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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
2
Scandia Kansas postal information shows The Journal published by J W Plotner and Son. It lists a yearly subscription price of $1.25 and notes second class matters for the post office in Scandia Kansas.
Fourteen readable items recount local doings in Scandia including lumber shipments for corn cribs three, wagons west through town, crops in Kansas, a Republican rally in Atchison, and moves such as Jennings’s gallery and Weislogel and Christian taking over City Meat Market. The piece notes a bank counter moved to Republic City and post office relocation, plus a hoped for revival amid stove construction and a large stable addition by Smith and Hemberger.
The Grand Island Business College of Grand Island Nebraska reports thirty five years as a leading business school. It claims graduates are immediately employable and capable of earning good salaries. The school notes it was the first western institution to guarantee and secure positions for graduates and invites requests for a free catalogue.
B. P. Williams becomes owner of City Meat Market and relocates his family from east of Republic to occupy the Wilson property on Cloud Street.
The School World reports a half holiday for third and fifth grades last Friday. Absent student George Steele. visitors Mrs Mapes and Mrs Malott. Mrs Chas Isaacson and cousin Mrs Anderson of Illinois visited. Freshmen ice cream mystery and freshmen hay rack ride discussed. Junior boys attempted to shadow freshmen but failed. Lab mice noted. a freshman stands in with a faculty member. Past four weeks appoints: Edith Smith Gladys Nyland Raymond Cooper Fred Gwick. Miss Arrowsmith in D.S. Classroom chatter includes hiring comments by Gladys Nyland. Freshmen enjoyed a sponsor’s home gathering with games, ice cream and cake, bonfire stories. Juniors elected officers Phith Woods president Faye Etter vp Ethel Goodwin secretary Grace Street treasurer Mr Githens sergeant at arms Katherine Gulick class reporter. Sophomores also elected Ella Hawkine president Ruby Way vp Louise Smith secretary-treasurer Ella Ashvegren sergeant at arms.
The Princess Theatre presents The Wolf a Vitagraph screen drama starring Earl Williams with a two day run on October 20 and 21 followed by The Coming of the Law featuring Tom Mix and Rose of the West with Madaline Traverse later in the month. Also weekly western serial Smashing Barriers plus two reel Fox Sunshine and Mack Sennet comedies. crowd pleasing comedy featured every Thursday.
The Princess Theater extends the Mary Pickford film Daddy Long Legs for a two day run on Friday October 31 and Saturday November 1 amid strong demand. Town audiences, especially Scandia fans, anticipate continued box office with standing room only signs. The program also features Rex Beach dramas including Heart of the Great West and The Wolf, showcasing outdoor western themes.
In Union Township a return home celebration for Soldier Boys was held at Union Valley schoolhouse due to rain. A large picnic dinner was served with tables loaded with food, and each school district aided in the entertainment with songs readings and recitations featuring Lawrence Bowersox Joseph Mallory Paul and Dee Householder Sherman Robinson Margaret Brant Mrs Kenneth Thomas and School District No. 61.
The Princess contracts Arbuckle's new feature with Back Stage date pending an exchange. George Walsh stars in Putting One Over a new comedy drama opening Thursday October 16 with a Sunshine comedy. Joe Ryan plays the villain in Smashing Barriers. Tom Moore and Mabel Normand join the Princess lineup.
A nine reel dramatization titled Eyes of the World shows at the Princess on November 18. The Social Pirate starring June Belvidge is another new World picture coming to the Prin. Striking gripping and entertaining production previews promise of a strong program.
Song and remarks highlighted a gathering where Lucile and Moreen Ambrose performed and Harvey Sandell spoke despite illness. Local Civil War veteran Godfrey McDowell attended, with Union soldiers listed as many returning from U S camps and overseas. We honor deceased Fredrick Rasmussen and Wh Cline and praise the unit for its wartime conduct.
The article notes differing opinions and hurt feelings but overall pride in Union township as it honors soldiers. It suggests more township gatherings and a future county wide celebration as a climax. It mentions Miss Mary West studying music at Topeka and various visitors returning from trips to Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Vernon, and other places.
Mrs. Axél Westerberg and two children returned to Miltonvale this week after a two week visit with Aug Olson and other relatives, marking the end of their stay with Mrs. Olson.
Chan Cullers left Sunday for Flint Michigan and will drive home a new Buick, returning with the car after the trip.
A thinker contrasts the nomadic militant nature of some groups with the cicada’s stationary life cycle. The cicada emerges from the same tree it descended from as a larva 17 years earlier, mates, sings, and dies near the spot of its birth, completing a long underground life.
In a brief dialogue, a man asks for a reason behind beliefs while a woman cites superstition about number 13. The exchange frames how people justify luck and misfortune through symbolic beliefs.
In a remark quoted by Mr. Crosslets the true expense of cooking is not wages but the cost of bribing a cook to abandon a neighbour. The exchange highlights social friction over kitchen labor and neighborly tensions in a community setting.
The Unique Horticultural Club of Tahome Park in Washington D C has 140 members with half specialists or scientists from the US Department of Agriculture. It promotes gardening, flower culture, and home ground beautification, aids civic improvements, and hosts contests and exhibitions. The club buys seeds bulbs plants fertilizer and garden implements for members and holds regular educational meetings. This year 23 prizes including two loving cups and eleven gold and silver medals plus a savings bank account will be awarded for the best vegetable gardens.
New Bedford Massachusetts plans to plant 900 trees this spring. The town claims it nearly holds the record for trees per street mile, per a report to the American Forestry association in Washington. The association backs a nationwide memorial tree campaign for soldiers and sailors and is registering all such trees.
A historic notice celebrates peace with a campaign to clean up plant up and paint up communities. The slogan A Flower in Every Home highlights civic beautification and nature as tribute to citizens.
Mrs A M Swanson and her daughter Miss Emily left Tuesday for Long Beach California to visit Mrs Swanson's sister Miss Anna Van Ness They plan a winter tour of western states. E C Nichols and family left Friday for Denver Colorado then Roswell Idaho to visit the H Bushby family before heading to the coast for the winter.
Real estate notice offers 80 acres with good water near town and school, 50 cultivated acres, 35 pasture, 15 acres yards and orchard, two 80 acre parcels, 360 acre stock farm with multiple improvements, and a two story house with barns. Payment terms include cash and March 1 balance options. J. W. Plotners handles the sale.
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