North Central Kansas Free Fair Plans Aug 27-31
Republic County officials announce the North Central Kansas Free Fair will run August 27 to 31 with numerous attractions. The fair aims to showcase livestock and farm products, foster farm management and home improvement, and strengthen town country ties while funding itself without a county tax levy. About 500 local 4-H youths participate, with the event serving as a key competition and social center for rural progress.
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Kansas
Republic
Middle West
Republic County
Scandia Loses Sunday Game at Byron
Scandia’s baseball team traveled to Byron for a regular league game losing despite Jen Currie’s two dazzling catches. The locals managed five hits but could not score, with Irvin Currie hitting a three bagger and Thornburg, Walstrom, and G Currie each getting a hit.
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Byron
Jen Currie
Scandia
Irvin Currie
Thornburg
Walstrom
G.currie
North Side Team Wins Close City Kickball Match
North Side captained by Elmer Sharpin Marrphy Jengen defeats South Siders 4 to 3 in a kittenball game on Monday evening. Large crowd on Main Street enjoys the sunny side contest with Shorty Martin in charge of the boys.
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North Side
Elmer ‘S Smarrphy
Jengen
Shorty
Martin
Man Died After Auto Crash Near Courtland
In Courtland area an injured resident died at a hospital last week from internal bleeding caused by a broken kidney after an auto accident at the intersection north of Courtland. The deceased was a resident of Summerfield Kansas.
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Summerfield
Kansas
Jane
Courtland
Bogrillo
Cream Station Manager Engaged in Contree Operations
Lorraine Jackson of Scandia is engaged to operate the Conzor Creamery Station in Contree. He has been employed here by Dallas Cady at the station for the past period.
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Lorraine
Jackson
Scandia
Conzoris
Contree
Dallas Cady
Ana Tans
Fey
Secretary Roper’s Alaska Fishing Visit Probed
The report notes Secretary of Commerce Roper left Seattle aboard the Shoshone to Alaska to investigate the fishing situation. It frames the move as a patriotic ambition amid hot sultry days and hints at seeking a secure job through hiking.
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Roper
Seattle
Alaska
Church notes and services at Arana Lutheran and Methodist
Arana Lutheran outlines Sunday gospel reading Luke 5 1 11 with Sunday school and morning service and a union open air service at City Hall park 745 pm Pastor Chas Pehrson. Methodist notes announce Ladies Aid Thursday in church parlors hostesses Mrs Erickson Naslund and Fredrickson. next Lord's Day church school at 10 am morning service at 11 and union park service at 745 pm.
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Arana Lutheran
Hou Union
City Hall
Chas
Pehrson
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid Society
E. K. Erickson
John Naslund
John Fredrickson
Union Park
B. W. Selin
Mind of Christ and International Relations Talk Planned
United Brethren Presbyterian Church to hold a C E session at seven with topic The Mind of Christ and International Relations. Leader and meeting place to be announced later. Friendship club meets today in the Aid building with Mrs Jay Bell as hostess. Sunday school at ten.
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C. E
Friendship Club
Jay Bell
Lutheran Church Offers Sunday School and Outing
Savior's Lutheran Church invites families to 10 o clock Sunday school and 11 o clock worship. A Sunday school outing to Lars Hammer grove near Norway proceeds from Gedar Ridge two miles east. Ladies Aid to meet July 5 at Mrs Gustava Ostberg's home. Pastor Orlin Torgeson urges Sabbath worship and fellowship.
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Lars Hammer Grove
Fof
Norway
Gedar Ridge
Christian Fellowship
Gustava Ostberg
Ann Lutheran Church Kackley Fifth Sunday Services
Luke 5 1 11 Sunday school and Bible classes at 1000 morning worship at 11 English Evening services at 8 Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening Mrs Richard Olson will entertain the Ladies Aid Thursday afternoon June 28 at the church parlors Luther Kaapite Bible Study Thursday evening June 28 then convention plans Board of Deacons meet Parsonage Friday evening June 29 long service next Sunday evening July 4 Elvie Carlson leader_C G Danielson pastor
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Richard
Olson
Ladies Aid
Luther Kaapite
Board of Deacons
Elvie Carlson
Cc. G. _Danielson
To the Universe Evolved by Atomic Force Sermon Theme
Christian Science Lesson Sermon topic for all Churches in Christ Scientist Sun day June 24 centers on unity of God the Father and creation. Scriptural citations include I Corinthians 8 6 and Psalms 104 1 5 praising God as great maker and sustainer of the earth.
