Mt Olive News Highlights Local Visits and Bible School
Mt Olive notes guests at Paullina and Chisselville homes, updates on local illness recovery, and a nursing return. Bible school attendance remains strong with Miss Shirley Leeds substituting for Libelt. Jimmie Lenz had tonsils removed. several residents visited and a S O S club gathering featured contests and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bruce
Viola Bruce
Clifford Bruce
Carl Miller
Paullina
George Schafer
Edgar Johnson
Donald
Berger Samoulson
Chisselville
Voorhies
Marion
Robert Lenz
Forrest Thompson
Quimby
Mt. Olive
Shirley Leeds
Jimmie
Oscar Lenz
Holstein
H. J. Allen
Cherokee
Olive Sawwell
Thos, Knight
Adeline Libelt
Kathryn Stoneking
Laura Johnson
Schafer
Homer Anderson
Aurelia
Marie, Irene
Bonnie Seivert
Ida Grove
Hanover Man and Alta Girl Married
A double ring ceremony united Miss Eileen Carlson of Alta and George Peterson in Spencer on Sunday June 19 with Rev. H E Hutchinson officiating. The couple, attended by Elma Carlson and Arling Peterson, planned to spend a few days at the lakes before settling on the Oscar Peterson farm near Alta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Carlson
Alta
George Peterson
Spencer
H. E. Hutchinson
Methodist Church
Elma Carlson
Arling Peterson
Lakes
Peterson
Anna Carlson
Galva
Kislingbury
Oscar Peterson
Maple Valley Township
Alta School
Lloyd Getzmeier
Martin Otto
Henry Getzmeier
Iva
Arthur
Dick Ramsey
Ernest Hustedt
Ernest
Otto
Albert Getzmeier
Cherokee Park
Horn
Carol Marie
Ruth Roggon
Henry Hage
Lakefield
Minnesota
Edward Lehnhardt
William Winterhof
Fred Radke
H. H. Otto
Henry Otto, Sr
Gilbert Garberding
Albert City
Wm. Speckerer
Robert Carlson
Ernest Carlson
Hanover Walther League
Bahr
Smelt Compared To Salmon In Local Report
The article notes the smelt as an excellent food fish averaging about eight inches in length and resembling the salmon to which it is related.
Inkwell pattern mirrors ancient Corinth with Greek links
A modern inkwell line follows a Corinth Greece pattern, reflecting classical design influence. The description notes Greek motifs shaping contemporary desk accessories while preserving practical function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Greece
Tragedy and tall tales from Seas and city life
Seas recounts a navy career near miss for a son due to myopia and asthma after a wartime father’s hopes. Wild Life and Alarm sketch urban vignettes from a pigeon in Broadway traffic to doormen guarding theft, a cousin’s New York visit, a Broadway bartender caper, and raincoat traffic police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Stevenson
Navy
Washington
Annapolis
Bill
Broadway
Down South
New York
Museums
Riverside Drive
Cathedrals
the Battery
Radio City
New York State
Amnity guest's world tour noted in Afton vicinity
Rev. Ray Vincent of Amnity Oregon, visiting his uncle Wilson Bowers and cousin Mrs. Guy Robinson, is en route home from a world trip. Other local notes include hospital returnees, club gatherings, picnics, and a bridal luncheon for Mrs Mary Lou Loucks Smith with gifts and a lawn reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Vincent
Amnity
Oregon
Wilson Bowers
Guy Robinson
Arthur Phipps
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
Cheerio Club
Marvel Coupe
Stella Bushnell
Waterloo
Arthur Boardman
Rochester
Minnesota
Vernon Goodrich
George Melton
Messrs
Mesdames McKinley Menefee
John Lawniczak
George Zwick
Storm Lake
Gilbert Clow
C. C. Montgomery
Sutherland
George Nelson
Bakke
State Hospital
Floyd Sexton
Peterson
Fred
Lee Robinson
Shirley
Isabelle Zwick
Aurelia
Isaac Clow
the Lakes
Marl Zwick
Isabelle
Frank Hill
Katie Ware
Neice
Mary Lu Loucks- Smith
Mesdames Gouie Melton
Ardythe Montgomery
Mesdames Crippen, Preyer
Bessie
Bertha Smith
Dale McGuffin
Dale Sleezer
Fossils Reveal 175-Foot Giant Sharks in California
Scientists announced the discovery of remains from sharks 175 feet long that swam southern California seas twenty five million years ago. Fossil teeth were dug from Palos Verdes sandstone and Los Angeles area suburb sites. Complete fossils of smaller fish and eight inch diameter back bones were found with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Palos Verdes Hills
200 Yard Railroad Still in Operation Whitman Mass
The shortest railroad in the United States remains in use in Whitman Massachusetts. Built in 1865 to connect the main building with a branch factory and storehouse it is owned by a manufacturing company and cannot be moved except by the company’s consent. The track measures 200 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Mass
United States
Diamond Center Notes and Local Socials in Alta
Miss Viola Marquardt visits from Sioux City while Miss Grace Johnson, a bride, is honored at a shower hosted by Mrs. Carl Johnson and Mrs. Frank Johns. The Diamond school board plans its July 1 meeting as various neighbors attend dinners and visits across Alta Storm Lake Galva Aurelia and Correctionville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Marquardt
Lutheran Hospital
Sioux City
Fred Marquardt
Frank Johns
George E. Johns
Storm Lake
Rudolph Gries
Holstein
Wilbur Boock
Doris Frank
Buena Vista College
Diamond
Carl Johnson
Galva
Johns
Grace Johnson
Miss Johnson
V. E. Challman
Einar Johnson
Earl Molgarrd
Eddie Gries
Alta
Diamond School Board of Directors
Center School
Herman Linquist
Edward Mortensen
Spencer
Nicholas Linquist
Edna
Albert Getzmeier
Charley Smith
Ivan Winter
W. F
Orville Hickey
Alta Creamery
Albert Levein
Mr. Linquist
Correctionville
Pagopago Coaling Station Becomes American Post 1887
Pagopago on Tutulla’s southeast Samoa coast is described as becoming an American coaling station in 1887, marking a shift in strategic harbor identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagopago
Tutulla
Samoa
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By Irene Zwemke
Leland Bettis
Davenport
Edouney
Marriate
Iowa
Tommahawk Field
Pageant
G. M. Gillette
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Afton
Earl Zwick
Diamond Center
Mrs. Wm. Haight
Theatre
Four Men
20Th Century
Fox Picture
Loretta Young
Richard Greene
George Sanders
David Niven
Aubrey Smith
J. Edward
William Churchill
Barry Fitzgerald
John Ford
Darryl Franuck
Good Riddance
O. K. Simonsen
W. Kirkpatrick
W. G. Port
Aurelia, Iowa
Winfred Moulton
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo. E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
W. F. Hickey
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