12 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
1
Scandia Kansas weekly paper emphasizes fast growth and long history since 1871. The item notes its status as a second class matter at the post office by act of Congress dated March 3.
Hershel Kannier announces subscription price at $1.50 per year and states advertising rates are available upon application.
Chas P Nordman declares his candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Republic County. He has served the current term and will face the Republican primary in August as he seeks the party's nomination.
County Treasurer candidate T. J. West announces his bid for the office subject to Republican voters at the August primary election. West seeks the will of the party to secure the Treasurer position.
Henry H. Van Natta declares candidacy for Republic County Probate Judge on the Republican ticket subject to August primary voters.
County Clerk candidate L. E. Cooper files for the Republican nomination in the upcoming primary election set for August. He states the race is subject to the will of Republican voters.
A candidate announces seeking the Republican nomination for county clerk in the upcoming August primary election. The statement asserts ambition to hold the county clerk office and submit to the party will in the nominating process.
County Attorney election notice targets Republic county voters in the August primary. Official: WM. C. PERRY.
The Register of Deeds candidate Mollie Hadachek announces her Republican bid in Repub lic County for the office, subject to voters at the August primary.
Tam A launches a bid for the Democratic nomination for the office of Register of Deeds at the August primary. Veteran of World War II Joe E. Peterka is named in connection with the candidacy.
A notice by the Clerk of the District Court announces candidacy for re election subject to the August Primary.
State voters hear from C. G. Aspegren as he seeks the renomination for State Representative in the upcoming August primary. The notice emphasizes candidacy and election participation.
W. H. Mikesell announces candidacy for sheriff of Republic County subject to Republican voters at the August primaries.
Fragmentary OCR notes list Laura M. Hill as a subject in the county superintendent of public instruction race with reference to Republican voters and the August primary election.
A collection of brief quips and satirical notes from various papers. Topics include new dresses, a circus fat lady filing for divorce and possible cigaret testimonial earnings, a property valuation quip about well kept lawns, and a question on whether short skirts should stay, attributed to Mrs. Ferguson of the Rocky Mountain News.
A collage of jokes, anecdotes, and witty notices clipped from small town newspapers. The items lampoon everyday life with puns about clubs, signs, corsages, knickered golf players, and local gossip, naming towns, editors, and readers in a rapid-fire humor column.
Ninety seven men work out of Lebanon for Cities Service in laying a gas pipe to supply Lebanon and Smith Center and connect with the trunk line at Mankato. The crew keeps to business with no city code violations reported and retires early. Ed Burge cafe serves as headquarters with timekeeper B L Semmes at a cafe desk. A nine person cooking and serving force handles meals, and noon lunches are prepared for the crew.
James Nation store manager and part owner died from injuries after a two car wreck north of Washington on Monday. His wife is seriously hurt and was moved to hospitals in Washington and Fairbury. The couple was en route to a family dinner in their Buick sedan when the car rolled three times. Harry Frager and Fred Salzer found them. Nation died at 2 pm. Haddam Clipper Leader reports the incident.
Charles Blosser owner of Blosser Airport near Concor dia receives notice that Brower Air Service will start regular passenger service to Concor dia this week. Brower runs Omaha to Oklahoma City flights with Belleville as nearest stop and schedules planes to Arrive Blosser at 12 25 p m and depart north at 1 10 p m. They ordered three six place Stinson planes with mail compartments and seek an airmail contract for the route.
Report from the Glen Elder Sentinel describes a severe automobile accident at Brokaw Corner northwest of Glen Elder. The driver lost control and crashed into a field, injuring Miss Skull with a fractured jaw and facial injuries and Melvin with a broken collar bone and facial bruises.
A Hutchinson man recently hit four score years and was greeted by a visitor. When asked the secret of his long life he joked, I can’t say yet. There are several medicine testimonial fellows dickerin with me.
Robert Lee, assistant fire chief and driver, entered Miss C. V. Harsh’s home after responding to an alarm and found the elderly woman dead in her wheelchair. She appeared to have been smothered by smoke in Gray Center.
Concordia businessmen met with Brower of Brower Air Service to discuss making Concordia a regular stop on the Wichita to Omaha route using Blosser Airport. Brower proposes local financial participation with $5,000 of the company's preferred stock to be purchased locally.
Beula Bourne, 27, of Kansas City, dies after a collision on Highway 18 six miles east of Bennington. Her fiance Forrest Johnson, 39, is paralyzed with a broken back in Salina hospital, and Roscie Bourne, her brother, suffers a broken left shoulder. All victims were Kansas City residents. Bourne had worked for H. D. Lee Flour Mills in Salina before moving to Kansas City.
In Marysville district court Henry Blanchette was ordered to pay Maggie Blanchette $30 monthly as temporary alimony and $150 in attorney fees to her lawyers. The ruling followed questioning of Maggie Blanchette by her sister Mrs. Johhn Ruple of Topeka and Mr. Ruple, with whom she has been staying.
In Washington county a jury failed to reach a verdict in the assault with intent to kill case against Blanchette. His suit charges his wife lied under oath and seeks a divorce. She cross petitions, accusing him of beating her and leaving her for dead in a deserted barn near Greenleaf Kansas last November.
The Daily Union carries the first advertisement inviting bids for the Junction City post office. Bids open at 3 p m July 7 in the supervising architect Treasury Department office Washington D C. Drawings and specs available to contractors on a $15 set deposit from the supervising architect's office.
After ten years of leadership the owners announce a step down and Glenn B. Hale of Formosa takes over as partner. The policy remains unchanged and the paper will continue serving Mankato and nearby communities with the same journalistic aims. Hale previously ran the New Era at Formosa after buying it fourteen years ago.
The present editor of the New Era will retire and their son John F Hale will assume full control. The change follows the purchase of a half interest in the Western Advocate at Mankato from J F Hale who retires for health reasons.
Jewell county commissioners buy an 80 horsepower Caterpillar tractor and rotary Fresno for fill work, mirroring Burr Oak township's purchase this spring but without a maintainer. City council orders two more carloads of gravel for streets. if insufficient, more will follow.
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