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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1924
Page
1
The Journal notes a post office matter in Scan Kansas describing second class status and a yearly rate of 1.25 dollars.
Kansas enacts a 1923 act to compensate residents who served in Spain, Philippine insurrection, or China relief expedition with up to 600 dollars, funded by bonds up to 1 million dollars. The governor, secretary of state, state auditor, and adjutant general oversee claims, payments, and rules with a New York sub-fiscal agency for bond payments. The act, effective upon publication in official state papers, is part of the 1923 session.
The Amana Lutheran Church invites families to Sunday School and services, with a union service in Halil Park. The annual Sunday School picnic is set for Swanson’s Grove four miles west and three north of town on Tuesday August 12, featuring a noon basket lunch and ice cream for children. On Wednesday evening August 20 Dr J A Engwall of Akron Ohio will present a stereoscopic lecture on Egypt and Palestine. Chas Pehrson, pastor.
A short Missionary play The Song They Sang will be staged at the service on Sabbath morning with cast including Ruth Haggman Mariam Mahaffy Marcella Mathis Chandra Sigh Margaret Eberhardat Genevieve Freed Alberta Larson Gladys Cooper and others. The program begins at 7 30 p m and all are invited to attend.
Our annual Sunday school picnic is set for Friday August 16 at the Carl Linde Krantz place near Sherdahl with a noon picnic dinner. The pastor O J Lundberg urges timely mission subscription payments and notes upcoming conference reports. Mrs Loring moves her millinery to the White Building and will display fall styles next Wednesday. Monroe Hrickson plans three racing machines for Franklin Nebraska auto races August 14 14 and 1 to be driven by Buick speedster and Homer Larson. Mr and Mrs George Mathis have been visiting W F and Dallas Mathis before returning to Sturgeon Missouri and plan to move their shoe and harness shop to Scandia.
Norway Kansas United Brethren church becomes a radio church providing regular services from a distant station. A loud speaker and amplifier enable the small congregation to hear sermons from Omaha and occasionally Kansas City Des Moines Davenport while lacking a local pastor.
A religious note recalls a powerful station broadcasting on a Sunday. The choir and congregation in a large city heard the Kansas church sing, while Omaha's minister announced the offering. Ushers at Norway church collected funds to cover radio equipment expenses.
Carl Liddle catalogs Ecuador and Quito University investigations after three months in the Oriente of Ecuador and Peru. He describes 1000 Spaniard-type whites, dream visions from natema, head hunters, and checkerboard facial and dental patterns among women.
William R Hardin was born January 31 1897 in Koshkonong Missouri died July 25 1924 in Omaha Nebraska at age 27 after brain inflammation. He worked as a telegraph operator for the Rock Island Railroad beginning in 1918 at Scandia Kansas and lived with his mother and sister. His funeral was held at the Christian church in Koshkonong conducted by Rev. A C Roach with many floral tributes. he is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery beside his father. He leaves a mother, Lizzie Hardin, and sisters Ella of Omaha and Mrs Onley Bledsoe of Thompson Nebraska plus others in Oklahoma and Missouri.
Notice is given that on Saturday August 23 1924 at 2 pm I will offer for sale for cash at the home of Sam Summers Scandia Republic County Kansas the property of Axel T Wohlfort including mules horses cattle lumber tools a John Deere planter wire fencing a rocking chair and more by order of the District Court Anna F Wohlfort plaintiff versus Axel T Wohlfort defendant Dated August 6 1924 J J Eastman Sheriff of Republic County Kansas Comedy every Saturday at Princess
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