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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
5
Republic county resident Miss Agnes Glenn returned from Coshi China after 16 years among the heathen and spoke Sunday in Belleville. Local figures and visitors, bank official T. J. West, Red Cross organizing, and notes on church mission work in the Philippines accompany the account.
The W C T U met with Mrs Frances Fickel on Tuesday afternoon. A large crowd attended in spite of the rain. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs Guy Strong on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Celia Bowling and daughter Rose called on Lucile Morea Sunday afternoon. The children of Providence Chapel are busy preparing for Children s Day. Griffeth and family visited relatives in Belleville last Sunday. Miss Gladys and Agnes Jorden of Mankato are visiting their cousins Mrs Gladys Christie and Vera Griffeth. Bertha Ainsworth visited with Marie Bowling Monday. Mr and Mrs Christie and daughters and Misses Jorden visited relatives in Concordia Tuesday. Bessie Fulcomer Rose Bowling and Rose Tate returned to Belleville Monday after spending Sunday at home. Mrs M R Ainsworth is visiting in the vicinity this week Bert Ainsworth and wife with Cora Bowling and Mrs Voorhies drove to Believere Monday.
In district RT area farmers are busy with good weather as Enoch Larsen puts up alfalfa. Visitors include Mrs Denny's mother from Concordia and Mrs Zanie Davis of Kackley with Mrs Chub Davis from Courtland. Social events feature a club meeting at Mrs John Sothers with a fancy lunch and war talk. Broken castings welded at Hohr's.
Local residents and families from Union and Belleville visit each other or attend church events. Reports include callers at James Maljbory and Roy Hal’s, Royal Neighbor Lodge activity in Scandia, and farm trips to western Kansas. Social notices also mention illness, schoolmate visits, and community church announcements.
The article argues the nation’s retail trade tops 10 billion dollars annually with mail order threatening small town merchants. It notes Butterick in New York aligns with local retailers and will remove mail order ads from Delineator Designer and Woman’s Magazine, a decision seen as crucial for supporting home merchants and a potential industry shift.
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