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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
3
General rains and a severe electrical storm with hail affected fields this week. Streams and the Republican River ran bank full while farmers await sun to finish ripening wheat and spring crops.
William Haines stars in Alias Jimmy Valentine at the Princess Theatre next Saturday evening. Leila Hyams and Lionel Barrymore lead a cast including Karl Dane and Tully Marshall. Haines plays a young cracksman who reforms after a bank robbery, facing a detective and romance with the president's daughter.
Four teens from Republic county enroll at Emporia Teachers College for the summer session as total college enrollment reaches 1,761, up 93 from the previous year. Names include Helen Elenora Ericson Courtland Ruth Elvina Falk Courtland Marian Louise Heina Agenda Gladys Irene Houghton Courtland Hazel Grace Houghton Courtland Lyle Howard Belleville Lillian Beatrice Hultquist Jamestown Paul Jehlik Munden Thenia Theresa Larson Kackley Herbert Lundgren Agenda Lloyd Milford Nelson Wayne Wanda Parrott Belleville Ruth Vivian Stillman Courtland Bernice Shaw Belleville.
Mrs E M Boggess leaves Monday for Excelsior Springs to seek health treatments. She is accompanied by her daughter Mrs C E Mains of Berkeley California who has been visiting. The Nondorf family returns to Scandia from Anacortes Washington and will reside on South Cloud Street.
Mrs Dan Housholder, confined by a nervous ailment for four months, is greatly improved and able to be out. She has spent the past week in a car and visited friends.
Citizens of Scandia seeking a concession at the July 31 to August 2 celebration must contact Oscar O Johnson A Ellingson Guy Ward H H Mahan or Frank Peterson for location assignments. Home residents will receive first choice if a spot is claimed promptly.
W. D. Vance of Belleville visited Scandia on Wednesday for business matters at local firms. The note questions whether subscribers have paid up.
Local item highlights include painting and wallpaper services by Jno A Mahan and Scandia Hardware wall coverings. Social visits note Mr and Mrs Ed Olson with Albin Forsberg, Miss Judith Ward visiting Ruth Ahrens, and travels of F Hamiltons. Classifieds list radios for sale, a John Deere binder, Duroc Jersey hog, and free culling by Metz Packing Co.
Milwaukee visitors arrive to see Mrs. Halgren. Seattle and Berkeley natives visit relatives. several families take trips to Omaha and Concordia for fishing and errands. A 5 room modern house sale near Scandia is listed, and local residents make weekend visits and delivers to Smith Center and Clay Center.
Mr and Mrs Robert Doctor and Katheryn of Rydal drove to Riley Sunday to spend the day with Mr and Mrs Cecil Sargant. Mr and Mrs Chas Johnson and family of Lindsborg visited Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs S A Hageman and Miss Blanche Hageman.
S. D. Blakeley came home Tuesday from Kansas City where he and Mrs. Blakeley had gone Sunday to visit his sick brother in a hospital.
Kansas reports show fewer fires and lower losses in May versus April and last year. In May 144 fires caused $200,615 in losses across 40 of 105 counties, with homes hardest hit at $81,290 for 80 houses. The big oil fire in Kansas City pushed Wyandotte County totals to $62,707.
Local buyers announce a payable program inviting farmers to sell eggs market poultry and cream at set prices. Farmers urged to bring goods to market and secure prompt payment under the new scheme.
The largest county loss was reported in May. Franklin followed with 20 050 dollars, Leavenworth 19 382 dollars, and Sedgwick 14 514 dollars. Atchison and Pratt counties posted the smallest losses at 40 dollars each.
Clifton couple C. E. and Mrs. Wyman made a pleasant stop at the Journal Office last Monday. The Wymans, with broad circles of friends in Scandia, are always welcomed back to their former home for visits.
A six year old, son of John Clark, suffered a deep cut on his right hand after falling with a glass jar of water. Dr Co Vz Haggman treated the wound and the child is recovering rapidly.
Miss Edna Erickson visits Glasco and Concordia on Thursday. American wheat production accounts for twenty seven percent of the world total. The United States consumes sixty three percent of all telephones globally.
The article notes that the first tinware manufacture in America is believed to have begun with Edward Patterson, an Irish native, at Berlin Connecticut. The statement highlights Patterson as a pioneer in American tinware making.
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