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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
2
Ness recalled as the narrator describes a sequence of fierce dust storms that crippled farmers and delayed travel and school. Residents proposed vegetation projects to draw precipitation and conserve soil, while Scandia reflected on its evolving role in Kansas history.
The Central Branch of the Union Pacific reached Concordia and advanced toward Scandia with the first train arriving December 24, 1878. The line, later Missouri Pacific, and 1888 saw the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific complete a through line to Scandia, fulfilling farmers’ request for eastern markets.
President Grover Whalen pledges dramatic new recreation and entertainment facilities for the 1939 World's Fair promising never before seen attractions. He says the fair will involve the entire world in varied amusements and will place children in a special, exclusive playground.
The article recounts the old English belief that rain on St Swithin’s Day forebodes forty days of rain and notes that many cultures attribute rain forecasting to animals birds and insects, listing popular superstitions.
A historical overview recounts how about 10 000 Scandinavians with Swedes Norwegians and Danes settled along the Republic River in Kansas forming Scandia later New Scandinavia in Republic County. They were brought by the Scandinavian Emigrant Association and Kansas Pacific Railroad or arrived by wagon and stagecoach. The town grew from a grist and saw mill to a modern community of 600 plus with light water sewer power gas and paved streets.
The city’s indebtedness fell under 15000 as Scandia expanded with a 1985 auditorium gymnasium at the local school. The North Central rated school offers varied courses with programs for talent development. Four churches United Brethren Lutheran Presbyterian and Methodist host summer open air meetings to unite the community.
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