Washington Impressions on Budget, Beekeeping and Presidents
Governor Landon praised Kansans for a balanced budget and strong credit while critiquing eastern views. The piece notes AAA payments totaling 836 million to farmers, details honeybee research, and recalls Johnny Edson a friend of Lincoln who knew several presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
Kansas
Union
House
John O’ Connor
O’connor
Department of Agriculture
AAA
George Washington
Capitol
Johnny Edson
Capital
Lincoln
McKinley
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Reece Construction Wins State Contract Near Phillipsburg
Reece Construction Co. was awarded the contract for 8 miles of grading and culverts northwest of Phillipsburg after a recent letting. A work order is expected soon and work may begin within two weeks. The project will last about three months and employ approximately forty men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece Construction Company
Phillipsburg
School Start Dates and Enrollment Schedule
The notice states school begins on Monday September 9 with freshmen and sophomores enrolling Thursday September 5 and juniors and seniors on Friday September 6. Used bodies may be secured at the school building when enrolling.
Scandia Professor Scheduled to Lecture at Institutes
Professor PF L Miller is set to lecture at several institutes this month. He starts at Lincoln next Monday, then spends the following week at Lincoln County institutes. From August 19 to 23 he appears at Riley County Institute in Manhattan with talks on Teaching the New Unit Program of Study and inspirational lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PF. L Miller
Lincoln
Lincoln County Institues
Riley County Institute
Manhattan
Visit Notes From Chicago Portis And Riley Gatherings
Hageman travels Monday to Chicago to visit sister Mabel Hageman. In Portis, Mr and Mrs Ernest Burns and Lester visit D A Burns and Ethel. Lois Jean and L G Nystrom visit Sunday. Riley visitors include Mr and Mrs Cecil Sargent and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Blanche
Hageman
Mabel Hageman
Portis
Ernest Burns
Lester
L. G
Ny‘strom
Lois Jean
D. A. Burns
Ethel
Riley
Cecil , Sargent
Robert Te
Church Notes and Announcements Eighth Sunday After Trinity
Sunday School and morning worship at usual hours. Union services at the park in the evening. An illustrated lecture on Africa missions to be given at the park on Sunday evening August 18. You are cordially invited to our services.
Methodist Church Announces Picnic and Upcoming Events
The Methodist church invites all to a Friday afternoon Sunday School picnic at Carl Lindecrantz home. Next Sunday services will follow with a union park gathering in the evening. Tuesday at 2:30 the W F M S meets at Mrs E K Erickson's home. On Friday August 16 a farm sale is planned at John and Henry Aspegren farm west of Scandia on US 36. B W Selin minister invites attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lindecrantz
Union Park Service
E. K. Erickson
John and Henry Aspegren
Scandia
Ada Lutheran Church Kackley Eighth Sunday Notices
Ada Lutheran Church at Kackley announces Sunday after Trinity services with morning worship at 11 and Sunday School at 10. Evening service at 8. An annual Sunday School picnic is set for Thursday August 8 on church lawn with 2:30 pm children program and a Courtland band in the evening. Bethany College representative will attend. Ladies Aid serves refreshments and lunches. divisions asked to supply sandwiches and cake. Confirmation rehearsal Friday morning. Edith Beck a missionary to Africa will be a guest August 17 18. Luther Wheel hosted by Mrs Pete Hansen August 14. Ladies Aid hosts August 22. Swedish communion service planned. Pastor G Danieleon welcomes all.
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Church Lawn
Courtland Band
Bethany College
Ladies Aid
Fox
Aaron Carlson
C. G. Danieleon
Arrests and fines from Formosa case in police court
C E McCutcheon of Formosa was fined 15 dollars in police court by Judge Cooper Monday for drunkenness and disturbing the peace on Sunday evening. He paid 7 dollars and received a stay of executions on the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. McCutcheon
Formosa
Cooper
Old Men in Savage Tribes and Modern Jobs
Poem fragment attributed to George E. Phair contrasts savage tribes that kill elders with a modern society that abandons aging workers. It condemns tradition and calls out the harsh practice of ending the aged and the quiet removal of their livelihoods.
