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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1927
Page
4
Scandia township assessor L. E. Cooper reports the city’s personal property valuation at 164 980 this year, down from 217 835 a year ago. Population stands at 562, down from 638 last year. The item notes a 25 year ago valuation of 55 540 based on one third of real value. An ad follows offering discounts on rugs and window shades from M A Preble.
The county faces a $200 quota for Red Cross flood relief with calls to double it. Scandia and Belleville each contributed 50 dollars, totaling 1060 across the county, as Cuba's mayor Frank Hostinsky reports 65 subscribed and growing. A St Louis branch official thanks Mrs. Boggess for prompt fifty dollars sent April 26 to flood sufferers.
The Scandia high school graduation exercises will be held at city hall Thursday evening May 19. Dr. Hill head of public speaking at K A C Manhattan will deliver the address. The class includes Mildred Sederlin Grace Smith Ruth Albrow Margaret Freed Dorothy Aspegren Delbert Forsberg Elda Erickson Murray Mikesell Edna Erickson Marjorie Stafford Elmer Rasmussen Mabel Swanson Dallas Nyland Manger McGowan Rath Lervoid Martha Mahaffy.
The twenty fifth wedding anniversary celebration occurred last Saturday at their country home southwest of town. A program featured Miss Alphid Larson with the discourse and a silver coffee set gift to the couple. Numerous relatives and many neighbors attended from area families including Hallgren Freed Larson Erickson Nelson Henry Anderson Swearinger Thompson Isaacson Anderson Lundblade Madison Benson Jenson Ellingson Reno Sederlin Brandstrom Blackwood Johnson Lundblade Isaacson Lervold Hageman Schafer Anderson Olson and others from Stramsberg and Jensen Nebr.
W. Co T U invites mothers to a May 10 meeting with Mrs Ed Jacobson and Mrs Kellogg leading. Unsettled weather caused no April session. The article also notes thanks for recent school operetta efforts and praise for community support in Scandia, with thanks to Prof Walker Miss Gordon and local doctors for aiding the High School orchestra.
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