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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
1
A 1925 church notice records a Union service at Ry Kal with J A Greene as pastor. The entry notes a Sunday School and preaching on July 12 1925.
Sunday morning service at 10 30 features Miss Wilda Swan with nine children and youths in Indian costumes presenting a missionary demonstration. Sunday School follows at 11 30. Swedish service at 11 80 with a pastor sermon. Evening service at city hall park. Ladies Aid hosts July 16 at the church hosted by Ellen Anderson and others. All are welcome.
The notice invites readers to Bible study at United Brethren church at 10 AM and warns against heat affecting plans. It mentions Sabbath synagogue attendance and union services at city hall park at 8 PM with sermons by Rev. Pehrson. Mid-Summer Open Air concerts are listed for Friday and next Wednesday with tickets on sale.
A special service this week blends Sunday School with morning worship starting at 10 o clock. The twelve piece orchestra will play with live singing and a study on The Gospel in Antioch. Union services in City Hall Park at 8 p.m. feature music by the orchestra.
Seventeen deaf attendees from Concordia Glasco Beloit Randall Republic gathered for services at Amana Lutheran Church. Rev Libberson outlined 3000 deaf in Kansas with 10 preaching stations and plans to organize a Bethany College class this winter. Open Air Entertainment. Second number Friday. Sunday schedule flexible. Peirson to discuss Church’s contribution to youth. Gust Wennersten visit notes drought in Texas and Oklahoma with rain shortage affecting cotton.
The American Committee for Devastated France, Inc. reports from April 1918 to March 1924 that 76.85 percent of its $4,813,749 in cash and supplies was sent to or spent in France. The group lists 43 canteens serving over 360,000 soldiers, medical staff, and varied programs in education, agriculture, public health, and village relief.
Mrs Mary Wojwoda obtained a warrant charging her divorced husband John Wojwoda with beating her when she refused consent to his remarriage of her daughter Elizabeth eighteen. The couple were divorced last May.
A seven year dispute over the guardianship of three Hindu idols, stemming from Mutty Lall Mullick's will, reaches the Privy Council. Lord Shaw orders the idols to be represented by an Indian court appointee and a new trial in Bengal, with each party bearing their Indian costs.
Pittsburgh police officer John J. Joyce faced criticism after shooting a poodle nine times at 217 Renova Street Hazelwood. Humane society and city officials called the act cruel and wasteful, noting Joyce believed the dog was a cat and used one bullet per life.
A San Diego report notes student numbers rising faster than population growth. Officials attribute the surge to vocational schools offering expanded opportunities, keeping pupils in class for longer.
A historic note describes the house on Fleet Street associated with Sweeney Todd and the legends surrounding the barber. Tales claim he equalized fearsome fates for shop customers and disposed of bodies through a pie shop. yet there is no solid Newgate or Tyburn record to verify the tale, though it persists in ballads and ballad dramas.
An ancient account notes the great pyramid of Egypt stood apart in scale. Erected over 5,000 years ago it measured about 480 feet high and 764 feet on each base side with a 6,840,000 ton mast. An army of 100,000 workers labored for 20 years, a figure modern scholars consider credible.
Fed cattle advance with new yearly highs as 1631 pound steers reach $18.00, grass fat cattle and grass-fed grades also firm. Receipts run high with Kansas and Oklahoma pastures supplying most stock. hogs soften from Monday highs while sheep and lambs stay active at strong prices amid reflective supplies.
Chas and family spent Sunday evening at the Gust Aberg home in the country. Gust Aberg bought town lots south of the Kallman residence. Robt. Doctor and party visited Superior Friday. Rain totaled 5.2 inches in the month at the Concordia weather station. Miss Lyla Loring returned from Denver, Miss Blanche Sanderson from Norton, Ellen Loring went to Concordia for millinery, and Ray Tingstrom’s family returned from Wichita with Ray resuming work in Horton.
Harry Moller Melvin Hitlery and Roscoe Cooper returned Thursday from Healy where they spent a few days with Harry's parents Mr and Mrs T U Moller.
Mrs W M Maston and her daughter Dorothy of Munden celebrated the Fourth with her parents Mr and Mrs John Poage. Earl and Claude Brees of Narka, nephews of Mrs Poage, were also guests at the Poage home.
Janet Doctor of Manhattan and Max ine Berry of Superior joined Velma Te bow of Concordia and Miss Ruth Albro visiting Scandia with local friends. Mrs. Elmer Olson and her Jansen Nebr. children spent the weekend. Ruth Youngsburg of Chicago traveled with them and will visit Colorado Springs to see her parents.
Sunday afternoon a group of deaf attendees joined a picnic near the river west of the bridge after services at the Lutheran church. Participants include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mikesell of Republic, Mr. and Mrs. P Roswald of Concordia, Mrs. Minnie Vestal and son, Mr. and Mrs. Sat Miller and son of Randall, Mr. and Mrs. G Svenson of Concordia, Geo Beaver of Glasco, M N Roswald of Concordia, Miss Helen Finney of Beloit, Z L Ozman and niece Miss Philmento Aslin of Concordia, Dorothy Foreer, Rev and Mrs Pehrson, and Rev CG Sibberson.
Advertises old wheat flour brands Concordia P. P. and C and H Cane Sugar in 100 lb and 25 lb bags. Promotes egg tonics for hens, salt products, fly spray, pig care items, hog oil, cholera medicine, and a strong cream trade over the past 60 days.
A storefront advertises a cash deal for eggs cream and poultry promising immediate payment to customers. The brief notice emphasizes convenience and quick cash for trade in.
Phone. 47 . Stores will close 12 60 o'clock noon on the Fourth. Bring your produce in Friday or early Saturday morning.
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