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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Joe Pilcher and sons visited Mr and Mrs A M Betts Sunday afternoon. Many neighbors hosted and visited over weekend including trips to Belleville, Colorado and White Rock tractor work.
Mrs Felix Reidel of Hays hosts family visitors this week. Ada Mae Isaacson stays with Verlee Reece. Jeannette Ahrens dines with Mrs O M Hardtaker. Ruth Johnson of Eagle Butte joins Emanuel Tornquist Allwin and Joe Johnson party. Delores Miller returns to Scandia after Emporia visit.
Miss Hilmia Freeman and Dean Engwall visited Thursday afternoon at the Frank and Ernest Freeman home, sharing a social call.
Mrs. Axel Haglund and Paul and Wayne visited the Oscar Johnson home this past week and returned to Kansas City on Wednesday.
Mrs F A Cullers and Mrs Irvin Rosewell of Lincoln Nebr were lunch guests of Mrs C C Thompson Saturday. W H Berger visited Overbrook and attended Osage County fair. Mrs J S McDowell and Bonita of Pairbury Nebr were guests of Mr and Mrs W C Nesmith Sunday to Monday. Mr and Mrs Aaron Johnson and sons were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J R Nystrom and Renold. Frank Keir Jr of Courtland joined Hugh McMullen and Bernice Jackson to Salina Sunday. they returned the same day. Mr and Mrs Sherman Robinson visited Mr and Mrs Axel Smith and Charles Robinson Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Paul Ewing and family visited Mr and Mrs W H Lowman and family near Concordia Saturday night and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Axel Jensen and Mr and Mrs Arthur Jensen visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Ed Jensen and family Has your subscription expired.
Mrs Ray Tingstrom of Seneca Illinois and Mr Raymond Cooper with daughters hosted dinner Tuesday. Mrs Foster Helvey and Lorraine visited from Tuesday to Saturday in Fairbury Nebraska. Willard Wilson and Roger Wayne of Santa Anna California visited Mr and Mrs Paul Ewing. Florence Burge attended Salina Perry Brown Business College this winter. Lucille McDowell plans Salina Perry Brown College this fall. Mrs RB Doctor and Mrs Ora Tumbleson visited Concordia Sunday. Mrs L Scofield from Topeka spent a week with Dr and Mrs Nichols. Mrs J W Sothers and Victor Mae Doris left Friday for California for the winter.
Kansas State College extension market specialist M R Vance surveys prospects and strategies for farm marketing. The piece outlines anticipated trends, price signals, and risk management approaches for producers planning ahead.
The wheat market has fluctuated mostly lower over the past two weeks. Large quantities in storage and recent selling have pressured prices, with some dumping and hedging contributing to the drop. A potential strengthening period is indicated as prices may align with levels already reached.
In Cherokee County Pittsburg coalfields workers use colossal shovels four times larger than those used for the Panama Canal. Each shovel costs up to 300000 dollars and can move 20 cubic yards in a single bite. The area houses the world’s largest concentration of excavation machinery. Newton’s growth ties to water and its 1872 designation as a Santa Fe division point.
In 1879 the division HQ moved to Nickerson due to Newtons inadequate water. In 1897 Newton business leaders sought Prof. Erasmus Haworth to locate a new source. His drill found unlimited supply by sinking a well in Smoky Hill bed west of the city. A new water works led to moving the HQ back to Newton. Haworth billed 13.50. Lecompton Sheriff Jones resigns over lack of execution of free State prisoners.
In the 1850s an attempt to found a free love colony near Taylor Creek faced mob action from Emporia residents who hauled its members into court. Manhattan recalls the Hartford river steamer tied to early town history, its fire destroying the craft on a return trip, and notes on St Paul’s Church designed by Richard Upjohn.
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