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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
1
The Scandia Journal announces a subscription rate of $1.25 per year for readers at the post office in Scandia Kansas, noting second class mail status and ongoing delivery.
Railway schedule data lists times for Rock Island east and west routes including No 8 Rock Island Jersey and Mountaintop lines with key passenger trains and local freights, plus Missouri Pacific motor and freight services with departure/arrival times across several yards. The table covers eastbound and westbound passenger trains and freight movements with specific times.
The church announces Christmas morning services at 5 30 with bilingual preaching and choral anthems. Sunday school and worship follow. a union service and special music are planned for the evening. The week of prayer begins Sunday Jan 3 with focus on peace and joy for 1926. Pastor Chas Pehron extends blessings.
A U B Church urges members to answer God’s call to attend Sunday school at 10 A M and preaching at 11 A M next Sunday. The message contrasts pig pen noises with divine invitation and notes monthly union services will be held in the Lutheran church on Sunday.
The article urges removing broken branches for orchard health and notes glossy seed corn yields about four bushels more per acre than rough seed. It highlights 17 native legume plants per square yard, praises improved Kansas farming over 50 years, and suggests crop rotation, manuring, and fertilizers to restore soil fertility along with dehorning peaches for better yields. It also advises culling hens promptly to avoid losses during high poultry prices.
Rev Pehrson will deliver the sermon at 7 30 in the evening. Bad weather kept many away last Sunday and offerings for the Otterbein Home will be collected after next Sunday. Thursday events include orchestra practice at seven and chorus at seven thirty. Sunday school lesson study and prayer commence at eight. W S Baker pastor.
The Methodist Church hosts a 6 o clock morning service with quartet music and a solo by Emil Nelson of Des Moines Town. The sermon titled Emmanuel God with Us will be delivered by Pastor Lundberg. Sunday school entertainment follows at 7 30 P M and regular services are planned for the next Sunday morning with an evening union service at the Lutheran church. Merry Christmas.
Regular services are held with preaching at 11 o clock. Union services will be conducted at the Lutheran church led by Pastor J M Mahaffey.
The text outlines early electric traction history with Abbe Salvatore del Negro’s 1830 motor in Italy, Robert Davidson’s 1838 experiments in Aberdeen, Siemens & Huske’s 1878 electric railway in Berlin, and Edison’s 1879 trial line in Menlo Park New Jersey.
An American recounts summer travels through Sweden and Norway noting abundant raw fish dishes and bread types, heavy meals, and clean, well kept towns. She praises fruit scarcity and late berries, coffee as ceremonial, and the honesty and domestic virtues of Scandinavian women.
Aunt Aggie urges that true Christmas spirit is felt in the heart not only in decorations and gifts but in brotherhood and care for children. Dean Margaret Justin adds the focus on family unity and hopeful mood, then a poultry tip advises checking breeding stock and ensuring enough strong males for fertility.
Horace J. Donnelly, postal department solicitor, says about one million Americans fall prey annually to mail swindlers who fleece people through schemes like cheap silk, bogus miracle cures, and fake rye parcels. He has issued 1000 fraud orders to oust offenders.
Italians serve as winter guardians in the St Bernard Pass area on the Swiss Italian border. Exempt from military service, they wear distinctive uniforms and aid lost travelers by telephoning hospice monks. They monitor snowbound slopes, rescuing hundreds, while the pass opens when snow melts later in the season.
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