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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
2
The Scandia Journal discusses Hoover’s tariff recommendations to protect American producers and move tariff policy toward a scientific basis with a stronger tariff commission. It praises local business, promotes use of the paper to locate lost items, and urges readers to support home stores with advertising and Mother's Day gifts.
Milk check for April from A C Thompsons herd amounted to about 60 dollars from 14 cows. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs G A Nystrom born May 4 and a son to Mr and Mrs Albert Moe born May 1. A party honored James 16th birthday hosted by Mrs A L Whitney. August Johnson and family plan summer in Sweden. A jailed ex hobo cook at Brunswick hotel stole items and boasted he would not stay. a Courtland youth with whisky spent Saturday night in the lock up and posted ten dollars bond Sunday.
O. J. Johnson a Scandia stock buyer recovered a Coleman stove advertised as lost in last week’s Scandia Journal. With help from The Journal he located the owner C. L. Larsen and returned the stove, crediting the local paper for aiding the effort.
Next Saturday night at the F. and M. Stores Co will be Mystery Night a regular Saturday surprise feature drawing large crowds at the local store. Also noted: Maxine Fulcomer and Marguerite Bedard performed vaudeville at the Knauer Theatre in Barnard last Friday night with solo and duet song and dance numbers. Hay for sale upland based prairie hay by A H Jack Larsen phone 1218-20.
James Thomas Collett born January 14 1861 in Macon City Missouri died April 21 1929 at his Topeka Kansas home age 68 years 3 months 7 days He moved to Kansas as a youth and lived in Republic county near Scandia before relocating to Topeka He married Lucy J Bowling May 6 1889 and they had ten children five of whom died He leaves his wife five children Grace Stice Alice Werner James and Arthur Gifford and several grandchildren He is buried in Foster Cemetery Topeka Kansas.
Probate Court in Republic County Kansas will hear Claude Hansen as administrator of the N. C. Christensen estate on June 4 1929 at 2 30 PM for a full and final settlement including allowances and attorney fees. Creditors and all interested parties are notified to appear and participate in the heirs determination and discharge of sureties.
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