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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
2
County residents from Belleville and Scandia townships engage in daily business, travel, and social visits. Notables include Edith McGlashan's Los Angeles graduation, car fire involving Will Engstrom, and community updates from the Farmers Union Store meeting and Mutual Benefit club.
An advertisement touts Rat-Snap with a customer report of forty eight dead rats after one package. It warns rats breed fast and destroy property. Sold and guaranteed by Hagemann & Wares Drug Store with prices 35c 65c and 1.25.
Visitors gathered from Belleville to nearby townships as Mr and Mrs Waren Wait hosted relatives and neighbors at the D C Wait home. Dinners and friendly calls filled the week amid temperatures around twelve below zero on Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
The community mourns the death of W. F. Berry after years of heart trouble and a recent pneumonia spell. Berry moved to Kansas in early manhood and married on November 22, 1893, leaving a widow and six children, four sons and a widow.
The article lists deaths and funerals in the neighborhood including Emery Walter Albert Ira and a daughter who died in infancy. Funeral services for the deceased were held at United Brethren church and burial in Brethren cemetery. It notes local residents breaking roads and farm activity, and mentions Wm F Berry's death from pneumonia and a funeral for a nephew of the Stevenson family north of Belleville.
County notes report teachers' examinations set for January 25 26 at Belleville high school with a specific subject order and ink manuscripts. It notes Agenda Rural High School loss by fire and plans to resume classes, urges fire safety measures and extinguishers, plus substitutions, reading circle deadlines, and a state spelling contest plan. January 29 marks Kansas’ state birthday and martyr William Meinley’s birthday.
A regional observance in western Kansas marks the dedication and inspection of a large circuit of new Consolidated Schools. Many superintendents, patrons and others attend a five day jubilee with special programs at each stop, offering a fine instructive trip for participants.
The Spring Semester opens at Kansas State Teachers College of Hays amid a teacher shortage with many calls to the Placement Bureau for high school positions. Music and other subjects are in especially high demand as enrollment rises. new state rules limit certificates to recent graduates with sufficient college work.
Bert Ainsworth and family spent Sunday with the G W Wright home. Chester Loofboroughs visited the Clark Murphy home and Mrs Loofborough plans a few days with relatives. Ice making continues in the area. Chester Woodka moved to the George Walter farm for the coming year. Dr Anna Rimel of Norway visited John Loosborough. Jester Tate visited Norway on Monday. Jens Stenans visited Concordia on Friday. Gladys Young visited her sister Mrs Lottie Woodka Saturday. Ireneagle spent several days in Scandia with friends. Mrs Mertie Walter visited Mrs Lester Tate Wednesday. John Berry of Burton Kansas attended the funeral of his uncle, and Mrs William Berry stayed Sunday night with O E Johnson.
Farm and Home week February 4 to 9 1924 offers rail rates social events and classes for Kansas farm families. Men women and children receive short courses meals at cost and a program of music banquets plays and speakers at Kansas State Agricultural College.
The piece presents adages about care and well being. It uses the persona of Professor Happy to urge daily routines like grooming a thoroughbred and playing a game each day while cautioning against excessive wealth that blocks simple acts such as opening windows at night.
A jumble of aphorisms urges practical habits like ordering soup wisely, washing bottles, and brushing teeth. It muses on public perception of private acts, shoe fit, and eating vegetables, ending with a superstition about a left shoulder flick for luck.
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