This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1940
Page
3
Local social notes list visits and gatherings from Sherman township including Mrs S J Van Nortwich quilting party Mrs Ruby Stafford Topeka weekend stays with families and several homecomings and moves. Birth announcements for Carol Joan and Alice Marie appear along with multiple Sunday visits and farm relocations.
A long list of Sunday and weekly visits across Belleville Concordia Scandia Courtland and Burr Oak includes Mr. and Mrs T M Walter with the Hammer family Mr. and Mrs Fred Currie with the Nondorf family and many others. Birth announcements include Hilton Lars born March 6 and two more baby boys born March 12 to Mr. and Mrs Carl Hammer and Mr. and Mrs John Heimerich and to Thornton Doctor and wife. Ira Richardn in Lincoln hospital for observation. Ted Cady begins work at Rogers Grocery in Belleville Saturdays.
Mr and Mrs Dwaime Johnson and family were dinner guests at E T Johnson home Sunday. Barbara Cooper dined with N S Cooper and Ralph Tuesday. Miss Gayl Terrow visited Concordia residents. Miss Mary West and Miss Jessie Nichols attended a basketball tournament in Concordia. Bobb McGregor stayed with grandfather Robert Briewster.
Mrs. Paul Erickson spent Friday afternoon at the Guy Frazier home. Harry White of Lincoln Nebraska visited his mother Mrs. May White from Friday until Monday.
District 96 residents hosted and visited friends and relatives across several homes. Arvid Larson and family entertained Erwin Freeman and Gen Eve Nondorf guests. Madeline Lundberg stayed with Wilma Larson. Enoch Hedin visited Gust Nelson. Mainquist brothers Edgar and John visited M A Larson. Arvil Larson and family joined events Friday and Sunday with local households.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.