Local New Year Socials Across East Afton and Elk
Mrs. John Booth and guests ring in New Year with multiple card games and lunch at home. The Gerjets N R club hosts 500 with top prizes, while the Brickson and Erickson households hold dinners and games. Various neighbors visit, travel and school changes rounded out a busy holiday period.
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John Booth
Ed Erickson
Gus Carlson
Florence Hines
Clyde Erickson
Charlie Gerjets
N. R
Herman Nelson
Dewey Deyloff
Conrad Engdahl
Hiomer Robar
Orville Brickson
Mr. Brickson
M. Hines
Ray Hines
Ed Brickson
John Tooth
Diamond Center
Quentin Anderson
Colleen
Fred Kolpin
George Kolpin
Aurelia
Joe Schively
Dex Moines
Hd Erickson
Clyde
Cherokee
W. M. Booth
Alfred Stieneke
Sioux City
Sheldon
Lois
Elaine
Opal Schroeder
Merlin Shank
Gahlen Dyslin
Merlin
Glen Dyslin Jr
Irving Brewster
Gene Ammons
W. S
Milton Otto
H. H. Otto
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Missouri
Merie Radke
Seward
Nebraska
Fred Radke
Ethel Peterson
Buena Vista College
Anton Larson
LeRoy
Fred Larson
Christ Olsen
Alta
Roy Dreier
Helen Dreier
Minnesota
Ole Johnson
Andrew Anderson
Kenneth Johnson
Ames
Hinar Johnson
Lorene Schmidt
Rembrandt
John Schmidt
Lorene
LaVerne Specketer
Lester Specketer
Ralph Otto
Elvira Specketer
Humorous Fragments and Jokes From a Jam-Packed Page
A collage of short comic vignettes and quips features a doctor and patient scene with a near stitch mistake, a scarecrow tale about birds returning loot, a home tutor exchange over excuses, and jokes about wages, audience, sports rivalries, and drinking habits reflecting a lively humor section.
Great White Way Colors Political Quip
A colorful exchange references the Great White Way and a political machine. Senator Sorghum jokes that the machine is in the parade like a steam piano, making a loud noise but lacking harmony.
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Sorghum
Super-Salesmanship in Field Glass Pitch
A salesman touts powerful field glasses to a woman shopper claiming they reveal distant objects clearly. He quips the glasses make things ten miles away appear behind you, framing a provincial sales banter in a humorous exchange.
Lonely Birmingham Customer Seeks Fillet Request
Fragmentary dialogue shows a Birmingham customer asking for a fillet with no price given while awaiting service. The exchange hints at dining room confusion and a waiter trying to restore order after a long wait.
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Birmingham
Aurelia Council Proceedings Unsigned 1986 Records Unfold
Aurelia Iowa held two meetings on December 7 and December 18 1936 with Mayor Port presiding. Bills from General Water Sewer and Fire funds were approved and salaries listed. An alcohol beer permit for Hazel Lee cigarette permit bond filed and Illinois Central objection postponed to January 4 1987.
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Aurelia
Iowa
Port
Grashoff
Mummert
Grienke
Daniels
Kaskey
Frank Oakes
L. Stutz
W. G. Port
W. H. Bischel
H. H. Deyloff
C. H. Kaskey
John Mummett
John Grashoff
E. C. Lighter
Willie Westphal
Glen Matthews
A. A. Rapp
G. F. Scott
Bert Nielsen
Dray
John Baumann
Iowa Public Ser. Co
First Trust & Law
Eee
Fire Fund
Iowa Municipal Supply Co
Aurelia Motor Co
Fred Fassler
Walter G. Port
Hazel Lee
Northern Mutual Bonding Co
Des Moines
D. Hankens
Cherokee
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Hankens
Goldthread plant description and range
Goldthread or copus trifolia is a crowfoot plant with tufted stems evergreen leaves white flowers and a bright yellow bitter rootstock used to extract a tonic medicine. It grows in damp woods and bogs from Newfoundland to Tennessee and northwestward to Alaska.
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Newfoundland
Tennessee
Alaska
Slow Pulse Seen as Sign of Long Life by Insurance
A slow pulse is often viewed by life insurers as a marker of longevity, provided it stays around 60 beats per minute. The trait tends to run in families and is linked to extended lifespans.
St John Lutheran elects officers and backs rural electrification
St John Lutheran church held a congregational meeting naming Albert Fett as elder Albert Wieland trustee IF W Hustedt as chairman L C Plog finance secretary and Charles Zwemke Jr janitor A resolution approved applying for rural electrification for the church school parish home and pastor residence.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Albert Fett
Albert Wieland
IF. W. Hustedt
L. C. Plog
Charles Zwemke Jr
Walter Miller
Herman Winterhoff
Phyllis
Galva
Duels in History and German Legal Rulings
A historical note contrasts murder trials and executions from duels in various Counts responses, tracing to early German practice. It cites King Gun Debald around 691 endorsing dueling as a proper dispute method with divine backing for the right side.
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Gundebald
Arabian Horses: Enduring and Versatile Servants of History
Sturdy Arabian horses carry weight beyond their size and endure extreme heat and cold on rough rations. They have long been used for racing hunting and polo in eastern countries and have been crossbred for cavalry mounts by governments across continental countries.
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Loatn
Rooma
Bier O-Glass Aalbeda
East Afton & Elk
Wm, Booth
Jane Waters
Chicago
Stokes County
North
Carelina
Andrew Jackett
New Orleans
Tse
Tom
Harry
Jack
Tiead
Jol
Johnnie
Pat
Mike
Kansas Industrial
New England
Willie
London
Council Proceedings
Oi Et
Seetete
Theatre
Swingin
SOL
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
Simonsen
Meat & Bone Scrap
W. E. Simonsen
Arthur Brown
O. K. Simonsen
Aurelia, Iowa
Winfred Moulton
A. H. Eddy
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo. E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
Geo. EB. Blanch
W. F. Hickey
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