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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
1
Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. led by Superintendent Ralph T. Walker. Sermon by Mrs. Clinton Cook at 11:00 a.m. Boy Scouts meet Monday 7:30 p.m. Effort Band Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Bible Study and praise service Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Rev. Clinton Cook leads.
Sunday services include morning worship at 11 with Swedish service, Sunday School at 10, Junior League at 4:41, and Epworth League at 6 45. No evening service. evangelistic meetings at the U B church. Cottage prayer meeting Thursday at 2 30. All are welcome.
Sunday School at 10 a m with services at 12 p m and 7 30 p m Prayer meeting at Mrs A P Swan on Friday afternoon January 26 with details listed for church activities in the community notice.
Evangelistic services continue with evenings except Monday. Sunday services at 11 a m and 7 30 a m with topics including Greater Works than Christ Did Sowing and Reaping and Our High Priest and Deity of Christ listed for the week at the U B Church. Norway A B Church and Methodist notes follow with Sunday School and revival reminders and a cleaning shop ad closes.
An article surveys women's lives across continents touching literacy in Siua and Samoa children taught to swim, Madagascar silk use, Moro girls nursing diplomas in 1818, Javanese pear divers, Persian femininity norms, Baghdad harems, and censorship of American films.
A father and his scout son both earned the Hagle badge at a Salt Lake City court of honor. They describe forming a partnership to pursue merit badges, learning side by side, and valuing service to boys as a guiding creed. The father praises scouting and hopes his son grows into a dependable, true scout.
The passage describes how the Radio Amateur bureau, formed years ago by the United States navy, serves communities by broadcasting government messages and urging public uptake of the information. It notes the bureau reserves membership numbers one to one hundred for scouts who can send and receive Morse at 20 words per minute.
A fragment recalls Clemenceau meeting boy scouts in Alsace. He praised their work for la Patrie and future citizenship before a cadet saluted and identified himself as Tiger Patrol. The statesman joked about joining a patrol, inspiring enrollment across Tiger Patrols.
Troop 9 of Yakima Washington interprets Be Prepared by clearing snow around city fire hydrants and sidewalks during winter, ensuring access and safety for the community.
In Huntington Park California Troop 1 scouts patrol Main street each day to warn and remove puncture hazards as they befriend local drivers.
A proposal at the national field department meeting outlines a Division on Outlying Possessions to supervise areas not in the 12 Boy Scouts regions. The plan would cover Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico Guam American Samoa Panama Canal Zone Philippine Islands and the Virgin Islands under a U S protectorate concept.
The London Sunday Times notes a playful clash of authorship and memory. A parody writer joked that Sir Owen Seaman admired a caricature so closely he seemed to have written it while drunk. TheLiving Age cites Sir Walter Scott admitting possible authorship but forgetting when.
A committee recommends sanctuaries in Hyde Park Kensington Gardens St James Regent's Greenwich and Richmond parks and parts of Buckingham Palace gardens. King George consents to allow garden areas to be left to nature as birds prefer natural spaces.
In a Chicago shop a middle aged woman asked for If Winter Comes and, after a clerk held up a copy, she exclaimed it could not be a magazine, wondering if it was the right format.
The Wednesday Club met at Mrs. Lester Tate’s home Wednesday afternoon with nine members present. Various local residents were noted in visits and social calls across Scandia Concordia and nearby towns. High School basketball brought Formosa matches, with Norway boys losing 26 to 17 and the girls performing well.
Undated notes report a Norway game with 13 to 22 score in favor of Norway. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Orren Kelly and family, Mrs Dave Lindahl and son Clifford, and Glenn Miller at the Chas Barleen home. Vera Wright works at Bert Ainsworth home during Bertha Ainsworth illness. Jensen hosted a small party. Chas Lewis Irene Engle visited Harry Gile. Reuben Bettis and family visited Olus Free near Courtland. W S English became parents to a nine pound boy born Monday January 15.
First published notice in Repub lic County Kansas states that Letters Testamentary were granted to the undersigned on January 12 1923 for the estate of Nancy J. Berggren deceased. He warns creditors to present claims within one year for allowance or be barred, and within two years after letters for any claim. Henry H. VanNatta Probate Judge signs January 13 1923.
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