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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
4
Residents from Scandia Norway Union and nearby areas mingle at visits, plays, and gatherings through the week. Ernest Bockoven wins state track meet gold. theater shows highlight new one reel features at the Princess.
Peggy Hyland presents in The Webb of Chance a lively comedy drama at the Princess Theatre on Thursday May 20. The whimsical heroine helps her uncle's detective agency track a criminal while pursuing the man she loves, with an absorbing plot and a surprising ending. Reports from other towns praise Hyland as more charming than ever.
Martin Johnson, famed explorer, enters tropical South Seas to film a distant tribe. The expedition promises a complete account of their life and flying practices, with a motion picture camera documenting daily scenes in faithfully rendered detail.
Local agents announce steady field seed stock maintained by the Cameron Produce Co in Courtland Kansas. The note claims competitive pricing when compared to corn and emphasizes safe supply lines kept on hand for community needs.
War-era waste prevention in military camps boosted munitions supply and camp life. S How ard Withey describes recoveries of fats glycerin bones and drippings, plus sales to contractors. He notes profitable treatment of tinware solder and steel scrap for reuse in factories and rolling mills.
Clearfield Pennsylvania Fenwick McCloud reports a government check for $15 sent with a letter explaining the sum was due his father for services as a chaplain in the army 53 years earlier. The father died 47 years ago.
A pair of rubber boots found between Scandia and Rydal can be claimed by the owner with proof of property and payment for this notice. New five passenger Buick touring car Model K 1920 exhibited at Rock Island garage for demonstration by C. G. Cullers. Yeast for Health from Fleischmann's promoted by Dr R B Biiney Courtland Kansas. For sale two registered Short horn bulls aged 12 and 138 months by Isaacson, phone 703.
Advertisement by J. W. Plotner listing several farms near town in Smith County. Options include 80 acre tracts with four room houses, barns, wells, water features, and varying amounts of cultivated land and pasture. One lot priced at 14800 dollars with 8000 dollars financed at 6 percent. Various leases and quick sale terms noted.
Letters of Administration granted to G. W. Nimocks for the estate of A. F. Griffeth in Republic County Kansas. Creditors must present claims within one year for allowance or risk preclusion. two years after letters to bar. Probate Judge Henry H. Van Natta dated May 4 1920.
Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio pledges to pay 100 dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Certification dated December 6 1886 notes notary A W Gleason seal. Medicine claimed to act through blood on mucous surfaces. testimonials offered. price 75 cents. includes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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