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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text shows names Mrs A B Mahan Mrs Rarick Mrs Poage and Rev hig with references to celebrations classes and a farewell near Nelson. Mentions Mr Mahans class of boys and a hill west of the river and sand hauling on a farm.
Oct 25 31 set of Pure Aluminum cooking ware offered free during a range demonstration at Phersons hardware in Norway Kansas. Mrs D R McKinzie and Mrs Eva Wait with children visit Courtland area this week. Mrs Daniel Smith of Cuba visiting with Mrs Hill. old Farmington township resident. Elijah Goodwin hauling land from the River Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Garman of Republic transferred here Wednesday on her return home from a visit with her sister Mrs Lyle Peterson in Courtland. Mrs Lizzie Smith of Ohio arrived last week for an extended visit with her cousin Oliver Westrick and family.
Mrs H B Swanson of Kansas City stopped here to visit family en route home from Colorado. Mrs I EF Hillery traveled to Belleville on business Wednesday. report notes she was away last week.
Miss Mary West entertained the H I Johnson family and Mr and Mrs Whitenack and children at dinner Sunday. D J Thomas and Charles Barben of near Concordia returned midweek from a trip to southwestern Missouri via Kansas City. They traveled in Thomas Ford.
Alvin Johnson and wife of Eagle Pulte from South Dakota arrived Wednesday morning for an extended visit with his sister Mrs. Pied Jackson and other relatives.
Rosco Saker of Colorado arrives Sunday from the annual Dunkard Brethren district meeting in Nebraska to visit his people in the community.
Miss Viola Sehlender teaching near Warwick stayed overnight Sunday with Mrs. Hill. She was returning to Warwick after attending the Teachers Association in Court Wad.
Wm. Wohlfort shipped in his cattle from Woodston on Wednesday while W. B. Gulick spent Tuesday in Clyde campaigning for his Senate bid.
Chan Cullers travels to Kansas City Wednesday night with his team wagon and harness listed for sale by C. E. Martin.
Mrs. C. E. Martin seeks sewing work and offers to handle all kinds of sewing. Mrs. H. S. Cooper visited from Emporia in the latter part of last week at the A. R. Morey home.
Dr. E. A. Moore osteopathic physician maintains an office in the F and Bank Building. Office hours include Tuesdays and Fridays. Seandia Kuns is noted in connection with the listing.
A local advertisement touts Holton Steam Laundry as superior to any laundry with an agency in Scandia. The copy urges residents to try their service and notes Ward's Barber Shop endorses the laundry.
Poland China boat of spring farrow listed for sale. Contact Scandia at phone 220 or James Nelson for details.
An advertisement urges readers to take 9 Chamberlin's Tablets when despondent. It claims the tablets quickly ease discouragement within a day or two and address digestion and biliousness. Available everywhere.
Mrs C E Riley of Ilion New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion after six months of use noting significant relief and recommends the remedy as readily obtainable.
Union residents attended W. J Bryan in Belleville last Monday. Bert Bowen builds a new garage and D A Bowen raises a cab house. Emma McDowell injures her foot and misses school. Mrs J T Johnson hosted a visitor from Iowa. Merel Yeager and Ora Bowen visited homes. Tony Grittem adds a barn extension and a Ford garage. Several Union folk heard the Kansas City Boosters Motor Association in Belleville Tuesday. Sam Nixon was ill early week. Cattle sales by Arthur Coémelazier and Frank Goodwin Jr. Ralph Bowersox and family returned from Kansas City Wednesday. Mrs Ora Bowen visited Dan Householder’s. Mutua Benefit Club met with Mrs J Mosher. Mr and Mrs Mann visited Mercer homes. J Morehead aided Birch Mercer with his balding Thursday.
The report notes a coal supply issue in Rydal on Monday. D. A. Bowen visited Republic City on Thursday. Mr. Lee Bowersox and family called at the Sam Stafford home Thursday evening. A Union group attended a gathering in Fairbury to hear Mrs. Hughes on Saturday. The Mutual Benefit Society held a Banquet at the Ernie Mikesell home Friday night with a strong program followed by supper for about one hundred people.
Sunday rain lifts spirits across districts 8 and 7. Townsfolk including Hugh Etter, Carl Woods, and Vera Platt recount trips to Scandia and Courtland. Daily life features threshing oats, mule sales, cattle shipments, and a Sunday school gathering with Abe Johnson and A B Mahan. Regular social and travel details fill a community roundup.
An article promotes regular bowels to prevent illnesses and urges using Chamberlains Tablets when a laxative is needed. The tablets claim to move the bowels and also improve the appetite and overall well being.
Paul Hendrickson brought his bride from western Nebraska to meet her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L Rasmussen and other relatives in a family gathering.
A windswept Maine breeze from sea rocks and pines lifts heavy hearts, reviving resolve in men whose pride faltered. The pine scented air carries a message of resilience as mountains and rivers echo Maine’s enduring spirit.
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