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Christ
Power lines damaged as Scandia crews trim trees
Workmen of the Kansas Powen Company trimmed trees in Scandia this week causing several branches to fall and damage power lines during storms.
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Kansas
Powen Company
Scandia
New Scandia Phone Directory In Preparation
Jim Mahan of the local telephone office proofs and prepares a new Scandia telephone directory, the first in over two years. Printed by the Scandia Journal, it lists more than fifty new subscribers added to the Scandia switchboard and promotes calling by number for faster service with the new rural ringing code now standard nationwide.
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Jim Mahan
Scandia
Scandia Journal
Himba
Peirg
Ap Hich
United States
Salesman Found Dead in Car Near Norway
A man believed to be George Wilcox of Ottawa Kansas, a salesman for St Louis Shoe Manufacturing Co, was found dead in his car by the Scandia Concordia detour road south of the county line. Officials said death was from heart failure and Sheriff Don Byrne led the investigation. Relatives could not be reached at press time.
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Scandia-Concordia
County
Cloud County
Don Byrne
George Wilcox
Ottawa
Kansas
St. Louis Shoe
Brinkley Files as Republican in 1984 Gubernatorial Race
Dr John R Brinkley enters the 1984 governor race as a Republican filing while in Mexico He has not been in Kansas for months and will vacation along the North Atlantic coast Instead he says the filing expresses his party affiliation and Bert Comer runs for attorney general as a Republican with no campaign presence planned by Brinkley
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John R. Brinkley
Bert Comer
Wr. Brinkley
Kansas
Mexico
North Atlantic Sea
Rain Good for Pastures and Crops in Local Tonight
A brief Thursday night shower brought about one inch of rain. The community welcomed the benefit to pastures corn and alfalfa as fields begin to recover.
Scandia Mayor Proclaims July Fourth Local Business Closure
Mayor S D Blakeley proclaims Independence Day observance in Scandia 1934 with all business houses closing for the day. The proclamation urges citizens to observe the national anniversary in fitting manner and celebrate freedom and benefits.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Kansas
Ss. D. “Blakeley
Scandia
S. D. Blakeley
July 4 community events planned with baseball and band
Local groups organize July 4 activities with a 3 pm public line State Line nine versus Scandia at the local field. After the game a kittenball match is set. At 6 30 pm local all stars or outsiders may play. The evening features a county 4 H Band concert led by Adolph Nelson with Scandia merchants supporting the event.
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Scandia
Emery MclIrvin
Adolph Nelson
Helen Curry Visits Marquette Before Chicago World’s Fair
Former Scandia English instructor and recent Journal editor Helen Curry left last Monday to visit her sister in Marquette. She plans a few weeks there then a trip to Chicago for the World’s Fair before resuming her post in the McPherson high school English department.
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Helen Curry
Marquette
Chicago
McPherson High School
Wayne Epworth League Presents Program at Scandia
The Wayne Epworth League visited Scandia last Sunday evening and presented a program at the Methodist church. More than thirty Wayne visitors were present and a large number of local people attended. Afterward the local League served homemade ice cream coffee and cake.
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Wayne Epworth League
Scandia
Wayne
Walt Disney Grasshopper Tale Tests Ongoing Living Debate
A Portland Hollywood Tribune column links Disney's Grasshopper and Ants tale to U S fiscal policy. It argues Americans risk reliance on borrowed money and warns that a day of reckoning will come as the nation faces a changing national motto We owe the world a living.
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Walt Disney
Hollywood Tribune
Portland
Ore
United States
Viking 4-H Club Postpones July Meeting
The Viking reports Mae Sothers notes the 4-H club girls shifting their July 3 meeting to Tuesday evening July 10. The event at the high school building starts at 8 o clock with roll call by name and flag description. All members urged to attend.
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Mae Sothers
Viking
Mem‘bers
Oklahoma transient killed under freight train in Belleville
Carl Ward, 20, of Claremore Oklahoma, was killed last Friday when a freight train knocked him from a switching post causing him to fall under the wheels. He died four hours after the incident at the hospital.
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Carl] Ward
Claremore
Okla
Belleville
Park Union Meetings Return With Summer Services
City officials and local church cooperation revive park union meetings this summer at City Hall Park. The first service is next Sunday at 7 45 p m with Rev Chas Pehrson of the Lutheran Church preaching. Ushers named are Chas Hohman John Boman Otto Wetzel and Carl E Larson.
