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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
7
Local shoppers flocked to Kreitzers as prices were cut on enamel ware tinware and kitchen utensils. Notices also report people traveling and visiting relatives, with several entries about travel plans and illnesses among area residents.
Mrs Fllen Johnson of Salina visits her daughter Mrs C Co Cullers and Mr Cullers. She is accompanied by her son Theodore Nelson and daughter Miss Leona Nelson.
Beckman family left Saturday evening and the Granstedt family followed Sunday evening for a new home in California. The Beckmans stayed in Colorado Springs until Monday when the Granstetts joined them. They travel via the Royal Gorge with a two day layover at Salt Lake City then proceed to San Francisco and on to San Jose.
Auto Livery owned by O N Bettis advertises phone 71. Notes miss Lillie Nelson vacation at Accadia Mercantile. Capt Tedrow left for Vernon to attend his sister's death. Mrs Fulcomer of Colby visiting. Mrs McGregor meets returning 89th Division. Othbergs visit Omaha for eye treatment. Raymonds visit son V A Raymond. Tedrow section gang works between Lawrence and Superior. Teachers Institute in Belleville with Doris Swanson Edna Robison and Dorothy Street attending.
Frank Hawkins works on the frame construction for John Angle’s modern tile and brick bungalow valued at six thousand dollars in Whiterock township. A. V. Sandborn arrives from Blue Rapids to assume Missouri Pacific station duties at the Beckman property on Washington street. C. R. McGregor returns home from France after discharge. Raymond McKee visits family in Atchison and recalls picking up a Journal in a front line trench last fall.
Observer Bryan at Concordia notes 17 clear days and 10 cloudy days in May with total precipitation 5.68 inches the highest since 1913. The report highlights May as unusually wet for the period.
A proposed camping park for Scandia aims to serve highway travelers and locals as a picnic ground. No suitable site has been located yet but a location near the river is contemplated.
Seven passenger six cylinder Overland touring car in good condition with full equipment and one extra casing for sale One half list price if purchased at once Also a Harley Davidson motorcycle nearly new A Q Miller Son Overland Dealers Belleville Kansas
The Lutheran Church holds Sunday School at 11 A M and service at 11 o clock on Sunday June 15. Memorial services are planned at 8 30 P M in memory of Albert Isaacson who died in France.
The notice lists Scandia and Rydal church services on June lth including Sunday School at 10 A. M. and 11 A. M. services, and an evening service at 8 45 P. M. Those not worshiping elsewhere are invited to attend. J C Boyce.
An operetta titled The guest of the pink parasol is in preparation for the Children’s Day program at the U B church. The event will be held next Sunday evening at 8 30. Chancellor Ward of Kansas City University will speak on Christian Education at Sunday 11 a m.
The Lebanon Times urges residents to speak kindly of their town to attract strangers and new visitors. It argues that pleasant, welcoming dialogue from every man and woman helps the town look attractive and inviting to outsiders.
The town reports power disruption during Securday leaving four foot tall wheat across about a half acre tangled and damaged while Mr. Davis owns fifty acres that appear sound and productive under cautious inspection.
Elliott left Wednesday for Keepesten after word that his mother was quite poorly. He was accompanied by his son Marvin.
Senator Gulick and Representative Smith will leave Sunday for Topeka to attend a special one day session of the state legislature called by Governor Allen to give the state's ratification to the woman suffrage constitutional amendment. It is understood no other business will be considered.
Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson seek strange savages to gather material for Cannibals of the South Seas. Martin Jobson, explorer and adventurer, with Jack Lono, has converted his motion pictures of exploits into a dramatic project, drawing attention to their filming venture.
The shipping association sent a car of hogs to Kansas City last week and sold them at 20.30 dollars. Shippers netted 19.70 dollars per hundred weight. Chas Gulick, long time Missouri Pacific employee in Concordia, returned home Sunday to prepare for a month long outing. He left Monday for Kansas City and Lawrence, then plans to visit New Orleans for most of his recreation period.
Evelyn Nesbit, famed for her sensational marriage scandal, has become a leading movie actress. She debuts on screen in this region next Tuesday at the Princess Theatre in Pax production I Want to Forget.
Thirty ladies gathered at Mrs J H Sandell's home for a farewell party for Mrs J L C Hohr who will soon join her husband in California. Refreshments included ice cream cake and coffee and a silver teaspoon set was given as a remembrance. Kodaks provided entertainment during the afternoon.
Tom Vandeveer recalls planting corn on June 17 and 18 after worms ruined fields. He reaped fodder first then harvested ears over a foot long that fall, noting the replanting tasseled out with the original crop timing.
William Farnum stars in The Rainbow Trail at the Princess Theatre on July 1. Zane Grey wrote the Western adventure set in the Arizona desert with cliff dwellings painted desert and Grand Canyon scenes. Farnum plays Lassiter and Shefford in dramatic exploits. The Rainbow Train follows Riders of the Purple Sage.
Adventurer Martin Johnson and his wife Osa travel eighteen thousand miles to film Cannibals of the South Seas. The rugged documentary portrays unfamiliar peoples in the South Pacific, with Johnson vowing danger and discovery. Shown at the Princess and Scandia on Wednesday June 18 with 10 15 and 26 cent admissions.
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