This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1924
Page
4
Scandia merchants stock Christmas merchandise while residents travel for Thanksgiving. Local events include a Princess theater showing and a Henry S. Mahan family visit. Auctions, sales, and farm notices fill the week along with church and club gatherings.
Eleanor King recounts a festive Christmas scene at a spacious home where Thelma Fremont brings four homeless children from a local nursery. Hubert assists as the family feeds and entertains the kids, then discovers Santa left gifts and a tree in the library. Thelma asks the parents to join the children in a caring, surprising act of charity.
Fragmentary dialogue features a young lady and a professor under a chandelier mistletoe. The garbled text references Viscum Album and ornamental discussion, with uncertain names and context, yielding a vivid but unclear scene.
Mrs May White visits son George White in Havelock Nebraska. Gift Shop Concordia advertises Christmas cards seals tags and wrapping paper. Sewing of all kinds wanted at reasonable prices by Mrs Monroe Erickson. Lewis Alexander schedules public sale for Tuesday December 16 watch for bills. Dr and Mrs E P Ahrens visited Concordia to see Mr Wyman in hospital. Hats remaining at Millinery and Needlework Shop. Herman Hjortholm of Norway teaching in Ozawkid Kansas spent Thanksgiving with parents C H Hjortholm.
The audience enjoyed a film depicting life and scenery in Sweden shown Thursday at City Hall. Mr Newman will bring the film back for another showing on Monday December 22 to accommodate those who missed the viewing.
All kinds of draying and truck hauling available. Call Russell Moe in Scandia at phone 152.
The Journal thanks all members and neighbors who helped with Thanksgiving dinner. The note invites members to a November business meeting to elect a new chairman and secretary.
A fragment notes a visit during Thanksgiving times from his sister Mrs. Will French and her daughter Mrs. Burns of Salina. They accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Mahan here.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.