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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
4
Community updates from Scandia and nearby Norway include visits among the Barleens, Gile family, and Wrights. Sickness and improvemen treshaped weekly events while a high school play drew local teens from surrounding areas.
Dom Township residents report visits and exchanges with family in Missouri and Kansas. Local incidents include a sick horse, a newly rented farm near Scandia, and a series of severe dust storms causing damage to buildings. Red Cross volunteers in Europe are highlighted with a potential Fifth District candidate discussion.
Joe T. Marshall of Concordia announces his Republican candidacy for representative in Congress from the Fifth District. The move aligns with a "Send a Soldier to Congress" push, backed by petitions from service men. Marshall, a Kansan born in Concordia, studied at Kansas University and Harvard, served thirty months in General Pershing's staff intelligence section, and worked with Hoover's Commission for Relief in Belgium and the Kansas Belgian Children's Relief Fund.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case. It praises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a 35 year trusted remedy that acts through the blood to mucous surfaces, expels polson, and heals affected areas. It claims visible health improvements after short use and urges sending for testimonials. F. J. Cheney & Co. based in Toledo Ohio markets the product through druggists for 75 cents.
A O Fortney physician surgeon based in Scandia Kansas. Office beside the drug store with phone numbers 54 percent? and residence 115. All calls promptly answered.
Auctioneer notes sales at The Bank of Scandia or The Journal office and offers notary public services, contract drafting, and papers for Justice Court. Collections specialty listed under W. Plotner, Real Estate. Loans and Insurance at F. & M. Bank in Kansas.
Albert Snyder advertises hauling and snow plowing with prompt service and reasonable prices. Contact by phone at 95 for estimates and work.
Mrs John Campbell of near Repub lic returns from visit to sister Mrs H O Marshall. Rock Island Highway now on township line a mile north of previous spot. Miss Clela Yeager absent due to sickness. Bowmans of Scandia township and Mrs G McDowell visited Emil Bowman home. Clark children ill with tonsillitis. doctor called. Union residents attended Royal Neighbors supper at Scandia. Miss Mildred Stafford ill earlier in week. Dusty wind storms harmed wheat. many fields to plow up. moisture needed. Anna Rimol of Norway osteopath treating Mrs Emery Hall. Spring work began. gardens planted. Ernest Mikesell family visited Paul Milner in Scandia. Sam Stradley threshed for Columbus Owens. Mr and Mrs Jerome Bowersox of Belleville visited Isidore Bowersox. Hugo Loder from Clay Center visited Mallory home. Godfrey McDowell sick then improving. Nettie Albro of Scandia stayed with Merle Yeager. Dean Bowersox ill with tonsillitis. A B Mercer and family and D A Bowen visited Concordia. Scofield east of Belleville bought corn from Ralph Bowersox and hauled it Tuesday. Mrs Lebon Marshall visited H O Marshall. Henry Nitcher and wife in Belleville Sunday to see James Austin who has been very sick. Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson of Free.
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