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Chas. Pehrson
The
Lutherary Church
Chas. Hohman
John Boman
Otto Wetzel
Carl E. Larson
Funds Announced for Kansas Highways This Year
The Kansas State Highway Commission reports a Congressional grant of 5 117 675 dollars for Kansas highways this year. Funds must allocate at least 25 percent to federal aid extensions through municipalities, at least 25 percent to secondary roads, and over 50 percent to the federal aid highway system. Until the Bureau of Public Roads issues rules, allotments to projects or counties cannot be fixed, says Harry Darby, director of highways.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Kansas State Highway Commission
Kansas
Bureau
State Highway Department
Harry Darby
Highway 36 Boosters Plan Belleville Meeting
Friends of US Highway 36 are invited to a Belleville meeting on Tuesday July 10 at noon. They aim to secure more paving for a heavily traveled, currently unpaved stretch in the state.
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Friends of US
Belleville
Scandians Plan Summer Visit to Sweden on Gripsholm
Mr and Mrs Oscar Bergstrom their nephew Jarl Johnson and Carl Erickson arrange travel from New York on the Swedish liner Gripsholm sailing July 3 to Gothenburg. They will visit relatives in Sweden all summer and return in fall with Erickson staying longer.
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Oscar . Bergstrom
Jarl Johnson
Carl Erickson
John Freeburg
Gripsholm
New York
Gothenburg
Sweden
Bergstroms
Scandia
Mr. Erickson
Harvest In Full Swing In Community
Locals report combines humming as harvest nears two weeks ahead of schedule. Some farms yield about ten bushels per acre while poorer patches are being mowed. Overall, the crop is not a total failure but far from robust.
Republican meeting plans for Jake Stofer Jr Parlee
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Young Republicans meeting with references to Jake Stofer Jr and Parlee. The text mentions attending an evening event and a forthcoming gathering of Young Republicans.
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Jake Stofer, Jr
Parlee
Plotner
Young
Republicans
Journal publication moved up for July 4
The next issue of the Journal will be published one day earlier on July 4 to give staff liberty. Advertisers and correspondents are kindly requested to submit material accordingly.
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Ttne
Land checking nearing completion for 1938 wheat contracts
Kansas State College extension service reports 73 794 of 94 360 contracts checked by 1 107 farm supervisors. Most county checks to finish by June 23. Due to drought, A A A rushes second 1938 adjustment payments. certificates of compliance will be sent to Washington for final approval once county data arrives. Some Kansas counties to start submitting certificates within a week or 10 days. In Republic county John Schulatow has checked about 85 contracts. remaining will be finished and sent to headquaters for second payments soon.
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Kansas
State “ College . Extension. ‘Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington, D.C
Republic
John Schulatow
Washington
Evelyn Schafer Files for County Superintendent Seat
Evelyn Schafer files as Republican candidate for county superintendent of public instruction. She has taught in local schools for 16 years and serves as treasurer of the Republic County Teachers Association. She is rated as one of the best school teachers in Republic County.
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Evelyn Schafer
Miss Schafer
Republic County Teachers ‘Association
Republic County
Meridian Highway Group Elects New President
W. F. Hoehn of Enid Oklahoma was elected president of the International Meridian Highway Association at a Wichita meeting. A. Q. Miller of Belleville was named honorary president. The group adopted aggressive plans for work and noted Oklahoma and Kansas lead on the program while Nebraska lags behind.
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W. F. Hoehn
Enid
Oklahoma
Wichita
A. Q. Miller
Belleville
Wee
Kansas
Nebraska
Strom Leaves For Rochester Mayo Clinic Visit
Pa T Pete Strom departed last week for a visit to the Mayo Brothers clinic in Rochester Minnesota due to failing eyesight in recent weeks.
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PA. T
Pete” Strom
Mayo Brothers
Rochester, Minn
Methodist Minister Invited to Return for Sixth Year
The local Methodist Church held a quarterly conference with Rev. Carl Jensen presiding. An unanimous invitation was extended for the present pastor to return for a sixth year as ladies served refreshments.
Swift Packing Company Store Redecorated
Painters Ern Riggying and John Mohan redecorated the Hageman Wires building, now occupied by the Swift Packing Company store. The exterior is freshly painted white and tight.
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John Mohan
Hageman- Wires
Swat Packing
Repair Sidewalk Notices Unclear Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes describe sidewalk repairs with loose bricks and water exposure. No clear event, date, or involved entities identified beyond generic maintenance concerns.
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Molle
United Brethren-Presbyterian Church
Savior’s
Lutheran Church
ZI Orlin Torgeson
Kackley
Scandia Telephone Company
George ‘Wilcox
Ottawa, Kans
Club
Highway 36
Washingto
Meridian Highway Group
NEW
Swift Packing Company
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