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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
7
Local listings from Scandia Mercantile include buyers seeking rubber goods groceries cabbage potatoes and carload cabbage orders. Notices mention births and a church event with Mrs Nels Nelson serving at Dorcas on October 17 at the Lutheran church parlors.
County Superintendent Miss Mary Jansky visits Belleville while farmers seek wheat drills at Farmers Union in Courtland Kansas. Union Township Red Cross holds annual meeting October 17. Lost blue suit coat between Belleville and Formosa. Scandia Mercantile water main leak floods basement. Scandia Lodge 165 O O F to meet October 14. Various local social and school updates from Belleville area publishers.
Mrs J N Ecklar of Osborne is visiting her sisters Mrs Wm Gunter and Mrs C Albro along with other relatives.
Rev. J C Boyce and his family prepare to move into the property on Cloud Street owned by Mrs C F Rickson.
LaVelle Hicks from Superior will start rehearsals soon for the upcoming school play, with the timing and details to be announced by the drama department.
For sale a Rumley alfalfa huller in good condition listed by C. T. Magnussen of Scandia Kansas. Contact phone 1108.
Lars Watson from near Norway will be the new lineman for the Farmers Telephone Co. to replace Ray Tingstrom. Miss Grace Sandborn visited from Clay Center from Friday evening to Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Sandborn. George Mahan of Manchester Kansas stayed last Friday to Tuesday with his brother Van Mahan and sister Mrs. N. Cooper and family. Gust Edgren of Randolph Kansas visited relatives here last week seeking a farm to buy if suitable and priced right.
Mr and Mrs A W Sjoholm of Jamestown spent the week with relatives after arriving Saturday Vacation from Jamestown State Bank.
E. C. Wires made a business trip to Belleville Tuesday. Montrose Boggess of Kansas City, employed by General Electric Co., stopped here Monday evening for a brief visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Boggess, while en route from Concordia to Oklahoma.
J. H. Norris of Arkansas Pass Texas writes relatives about losing 250 dollars in tools during the recent coast storm. He notes ship yards where he worked were demolished and the Norris family with several other families sheltered for days in a barn loft.
County executive committees gathered in Belleville on Friday to plan the year's Red Cross activities and drive starting November first. Attending from here were Mrs. E. M. Boggess and Mrs. E. Malott.
August Swanson enlarges the Riverside Club dance pavilion to 30 by 80 feet and plans heating for cold weather. Next Saturday evening the Swanson and Bartlett orchestra will perform, followed by Young and Paul’s orchestra of Superior on Tuesday October 14.
The notice lists Sunday School at 10 a m morning service at 11 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m for Sunday October 12 at the church location.
A church luncheon will be served at the Lutheran church parlors on October 17 with sandwiches pickles macarons potato salad fruit jello angel’s food cake devil’s food cake and coffee. The price is 15 cents and Mrs. Delma Nelson is the hostess.
A brief note reports William Morley releasing a swarm of bees on a Tuesday, a late season event causing an unusual shortage of honey. Morley did not attempt to harvest or care for the swarm due to the impracticality of achieving sufficient winter stores.
Sunday schedule lists school at 10 morning worship at 11 and evening service at 7 30. Morning service will include communion and John Bowman will report from the annual conference at Clay Center. Epworth League meets Friday October 10 with business, church departure to BS etd. Thursday afternoon prayer meeting at a home. Gustav E Malmquist is the pastor.
Advertises 160 hedge posts for sale with notes that some are extra large suitable for corner posts. Signed by N P Peterson.
A brief notice urges patrons to monitor the east window at Scandia Mercantile for any important items or sales.
A successful social entertain ment hosted by the Swedish M E church occurred October 2 at Mr and Mrs Carl Lindbergs home two and a half miles north of Courtland. About 250 people attended from various directions. Guests enjoyed games after an invocation and a wide array of refreshments. The event left many organizers and attendees with fond memories of a pleasant evening.
Mr Sparks of United Telephone Company of Abilene and August Rasmussen have been canvassing the territory south of Rydal to sell that portion of the lines to Belléville Telephone Co. The move aims to clear the main obstacle to consolidation, as a subscription status question surfaces.
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