Westfield Writeups Special Correspondence
Local notes from Westfield recount visits by Mrs. Robert Wetherly of Pendleton Orei to her pa rents G W Mayson holder. Ladies Aid meeting at Wm Christensen home with April 6 in Victor Brundeen home. Community events include ball trophy for Westfield Independents over Mutual Life Sioux City and P T A postponement due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
B. Hummel
Albert Hummel
Swatara
Catherine Seyler
Dr. Geisel
Sioux City
Weatfield Independents
Mutual Life Insurance
Jefferson
Westfield
A. J. Thornton
Bonnie
Dave Cassel
Elsa
Ames
Percy Harrington
LeMars
Albert Harrington
Ruble Rumblings Special Correspondence
Mrs Otto Kallsen and family spent Monday with Mrs John Kallsen. Roger Crow left for West Virginia to visit his brother Mont Crow and family. Mrs M M Marbach was a business caller in Sioux City. Fred Jans and daughter of Brunsville visited the Port family. Darlene Klemme, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Klemme, has mumps. Leonard Miller and daughter Darlene visited. Clare Morehead called at Harold Lunde home in Akron. Abe Miller visited in Sioux City. Mrs Alex Klemme spent Tuesday at Edwin Klemme home. Charley Plueger and Peggy of near Ireton visited. Herman Meinen visited Henry Tapper. B J Borchers birthday gathering Friday. Walter Klemme visited John Tapper home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kallsen
Vernon
Dorothy
John Kallsen
Roger Crow
West Virginia
Mont. Crow
M. M. Marbach
Sioux City
Fred Jans
Brunsville
Frank Port
Darlene
Alex. Klemme
Leonard Miller
Clare Morehead
Harold Lunde
Akron
Abe Miller
Edwin Klemme
Charley Plueger
Peggy
Near
Ireton
Frank Jeffers
Herman Meinen
Henry Tapper
B. J. Borchers
Walter Klemme
John Tapper
Adaville Activities Special Correspondence
Local notes from Adaville report visits by Mr. and Mrs. W W Zellers and daughter to Merrill to see Mrs Barbara Keats who is ill. Others, including Mr and Mrs August Erickson, stopped at Merrill on business and called on Keats. Sunday services were canceled due to bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Zellers
Thos
Dreeszen
Merrill
Barbara Keats
August Erickson
LeMara
Bertsel Brown
Dreeszen and
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Bereavement
The Tal bott family thanks neighbors and friends for help deeds of kindness in sorrow after the loss of their husband and father. They also thank Rev. Harold A. Smith of LeMars and Rev. F. I. Robinson of Akron for comforting words and floral offerings.
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Harold A. Smith
LeMars
F. I. Robinson
Akron
Hannah Talbott
Earthworms as soil workers keep ground loose and rich
A Boston Herald summary notes earthworms’ vital role in soil health. Worms feed and move organic matter from the surface into the upper soil, creating loose, porous ground and aiding plant roots. Estimates suggest an acre may move up to 15 tons of soil through worm activity yearly.
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Keepa
Boston Herald
Emblem on American Dime and Unity Motto
Pathfinder Magazine notes that the emblem on the American dime traces to Aesop and embodies the idea that in union there is strength. It cites Roman use of the emblem with seven sticks and U.S. adoption with 18 sticks representing the colonies, alongside the motto H pluribus unum meaning one from many. It mentions Mussolini adopting the idea for unity.
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Aesop
United States
Mussolini
Pathfinder Magazine
Raccoon Description and Hunting Value
The raccoon is common across many regions and offers good sport for hunters and dogs. It is dull brown gray with yellowish back, a yellow nape, pale gray belly and feet, and a black facial mask. Average weight about 18 pounds, some reach 80 pounds or more.
Walk From U S to Africa Foot passage story
A Philadelphia Record note outlines a hypothetical trek from New York to Africa. It describes walking west into Canada and Alaska, crossing the Bering Strait when frozen, entering Asia, traversing to Asia Minor and the Syrian desert, reaching the Suez Canal, and continuing into Africa by land and canal passages. The piece reads as a curiosity about possible overland routes.
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U. S
Africa
United States
New York
Canada
Alaska
Bering Strait
Asia
Asia Minor
Syrian Desert
Suez Canal
Philadelphia
Early pocket watches traced to Nuremberg eggs
The text notes watches likely originated after the invention of mainsprings in clocks. It suggests first workshops in Nuremberg, Germany around the early 1500s, with early timepieces dubbed Nuremberg eggs shaped like eggs.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Manatee described as water dwelling sea cow
The article notes the manatee or sea cow as a large rubbery aquatic mammal with flippers instead of legs. It highlights value from flesh oil and possible leather, and its diet of manatee grass in warm Florida coastal streams.
