Mead Building Narrowly Escapes Collapse After Adjacent Excavation
The Mead building housing Chilcott Bakery suffered a near collapse when a trench undermined its west wall during work on a new Weislagel building. A brick fissure formed and glass broke as Ray Chilcott and staff fled uninjured. Repairs require rebuilding the wall on sound foundations. bakery operations pause with temporary relocation to the Royal Cafe. The property is owned by the United Brethren Church Erection Society of Dayton, Ohio.
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Mead
Chilcott Bakery
Weislagel
Ray Chilcott
Jack Weimer
Dorothy Dutton
Harry Moller
Chilcott
Royal Cafe
The
United Brethren Church Erection Society
Dayton
Ohio
May Mead
Former Citizen Heintzelman Dies During Eastern Visit
Henry Heintzelman of Olympia Washington died August 11 after an operation in Allentown Pennsylvania for such trouble. He was nearly 71 and planned to return to Olympia for interment. He had lived in Scandia and worked at Gulick and Buckley and was a longtime Presbyterian church and Sunday School member. His Scandia friends extend sympathy to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Henry Heintzleman
Olympia
Wash
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Henry, Jr
Heintzelman
Henry Heintzelmany
Gulick & Buckley
Presbyterian
Lovewell Falls to Scandia in Sunday Ball Clash
Scandia defeated Lovewell 2 to 0 in a sharp season contest. Caldwell pitched well for Formosa and Frasier topped with nine strikeouts as Scandia scraped out the win. Box score lists Scandia’s Cuthbertson and Frasier among others and Lovewell’s Van Meter and Hooker contributing in the field and at the plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovewell
Scandia
Caldwell
Formosa
Campbell
Courtland
Frasier
E Cuthbertson
G. Frasier
Hale
Bledsoe
Dunston
Thomas
Lovewell Abrhpoa
J. van Meter
Hooker
Knox
I Poole
B. van Meter
Wilcox
Ist
Mrs Boggess Dies at Excelsior Springs Missouri
Mrs E M Boggess of Scandia Kansas died at the Excelsior Springs sanitarium after a yearlong illness. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Excelsior Springs and burial followed in the family cemetery. She was active in Red Cross and PTA work and is survived by her husband and nine children across Kansas City Ponca City Los Angeles Richmond Berkley Seattle. She was 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Boggess
Excelsior Springs
Christian Church
Boggess
Red Cross
Scandia
Union church services announce summer closings and pledges
The Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10 A M and Morning Worship at 11 A M with offerings to defray conference travel. Open Air services at 8 P M mark the last union meeting of the summer and a plea to completed pledges for the conference year. Pastor O J Lundberg urges payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Circle Notes Arrive at Hageman Home
The Presbyterian Circle meeting with Mrs. Hageman occurred on August 28. Guests Mr. and Mrs. Andrews and Sonny Boy joined the Sunday School turnout. The annual Sunday School and church picnic is set for Friday August 30 at 3 p.m. A musical number by Alice Louise Nimocks highlighted Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Circle
Sunday Services and Club Meeting at Our Saviors Lutheran
Our Saviors Lutheran Church schedules Bible hour at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. The Mission Club meets Friday with Mrs. Edmund Buer hosting. Pastor T. Orlin Torgeson leads the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
Mission Club
Edmund Buer
T. Orlin Torgeson
Birthday Celebration at Swanson Home in Minneapolis
Adolph Nelson and family Ed Swanson and family Will and Anna Swanson Mrs Maxell Ella and Rev Swanson and family of Minneapolis Minnesota spent Friday evening at the Ed Swanson home to help Ed and Will celebrate their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Nelson
Ed Swanson
Will
Anna Swanson
Maxell
Ella Ad Rev. Swanson
Minneapolis
Minn
Amana Lutheran and United Brethren Hold Sunday Services
Amana Lutheran Church observes the thirteenth Sunday after Trinity with morning worship and Sunday School. An offering for the Immanuel Deaconess Institute will be lifted. Union services at the Park in the evening. United Brethren Church calls for overdue pledges before the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana Lutheran Church
Immanuel Deaconess Institute
Chas. Pehrson
United Brethren Church
D. V. Herrick
Strickler's Business College Gains Local Esteem in Topeka
The training and placement results show the college earns high regard from Topeka business firms and statewide employers. Fall term begins Tuesday, September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickler’s Business College
Topeka
Kansas
Permanent Wave Special for Clubs at $18
Advertises a three person Permanent Wave offer by Justice Beauty Booth at 136 for two weeks. Includes a lost notice: Studebaker crank between town and home with finder Thos. Hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Permanent Wave
Justice
Studebaker
Domestic rabbits more profitable than poultry says government
National Rabbit Journal reports rabbits yield higher profits than poultry, per government figures. The magazine promises insights for readers, with a subscription offer of three months for 35 cents. Send order to National Rabbit Journal, 4702 Mission Road, Department 5068, Kansas City, Kansas.
