarraine Jackson
New School Drive Underway at Local Yard
Work progresses at the school with a new drive into the yard and a terrace improvement in front of the building. Shrubbery installation to come later.
Potatoes Yield Historic Seal Found in Patch
Art Cardwell unearthed a sealed object in his potato patch. Historian Pete Strom confirmed it as the great seal of the Scandinavian Agricultural Society, organized in Oxted in 1868. The artifact, clean and functional, is archived at the Journal office as a valuable historical memento.
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Cardwell
Pete Strom
Scandinavian Aericniural Society
Oxted
Citizens Ticket Wins City Election With Sweep
The Citizens ticket secured a sweeping victory in the city election. Mayor S D Blakeley received 171 votes while five council members were elected: Carl Hammer 165 Chas Freed 161 Ed Olson 157 Geo Stromberg 154 J Stofer 134. A. Ellingson was elected police judge by write-in. The council and mayor will take office at the first May meeting as the city weighs a new electric franchise.
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Citizens
Guy Frazier
R. A. Rasmussen
E. Cahill
A. Cardwell
S. Greenslade
H. Peterson
Carl Olson Dies at Republic County Farm
Carl Olson age 73 died last Thursday night at Republic County Farm after a heart failure. A Sweden native and longtime resident, he had been at the county home in recent months. Survived by sisters Mrs Jacob Gee of Burdick Kansas and Mrs Bismark Beckman of California. Funeral services were held at Riverview Cemetery Saturday morning with Rev H E Weaver of Genoa Nebraska and Rev B W Selin of the Methodist Church officiating.
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Carl Olson
Republic County
Olson
Sweden
Sean Dia
Jacob, Gee
Burdick
Kansas
Bismark Beck
Baseball men meet at Belleville to plan season
Officials of the Republican Valley Baseball League met in Belleville last Tuesday evening to finalize plans for the season. They will use the Wilson 26 inning ball, stage a 14 game schedule from May 7 to August 13, with 25 cent admission and free entry for women and children. Scandia has a contract with Wilson Sporting Goods for equipment. A practice game is scheduled Sunday against Byron.
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Republican Valley Baseball League
Belleville
Wilson
Scandia
Wilson Sporting Goods Co
Byron
Prymek Pavilion at Cuba Bombed and Destroyed by Fire
Prymek's pavilion just north of Cuba was completely destroyed by fire and explosion early Tuesday. Owner Ernest Prymek woke to three blasts likely from dynamite as the brick and lumber building burned with the floor destroyed. Officers are investigating the incident.
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Prymek
Cuba
Ernest Prymek
Victorious Life Week Meetings Conclude in Genoa
The Rev. H E Weaver of Genoa Nebraska led meetings at the local Methodist Church with good crowds. Closing Sunday drew large audiences as Weaver preached sermons filled with conviction. Afternoon sessions were held and infant Alice Louise Frederickson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Reuben Frederickson, was baptized at John Frederickson home with Reverends Weaver and Sclin officiating.
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Hoe, Weaver
Genoa
Nebraska
H. E. Weaver
Alice
Louise
Reuben’ Fredrickson
Abe
John
Fredrickson
Wayne
Waevar
Sclin
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Burt Brown
Republican Campaign
Raton
York College Quartet
Demosthenes
City Hall
W. Selin
Ada Luthexin Church
Kackier
Presbyterian-U. B. Church
Missouri
Mrs. Sterling Gunter
Scancia
Giant Ford Airliner
Sodden Field
Citizens Ticket
Blakeley
A. Ellingson
Republic County Farm
Prymek Pavillion
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