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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
7
Local items list a Riverside Club dances and market hints with notices of neighbors from Fort Morgen and Topeka. A double seated surrey for sale appears with a price tag and seller initials. Community gatherings and visits are noted across week days with a planned first meeting of the Woand Art Cin.
Mixed short items list residents traveling for business and visiting friends, including Mr Petron, Rev Johnston, Miss Frager, Miss Tara, Mrs Grubb and Miss West. Social events mentioned include a comedy night at the Princess and a musical tea for Miss West's pupils on Grant Street with refreshments afterward.
The column lists visits and greetings from Kansas City and nearby towns. It mentions families like Downing, Nelson, Tsageson, Fraser, and Free, along with events at Princess and Riverside Club. A baby birth, a dance, and community notices appear amid travel reports and everyday chores.
Miss Mary West entertained a group at dinner Sunday including Mr and Mrs Stanley Schwahn Mr and Mrs Leslie Grubb Mrs John Freer and son Harold Muriel and Agnes Grubb Cyris Nelson and AL Roger Huges and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Reece of Denver. They visited relatives in Iowa and are traveling home by motorcycle with a side seat attachment.
The W. F. M. S. of the Swedish Methodist church held a quarterly social at John Fredrickson’s home on Thursday September 2. A large crowd attended and the event netted over twenty dollars to support a schoolgirl in India.
For sale is the Eric Nelson property located just west of the blacksmith shops. Listing agent is J. W. Plotner.
The Vitagraph serial The Silent Avenger starts at the Princess next Thursday and runs for 15 weeks. The first episode is three reels long and features KA Sanborn who attended his brother’s funeral and has returned to Niotaze Kansas to work for Missouri Pacific. John Clark and family report a pleasant trip to Otis Colorado while Mr and Mrs J W Crider have moved to the Fulcomer property on Cloud Street. The Ford car collision ended with no injuries though the vehicle was slightly damaged and the other car forced them into a ditch.
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