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Our
National Rabbit - Journal
Mission Road
Dept
Kansas
City
Business Men on Fishing Trip in Nebraska
George Jeandebeur Chan Cullers and Junior left Wednesday evening for a fishing trip in the northern part of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Jeandebeur
Chan Cullers
Junior
Nebraska
Norton hires Guthrie to fill music vacancy
Miss Frances L. Guthrie of Norton Kansas becomes Scandia High School music teacher replacing Miss Elsie Wall. Guthrie is a Norton High School graduate with a Bethany College music degree and a three year Bethany College music certificate. She will teach music and one regular high school class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances L. Gutherie
Norton
Kansas
Board of Education
Elsie Wall
Gutherie
Norton High School
Bethany College
Rhea Ensign
Harriet Gordon
Lawrence Nystrom
Emma Poage
Hazel Olson
A L Aspegren Dies Suddenly at Liberal Kansas
Leonard Aspegren prominent local farmer and long time county resident died Wednesday Aug 24 in Liberal Kansas after a brief illness from appendicitis. He was nearly 55 and leaves a wife daughter Norma brothers C G Aspegren John Isaacson and John Aspegren. The funeral was led by Rev D W Herrick with large crowds paying tribute.
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Leonard Aspegren
Liberal
Kansas
Aspegren
Norma
G. KE
Chas. Loring
Ed Loring
United Brethren Church
D. W. Herrick
Modern
Woodman
C. G. Aspegren
Republic
John Isaacson
John Pune
John Aspegren
Courtland
Birth and death notice for August Leonard Aspegren
August Leonard Aspegren born September 25 1874 in Ostergotland Sweden died August 14 1929 aged 54 years 10 months 19 days. Immigrated to Republic county at age seven and married Ada Loring March 8 1899. Survived by wife six daughters Ruby Edith Ella Mildred Dorothy Norma two brothers John and Chas Asperren sister Mrs John Lundgren Salina five grandchildren and other relatives.
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August Leonard Aspegren
Ostergotland
Sweden
Republic County
Ada Loring
Ruby Larson
Edith Bowling
Ella Norris
Mildred Anderson
Dorothy
Norma
John
Chas. Asperren
John Lundgren
Salina
Dick Hiatt Undergoes Tonsil Operation Last Wednesday
Dick Hiatt underwent a tonsil operation last Wednesday. The brief medical note confirms the procedure and its timing, with no additional complications reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hiatt
Pioneer Annie Bennett of Norway Vicinity Dies at 78
Miss Annie Bennett aged 78 died at her Concordia home on Monday. She taught in county schools in early days, owned farmland east of Norway, lived in Lincoln township until a year ago, then moved to California and recently returned to establish a Concordia home. Funeral at Highland church and burial in Norway Cemetery.
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Annie Bennett
Concordia
Highland Church
Norway
Lincoln Township
California
Aaron Larson
Ione
Bernice
Warren
Oregon
Larson
Carl
D. A. Nywall
Formosa
A. W. Sandine
Jamestown
Arkansas
Swedes Battle Ruskin Next Sunday At Local Field
Stan dia club hosts Ruskin Nebraska powerhouse next Sunday at the local field. Ruskin holds a strong southern Nebraska record with three defeats of Superior and wins over other top teams, making them the engine club of the region. The Scandia club is pacing well and fans are sure to attend.
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Mike Johnson
Standia
Ruskin
Nebra
Nebraska
SE Engine Club
Scandia
Missouri Pacific Heads Travel Prosser Branch
A special Missouri Pacific train of ten coaches and two engines passed Scandia last Thursday on the Prosser Branch. J Cannon of St Louis general manager and staff inspected the line and the train returned about 3 AM after reaching Prosser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Prosser
J. Cannon
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Court House Notes and Local Developments Across Republic County
W. H. Fulcomer located and proved the old well site at the court house park after years of debate. The 1929 Republic County Teachers institute drew a large crowd and promising teachers, with 4-H Fair plans for Aug 26–30. A new band stand dedication attracted many locals. airport development includes hangars and depots with government air mail talks underway. Two divorces and one alimony case were filed. social notes report visits among local families.
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Court House
Park
W. H. Fulcomer
Republic County Teachers’ Institute
John Hepler
Washington
Kans
Jersey
Guernsey
Founty
W. C. Perry
W. D. Vance
Virleen VanNatta
Belleville
Republic County
Bowers Airport Corporation
Salina
Lindsborg
Geo. Munger
Martin Jensen
Wichita
Omaha
District Court
Ethel Barton
Alf Barton
Elnora Stahlman
Roy L. Stahlman
Susan B. Coppers
Wm. S. Coppers
Scandia High School Sets Sept. 2 Start With New Courses
Scandia opens on September 2 with expanded offerings in the high school. New courses include second year typewriting and shorthand in the Commercial department, Spanish for beginners, four periods of manual training, and biology with laboratory equipment like a stereopticon microscope. Post-graduates may enroll August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Hershel Kannier
Floy Anderson
Lawrence Nystrom
Hazel Olson
Emma Poage
Gordon
Supt. Andrews
Scandia High School
Board of Education
Local Social Greetings and Community Tasks Note
Providence notes visitors relatives and errands across the area. Margaret and Betty Jeardoe visit aunt Mrs John Jensen while Mrs Albert Berry and son stay near Republic. Mrs Eva Ames and Maxine are in the vicinity with Zanol products Tuesday morning, and Albert Berry travels to Beatrice Nebraska to see Thora Yeager injured in an auto accident.
