Landon Nomination Ceremony Set for Topeka Capitol
The 1928 Republican national committee plans to notify Governor Alf M Landon of his presidential nomination with a live ceremony at the Kansas state capitol in Topeka on Thursday evening July 23. Officials expect crowds exceeding 100000 and will use loudspeakers around the capitol as the Topeka Chamber of Commerce cooperates with planners.
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Republican National Convention Committee
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Wovertor
Landon
Estes Park
Cole
State House
Charles Curtis Aas
Republican National Committee
Arrangements Under Way For Topeka 1933 Inauguration Event
Officials plan to contact bands from multiple cities to provide music for the occasion. Railroads will run excursions to Topeka to bring visitors from around Kansas and nearby states. Nationwide radio will broadcast the ceremony to the nation. Governor Landon will prepare his speech while enjoying mountain fishing and a Colorado ranch vacation. first real summer since his January 9 1933 inauguration.
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Kansas
Topeka
Landon
Colorado
Union Park Services Begin Sunday Evening
City hall park hosts a weekly union church service starting next Sunday evening with all Scandia churches cooperating. The Methodist Church led by Rev. B W Selin opens the series with the junior choir, followed by the Lutheran Church under Rev Carl Danielson of Kackley on Sunday evening July 12.
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Union
City Hall
Scandia
Methodist ‘Church
B.W. Selin
Lutheran ‘Church
Carl Danielson
Kackley
Post Office Hours Set for Scandia July Fourth
Scandia post office will open 9 to 11 am and 5 to 6 pm on July 4. There will be no rural mail delivery Saturday.
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Scandia
Will Rogers' Humorous Story Recalls Old Time Fashion
A fragmented reminiscence on Will Rogers and past styles describes long skirts and streamers on shirts, with a fleeting anecdote about a baptismal certificate and a minister. The passage blends rural humor with nostalgic snippets of social norms.
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Peinglaw
Social Ice Cream Social Planned by Methodist Ladies Aid
The Methodist Ladies Aid plans an ice cream social on Saturday evening July 4 on the church lawn. Homemade ice cream will be served and the community is invited.
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Methodist
Ladies Aid
Ice Cream Social and Church Services This Week
Next Saturday evening July 4 the Ladies Aid sponsors an ice cream social on the church lawn. Sunday the church school meets at 10 A M and the 11 A M worship service follows. Evening union park service. Tuesday evening July 7 the Western Republic County Epworth League Rally is at the Methodist Church in Republic with our league presenting one number.
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Ladies Aid
Union Park Service
Republic County Epworth League
Methodist
Republic
B. W. Selin
Amana Lutheran Church Schedules Sunday Services
Amana Lutheran Church invites worshipers to Sunday school at 10 o clock and Sunday afternoon services at 2 30 led by Rev Danielson. Evening union services at city hall park feature Rev Selin and Rev Danielson on July 12. You are welcome.
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Amana Lutheran Church
Danielson
City Hall Park
Selin
Rev. Danielson
Presbyterian Junior C. E. Cabinet outcome luncheon and plan
The Presbyterian Church Junior C. E. Cabinet met Monday at the church for a pot luck luncheon. They will hold a firecracker meeting Sunday July 5 with Ana Belle McDowell leading on the topic Patriotism for Today.
Ada Lutheran Church Fourth Sunday After Trinity
Ada Lutheran Church announces services with Sunday school Bible classes at 10 o clock morning worship at 11 o clock and evening service at 8 o clock. Girls chorus rehearses Monday evening and Lutheran Wheel will be entertained by Mrs Joseph Lundblade at church parlors Wednesday afternoon June 8th. Services next Sunday evening July 5th with Sunday school teachers in charge. Carl G Danielson pastor.
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Lutheran Wheel
Joseph Lundblade
Carl G. Danielson
Our Saviors Lutheran Norway Service and Activities
Our Saviors Lutheran church schedules Sunday school and Bible class at 10 oclock, morning worship at 9, and an invitation to attend. The Ladies Aid meets Thursday with Mrs Hedstrom and Mrs Ostberg to entertain, L D R girls present a program, and Thursday evening study focuses on Mark chapter 8. Welcome to our services led by Pastor T O Torgeson.
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Ladies Aid
Hedstrom
Ostberg
Mark
T. O. Torgeson
Derby Grain Company Buys Scandia Elevator in Topeka
The Derby Grain Company of Topeka buys the Scandia elevator from the Bank of Scandia last Friday. Chris Nelson will manage the local operation and plans include rebuilding the elevator after the wheat season with a new grinder, storage barn, and wholesale and retail feeds. Glen Root supervises temporary repairs as the plant is modernized and expanded.
