Farm and Home Week in Manhattan January 21 to 25
A blue print poster promotes Farm and Home Week in Manhattan from January 21 to 25 with the theme Keep the Home Fires Burning. Edward C. Johnson notes the program includes talks on Farm Prices under wartime, Canada’s farm labor plan, community action in a war government, soldier training, the livestock industry and the Food Administration price fixing.
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Manhattan
Ralph Parlette
Edward C. Johnson
Extension Service
Thos. N. Carver
Canada
G. C. Creelman
Guelph
Ontario
H. J. Waters
U. S. Army
Dwight Heard
Arizona
Food Administration
Administration
Severe late season snow blocks roads and mail routes
The area saw one of its heaviest snowfalls in a year with six to eight inches if evenly spread, driven by strong winds that covered fields and hindered traffic. East and west roads remain impassable except where plowed, and mail carriers paused routes for days, often doubling back to serve residents.
For Sale Two Short Horn Bulls Eleven Months Old
Two registered Short Horn bulls ten months old weighing about 650 pounds each for sale. Contact Emil Isaacson at 703 in Scandia by phone for details.
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Scandia
Emil Isaacson
Scrap iron drives boys to gather on farms
A note from Rock Island Garage in Scandia urges boys to collect old scrap iron from farms. It promises a high price for the material, asking them to have their father deliver the metal and contact John Botts at the Scandia garage by phone.
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Father
Rock Island
John Botts
Scandia
Epworth League Hosts Chicken Pie Supper for Old People Home
The Epworth League of the Swedish M E Church will serve a chicken pie supper on Wednesday January 23 at 6 pm in the church parlors. Tickets are 25 cents with proceeds benefiting the Old People Home at Clay Center. All are invited.
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Epworth League
M. E
Clay Center
MAYOR SHARES PROCLAMATION ON BUSINESS HOURS
The mayor announces a proclamation effective Monday January 21 regulating business hours. All businesses open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekly, with Saturday closings at 9 a.m. Restaurants and hotels exempt. Barbers and pool halls close 10 p.m. Lodges suspended till March. Churches heated Sundays only. Socials limited to twice per month. Picture shows may run three nights weekly.
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J.afreeburg
Surprise Party Honors William Ellingson Before Departure
William Ellingson enjoyed a surprise gathering with thirty friends in Scandia on Wednesday evening. Guests recalled past times, music was provided by a graphophone loan, and William leaves Friday for Jefferson Barracks St Louis to serve as a truck driver in the Quarter Master corps.
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William Ellingson
William
Scandia
Mr. Wires
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Louis Johnson Announces Public Sale
Louis Johnson will hold a public sale on February 14 with considerable property to be disposed of on that date.
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Louis Johnson
Joint Public Sale At Scandia Farm On Tuesday
Freeman Daniel and Will McCaul announce a joint public sale on John son’s farm two and one half miles east of Scandia on Tuesday January 29 starting at one o clock. The bills note there is no junk to dispose of and the sale should proceed rapidly. A separate note reports a wolf hunt west of the river with 200 rabbits bagged but only one wolf sighted.
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Freeman Daniel
Will McCaul
Johnson
Scandia
Journal
Bob Brewster
Farmers Get Tools Sharpened Before Spring Rush
John Brandstrom urges farmers to bring in farm tools for sharpening and repair ahead of the spring season.
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John Brandstrom
Mahan Brown Dies at Leavenworth Soldier Home
Mahlon Brown a Belleville township native and Civil War veteran died at the Old Soldiers Home in Leavenworth from diabetes. He left a wife and six children five sons and a daughter with a wide family spread from Utah California Oklahoma Kansas and Manhattan. The funeral at Leavenworth was military in character with interment at the National Soldiers Cemetery.
