Westfield Social Roundup Delivers Weekend Visits and Notices
Miss Catherine Seyler returned Saturday from an extended stay in Sioux City. Local residents traveled to Mapleton and back. Guild meeting at St Catharine's well attended despite weather. Next meeting set for April 27 at the Frank Welch home. Several residents welcomed visitors from Mason City and Sweden. County spelling contest representative Neva McCorkell attended with chaperones. Community events include P P A postponed meeting, Han cock P T A program, and remodeling of the Bryan building. Neva’s peers and local families shared news of sickness, travel, and farm and home activities throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Seyler
Sioux City
G. W. Maysonholder
Robert Wetherly
Pendleton
Ore
Henry
Lea Rose Maysonholder
Mapleton
Iowa
Ardis Ellenberger
Lulu Ferne Pearse
Mason City
EB. H. Spaulding, Jr
St. Catharine’s Guild
Mesdames Waterbury
Nels T Beaubien
Frank Welch
LeMars
Catherine Martin
Jean Coleman
Leslie Stickley
Littelle
Zilda Heusinkveld
E. Hummel
Bryan and Sons
Harold and
Vernon
Arkansas
Percy Harrington
Albert Harrington
Leonard McCorkell
P.P. A
Community Hall
Hancock P. T. A
Anna Oaks
Wenzel Parker
Myron Olson
Ted McDougall
E. H. Spaulding & Sons
LaVon Hough and
Joe Hummel
Cecil Harrington
Potosia
Wm. Seyler
Verne Smith
California
Richland Roundups Special Correspondence Items
Local notes report travels and visits of families in Richland and nearby areas. Mr Vern Smith and family head to Longeach California in a new Chevrolet while Mr Bryan and his sons plan to move to Arkansas. Several social calls, birthdays, visits, and a birth are noted along with an accident to Harry Shearon and ongoing health concerns. Old newspapers are offered for sale.
Communion services and community notes at Union Creek
Union Creek church plans Communion services Sunday evening in April at 8 o clock. The Ladies Auxiliary will meet in Luther Hall on Thursday April 18, hosted by Mrs. George Adamson and Mrs. Lawrence Driscoll. Numerous local residents visit, host, or travel between Union Creek and nearby towns, with various households hosting dinners and guests. Several names from Union Creek and surrounding communities are listed among visiting and social activities, and a county spelling and speaking contest at Elk Point drew attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Creek
Luther Hall
George Adamson
Lawrence Dricson
Oscar Albertson
A. P. Westerberg
Sioux City
T Viday
Mary Larson
Roy Fickbohm
Lloyd Mickbohm
Lloyd
John Frisk
Alvin
I. Westin
S. W. Harker
William
Ha‘warden
Akron
Tad. Larson
Philip
S. D
Hannah Sellberg
Clifford Johnson
Imogene
Boden
Lamoureux
Enoch Oey
Arthur Wilcox
Wm. Ericson
Lawrence Ericson
John Sykes
Lowell Harkness
Marion Hultgren
Jay Sykes
Ida Grove
Iowa
Wm. Olson
Elk Point
Adaville Social Notes Describe Local Visits and Illness
Mrs Claude Kenny and son Jimmie from Perry Iowa visited Rev and Mrs N A Hollingshead. Mrs Frank Morehead ill with typhoid fever at Akron home. Mrs Roscoe Moore of Des Moines visiting Hollingsheads. Mrs Hollingshead taken to Akron hospital. Wesley Brown and W W Zellers family visited ill father Arch Berger in Hinton. Mrs Charles Johnson and daughters in LeMars. Mrs Glenn Stinton and Barbara Lindsey visited Graettinger. Clyde Zellers and Eddie from Sioux City visited W W Zellers. Arch Ferne and Roy Dreeszen from Milnerville called on Thos Dreeszen. Mrs Richard Milner to lead Christian Endeavor services Sunday on What Deciding for Christ Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaville
Claude Kenny
Jimmie
Perry
Towa
N. A. Hollingshead
Frank Morehead
Akron
Roscoe Moore
Des Moines
N.A. Hollingshead
Akron Hospital
Wesley Brown
W. W. Zellers
Hinton
Brown
Berger
Clyde Brown
Charles Johnson
LeMars
Glenn Stinton
Barbara Lindsey
Merrill
Garland News Items Special Correspondence
Stanley and Hubert Swanson were Sioux City shoppers Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Eddie Lewison and family were callers at the Walter and Eddie Fickbohm homes Sunday. Mr and Mrs Wesley Heeren and Elmer Hultgren were Sioux City shoppers Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Baum and son Wayne and Mrs Albin Carlson were visitors at the Alfred Swanson home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Hugo Granstrom and sons were visitors at the Wesley Heeren home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Richard Ball and son called at the Henry Busch home Sunday evening. Mildred and Avis Heasley have been visiting a few days at the Harvey Welch home. Harry and Julius Ball and Verla Busch were callers at the Al Troupe home Sunday afternoon. were guests at the Fay Oaks home Sunday. Miss Menga Wilken is visiting at the Eddie Lewison home. Mr and Mrs Stanley Swanson and children called at the Isaac Likken home Wednesday, Mrs Eddie Lewison and Chris and Menga Wilken were Sioux City shoppers Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Hubert Swanson
