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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
4
Hiram Nichols of Séandia visits Belleville on business while Mrs. E S Nelson extends a Western Nebraska visit. Peter Doctor relocates from Missouri to Belleville to join Baldwin Monuments Works as marble cutter. Various locals from Norway to Republic towns conduct business and attend events in Belleville and nearby areas.
F W Craft and Homer Clark with a young child visited from Republic on Monday for business and friends. Rev C J Boyce of Scandia preached at the Union service due to threatening weather, with his wife and family. J T Glasgow of Courtland was a county seat visitor on Thursday. Miss Katherine Fletcher of Norway visited Belleville Wednesday advertising Norway’s Chautauqua July 29 to August 2. Tony Anderson of Jamestown, formerly at Belleville National Bank, left for Great Lakes Illinois to train for the navy. 15e can of Tuxedo tobacco, two cans for 25c.
The column records a Sunday School picnic at Mr. Stromsgrove with a large crowd, plus a string of local visits and small travel plans. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. H O Marshall, the Mikesell and Goodwin families, and others are noted, along with enlistments for army training, illnesses, and recent rain.
Ed Hall and wife and others visit Hall and Bowen homes due to Gertie Hall’s illness. Frank Goodwin and wife in Scandia to see his seriously ill mother. Glenn Eastman improving after illness. Young residents Mildred Stafford Wanova Barnes visit Bob French home. Jap Morehead visits hospital in Hebron. Corrections: Warden Wait ill, not Malcolm Wait. Red Cross bazaar postponed to Friday due to rain at Union Valley schoolhouse. Local farming activity and family visits reported across Union and Courtland areas.
Mrs Wm Johnson and daughter Lois spent Thursday in Belleville. Those with houses to rent should secure a rent receipt book from the Journal at 50 cents. Mr and Mrs Ed Wires Mary West and Sophie Peterson spent Sunday at the home of Elmer Nichols south of Rydal.
The Dorcas Society holds its regular social next Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran Church parlors. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Fall plowing is progressing quickly. E L Woods visited Belleville on Saturday on business. Mrs A W Sjoholm and Miss Dot Hodson of Jamestown stayed with C V Platt. Arthur joined them Saturday night and left Monday. John Jenson left for Funston last Wednesday. Mrs Gilbert Jenson traveled to Fort Dodge Town to see son Richard in camp. Martha Stanton spent the week with aunt Laura Chapman. Visitors to Salina for a tractor show included Albert Etter and Mr and Mrs Enoch.
A. H. T. A. No. 271 offers a fifty dollar reward for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing from any member of the association. G. A. Nystrom, President.
Every man was his own butcher yet now residents are urged to place orders at the City Market. Experts will dress selected cuts from choicest stock and deliver promptly to homes, with orders accepted in person or by phone.
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