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Howard W
Near
Guyman
Okla
Fred A
Coulton
Calif
Walter
Chester
Utah
Frank
Los Angeles
Call
Ethel Haines
Manhattan
Kansas
Leavenworth
National Soldiers’ Cemetery
Earth
Republic County
Brown
Howard W. Brown
National Tag Your Shovel Day Declared for January 30
The United States Fuel Administration announces January 30 as National Tag Your Shovel Day. About 21,350,000 school children will tag coal shovels in homes as governors mayors and teachers organize a school holiday. Tags urge saving coal with insulation weather stripping and keeping rooms at 68 degrees.
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United States Fuel Administration
Uncle Sam
Death of Dr Leslie Ambrose reported in Republic
Mr J W Ambrose of Colorado Springs informs Republic City News that his son Dr Leslie Ambrose died at Glockner Sanitorium at 5 30 am. The body will be shipped to Candia Friday and brought to Republic. Funeral planned Saturday in Republic with burial at Prairie Rowe cemetery.
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J. W. Ambrose
Colorado Springs
Leslie Ambrose
Glockner
Ccandia
Republic
Prairie Rowe
Republic City News
Cobain of Kansas Showcases Shorthorn Vision and Pep
F D Coburn argues the Short Horn breed’s growth hinges on vision pep and brains. He credits Cobain of Kansas for founding Ameri ca’s association and magazine, asserting their leadership will steadily increase power and usefulness of the premier meat and milk making machine as years pass.
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America
F. D. Coburn
A Word to the Parents and Churches of Scandia
A citizen argues Scandia must provide wholesome supervised recreation to guide youth. He urges churches to organize weekday youth activities, warns unsupervised play harms future success, and notes the town must act now before more boys and girls go astray. Public sale notices follow.
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Scandia
Blackmar
Kansas
Lfe
Citizen
Fuel emergency prompts county meeting on conservation
R B Ward county fuel administrator addressed residents at city hall with the coal shortage worsening nationally. He urged late hours for business, reduced amusements, and wood substitutes while hoarding may be confiscated if relief fails. A mayoral proclamation will outline the conservation program.
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R. B. Ward
Freeburg
Ward
Republic
Republic County Commission Approves Sheriff Bond and Road Machinery Trial
January 7 1918 Republic County Kansas board meeting approves John H Griffen as sheriff bond and refunds $12.51 to H E Clark for 1917 assessment error A trial order for a road planer from F L Carswell Company at 950 with half payment July 1 1918 and half January 1 1919 plus a traction grader from Austin Western Road Machinery Co at 950 two installments June 1 1918 and January 1 1919 readied for action.
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Belleville
Kansas
Board of County Commissioners
Republic County
H. H. Smith
Nelson
John H. Griffen
H. E. Clark
F. L. Carswell Company
Kansas City
F L. Carswell Company
War prep ration criticism from English cousin letters
An English cousin’s wartime letter discusses hunger and rationing in the UK. It notes impatience with authorities, calls for decisive action, and mentions scarce sugar oleomargarine tea and bacon. The writer says America’s entry into the war is pivotal, surpassing Russia’s collapse in impact.
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T. J. West
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Scotland
America
England
Cromwell
Russia
Red Cross Notes From France During World War I
A summary of American Red Cross relief efforts in France notes 84 wounded soldiers aided weekly at a canteen, hot beverages and meals for aviators and engine crews, and 416 men served in one hour. The surgical dressings division produced 88,088 items in October while tuberculosis hospital work nears 350 beds. Refugee aid expands with delegates in rural departments and clothing shipments from Paris, plus a Paris building on Avenue du Maine prepared to house refugees.
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Amescan
France
Ore
Tang Ca Ccg
Migs Gryen Wison
Red Crees
Hag
American Red Cross
Sunzic
Iiigay
Paris
America
Avenue du Maine
Red Cross
Public Sale Scheduled by Carl Johnson On February Sixth
Carl Johnson will hold a public sale on February sixth. An accompanying notice warns readers to watch for his large bill posting the event.
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Carl Johnson
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Rock Island Garage
Harris
Mahan Brown
Leslice Ambrose
Cobain
the Journal
The
Scandia Journal
J. W. Plotner & Son, Publishers
Scandia, Kansas
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