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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
7
Local ads note Gulick's Mercantile Co. offers and new items including a Victrola from Palace Drug. Large white Pekin ducks for sale at $1.50 each from Mrs. Albert Moe. Auctioneer N. S. Hoyt of Mankato available for sales. Dorothy Street district teacher ill with tonsillitis. community notices and schedule inquiries.
Gust. Sandell arranged for the sale advertising on the J. T. Johnson farm in Union Township and for a double sale on the George Henry farm. The sale lists 15 horses, 14 head of cattle, and farm machinery to be auctioned Tuesday January 13. Walter Henry and Lester Tate promote the event. see ad elsewhere.
Sunday January 11 offers Sunday School at 10 30 A M Communion at 11 A M and Evening Service at 7 30 P M with all regular Sunday worship opportunities listed.
The Methodist Church schedule lists Sunday School at 10:00 A M and morning worship at 11:00 A M with devotional at 7:00 P M led by Lieut Andrew Granstedt. Evening service follows at 7:30 P M. On Tuesday January 13 a Legion fundraising meeting will be held with Rev Edwin Sahlen speaking after conference.
Guilet's advertises through the week with attractive Saturday only bargains. The note mentions Mr and Mrs Wim McGregor of Colby visiting relatives here. Elmer Olson, Rock Island operator in Jensen, Nebraska, returns home for a two week visit. Chichago Kahn Brothers Tailoring Co will soon measure for suits at Linn and Danielson store. Blanche Hageman, nurse at University Hospital Kansas City, visited her parents near Kackley.
Mr and Mrs Perry Dowell express gratitude to those who assisted during the illness and death of their aunt Mrs Mary Spring who had been under care since December 8. Will Ellingson of National Biscuit Co Kansas City has been promoted to traveling salesman with a western Nebraska territory based in Holdrege. Rev J C Boyce leaves for Syracuse Kansas to serve the Presbyterian congregation and is welcomed by many here.
A group of Scandia men returned home after attending a Clyde wolf hunt on New Year’s Day. They arrived at midnight to an oyster supper prepared by D. V. Linn of Linn and Danielson clothiers at Red Salt Salmon and Star Grocery provided the hospitality.
Dr. Warren, who suffered a severe hemorrhage some time ago, is improving slowly and able to do some work, though full recovery will take time. Chas Forstrom returned last week from a Texas trip, stopping at Fort Stockton and San Juan. He reports land near San Juan has risen considerably in value since purchase.
H H Mahan announces a special sale of tires and tubes at the Rock Island Garage next week. He has secured the agency for Au burn Tires with an unlimited mirage guarantee. Fred Wright, former grocer now in real estate at Goodland, visited town late last week and with Mrs. Wright spent part of the holidays at the T J Charles home near Republic.
The last episode airs next Saturday at the Princess Theater. A five reel World Picture titled The Quickening Flame starring June Elvidge will also be shown as the evening’s attraction.
A dated correspondence from Scandia Kansas and Alburnett Iowa includes a note about a paper subscription payment and a reminiscence of ten years with the journal. It mentions harsh winter weather in Kansas and snow drifts, a brief business update, and New Year wishes. Also included is a notary public notice that J W Plotner can attest legal papers and prepare contracts for Justice Court collections.
A film adaptation of Maruja, one of Bret Harte’s famed tales, titled The Gray Wolf's Ghost, stars H. B. Warner. Produced by Hampton studios and distributed by Robertson-Cole, the Superior Picture credits practical California settings and authentic Harte atmosphere.
A playful domestic exchange unfolds as George asks Dear to learn to care for him. She hesitates, joking that she might be an awful caregiver, revealing a lighthearted tension in their relationship.
In a brief exchange, Mary Jane admits she claimed to know cooking and explains the answer to hash lies in its nature: it simply accumulates rather than being made. The mistress questions and Mary Jane defends the idea with a terse remark.
A prosecutor laments a man who makes it a specialty to victimize country ministers while a judge remarks on the man as a shepherds crook. The exchange frames a legal confrontation and moral critique in stark terms.
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