Local Notes From Scandia and Nearby Towns
Local items report visits by Scandia residents to the Wy man home and to Kansas City. Mr and Mrs A S Mahan attend funeral of Van Mahan in Salina. Coal promotion urged with warnings of a strike and lumber yard stock. A big vaudeville show by Scandia Public Schools scheduled Friday Oct 24. John Potts travels from Helvey Nebraska to Lawrenceburg Kentucky for his mother’s illness. Hugh Fraser visits Topeka for daughter S Schwahn and Swift Packing Co business. Reynolds Nystrom and Carl Aberg attend Kansas Missouri football in Manhattan.
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Scandia Public Schools
John Potts
Helvey Nebr
Scandia
Lawrenceburg
Kentucky
Hugh Fraser
Topeka
S. Schwahn
Schwahn
Swift Packing Co
Hedge Post Sale by N P Peterson
For sale 160 hedge posts including extra large corner posts. Contact N P Peterson for details and pricing.
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N. P. Peterson
Local births and community notes from town records
Born to Mr and Mrs Ho Loring on Wednesday October 15 a girl. The School Board bought sixty volumes of history reference books for the public school. Circleville native C H Whitworth visited to relieve A V Sandborn’s lip growth issue. Ed Boman completed a new barn 24 by 30 on his mother’s farm west of town. Leonora and Katherine Paul visited sister Mrs L N Hendrix from Concordia, with Katherine returning to Denver after a vacation.
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Palace Drug Co
C. H. Whitworth
Circleville
Kan
A. V. Sandborn
Wichita
Ed Boman
Leonora
Katherine Paul
Concordia
L. N. Hendrix
Denver
Scandia items note births visits and events
Arthur Coldazier a girl born October 3 to Mr and Mrs Earl Wyatt an eight pound girl Gilbert Mitchell visited Concordia to see his cousin Mrs Fred Willard Misses Marion Madison and Rosa mond attended the Concordia celebration Big fall repairs praised at Scandia Lumber Yard Vaudeville by Scandia Public Schools Oct 24 under LaVelle F Hicks Lieut A A Grandstedt to return from Russia duties Grafton Nutter of Republic City News in town Delegates Mrs Nutter and Mrs Lee Eddy to Topeka for Odd Fellows Rebeckah convention County Bankers Association in Belleville A R Morey J H Sandell G W Nimocks discussed guarding county banks A Scandia meeting scheduled next week
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Grafton Nutter
Republic City News
jJournal
Nutter
Lee Eddy
Topeka
Republic Lodge
Odd Fellows and Rebeckah
County Bankers Association
Belleville
A. R. Morey
J. H. Sandell
G. W. Nimocks
Lef ‘Satel
Scandia
Local Subscriptions Renewal Offer by Kansas City Weekly and Daily Star
The Kansas City Weekly and Daily Star announce renewal services for mailing subscriptions. Readers are invited to renew to stay on the mailing list or be added if not already subscribed.
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Kansas City Weekly
Daily Star
Hats and Caps Deeply Discounted at Scandia Variety Store
Limited fall and winter hats and caps offered at greatly reduced prices. Sale runs Friday and Saturday October 17 and 18 at Scandia, only a few items available. Mrs O N Bettis announces the sale of remaining stock at very small prices.
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Mra O. N. Bettis
Variety Store
Scandia
Electric Shoe Shop Advertises Repairs
A brief notice promotes first class shoe and harness repairs at the Electric Shoe Shop.
Woodmen Regular Meeting Notice
The Woodmen announce their regular meetings on the first and third Friday nights each month. The next gathering is October 17 at 7 30 pm.
Pie Social Aids City Basketball Teams
A pie social is planned at the city Mall this Friday evening to benefit the girls and boys basketball teams. The program was organized by local youths with no admission, inviting ladies to bring pies and men to buy generously of the pastries.
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Sendia Mercantile
City Mall
Prolong Your Shoes Life With Careful Fit and Care
Properly fitted shoes look better and wear longer. Alternate in two pairs to extend life. Slip in shoe arches off and on to retain shape. Keep shoes clean and brushed. a little oil extends leather wear. Dry slowly on shoe trees. use cleaners or whiting soap. Protect in wet weather. mend small nips promptly.
To Own One's Own Home Increases Community Standing
The essay argues owning a home elevates a person to dependable respectable citizen status and boosts neighborhood value. It links home ownership to patriotism, predicting fewer renters by 1919 end as building materials remain affordable and communities expand home stock.
Good Use for Old Well in Cooling Public Fountain
An illustration shows using an abandoned well as a natural cooling coil for a city fountain. Cold water from the well absorbs heat from the fountain supply pipe, yielding several degrees of cooling before reaching the drinking fountain, especially effective where fountains are not always on.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
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Viking Brand
Primost
Stan Grocery
Scandia Mercantile
C. E. Wyman
BR. C. Wyman
Courtland
Plymouth Rock
Salina
van Mahan
Wageman
Kansas City
Kackley
Adelina Swanson
Omaha
Reynold Nystrom
Carl Aberg
Manhattan
Kansas-Missouri
W. B. Gu- Tstky
Emil Issacsor
Arthur Coldazier
Mrs. Earl Wyatt
Gilbert Mitchell
Fred Willard
Marion Madison
Rosamond
LaVelle F. Hicks
C. N. Bettis
A. A. Grandstedt
States
Lieut. Grandstedt
Russia
Woodman Meeting
United States
Ane
Nobby
Rock
Island Garage
Scandia Kans
Chas. Drashner-Munden
Keg Holland
Star Grocery
Bank OF Scandia
W. Nimocks
J. W. Plotner
Earle Williams
Vitagraph
the Wolf
Eugene Walter
Paul H. Sloane
James Young
Jules Beaubien
Hilda McTavish
William MacDonald
George Huntley Annette
Annette
Jules
Mr. MacTavish
George Huntley
MacDonald
Hilda
Huntley
Princess
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