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Margaret
Betty Jeardoe
John Jensen
Albert Berry
Republic
Eva Ames
Maxine
Beatrice
Nebr
Oren Hammtil
E. J. Fike
Everett Tavenner
Bessie Hammil
Chas. Berggren
George Fike and Sons
John Fike
C. E. Albroant
Paul Goodwin
Merle Yeager
Thora Yeager
Brown Family Visits Norton and Watkins Family
Mr and Mrs J M Brown and daughter Evelyn visited Norton last Thursday to spend a few days with their daughter and sister Mrs Ollie Watkins and family. Harrison Mahan had been operating a tractor during the harvesting and plowing season near Winona Kansas and returned home Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Norton
Ollie Watkins
Harrison Mahan
Winona
Kans
For Sale Five Year Old Jack Mules By Lloyd Norris
For sale a team of five year old Jack mules well broke. Lloyd Norris advertises and provides phone number 2903. Miss Violet Dabinnus is ill with complications from a suspected scarlet fever case last winter. She remains bedbound for two weeks under observation.
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Lloyd Norris
Violet Dabinnus
Rock Island Athol man to compete in Topeka tournament
Riley Stice, former Athol section foreman now Rock Island official, will be among competitors at the Rock Island employees athletic tourney in Topeka next Saturday. The Athol Review notes his feared horseshoe tossing and predicts he will bring high honors, while he also serves as an event official. The column also reports visits by the Larson family from Warren Oregon and local trips as residents travel to Beatrice and Deadwood for family and sightseeing.
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Riley Stice
Rock Island
Athol
Topeka
Athol Review
Riley
Death of Elihu Price at Concordia Hospital
Elihu Price, 52, brother of Mrs. H. O. Marshall, died at Concordia hospital Saturday night from diabetes and related complications. He lived near the state line north of Republic. He is survived by one son and other immediate family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu Price
Mre. H. O. Marshall
Concordia
Republic
School opening arrangements return of Miss Gordon
Miss Harriet Gordon, principal at the high school, arrived Saturday evening to help with the opening of school. She has spent the summer at her home in Trinidad, Colorado.
Builders Move In As Mr and Mrs Mahan Stay In Salina
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. S. Mahan of Salina establish a temporary residence at the Cooper property while Mr. Mahan oversees construction of a new building at the corner of Main and Washington.
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A. SS. Mahan
Salina
Cooper Property
Mr. Mahan
Main
Washington
Sale of Hallgren estate goods at residence
Gust Hallgren as executor advertises a sale of household goods of the Hallgren estate at the late Mrs Anna Hallgren's residence on Saturday afternoon August 31. Mr and Mrs J Emmert of Jewell and daughter Mrs Minnie Jewell of Town and Mr Boaz of Jewell visited Ray Chilcott home after traveling Friday.
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Gust Hallgren
Hallgren
Anna Hallgren
Smokeless Odorless Heat Bringers Promoted by C E Friend
An ad promotes Standard briefers for home heating as smokeless odorless and dustless. It claims economical burning and notes a car will arrive this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiill
C. E
C. E. Friend
Tedrows to Pueblo for visit with sons and families
Mr and Mrs J M Tedrow depart Thursday evening for Pueblo Colorado where they will spend a week or two visiting their sons Lloyd and Walter and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Tedrow
Pueblo
Colo
Lloyd
Walter
Hugo family returns from Oronoque visit
Karl Hugo and family came back at the start of the week after visiting the Mike Cuthbertson family in Oronoque for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Hugos
Oronoque
Mike Cuthbertson
Local Plymouth dealer to Hastings conference
H. H. Mahan and John Magnusson traveled from Plymouth to Hastings Nebr on Sunday for a conference with factory representatives present. Other notes list sales offers, visitors, and local social visits including Mrs Sheridan Robison and Ara bella McDowell among others.
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H. H. Mahan
Plymouth
John Magnusson
Formosa
Hastings
Nebr
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reskonphlea-Mhone
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A. L. Aspegren
Pioneer OF
Missouri Pacific Heads Travel Prosser Branch
Wm. Hay
Joseph Johnson
Gladys
Helen
Carl Larsons
Sept. Andrews
Prin. Gordon
M. T
Providence
Grant Berggren
Agnes Albro
South Dakota
Lincoln
Harold Tingstrom
Rapid City
S. D
E. M. Jokander
Deadwood
Black’ Hills
Sheridan Robison
Arabella and
Matilda McDowell
Edwin Isaacson
L. M. Morris
Joe Barrett
Rydal
E. Nelson
Topike
Mraz
Nelson
F. L. Dutton
J. Rouges
Claud Tingstrom
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