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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
3
Le Tate the jeweler restored a $350 Treadway piano won by Jennie Werner in the Beckman contest. She appears a happy winner as the instrument looks to be a fine one. Mr. and Mrs. Hamacher traveled from Concordia Wednesday to visit relatives.
A notice indicates events at City Hall every Tuesday featuring The Adventures of Kathryn. The readable fragment lacks full details but suggests a regular public presentation or reading series centered on Kathryn.
Ed Vincents family from near Concordia traveled through heavy rains Friday and Saturday to visit Mr and Mrs B Vincent. Josephine Greer joined them for a week on the farm with her cousins, promising a pleasant stay.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to the C W Gulick Mercantile Co please call and settle before August 1 1915. The C W Gulick Merc Co owed party notice for collection.
The speaker urges vigilance when someone knocks, suggesting check if the visitor has an account with the home merchant who has stood without interest for ten years. The aim is to avoid public exposure in the home paper.
Dr E A Moore an osteopathic physician maintains a practice in Seandia Kans at the Bank Building with offices on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Last Thursday July first the Swedish MK Aid Ladies held a coffee social at C A Isaacson home raising 18.00 toward the 500 pledge for the new church. They express gratification and encouragement over the result.
Local notice invites large crowds to the Formosa event on Thursday and Friday July 15 16. Organizers promise excitement and urge attendance to avoid disappointment.
Miss Winnifred Beekman and Madeline Beekman left Saturday morning for a two week visit with their grandmother Mrs J F Beckman in Manhattan Kansas.
Be sure and attend the Twelfth Annual Base Ball Tournament at Formosa on Thursday and Friday. The notice urges local fans to witness matches featuring regional teams and celebrate the festival of sport with community organizers.
Alfa Tingstrom advertises papering and painting work with guaranteed results and estimates provided for any job.
The Bettis family held a July 4 reunion at their Scandia home for Mrs. Cannon and her aunt from Piper Kansas. Twenty three relatives attended a joyful gathering. The Bettis family then planned visits to Fairbury Topeka Jasper St Joseph before returning home.
Mr and Mrs Ed Kier traveled to Republic on Sunday morning to visit their parents in and near that place for a few days, outlining a brief family visit in local society notes.
Mrs. R. R. Wells and daughter Edith of Kansas City visited relatives in Westmoreland Tuesday night. The note mentions 25¢ at Mahans and local social ties.
Mrs. Frederick Krogstadt of near Concordia visited Scandia between trains on Monday and added her name to the Journal's readers list. She reports their farm suffered heavy flood damage destroying a 50 acre oats field and a large wheat field.
Frank Hawkins went to Republic on business, reporting a routine professional errand without additional details about purpose or outcomes.
County commissioners C. G. Aspegren Eugene McDonald and H. H. Smith met Tuesday to review options for repairing the county road west of town. Officials say autos can now pass through the area.
I N Douglas county clerk accompanied the commissioners on their road inspection tour Tuesday. Mrs Dick and her son visited from Republic Tuesday evening and stayed with Mr and Mrs Frank Hawkins, then went on to Belleville. The text notes a DUI reference the next morning.
Mrs J B Beames remains ill this week. Mrs Reichley, staying with Otto Nelsons Brandstroms and others for weeks, returned home to Leadville Colorado this Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Parlee Plotner and Georgia Preble returned from an extended visit in Kansas City. They were accompanied here for several weeks by three of Glenn Preble s children who joined them for the visit at Hiawatha Monday night.
Elizabeth Lillian and Curean Loeb arrived Tuesday evening in Courtland from Denver and plan to spend several weeks with the A. W. Othberg family and other friends in aid near here.
The Dorcas Society will entertain in the church parlors Friday afternoon July 9 from 2 to 5 30. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Four local fans T J West Conrad Lundin W R Stelzer and Ed Wires traveled to Belleville in a Ward car Monday to watch Concordia White Sox play Belleville. They described a good baseball exhibition with Concordia prevailing 5 to 4.
A lawn social will be held Thursday evening July 8 at the C E Elliott residence east of town. Ice cream and cake will be served and conveyance will be provided for those who wish to attend from town.
Mr and Mrs M C Jones and Misses Edith Sandell and Mabel Berggren picnicked and fished along the river Monday afternoon and evening. The Joneses are visiting from Washington D C enjoying a vacation from office duties and visiting Mr and Mrs Chas Peterson.
Mr and Mrs P E Kallman with Mrs Cederstam Mrs Jno Brandstrom and Mrs Boman drove to Belleville on Independence Day for a merry outing and found time for a pleasant joy ride amid celebrations.
Monday marked Fishers day as the Journal force attended and hardware orders for cord and tackle topped twenty five. Jake Weislogel draws praise for hauling in fish after a 60 pound catch last week as townsfolk flocked to river banks seeking his help and cheer him as the most popular man in town.
The Epworth League of the Swedish M. E. Church will hold a lawn social at the parsonage Thursday evening, July 8. Ice cream and cake will be served.
Horton Headlight urges editors to admit most readers say nothing special. Yet half of surveyed people know a story worth reporting if it appears elsewhere. The note underscores the value of follow-up and reader expectations.
The Gulick Merc. Co. touts Carhartt overalls with durable cloth woven in South Carolina. They claim the fit and feel are superior and outwear two standard brands, despite a higher price point.
Miss Evans of Republic stayed with Mrs. W C Preble last week. On Saturday Mr Evans arrived by car and Mrs Preble and arceil accompanied them home for a week long visit.
Mrs W M Slopansky and her son transferred to Belleville, with details indicating their relocation and current residence status in the local area.
A woman traveling on Wednesday to Republic to visit her mother, Mrs. Simms, who is reported to be quite poorly this week.
A group of local businessmen traveled to Belleville on Monday to interview the county commissioners and stress the need to open the road west of town.
The notice announces the th. episode of the Adventures of Kathryn will be shown next Tuesday. It hints at upcoming broadcast details and schedules for the program.
Mrs. Anna Galbry of southeast of Norway says strong winds Tuesday night damaged her home in Scandia while she was shopping Wednesday.
Miss Grace Sawyer, who served as a trick operator here for months, reportedly returned to her Nebraska hometown last week to reclaim her former post. Mr. and Mrs. Croft have begun a school of instruction with a new pupil each week since her departure.
Nebraska abolishes the eight hour labor limit stirring jubilant reactions among women who say the change gives them equal opportunity to compete with men in the workforce.
160 acres adjoining Scandia with a nine room house furnace heat city water and good out buildings. Property is fenced and cross fenced with two wells and a windmill. Sale or trade offered by J. P. Vandeveer ndja Kansas.
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