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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1928
Page
2
The Scandia Journal announces subscription details for year Scandia Kansas. J W Plotner and Son publish the paper and mail it as second class matter from Scandia Post Office. Annual rate set at 1 50.
A fragmented farm calendar note appears with partial headings and stray letters. No clear events, dates, or names are readable to identify a specific item or outcome.
Agricultural notes urge limited fruit varieties in eastern Kansas to fit conditions. Topics cover seeding timing for Hessian fly and soil moisture, seed wheat treatment to prevent smut, pullet nutrition and timing, stock share leases in Kansas, hog field fencing, and fair visitation for dairy cattle. Local names and dates appear in farm anecdotes and community notices.
Radio and electrical repair services offered with eight years of experience. Complete radio laboratory equipment available. Contact Barricklow. Leave sets at Hagg man and Wires or call phone 63, Conre.
Harriet and Charles Gile of Effingham visited relatives in Highland and attended the fair. Others hosted guests and attended events, with school term preparations underway and several families mentioning homecomings. Weather notes report dry conditions reducing crop prospects and a need for rain to aid wheat sowing.
Miss Margaret Mikesell visited relatives in Wichita last week. Numerous Sunday visits to local homes noted including the Danielsons, Carters, Rasmussen, Aspegrens, and Johnsons. Rev W S Baker of Concordia called on E M Boggess. Labor Day visits by Wiley Mathis family to Scandia. A truck run to Brush by Hugos' crew after a household goods move. Naomi Nylund assists at the drug store due to book sale workload. Police dog Rose Marie of Hershel Kannier killed by a reckless driver last Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Joel Johnson and their family were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr C A Isaacson. The visit included shared meals and conversation.
Henry Purnett Eames argues in Child Life Magazine that good music shapes character and wellbeing. He stresses music performed at home is far more beneficial than listening to a radio or phonograph, urging families to make their homes singing and active.
Norse navigators used transported ravens released to guide ships. If the raven returned land was near, if not, the voyage continued. Iceland and Greenland are sometimes linked to this method. The text notes a white raven turning black upon a failed return in a Louise Driscoll Yale Review passage.
Tim Callahan, inspecting a railroad line, reports to the superintendent that at the river the railroad once stood and now the river is there. The superintendent warned him to keep reports concise and businesslike.
The bureau of standards explains that salt dissolved in water lowers the freezing point compared with pure water. When salt is applied to ice near the freezing point, ice and salt form a solution with an even lower freezing point, causing melting.
Miss Harriet Gordon arrives in Scandia to ready for school opening. Several local families and visitors travel between Scandia and nearby towns including Concordia Lincoln Curtis Nebr Belleville and Salina. Notable departures include Rev and Mrs O J Lundberg with their daughter Alein to Lincoln for university admission.
Miss Eva Sandborn a Clay Center Times writer and Miss Nellie Kimbrough linotype operator visited Sunday with Eva's mother Mrs A V Sandborn and with Mr and Mrs Raymond Cooper.
Mrs C A Isaacson entertained Thursday evening in honor of Alein Lundberg who leaves Friday for Lincoln. Guests included Rev C J Lundberg, Marguerite Lundberg, Emil Isaacson and family, Joe Johnson and family, Nathan Isaacson and family, and Noble Isaacson and spouse. The Community Club met September 5 with eighteen members present and guests Rolla Thompson and Mrs Gunter. A dainty lunch of two sandwiches, pickles, ice cream, cake and coffee was served. Next meeting will be with Mrs L Wallin on September 19.
Tom West and Miss Mary West visited their sister Mrs. E. C. Nichols in Concordia on Sunday, sharing family time at her residence.
Letters testamentary granted to A. R Morey as executor of Carl Wardrum deceased. All creditors must present claims within one year from September 1 1928 or be forever barred. Attest Henry H. VanNatta probate judge. September 1 1928.
A reader testimonial claims Adlerika relieves stomach gas and sourness in ten minutes after two decades of soda consumption for indigestion. The ad touts Adlerika as cleansing both upper and lower bowels by removing old waste matter and improving overall feeling.
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