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Derby Grain Company of
Topeka
Scandia
Isaacson’ Brothers
Bank of
Fred ‘Derby
Aon
Nebraska
United States
Chris Nelson
Grubb Grain Company
Glen Root
Derby Company
Landon Support Spurs Kansas City Police Chief’s Road Trip
Police Chief Stanley Beatty of Kansas City, Kansas wrecked en route to the Republican convention in Cleveland near Springfield, Illinois. A Springfield dealer offering a showroom car for Beatty to use to reach Cleveland helped by lending the vehicle, expressing support for Governor Landon and offering to finalize a sale later. Beatty accepted and continued his journey in good spirits.
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Landon
Stanley Beatty
Kansas City
Kansas
Cleveland
Springfield
Beatty
Princess Theatre Installs New Washed-Air Cooling System
A new washed-air cooling system is being installed at the Princess theatre this week. Manager Ray mond Cooper expects a cool show house for patrons this weekend and through the summer months. The Saturday and Sunday feature shows Dr. Samuel Mudd in The Prisoner of Shark Island, depicting his fate after Lincoln assassination. Warner Baxter stars as Dr Mudd in a reenactment of Booth’s flight and Mudd’s life sentence.
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Princess Theatre
Raymond Cooper
The
Princess
America
Samuel ‘Alexander ‘Mudd
Shark Island
Mudd
Island of Hell
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Maryland
Dr. Mudd
Warner Baxter
Albany
Jefferson
Freak Calf Born With Two Heads At Scandia Farm
A large black and white Holstein heifer calf born near Scandia on the S. J. Van Nortwick farm has two heads joined at the ears, four eyes and two mouths. Both heads share a single body as Oscar Berggren tends the animal hoping it survives as a rare freak specimen.
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S. J. van Nortwick
Scandia
Oscar Berggren
Agnes Albro Sells Midget Coffee Shop to Ed Behrens
Agnes Albro owner of the Midget Coffee Shop for seven years sold her restaurant to Ed Behrens of Belleville last Friday. Behrens, brother-in-law of Curley Weaver, will redecorate and reopen by July 10. Albro plans to travel to California and Washington to locate, leaving mid July.
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Agnes Albro
Ed Behrens
Belleville
Miss Albro
Robert Doctor
Scandia
Curley Weaver
Bellevule
Behrens
Weaver, Wholesale, Cigar
Lincoln
Miss Albi
Miss Albio
West Coast
California
Washington
Albro Improves Residence With Brick Veneer Siding
Clarence Albro is remodeling the exterior of his Washington street home by adding brick asphalt veneered siding. The new material will resemble brown brick and replaces the old weathered siding, greatly improving the house’s appearance.
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Clarence, Albro
Washington Street
Albre
Roosevelt Renominated and Garner for Reelection
The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia renominated President Franklin D. Roosevelt by acclamation after his nomination speech by Judge John Mack. Delegates later renominated Vice President Garner by acclamation within thirteen hours. Acceptance speeches followed as Roosevelt and Garner began their reelection campaigns. The rapid process marked a historic joint renomination within a day.
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Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom Berry
Arkansas
John Mack
New York
Joseph Robinson
Roosevelt
Berry
James v. ‘Alfred
Garner
Legislature to Convene July 7 for Social Security Session
Gov Alf M Landon summons Kansas lawmakers to a special session in the state capital on July 7. The task is to cooperate with the national government to craft social security legislation nationwide.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Fiddler Fined Over Unauthorized Dance Music Uses
Wm Buehler who sponsored a Belleville dance must pay 750 dollars plus 750 expenses and court costs for playing songs from Sweet Sue Just You Under a Blanket of Blue and Shanghai Lil. A dance manager fined 500 dollars plus 50 for listening to Wabash Blues and Sweethearts Forever. Gene Buck of ASCAP filed suit. society tunes banned without permission and penalties apply.
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Topeka_pa
Wm. Buehler
I. C.C. F. Hall i
Belleville
Bridge Contract Not Awarded for Scandia River Crossing
Seven bids were filed for the Scandia river bridge project in Belleville. Dane Hanson of Logan Kansas, the low bidder at 173 891 80, awaits award as Missouri Pacific negotiations delay final approval. Construction should start within 30 days of a work order.
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Belleville
Dane Hanson
State Highway Department
Hanson
Ed Burge
Missouri Pacific’ Rail
Burge
List and Clark
Kansas City
Kan S City, Bridge Co
Carruthers and Crour
Teeland Construction Co
Omaha
Nel
Dane , Hanson
Logan
Kansas
C. F Litle
Sioux City
Iowa
Knutson Construction Co
Kansas City Bridge Co
Carruther and Crouch
State Highway
New Wheat Is Arriving Here In Good Yields For Farmers
Wheat deliveries began at the Scandia market as farmers south of town packed grain to other markets before the local elevator reopened last Saturday. Early tests run 58 to 63 pounds per bushel with top wheat at 85 cents. deductions apply for wheat below 60 pounds. Many farmers report yields around 26 bushels per acre as hoppers work fields awaiting full ripening. Three carloads left Kackley on Saturday, the first of several shipments planned during the combining season.
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Scandia
Kackley
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