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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1935
Page
4
Numerous neighbors and relatives from Pineville and nearby towns gather for weekend visits. Fragments list many hosting households and guests including Florells, Slipsagers, Nelsons, Tornquists, Shavers, Johnsons, Lundbades, and others, with trips to Concordia and Belleville for events and hospital visits.
The article lists popcorn based recipes and snack ideas for the holidays. It includes Popcorn Bliss with sugar syrup, popcorn balls with molasses and corn syrup, popcorn cheese marbles, plus instructions on shaping and serving. It also notes social visit by Mr and Mrs Ray Chilcott.
Mrs Rasmussen and Mrs Johnson visited Thursday afternoon with Mrs Lottie Lervold. Mrs Harry Bobenhouse went to Lincoln Nebraska on Friday.
The note clarifies that Main derives from mainland and was used to distinguish Spanish possessions on the northern South American mainland from Caribbean holdings. It explains that "sailing the Spanish Main" originally described mainland possessions, not the Caribbean sea itself.
The Schwarzwald or Black Forest is a mountainous area in southwest Germany about 1800 square miles in extent, roughly 100 miles long and 10 to 20 miles wide. It is not entirely wooded but its name comes from the dark hue of the trees that grow there.
The text notes Mackinac Island’s Ojibwe name Michilimackinac meaning Great Partle and describes it as a sacred resting place for spirits with peace offerings. It mentions Schoolcraft writing the Hiawatha legend there later adapted by Longfellow.
A string of social visits appears in the record with names including Mrs. Charles Aspegren Mrs Eker Danielson and Dorothy Mr and Mrs Glenn Houshelder and children Mrs Henry Aspegren Mr and Mrs W A Jong Mr and Mrs Rasmussen and Charles Rasmussen Mrs Renken Fredrickson and Alice Louise Mr Paty Johnson and sons from Kackley Mr Martin Johnson Theodore Danielson Roy Tedrow Frances Montrose and Joe Tedrow.
The advocatus diaboli is a designated critic appointed to challenge a candidate for canonization. He presents objections to delay and oppose the proposal, testing the candidate’s suitability before the papal court.
An earthquake often produces a audible effect described as thunder a roar of artillery or crashing glass. The sound is a low pitched rumbling created by air vibrating in sympathy with ground waves.
The name Raven is often traced to an old verb meaning fear and despair. It is tied to ominous associations with battle, plunder, and death in ancestral narratives.
A small island about 1 200 miles northwest of Honolulu has been located as the sole pearl lagoon within U S territory. The finding is under the United States Bureau of Fisheries jurisdiction and reflects a benefit to humanity from the agency.
Mr Webley Hall of Salina was a Friday night guest of Mr and Mrs Lewis Wallin and their daughters.
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