Afton Vicinity Social News and Local Visits
Afton vicinity notes include supper guests at the Victor Swanson home and visits by the Olson and Menefee families. Billie Mummert underwent appendix surgery at Sioux Valley hospital and is recovering. Ernest Tuttle had surgery at Sioux Valley hospital. Mrs. Ed Meinking funeral in Storm Lake drew many locals. A 4-H pageant and Washington trip described at an A. F. A meeting.
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Oscar Lewis
L. Larmar
Newell
Victor Swanson
Billie Mummert
Sioux Valley Hospital
Olson
Angus
Mina
Afton
Cherokee
Mt Olive Ladies Aid entertains and plans ice cream social
Mt Olive News reports 34 ladies and children gathered Tuesday June 16 at Mrs Edgar Johnson home. They planned a homemade ice cream social in the church basement Thursday June 26 with ice cream and cake. Luncheon was served by Mrs Johnson assisted by several helpers. collection totaled 5.45.
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Mt. Olive Ladies Aid
Edgar Johnson
Johnson
John Leber
R. Reitz
Leonard Anderson
Marion Reitz
Florence Schafer
Laides Aid
Victor Frank
Frank Becker
Rebekah Order
Cleghorn
Tony Leber
Alta
Arvid Davis
Aurelia
Ladies Aid
Geo. Schafer
Florence
Ervin Schafer
You Can Do Fast Work with the McCormick Deering Tractor Binder
The 10-foot tractor binder fits McCormick Deering Tractors and doubles daily capacity vs an 8-foot binder. It powers sickle reel can vases packers and binding mechanism directly from the tractor engine with one wheel supporting the unit. If grain clogs the tractor can halt while the binder clears itself.
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McCormick -Deering
McCormick-Deering
Hanover Sunday School Picnic and Local Visits
Homer Anderson attended the Hanover Sunday school picnic. Miss Helen Bloomberg of Cherokee visits her sister Mrs. Leonard Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Johnson and Donald hosted 30 relatives for the Petersons 37th anniversary dinner. Everett Radle hosts and hosts guests. 4-H achievement day in Cherokee. Ladies Aid in Alta. trips to Rochester and Sioux City for hospital visit.
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Homer Anderson
Hanover
Helen Bloomberg
Cherokee
Leonard Anderson
Edgar Johnson
Donald
C. A
Everett Radle
Dorothy Heuttman
Wisner
Radle
Robert Lenz
Mt. Olive
Immaculate Conception
George Schafer
Oscar Gustafson
Trinity
Dubes
Methodist Church Notes Highlight Missionary Return and League Events
Pastor Lloyd Scheerer leads services as Rev. David Watts and family return from Central Africa. Epworth and Intermediate leagues host activities with transportation from Aurelia, including a league movie and African curios display. The issue invites all to attend, with a welcoming message to the community.
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George Lamm
David Watts
Kongo
Good Hope Church
Epworth League
Aurelia
Phillip Peterson
Epworth League Institute
Jesus
Hudson's Bay Company Charter and Influence in Canada
The Hudson's Bay Company was chartered in 1670 by Charles II and granted vast territorial rights and exclusive trade in present day Canada. It ran forts and held broad legislative power within its district, regarded by Indigenous peoples as more powerful than any nation and played a role in US Britain Northwest boundary disputes. The piece contrasts two values of books as information stores and as brain waste.
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The
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Ten Thousand Dollars Vanishes Before Funeral Cremation
Shifty O’Neill plans a big haul after a late night theft but hides the loot on a dead man. He confronts a funeral home and learns Mr Harvey’s body was cremated at nine, stripping him of the prize and guiding a rapid police pursuit. The twist leaves him cornered as guilt and fate close in.
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Hiety O'Neill
Shifty O'Neil
Shifty
Shif
Mr. Harvey
New Hills
Mr. Wilcox
Mr. Starvey
Detective Bureau
Ile
Wilcox and Jones
Shifty O'Neill
Early civilizations and the Great Wall of China
The text notes Egypt as an early civilization followed by Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Jewish, and Greek cultures. It mentions Chinese civilization among the oldest, citing the Great Wall built in the third century B C as protection against Tartars.
Brain growth milestones in early childhood
The brain grows rapidly and achieves major size milestones. At birth it is about twenty percent of adult size, reaches forty percent by age two, sixty percent by age four, and continues substantial growth through early childhood.
N E A and WHS origins and tiger range
The Nichceal Education association WHS began in Philadelphia after a teachers meeting. It was male-only until 1868 when women gained membership. A permanent active membership and salaried secretary followed by 1895 and 1898. Tigers are Asiatic, spanning from Amur north to Sumatra and Bali south, from Turkish Georgia west to Sakhalin east, but avoid Central Asia’s high plateau.
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Nichceal Education Association
WHS
Isat
Philadelphia
Amur
Sumatra
Dava
Bali
Georgia
Sakhalin
Central Asia
Very Small Catfish Otocinctus vittatus Described
One of the smallest catfishes Otocinctus vittatus grows to an inch and a half. It has the same bony plates and sucking mouth typical of the family.
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Otocinctus
Ancient El Dorado of Lake Maricaibo Folklore
A historic region named El Dorado is tied to Lake Maracaibo in South America and legendary wealth in gems and precious metals. The tale describes a place believed to surpass all others in mineral riches, shaping a myth of extraordinary wealth.
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el Dorado
Lorado
Lake Maricaibo
South America
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Mar Awick
Irma Allen
Nina Loucks
Ames
Bonnie Whiting
Floyd Anderson
Walter Mahler
Earl Zwick
Ernest Tuttle
MT. Olive News
McCormick- Deering Tractor
Louie Kroll
Aurelia, Ia
Methodist
Lloyd Scheerer
W. G. Whitney
Allweather
Goodyear
Pathfinder
Guarantee Oil Co
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