Scandia Community Club set to meet at city hall park
The Scandia Community Club will convene next Monday at 6 30 PM in City Hall Park. Members are urged to attend as several items of important business will be considered. Solicitors for the meeting are Carl Hammer and Ed Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia ‘Community Club
City Hall
Carl Hammer
Ed Olson
Damon Runyan Plans Political Article in Cosmopolitan
Damon Runyan, famed writer, visited Kansas to interview Governor Landon for Cosmopolitan. He spent days studying political trends in Kansas and the Midwest and named potential Republican presidential contenders including Landon, Vanderberg, Winant, Fish, and McNary with Landon as his top choice.
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Damon Runyan
Kansas
Landon
Cosmopolitan
Middle West
Bunyn
Vanderberg
Michigan
Winant
New Hampshire
Hamilton Fish
New York
Wheat and oat yields noted in local threshing report
Threshing nears completion with top wheat yields of 16 bushels per acre at the Tiller farm by E. A. Carlgren. Oats average 60 bushels on a highland farm, while Reuben Carlson reports 71 bushels per acre. Other farmers show varied results from 8 to 60 bushels, including Allan Vannice 9, Clarence Stensaas 10, Lloyd McGregor 45, and Stenson 60 bushels.
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E. A. Carlgren
Carlgren
Reuben Carlsons
Allan Vannice
Clarence Stensaas
Joe Brewer
Lloyd McGregor
Clarence Stensons
Charles Ames Dies After Heart Attack While Driving Tractor
Chas Ames a Highlands farmer died from a heart attack Saturday afternoon while driving a tractor in the corn field. He was the father of Fred and Chas Ames the latter living in California. Funeral services were held at the home last Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Ames
Highland
Fred
California
Tractor accident burns man near Scandia
Myron Holgerson was badly burned last Tuesday while refilling a tractor gasoline tank south of Scandia. He suffered severe burns to the chest arms and face, was treated by Dr Hageman and later taken to a Concordia hospital where he is reported recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Holgerson
Scandia
Hageman
Concordia
Visitor From Kansas City Arrives For Month-Long Stay
Helen Johnson of Kansas City Missouri arrives Thursday for a month visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Johnson and other relatives.
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Helen Johnson
Kansas City
Joseph Johnson
Return to Duluth After Visit from Randoph Resident
Dr and Mrs J W Ekblad and Mrs L M Wheeler return to Duluth Minnesota after visiting Mrs Oberia Ryan. Ekblad of Randolph accompanied them.
Coral Sea defined by reefs near Australia and Solomon Islands
A Pacific Ocean region between Australia’s northeast coast, the Solomon Islands, and the New Britain area is called the Coral Sea due to its numerous coral reefs. The piece notes high quality coral valued at 400 to 700 dollars per ounce and cites the Western Newspaper Union.
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Pacific Ocean
Australia
Solomon Islands
Newebrides
Coral Sea
Western Newspaper Union
Contract Awarded to Narka Contractors for Horse Barn
Kobes and Brown Narka contractors won the horse barn contract at the fair board meeting attended by all but one member. The bid of 1 050.70 was the lowest of three. Completion is set for August 25, with a 3 by 64 foot barn to be built west of the cattle barn.
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Kobes and Brown
Narka
Missionary Edythe Beck to Speak at City Hall Park
Miss Edythe Beck on furlough from Tanganyika East Africa will tell the gospel progress among the negroes in words and pictures at City Hall Park Sunday evening August 18.
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Edythe Beck
African Mission
Tanganyika Territory
East Africa
Hall Park
Budget Hearing Next Monday At City Hall
The public hearing on the coming year’s city budget will be held at City Hall next Monday evening at 8 o clock. Residents are urged to attend.
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City Hall
Corn Hog Committees Complete Work in County Sessions
The measuring committee work on the Corn Hog program is now practically completed per the county agent. The 1935 contracts are filed and forwarded to the proper destination. Wheat and Corn committees met in regular session at the county agent's office Saturday to handle important business.
Elevator Manager Named at Manhattan Milling Company
Chris Nelson is appointed manager of the Manhattan Milling and Terminal Company of Manhattan. The elevator and terminal has a capacity of 100000 bushels.
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Chris Nelson
Manhattan Milling and Terminal Company
Manhattan
Ekblad Family Visit Spans Randolph and Scandia
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Ekblad of Duluth Minnesota visited Randolph from Friday to Sunday with their son John Ekblad who accompanied them back to Scandia.
