Extend Date On Crop Insurance for Farmers
Farmers are urged to notify the Farm Bureau office by August 31 to apply for government crop insurance for 1939. The extension allows more to join. no enrollment with the 1939 program is required. Carl Aberg and Elmer Evert are handling applications in their areas, with Ross Swenson supervising in Republic County. The policy covers loss of yield from drought to disease, but excludes losses from negligence, theft, overplanting, and improper seed or seeding care.
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Farm Bureau
Carl Aberg
Elmer Evert
Republic Territory
Ross Swenson
Republic County
Belleville
Methodist Farm Sale At Gust Nystrom Farm
The annual Methodist farm sale will be held at the Gust Nystrom farm two miles southwest of Scandia next Tuesday August 16 beginning at one o clock J W Shotwell will do the auctioneering A large list of articles will be on the block that day Anyone having anything to sell is asked to bring it to the sale.
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Gust Nystrom
Scandia
J. W. Shotwell
Journal
Scandia Builds Modernize Downtown Facade Change
A new front is being installed at the Midget Coffee Shop while other business buildings in Scandia undergo modernization. In a few years all structures are expected to sport a new appearance.
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Scandia
Martin Johnson Buys Plymouth DeLuxe From Pfister Co
Martin Johnson purchases a Plymouth DeLuxe sedan from Pfister Motor Co in Jamestown. He travels to Salina Moncav to complete the purchase and take delivery of the car.
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Martin Johnson
Pfister Motor Co
Jamestown
Salina Moncav
Will Rogers' Humorous Story About Holland Dyke Boy
A humorous tale recounts a supposed real story of the boy Hans who kept a finger in the Dutch dyke to save Holland. Hendrik awakens and asks why the boy holds on, hinting at a fire and rescue situation, though details are unclear from the fragment.
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Holland
Hans
Hendrik
Miss Ozment to Wed in Manhattan Friday
Marianne Ozment a journalism and English instructor at Scandia is to marry Joe Poletti this Friday in Manhattan. The wedding comes as a surprise to many Scandia friends and follows a vacancy in the school faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia School
Marianne Ozment
Manhattan
Joe Poletti
Miss Ozment
Seandia
Church Notes and Announcements United Brethren church services
United Brethren Church led by Rev. Bertha Fogelberg and Rev. L M Keys lists regular services. Norway and Scandia schedules show Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m. Union services planned at City Hall Park.
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United Brethren Church
Bertha Fogelberg
L. M. Keys
Norway
Scandia
City Hall
Our Savior's Lutheran-Norway Hosts Regional Convention
Our Savior's Church hosts the Omaha Kansas circuit League convention starting Friday at 4 p.m. with Rev. C. B. Yivisaker as guest speaker. Activities include Sunday School at 10, worship at 11, Missionary Rally at 4, a concert, a picnic at J. O. Anderson grove, and a Children's Rally at Ada Congregation. the pastor departs Monday for a two Sunday vacation.
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Ada
Norway Church
J. O. Anderson Grove
Little Friendly Circle
Albert Swenson
Sunday church schedule and farm sale notice
Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 with special music and a sermon on How a Man Found True Joy. Union service at 8 p m in City Hall Park. Thursday features a Ladies Aid monthly meeting hosted by several members. Next Tuesday August 16 annual Farm Sale at Gust Nystrom farm one mile west of town. Contributions to benevolent organizations due by August 20. Epworth League to hold homemade ice cream and cake sale next Saturday evening on the sidewalk at the F and M Store corner.
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City Hall Park
Ladies Aid
Carl Lindberg
DeWayne Lindberg
Walt Westin
Elmer Larson
Carl Fredin
Anton Edlund
Mrs Raymond Garber Fatally Injured In Auto Crash
Mrs Raymond Garber 33 died two hours after an auto collision on a highway near Los Angeles enroute to San Francisco. A state truck allegedly cut into the car’s path causing the crash. She left a husband two daughters Patricia Rae and Marian Alice, a brother in Los Angeles and relatives in Omaha and Chicago. Funeral services were held Monday at Forest Lawn.
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Raymond .Garber
Los Angeles
San Francisco
The
Journal
Wm. Erickson
Omaha
Nebr
Chicago
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Bindweed Eradication Drive Covers 467 Acres in Republic County
Republic county launches a persistent campaign to eradicate bindweed by cultivating 467 acres with two duck-foot sowers, one recently bought. Chlorates will be applied mid August to targets in the south and west townships. A dry spread method replaces the hand labor of prior years.
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W.le
Republic County
HL. J. Adams
Luther League Convention Set At Our Saviors Church
The Omaha-Kansas circuit Luther League convenes Friday to Sunday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Opening session starts 4 PM Friday with four lectures by Rev. C. B. Yivi saker, head of Christianity at Concordia College Morehead Minn. Circuit chorus concert Sunday led by Pastor A M Peterson.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
C. B. Yivisaker
Concordia College
Morehead
Minn
A. M. Peterson
Destructive Wind Strikes Farms Near J R Stofer
A strong wind toppled a cow shed on the J R Stofer farm, occupied by Floyd Walters, while the Stofer property also saw a garage moved off its foundation on another site. Guests and local families gathered for Sunday evening visits from Republic Evanston Ill Powell Wyo and nearby communities.
