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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
1
A Scandia man drinks seven quarts of beer in 61 minutes while seated and remains able to walk a straight line. A speaker calls us a population on wheels, while patients see us as on skids. The column riffs on social habits and common mistakes with hometown color and playful satire.
Wallace Odgers of Washington was jailed on non-support and child desertion charges after waiving a preliminary hearing. He was bound over to district court with a $500 bond and held without bond pending its posting. The Belleville clerk logged two district court filings a divorce and a mortgage foreclosure transcript. Additional notes cover a Belleville divorce and name restoration request, a mortgage foreclosure action, a new county courthouse architect’s plans, and PWA funding discussions in Fort Worth. Also listed are blanket alien oil and gas lease releases by J S Alcorn and Co covering about 200 tracts in the county.
Two candidates announce campaigns for Register of Deeds in Republic County. Floy E. Anderson seeks re election on the Democratic ticket at the August primaries. Josephine M. Houdek also appears as a Democratic candidate for the same office.
The notice asks voters to support WM. R. GOODWIN for Clerk of Court at the August primary, stating the race is subject to Republican voters' will.
Henry H. Van Natta runs on the Republican ticket for Probate Judge of Republic County subject to the will of the voters at the August primary. He seeks the office in the upcoming election.
Curtis S Moore runs for Sheriff of Repub lice County on the Republican ticket seeking a second term subject to voter will at the August primary.
Guy E. Ward earns the Republican nomination for county attorney in the August primary as the party seeks a replacement at the office.
Madison Coombs appeals for a second term as Republic County School Superintendent urging votes in the August Democratic primary.
A statement announcing CHAS. H. Chuck Strnad as a candidate for Republic County Clerk, subject to the will of Republican voters in the August primary.
County Treasurer candidate John W. Kuchera appears as the Republic County official subject to the will of the remainder as named by the election process and the county's financial oversight.
Elsie Bowersox is named in a brief voter notice for the Republican primary held August 2. The item records the outcome or intent of voters without additional details.
A candidate announces for Republic County Clerk in the upcoming August primary. Earle Hanes and William Kesl are named as contenders seeking Democratic and Republican voter support respectively. The notice references the August 2 primary date.
The Republican candidate A. H. James announces candidacy for the August primary for the State Legislature in the 60th district. He seeks party support and outlines his platform and goals for the district.
A Republican nomination race for Republic County Treasurer is outlined with CHASE DOUPNIK urging voter support in the August primary. The note references work on rebuilding a new structure as part of the campaign context.
The piece outlines a crop insurance scheme where farmers pay premiums on wheat, with the insurance corp holding the grain until losses occur. It may create reserves totaling 75 to 100 million bushels, beyond Farm Act allotments, to stabilize wheat supply and shield producers from low prices and disasters. It also recounts local historical notes about Junction City and Potter, and details a drainage district disorganization notice in Republic County.
Gust Wein erstein living near Scandia on the Lindahl place has grown tall corn about six feet high and says his receipt for raising tall corn is worth sharing. Neighbors report steady progress toward a bumper crop as harvesting and farm talks fill the local pages.
Bob Robinson of Natoma spent the week end at his home.
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