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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1929
Page
7
Harold Coleman drives a new Hudson sedan and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cooper buy a Buick. Jno A Mahan lists phone 2710. Haggeman Wires provide line of baseball equipment. Multiple residents visit relatives in Manhattan Belleville Clifton and Concordia with social calls and notes on rehiring Susie Lervold and hay for sale by A H Jack Larsen.
Mrs. Brewer family visited Belleville and Concordia while Mrs. Matthias and Miss Thompson spent Thursday in Republic. Ruth Rickel visited sister Mrs. Erickson in Republic. James Stewart returned to Ashburn Georgia after winter here. Several others traveled, visited relatives, or resumed work at schools and businesses in Hardy, Lincoln, Republic, and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Hillery and Merle Wright with Wanona Whitefield of Concordia drove to Hastings Nebraska last Sunday J S Jensen and family and Mr and Mrs Harry McGregor visited Claude Brennemer and family at Osborne Sunday Miss Ruby Smith a teacher at Alexandria Nebraska visited over the week end with her parents Mr and Mrs C A Smith Misses Lucille Elliot Valda Smith Vivian Chappell and Virl Back of Republic called on Mrs Anna Richards and Mrs Mary Rosene Sunday evening
Barred Plymouth Rock hatching eggs for sale at $3 per 100. Barred Plymouth Rock chicks 12 cents each. White Pekin duck eyes available. Call 1415 Mrs S A Fulcomer.
Mrs. Joe Johnson and children Rackley along with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson and children from James town spent Sunday at the G. A. Nystrom residence west of town.
Mrs Esther Babcock of Concordia High School attended Friday night and Saturday with Miss Rhea Ensign of Scandia High School. The ad from Zona Berg and Son Music Company in Superior Nebraska promotes a 50th anniversary sale with impressive price reductions and easy terms.
Mrs Ernest Bockoven of Ann Arbor Michigan is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs G A Brewer in Norway. Her husband attends the University of Michigan dental college in Ann Arbor and expects to finish in June.
The Misses Ruth Lervold and Elvin Edgren arrived in Concordia on Friday to attend the school’s senior play.
Potatoes offered at 75 cents per bushel with 60 cents per bushel for orders of five or more bushels. Delivery available upon request. Peterson Brothers.
The Scandia Public Schools grade baseball team traveled to Fairview last Friday and fell 9 to 6 in a tight game. Fairview led most of the contest until a late Scandia rally produced four runs in the final inning. The game capped the last day of school.
Kansas fire losses in March reached 418,290 with 356 fires, down from March 1928 which saw 760,167 in losses from 399 fires. Sparks on roofs and defective chimneys were major causes, while dwellings suffered the greatest losses, highlighting waste and fire hazards across the state.
The North Topeka flour mill reported a loss of 108244 dollars. In March, fire losses were reported in 58 of 105 counties, with Shawnee leading at 62 fires totaling 135659 dollars. The mill fire drove most of the statewide loss, while Elk and Marshall counties posted the smallest totals of 25 and 27 dollars.
Mr and Mrs Linn of Clyde visited Scandia to attend Sunday evening church services at the Lutheran church. Linn formerly worked in the clothing business here when the store operated under Linn Danielson.
Chas Freed made a business trip to Courtland on Wednesday. He visited local offices and met several merchants to discuss upcoming contracts and regional trade opportunities.
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