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J. R. Stofer
Floyd Walters
Stofer
Buster Moe
Paul Fredrickson
Bertha Millen
Republic
Glenn Nelson
Harold Johnson
Evanston, Ill
Lily Fredrickson
Vivian Nelson
Katherine Nelson
Ethel
Alice Nelson
Leslie
Bud
LeRoy
Harold Nelson
Willard
Gerardt Nelson
Otto Nelson
Four Scandia Men Fined in Disturbance and Drunkenness Case
Four Scandia residents John Fredlund John Newcomb John Nondorf and Elmer Loring were found guilty in County Court of disturbing the peace and drunkenness. A 265 dollar fine plus 10 dollars for drunkenness and legal costs were shared among the four defendants. Mayor Adolph Nelson filed the complaint after his filling station was disturbed on July 23 when the men asked Joe Pennington to leave town. Pennington, employed on the Pioneer monument, was involved. Fredlund and Loring were released after settlement. Newcomb and Nondorf remained jailed until paying fines and costs on Saturday.
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Scandia
John Fredlund
John Newcomb
John Nondorf
Elmer Loring
Adolph Nelson
Joe Pennington
Pennington
Fredlund
Loring
Newcomb
Nondorf
County 4-H Clubs Hold Achievement Meetings
County 4-H clubs are holding Achievement Days ahead of the North Central Kansas Free Fair. The Highland club met August 3, Wayne Talmo August 10, Willow Dale August 15, Republic August 18, with other clubs later in August.
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Kansas
Highland Club
Wayne Talmo
Willow Dale
Republic
1939 Kansas license plates to be black and white
The 1939 Kansas automobile license tags will have black numerals on white, reversing 1938 design. Plates, made in the state reformatory at Hutchinson, measure 5 1 4 by 14 inches, with Kan 39 above numerals rather than below as in 1938.
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Hutchinson
Mystery snake found in office by Mrs. Frank Peterson
Mrs. Frank Peterson reported a small black snake about the size of a match in diameter and five inches long left in her office. It has an orange collar behind the head and orange on the underside. The species could not be identified from the description.
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Frank Peterson
Wheat bins must meet requirements for government loans
Farm grain storage rules outline location, foundations, floors, walls, roofs, and access controls for safe fumigation. Leker cites specifics on sealing against leaks and pests, and recommends petroleum oil with pyrethrin or carbon disulphide for fumigation with safety cautions. Local offices provide further guidance via the Wheat Storage in the Ever Normal Granary leaflet.
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E. H. Leker
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Kansas
Leker
County Aaa
Kansas highway funds cut by 3 million in next two years
Kansas faces about 3 million dollars less in federal highway funds for the 1990–1991 period, with Evan Griffith of the Kansas Highway Department noting that requests for new construction far exceed available dollars. He cites a year end total of 36 million in requests but only 6 million in funds.
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Kansas
Evan Griffith
Kansas Highway Department
Congress
Griffith
Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Friendship Contest at Hampton Danielson Store
Hampton-Danielson Furniture announces a Friendship Contest from August 13 to September 3 to celebrate its first anniversary. Open to all, with 29 prizes and voting free, the event targets women and men in the region. Also notes Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson visiting C O Johnsons.
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Hampton - Danielson Furniture Store
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Will Rogers
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Our Savior’s Lutheran - Norway
T. O. Torgeson
Omaha-Kansas Circuit League
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Maridahl
Jesus
Amana Lutheran
M. C. Linnerson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph E. Englund
Jiminetty
Ray Garber
Walter Boman
Lester Grissom
Powell, Wyo
W. Johnson
Elmer
Ernest Nelson
H. L. Hampton
Barbara Ann
Mrs. Hampton
Anna Swensen
McPherson and
Lindsborg
Hamptons
Lois Ann
Mary Alice Larson
McPherson
Lee Stevens
Peggy
Kansas City
Ed Thomas
Jane Thomas
Earl
Leonard Freed
Vernon Erickson
Lois
Roy Thomas
Glenn Currie
Boman
Song
Vernon Nelson
A. W. Scott
Burlington
Carl Johnson
Kansas City,Mo
Louisa: Kallman
Olsberg
Rev. Linnerson
Linnerson
A. Anderson
Gust Anderson
Concordia
Swensen
Dena Anderson
Merrill Avery
Oliver Johnson
Courtland
R. A. Rasmussen
Lawrence Olson
Phyllis
Joe Johnson
Julius Olson
Julian
Abilene
Texas
E.M. Eastyedt
Hampton-Danielson
C. O. Johnson
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