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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
2
Obituary notices for Cora Gerissds Jones and Clara Amelia Granstedt appear with biographical details from Scandia Kansas. Other items include church notices, local meetings, political commentary, school enrollment notes, a theater announcement, and a store decoration update. Names include Jones, Johnson, Granstedt, Spencer, Hicks, Gulick, and Weiss with locations Scandia Belleville Clay Center Yankton and Chicago.
City police warn residents to watch for theft and data loss amid rising pickpocket activity. Officials urge vigilance and report suspicious behavior, stressing secure handling of personal information to prevent identity theft.
Local store advertises canned goods bargains for Friday and Saturday with a call to come in. Kre'4zers.
A young peoples class social at the M I Church is announced for Friday March 28 with refreshments and a welcome by Byers. The notice invites members and neighbors to attend and enjoy the gathering.
Mr and Mrs John Mahan entertained about forty friends Saturday evening in honor of their daughter Mrs Steele and her husband Mr Steele A miscellaneous shower for Mrs Steele was a surprise after games a luncheon followed Green and white decorations celebrated St Patrick Go to the Princess
Last Wednesday March 12 Ellen Althia Wallin married Carl E Wallin at the John Aspeeren home five miles west of Scandia. Rev Edwin Jahten officiated with Rev K A Stromberg assisting. reception featured a parlor dinner in national colors and speeches by Rev Sahlen and Rev Stromberg. The couple and families praised the community reception and a social tea for the Methodist church is planned next Thursday.
Grain market notes show Sudan seed priced at Ife per pound and Red Texas outs at 70 cents per bushel. Prices listed by W F Berry of Rydal Kag s.
Martin Anderson of Greeley and Miss Ufa Lagerstrom of Seandia eloped to Denver and were married in a country home ceremony hosted by Minne and Alrs. Oscar Johnson on Pleasant Valley. A four course repast followed. the couple will reside on the East Greeley farm after March first. The bride, born in Scandinavia, is a graduate of Greeley High and attended State Teachers College. Mr. Anderson is a prosperous local farmer with kin in Seandia and nearby communities.
LaVelle Hicks, stationed to entertain U S soldiers in France, wrote from Liverpool Feb 14 1919 describing a welcome by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and a tea reception for American troops. He details travel plans toward London and the unusual honor of the event.
The party tours the Lord Mayor's halls in Liverpool, including a sermon in the council chamber by the speaker in the Lord Mayor’s chair. Aldermen and the Lord Mayor’s entourage are described amid lavish rooms, diamonds, and floral splendor. A sketch by a young artist and plans to visit Paris are noted. References to family history and English friends close the account.
Word from Ed Me eau al Greeley notes a new team, Haul Carry or Push Joop, ready for spring work. The messenger confirms John Noudette the Dragoman leads the crew, prepared to haul, carry, or push as needed for business. The group arrived safely and plans to begin plowing for the season.
A listing offers a team of mares aged 3 and 5 years with weight around 2400 and price 10 each. Also available is a team of coming 3 year old geldings weighing about 2200 priced at 75 each. WKF Kallman.
Plans are underway for the county annual high school track meet and elocutionary and declamatory contests likely in April. All county high schools may enter events in the city during the afternoon with literary contests in the evening. The gatherings foster friendly rivalry and are expected to draw strong interest this year.
Long list of Belleville residents and visitors includes veterans of the Coast Artillery with Argonne service, local citizens from Cuba and Courtland, new citizenship filings, operations and recoveries, court visits, and official appointments. Notable items include Henry I Johnson, Geneva, and Gene Christie relatives, discharge records for veterans seeking a $60 bonus, and Sen Gulick's county fair law enabling purchases.
A reader mentions good white corn suitable for seed and a small frame house, then questions subscription status and identifies "133 red John Webber" as part of the note. The passage reads as a brief, fragmented reader inquiry without a full article context.
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