Post Office Second Class Matter Notice
Notice stating the item is entered as second class matter at the Scandia Kansas post office under acts of Congress dated March 3, 1879.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1929
Page
2
Notice stating the item is entered as second class matter at the Scandia Kansas post office under acts of Congress dated March 3, 1879.
The notice urges support for local merchants against door to door Christmas card solicitations. It argues peddlers avoid taxes or licenses and divert sales from established dealers, who contribute to civic life and pay taxes. The paper endorses buying local ecards to aid merchants.
A 25 year lookback notes Scandia post office receipts for six months at 827.27 dollars, up 12 percent from three years earlier, with 1929 figures showing 1316.86. News items include student grades, weddings, moves to Portland, and local events such as corn prize at the Belleville carnival and Edison moving pictures.
Paline Siebenborn had dental work by Dr. Lowell in Scandia on Monday. Mrs. Cora Young and Gladys visited Jessie O Neal. Wilbur Bro shelled corn for Aus tin Kelly Thursday. Roads in the community saw improvements last week. Mac Drovetta shelled corn for Will Cowle. Leona Kelly stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kelly. Bernice Loofbourrow visited Cora Young and Gladys Friday and attended the Highland program. District 48 and Lone Tree held a Francis Willard Day program at the Lone Tree school with Harriet Gile and Sarah Wright serving water melon after. Grace Adams has a bad cold. Highland School observed Frances Willard Day with an afternoon program.
The Star Class met at the Howard Ames home with only two absentees. The service was led by Vivian Kelly and sixty four attended Sunday School despite cold and damp weather. The next meeting will be at Lawrence Adams with Chas Walter and Sadie Walter visiting the Truman Walter home in Belleville.
Locals report Ed Carter family moving to Hardy Nebraska on Monday. Various small ads list sale items including two Shorthorn Bulls, English caller ducks, and a beef derrick. Residents Mr and Mrs Raymond Cooper visited Belleville for business while kin from Kansas City visited O Werner.
From Geneva Nebraska visitors greet families in Belleville and nearby communities. Guests include Mr and Mrs Melvin Hillery with Vernon Wrights in Norway and Mrs Paul Preble with Jane from Concordia. Family visits span Hardy Belleville Superior and nearby.
Mr and Mrs John Fike welcomed a baby boy weighing seven pounds and listed as healthy. The birth announcement notes the couple and new arrival with no complications recorded.
Sunday reports show several local residents visiting Jewell City to see relatives and attend events. The column lists multiple for sale notices including a six tube Atwater Kent radio with speaker and battery, a Model T Ford sedan in good condition, and a first class hay mower.
A notice requests the return of drainage district lips to Chas. Hohman, foreman. Also reports visits by Mr. and Mrs. Appleman and Mrs. Eura Carpenter of Mexico Mo to see G. A. Mathis and Mrs. Mathis. Rebekahs from Scandia and Courtland attend the Rebekah State Assembly at Coffeeville, including Mrs. Robert Doctor of Scandia and Mrs. Maude Scroggins of Courtland.
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