Sioux City
Eddie Lewison
Walter
Eddie Fickbohm
Wesley Heeren
Elmer Hultgren
Lloyd Baum
Wayne
Albin Carlson
Alfred Swanson
Hugo Granstrom
Richard Ball
Henry Busch
Mildred
Avis Heasley
Harvey Welch
Harry
Julius Ball
Verla Busch
al. Troupe
Fay Oaks
Menga Wilken
Stanley Swanson
Isaac Likken
Chris
Sriday
Ads Guide Shoppers Find Value In Town Stores
Edson R Waite quotes Mrs Jones and Mrs Brown praising local newspaper ads as the best way to stretch a husband’s pay. The piece extols merchants who advertise, urging readers to shop the ad filled pages for best bargains and value. A birthday card suggestion closes the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Nelson Raynor
Port Jervis
N. Y
Union-Gazette
Rickshaw Coolie Speed Measured in Early Study
A Sun Yat Sen University institute director in Cahton China reports rickshaw coolies run four to six miles per hour with forward force only. The vehicle's center of gravity over the axle means no upward pull. energy use equals pulling a five and a half pound weight a foot per second. Compared with oarsmen, energy expenditure is lower in fast locomotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physiological Institute
Sun Yat Sen University
Cahton
China
Cleveland Plain Dealer
April Fools Day Origin Still in Doubt
The article surveys multiple theories on the origins of April 1 customs. It notes proposed links to miracle plays, pagan festivals such as Hindu Hull and Roman Feast of Fools, and March 25 as New Year’s day with April 1 its octave. Brewer’s Dictionary hints at a Roman Cerealia relic. The piece leans toward a spring festival survival explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Brewer's Dictionary of
Fabie
The Conscience Fund Through U S History
The piece explains anonymous taxpayer contributions to the U S Treasury conscience fund begun in 1811 amid Madison era. It notes near constant receipts except during the Monroe era and the 1848 depression, with a $5 start and now totals over $650000 according to Pathfinder Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Madison
Monroe
Pathfinder Magazine
Lead Poisoning of Ducks in Louisiana Marshes
The Biological Survey finds thousands of ducks die yearly from lead poisoning in Louisiana marshes. Ducks feeding under water pick up spent shot with gravel, causing the deaths. Hunters have fired many shots, leaving substantial lead on the bottoms of favored waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Kabbeljaws Hoeks feud origins and meaning of cod fish
Historians debate whether the Kabbeljaws were city allies or noble party with Motley labeling them city aligned against nobles. Most scholars see mixed origins with both factions having cities and nobles. Kabbeljaw translates to cod fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motley
Famous Men Born in January
Notable figures born in January include Millard Fillmore John Hancock Benjamin Franklin Daniel Webster Edgar Allan Poe David Starr Jordan John Fitch Stonewall Jackson and William McKinley. The list spans presidents patriots statesmen inventors and poets reflecting diverse early American achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Fillmore
United States
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Daniel Webster
Edgar Allan Poe
David Starr Jordan
John Fitch
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
William McKinley
Pig iron and its role in steelmaking history
This explanation defines pig iron as the iron from blast furnaces that flows into sand trenches and forms bars called pigs. It notes pig iron as the raw material for most steel and commercial iron products, highlighting its origin and use in early plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel
Milk Transmission Of Tuberculosis Warned By Health Authorities
Health authorities say about a quarter of human tuberculosis can be traced to cows milk. Contaminated milk from tuberculous cows spreads the disease. testing cows with tuberculin and pasteurizing milk are carried measures to reduce risk.
