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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
2
Short items from Scandia Kansas include publisher notes, Lyceum event date April 26, local shopping lines at Star Grocery, and family visits among Gulick Tate Vandeveer and other residents. Classifieds mention hay for sale and farm products while Agenda Secretary George Todd visits for county tax matters.
Adolph Nelson departed Sunday morning for Hays City Kansas to serve as delegate to the A O U W convention. Mrs Ernest Burns plans Dorcas Society gathering at the Southern church parlors on Friday afternoon April 25th.
Wm. S Hart stars in a dx reel western titled The Bargain showing at the Princess this Friday evening. Dr. Ahrens announces office hours after April 21 will be Monday and Saturday each week. Mrs. J. W. Chaler offers washing at home with reasonable prices. call or see her time or phone 42. Rev and Mrs J H Hampshire and Lebanon guests attended a Christian Endeavor rally in Norway Tuesday night. Mrs Shirley Forman hosted dinner Tuesday for teachers Emma Poage, Floy Anderson, Ella Bliss, Esther Isaacson.
Wm Freeburg and Ella layangh of Courtland wed on Wednesday of this week. The groom is a brother of John Freeburg of the city.
Mr and Mrs W in Preble hosted a Wednesday evening event with guests enjoying a two course lunch served in a cordial small gathering.
A fragmented item from Kansas City notes a person named Frank underwent a final stage operation. The page also references Oprenik and Theodore Granstedt elas as connected figures in the brief. The exact details and context are unclear due to the damaged text.
William Farnum is listed in the cast of Riders of Farle Bagée with a leading role noted. The listing highlights Farnum’s prominence in the silent era Western.
The Journal runs a recurring poem lampoon about unpaid subscriptions. It credits L V Garman of Republic, newly elected mayor, with a witty repartee about pants patches. The verse urges readers to pay dues to avoid further patches and debt.
The recent meeting of the county Teachers Association drew over two hundred fifty attendees including teachers, board members, patrons, and students. Miss Stone, state rural schools supervisor, gave principal guidance on “making good” while Belleville High School organized most of the program and England's Normal Training class demonstrated country-school style recitations.
The article lists board members and teachers across districts including Mrs Clara Little and EF Stark, notes high school orchestra music, and details hired teachers. It covers Kansas pasture rent prices, shifts in cattle grazing, and drought impacts in Texas and Oklahoma, plus film and theater critique references.
A farmer sold a Holstein bull to a butcher for 50 dollars after the animal produced no records. later daughters showed high butter fat and milk yields, proving registration alone cannot guarantee performance. Cow-testing and bull-testing associations emphasize backing bulls with proven production records.
Albert Snyder offers hauling and plowing services promising prompt attention and reasonable prices. Contact by phone 95 for arrangements and estimates.
Critics note the western film True Blue aims for a mellow happy ending and features a strong minded male lead, aligning with familiar western tropes and conventions of the genre.
The couple, married in November, exchange playful lines about shopping and looking glasses. The text hints at further adventures from the young pair to appear in the 1919 Christmas number, promising more installments.
A doctor advises a cold weather practice to stay dry. Stand briefly in a dry spot before exiting into severe snow to prevent snow from clinging to shoes. Cool soles stop melting snow, avoiding water soaking into feet.
Lord Morris told a parliamentary committee that Europe United States mail will be carried by airplane. He cited a regular daily England France air mail service as proof the system works despite weather.
Booth Tarkington recounts an old man who testified before a committee. When asked his name he said Calhoun Clay and admitted he could not sign it, explaining he dictating it rather than writing.
In a sharp exchange, observers note German self-vision as skilled political economists contrasts with criticism of propaganda spending. The comment questions whether strategic messaging justified prior expenditures.
Advertises farms in southwest with 160 acres near town. Terms include half cash, balance paid from half of the crop plus 7 percent interest on deferred payments. 80 acres near town features include 20 acres pasture, cultivated land, and a new oak-finished house. Abundant water and good improvements touted to attract buyers.
An 800 acre Nebraska parcel features 650 acres in cultivation with 400 acres sown to wheat, smooth soil and clay subsoil, near Max and Benkleman with school and rural mail access. Rent covers two years with one third of the crop, 1918 crop value around 6 percent on 70000 dollars. Price 40 dollars per acre with partial cash down and balance over three to five years at 6 percent. Also 160 acres in Wilson County Kansas, eight miles north of Fredonia, mostly cultivated, four room house and outbuildings, payment plan noted.
Readers are urged to visit the Princess for an eye examination and glasses fitting by Dr Bobo with guaranteed satisfaction.
One team of mares offered for sale with cane seed also available. Contact Otto C. Nelsen at phone 1405 in Scandia. Listing date appears as 7 15-4¢.
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