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Florida
Keys to the City and Feats of Endurance
The article links historic city keys to modern tokens of welcome and notes the survival of ritual presenting keys. It also recalls extraordinary endurance feats, citing a Russian, Chamouni, who stood in a red hot furnace and roasted a leg of mutton.
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Chamouni
Milnerville notes follow lives, losses amid weather
Old Milnerville notes recall Olin Stevens losing his four year old son to typhoid fever in Denver and report on improving Mrs. Massey. Forrest Twogood earns praise in city papers, Miss Brste Fry and Mrs. Jesse Cross visit Sioux City, heavy snow disrupts roads, P T A event canceled, Minnie Cole dies in Osceola, and Howard Pike visits town as Burkett family events continue.
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Old Milnerville
Sioux City
Nystrom
West
Forrest
Twogood
S. Twogood
Milnerville
Brste. Fry
Jesse Cross
Curlew
C. P. Knapp
Mieanor Jacobson
Elizabeth Towns
Minnie Cole
Oskaloosa
Howard Pike
Burkett
Union Creek Church Services And Local Socials
Union Creek residents attend church Sunday at 11 with Sunday school at 10. Luther League meets Tuesday April 4 at the Wilcox home. Community notes: Ole Peterson at Lester Seeley’s, Hultgren visit, Elmer Boden husked corn, Misses Ruby Bradley and Irene Carr weekend with Marion Hultgren, Johnsons and Lamoureux with Simpson at Claasen home, Wilcox and Adams families visit Ericson home, Olson brothers visit Sioux City, Gottlob Valstad funeral at Rosen church, Heeren Sioux City visit, Westin visits Larson, old newspapers for sale at the Register-Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Creek
Luther League
Arthur Wilcox
Ole Peterson
Lester Seeley
Elmer Hultgren
Ralph Fickbohm
Elmer Boden
Ruby Bradley
Sioux City
Wm. Ericson
Hannah Sellberg
Gottlob Valstad
Rosens Church
Wesley Heeren
BE. Westin
Mary Larson
Local Visit and Family News From Milnerville
Saturday social mentions Mrs T B Cassen visiting the LeMats on a busy road. W W Logan and Mrs W B Milner assisted with Tommy Logan while others handled court business. Mrs Logan confined by sore throat stayed home. Eleanor Jacobson and Betty Towne spent weekend with Marjorie Knapp. Betty returned to Sioux City, Nettie Hunter left for Des Moines, Dwight Lindborg joined her en route to meet him. Nettie Hunter to Des Moines with Mrs Vance Hunter. Bill Border, ex Milnerville resident in Nebraska, greeted locals. Border brothers once lived west of Ridge school in the hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.B. Cassen
W. W. Logan
W. B. Milner
Tommy Logan
Romance language origins in medieval dialects
The Romance languages arose from medieval dialects mixing Latin with Frankish and other speech. From these dialects modern Italian French Spanish Portuguese Romanian Provencal and related languages developed.
Endless Garden Appeal Signals Relief Drive Plight
The State Emergency Relief committee urges county chairmen and boards to promote home gardens to ease poverty and unemployment pressure. Citing wartime duty, economic strain, and depleted local funds, the push notes Reconstruction Finance Corporation aid via Governor Herring but warns funds may run out. All families relying on seasonal work or aid are urged to plant and preserve produce this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Emergency Relief Committee
Reconstruction Financie Corporation
Board of Supervisors
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Herring
State of
Iowa
Eivery
State aids relief with garden seed calendars
The State Emergency Relief Committee partners with the State Department of Agriculture and the Extension Service of the Horticulture Department at Ames to prepare free garden seed and planting calendars. County agents or relief committee chairmen will distribute them, aiming to ease burdens and improve health and welfare for residents through summer and winter.
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State Emergency Relief Committee
State Department of Agriculture
State College
Ames
Iswa
Want Ad Observance Encouraged by The Register Tribune
A call to readers to try placing Want Ads in The Register Tribune for effective notices and community updates. The brief urges timely submissions and highlights the classifieds as a practical service for finding jobs, housing, or items for sale within the local paper.
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Miles ‘Warren
Warren
Verne Smith
Christian Endeavor
David “Lilly
Mary van Vieck
Keith Knapp
Ruble
Adaville
Rville
Union Creek News
Svenies
Correan and
Enroy
Register-Tribune
Akron Savings Bank
F. J. Swanson
South Dakota
Farmers Grain Co
Scallad
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