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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
2
The Union column lists holiday visits and gatherings at many homes in Scandia and Washington township. Families from Lincoln Nebraska to Belleville and Lebanon join locals for Christmas Day meals, church events, and a sizable community sale, with weather ranging from pleasant to bitter cold and subzero winds.
Sunday visits from Jimmie Mahans at L W Eagles and Hernie Young at Tom Gile home highlight a round of small town gatherings. Merton Young returns from western Kansas to spend holidays with family, while Nick Pixleys and Will Dodges host relatives and friends for Christmas. Freddie Barleen suffers mumps. Grandma Barleen visits Joe Gile’s family. Sarah Gile and Maudie Stensnas travel to Effingham Kansas for Christmas with Will and Mrs Gile. Mrs Cook sells her farm to Mr Baker of Hebron Nebraska and plans to move. The Fred Hanson sale drew locals. Henry Gile home from Manhattan for holidays. Mack Griffith shops in Norway. Frances Hyder also spending holidays.
The text lists numerous Concordia area households hosting relatives for Christmas including the Ainsworth, Gile, Barleen, Barleeh, Ainsworth, Erickson, Hyder, Kuiken, Stevens, McGregor, Togo, and Williamson families. It notes Ellen Jean Gile’s illness and mentions Edgren, Lundberg, and Eskil Lundberg’s travels. A question asks if the subscription is paid up.
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