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J. W. Ekblad
Duluthluth
Minn
Randolph
John
Ekblad
Scandia
Eva Waite and Jack Visit Los Angeles Relatives
Mrs Eva Waite and Jack of Los Angeles arrived Tuesday for a visit with Mr and Mrs Will Kallman and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Waite
Jack
Los Angeles
Calif
Will Kallman
Belleville Women Plan Colorado Trip This Week
Irene King Frankes Maxine Polley and Dorothy Aspegren of Belleville left Saturday for a week long trip to Colorado. They will visit named spots and return with stories from the journey.
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Irene King, Frankes
Maxine Polley
Belleville
Dorothy Aspegren
Colorado
Evansville Visitor Weekend Guest at Jeandeheur Home
A visitor from Evansville Indiana spent the weekend as the guest of Mr and Mrs George Jeandeheur in their hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ash
Jeamdeheur
George
Jeandeheur
Beauty or Death This is Beauty Seeker From Gloucester
Harriet Heckman of Gloucester New Jersey a former beauty shop operator offers herself for experimental purposes to any doctors or surgeons who would attempt to make her beautiful She says she is tired of living as she is and is willing to face death to try any experiment not for gain but to alter a body and face that makes her miserable
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Mary
Harriet Heckman
Gloucester
N. J
Miss Heckman
Exodus Begins to Cooler Spots
The article notes a wave of travel as residents head to California Minnesota and Minnesota lake country to escape heat and seek work. Families plan trips with maps and supplies with several heading north to Minnesota and Colorado while others go to California and the Northwest.
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California
Minnesota
Northwest
Colorado
Ozark
Norman Currie
Dallas Nylund
Carl Reece
Minnesota Lakes Northwest
Duluth
Jay
Cooper
Elvin
Bettis
Lloyd Wetzel
Russell Moe
Ernest ‘Wennersten
Jack Davis
Moe
Farmers hear Wickard pledge on corn hog payments in Kansas
In Manhattan officials from Republic County and 420 county corn hog officers met with Claude Wickard chief of the AAA corn hog section to discuss farm relief. Wickard assured that adverse court rulings would not cancel promised adjustments and that the government would pay for compliance up to the decision date.
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Claude. Wickard
Republic County
Manhattan
Claude R. Wickard
AAA
Cornhog
Washington, D. C
Wickard
Ryven
Supreme Court
Wickara
Kansas
Washington
State Board
Board of Review
Ralph
Beck
Ed Chopp
Narka
Henry Johnson
Jamestown
H. J. Adams
Belleville
County
New Wheat Contract Calls for 15 Percent Cut
Kansas wheat producers will see a 15 percent reduction in the new federal wheat contract for 1936 to 1939. H Um berger of the Kansas State College extension service says the contract will be printed soon after forms are approved. A statewide sign-up campaign will follow, with the start date not yet announced.
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Kansas
H. ‘Umberger
Kansas State College Extension Service
Unclear text fragment about a lake boat ride
A fragmentary note mentions Mr A Lager riding a new boat owned by Mr John Carl Sono on a lake and includes garbled extra phrases about Tuesday and ants. The readable facts are limited and names are partly obscured.
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A. Lager
John
Carlsono
Isaacson to Move Welding Shop Into Brandstrom Location
Gust Isaacson has rented the Brandstrom blacksmith shop and will move his welding and machine shop equipment this week. Archie Isaacson remains in the same building and has not yet decided whether to move his garage business. The new site will provide more equipment and space to continue his efficient mechanical service.
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G. Isaacson
Brandstrom
Archie Isaacson
Gust Isaacson
Infant Melhus Son Dies in Norway Cemetery Interment
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Melhus was born on August 4, 1935 and died the same day. Interment followed at Norway Cemetery.
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Melhus
Joseph
Norway Cemetery
Ellingsons Return From Chicago Visit
Mr and Mrs A Ellingson returned home Saturday after visiting relatives in Elyhuret a Chicago suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. ‘Ellingson
Chicago
Elyhuret
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Reece Construction CO
Yale
Samuel Dunham
Binghamton
N. Y
United States
Dunham
West Presbyterian Church
Binghampton
Amana Lutheran Church
Chas Pehrson
B. W. Selin
Ada Lutheran Church
Kackley
George E. Phair
Charles Ames
Kansas City, Mo
Duluth, Minn
Narka Contractors
Beauty Or
Death
Ravel
Qust Isaacson
Brandstrom Shop
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