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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
7
Local merchants list Christmas delivery orders at Scandia Mercantile and Kingnut Oleomargarine sales. Old Iron buyers offer top prices at Farmers & Merchants Bank. eye care services advertised by Dr Bobo. a Ford car at a combination sale next Saturday afternoon. Palace Drug store ice orders. Royal Cafe sale to Robert Rickabaugh. Christmas Eve program by United Brethren Sunday School. Kreitzer’s sells Christmas cards.
Local notes report Rock Island trains will return to normal service beginning today Thursday. C C Cullers drove to Concordia and an attempted trip Tuesday left his car stuck in a snow drift. John D Larson and family visited relatives here and at Courtland after years in Dakota. Royce Baldwin, a Manhattan KS student, and A A Baldwin and Belleville friends spent the weekend with kin. Anton Edlund went to Clay Center on Emanuel Home business, the aged home destroyed by fire last Sunday. Scandia Mercantile coupons issued on every dollar after Nov 8 and to discontinue at noon Dec 24. Rev E Sahlen of Lincoln NE preached and met the quarterly appointment here last Sunday. J H Sandell attended the State Bankers meeting in Kansas City. he is district president and ex-officio state committee member. Whiting Hawkins, from Soldiers Home Leavenworth, visited son Joe Hawkins. Hawkins is 82 with an artificial limb but mobile.
Will Ellingson and Earl Sehwahn of the National Biscuit Company in Kansas City inform Conrad Lundine by a note in a cracker box sent to the Star Grocery that they expect to come home soon to spend the holidays.
Members of the high school freshman class visited Merle Bettis home Wednesday evening of last week to celebrate her birthday. The gathering included games and a luncheon with Miss Thomas the class sponsor in attendance.
In Republic County Kansas Cora Singleton is sued by A L Singleton. The court requires an answer by January 1 1920 or the petition will be taken as true and a divorce decreed severing the marriage contract between them. Attorney J Allingoor. Clerk WM Hay.
Ind Seabolt offers saws and sharpen scissors while R I Cortner presides at U B church services on Sunday evening. A son named Epworth Wesley was born to Mr and Mrs J W Crider last Saturday December 13. Leave orders for pies cakes dougi nuts at the new Public Cafe with Mrs Brewster attending in first class style.
A Kansas blizzard and active winter weather affect Union and surrounding communities. Local events include a Pleasant Grove school box supper raising ninety dollars for a piano, and residents visiting sites in Emery Halls Republic and Swafford home. Community members report hauling and wood sawing services amid heavy snow and impassable roads.
Reports from Bell and Belleville detail cattle sales by Jim Tallent and Bert Bowen with fair prices, while D A Bowen lines up mail boxes as winter approaches. Corn husking may resume next spring, and Arch ie Larson and family helped Bert Bow en. A birthday surprise for Mrs Fenton Householder drew a small party of neighbors.
Notice reminding readers to view the east window display at Scandia Mercantile and asking whether their subscription is current.
An ad fragment promises nationwide sales results and satisfaction guarantees. It mentions making dates at The Bank of Scandia or The Journal office and provides a telephone number 76 for contact.
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