Dipper Bird Walks Under Water in Search of Food
A Philadelphia Record description notes the dipper is a dark body with snowy breast found around mountain streams. It forages by standing on rocks, dipping, and walking the river bottom facing upstream to uncover prey. It can dive into fast water and resurface with morsels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dipper
Dan
Hée
Philadelphia
Many Lacquer Shades Are Available but Not Named
A Washington Post note explains car color variety, estimating 11 600 distinct lacquer shades exist, far more colors than names. It highlights that gray alone has 423 distinct values and notes waste in excessive color naming, with peak monthly shade creation never exceeding about 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Ames County News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Mrs. Harold Cooper wins a seat on the art division of the Woman's club board. Several Ames leaders and families travel to Sioux City for visits, alumni banquets, and social gatherings. Milk trucks face scheduling issues as telephones are removed, roads improve, and spring rain soothes local farming activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Cooper
Woman's Club Board
Helen
Wool
Caasen
Sioux City
Cy Knapp, Jr
Bks
Ames
Marjorie Knapp
Maloney
Kier
Cassen
Jack Cassen
W. B
R. F. Milner
Priscilla
Audrey
Richard
Little Janet
Walt. Bernhardts
Alfred Fry
Violet
Ursula
Libby Cassen
le Mars
Size of Balsa Trees Across the Caribbean and Central America
Balsa trees occur in Puerto Rico Cuba Jamaica Trinidad and elsewhere in the West Indies and in Honduras British Honduras and Guatemala. They reach 40 to 60 feet in height and 1 to 8 feet in diameter. Best development is in open forest spots and along moist watercourses where growth is rapid. The lightest wood comes from the fastest growing trees reaching 12 to 18 inches diameter in four to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Jamaica
Trinidad
West Indies
Honduras
British Honduras
Guatemala
Snow chemistry and purity of fresh snowfall
The atmosphere carries ammonia dust minute organisms and impurities by snow as it falls. After the initial snow loads these impurities the remaining snow is clean and nearly pure. Newly fallen snow is mostly air with three to thirty parts air per one part ice.
Birds lose flight powers after Arctic nesting moult
The passage notes that young whistling swans leave the nest and parents moult so extensively in the Far North that they lose flight and fall prey to local natives in large numbers. It adds that the Canada goose also often becomes flightless after its heavy post-breeding moult in Arctic regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Bill of Wrybill Bends Sideways in New Zealand
The wrybill is a rare plover in New Zealand named for its bill that bends sideways toward the right near the top. This deformity helps it reach small crustaceans and other tiny creatures hiding under rocks beyond the reach of straight billed birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Camel Eaters Adapt to Harsh Desert Diets
Camels, valued as desert beasts of burden, have frugal food needs and can consume any available vegetation. They tolerate extremely dry, tasteless plants and even thorny vegetation without issue, highlighting their remarkable resilience in arid environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert
Bank President Suspended Rumor In Texas
A Texas tale recalls a bank president who swindled depositors and led to the bank being suspended. The embezzler was seized and hanged, with a grim notice left under a tree reading Bank President Suspended, as cited by the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Boston Transcript
Farmyard activity and recovery noted in local letters
Mrs Clyde Jamés writes from Her roga D that they have been sowling Wheat since the snowstorm. Mrs Cramér and her daughter frequently visit the farm this week as yards are being fixed for spring and summer. Abert Schindel expects to return to work this week or next after hospital release and brace wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Jamés
Herroga
Cramér
Schindel
Ruble Rumblings Special Correspondence
Mr and Mrs Herman Meinen were callers at Ruble Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Clare Morehead visited in LeMars Saturday. Disia Klemme visited Sunday afternoon with Lulu Lemme. Quite a few from this vicinity attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Meinen
Ruble
Clare Morehead
LeMars
Disia Klemme
Stunday
Lulu Lemme
Funeral and family notices from a local community page
The text records a funeral for Weaver and social notices from a Sunday gathering at the Adavilie church. It mentions Mr and Mrs John Tapper and family visiting Jess Kalisen, a reminder of Ef C Buehre’s birthday Tuesday, and John Kallada busy with fence work. Also notes Ida Port visiting Mrs red Jans in Brunsville, Mildred Miller and Trancos ae shopping in Sioux City, Ruth Marbach visiting her mother in Sioux City, and Elvert Miller shelling corn for Bri Crow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver
Parker
Suniday
Mira
John Tapper
Jess Kalisen
Ef. C. Buehre
John Kallada
Ida Port
Red Jans
Brunsville
Mildred Miller
Trancos Ae
Sioux City
Ruth Marbach
M. M. Marbach
Etflert Miller
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Y Ray A. Smith
Nard Place
Westfield
Richland
Vern Smith
Joan
Jessie Bihimeyer
Howard
Wm. Meeves
Mary Fate
Lucile
Nels Beaubien
Kathryn
Ira Maynard
Ben Snave
Robert Nesbit
Bennett Home
May Fate
Ladies’ Aid
Harry Shearon
Pete Murray
Lowell Bennett
Methodist Hospital
A. D. Lyons
W. S. Bennett
Maurice Erickson
Harry Webber
Regjater-Tribune
Union Oee News
Edson R. Waite
Reglater-Tribune
Conscience Fund
Aville
Yi ‘Hy
Register - Tribune
Borden
Aic
Register-Tribune
Akron Register-Tribune
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