Local Notes Highlight Rev Kruetz Family Visits and Community Events
Hanover area residents recount visits of Rev and Mrs Kruetz and families from Odebolt and Alta. Social gatherings include dinners with John Wring of Aurelia, Grace Johnson aiding at Galva, and Ascension Day service in German at Alta. St Johns Ladies Aid to mark Mother's Day with a program. New officers to be elected at Walther League meeting.
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Kruetz
Schameapedis
Ralph Grieme
Miso
Mas
Dbohn Holtz
Tea Plotwean
Devoid
Shie
Carol Marie
Ma O
Carl Aitinson
Arlene
Ers
St. John's Ladies Aid
St. John’s School
Walther League
Alta
Ervin Otto
Storm Lake
Edmund Lichtenberg
Observance of the Aztec 52-year calendar cycle
An associate curator notes the Aztecs linked daily life to many gods and followed a 52 year calendar. At cycle end they believed the world might end unless renewed by ritual fires, fasts, and sacrifices. Dawn fire sparked by a sacrificed slave renewed hearths and homes across the valley.
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Mexico
Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Mexico City
May Basket Day and School Notes From Aurel ia Consolidated
First graders earned 100 percent in spelling led by Lois Bachman Jean Bengtson Patty Clark Joseph Davis Elizabeth Eddy Marvin Fassler Betty Gerrets Clayton Johnson Alleda Nelson Shirley Nielsen Ruby Niles Harriet Ohlson Margaret Pruitt Harold Rice Jeanette Langwin. Second graders also posted perfect spellings, while bird study covered house wren kingfisher and goldfinch. News spans grades from seventh to high school with history geography math and English drills plus an editorial urging diligent study and moral truth.
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Lois Bachman
Jean Bengtson
Patty Clark
Joseph Davis
Elizabeth Eddy
Marvin Fassler
Betty Gerrets
Clayton Johnson
Alleda Nelson
Shirley Nielsen
Ruby Niles
Harriet Ohlson
Margaret Pruitt
Harold Rice
Jeanette Langwin
Marjorie Cornwall
Deloris Nelson
Marvin Davis
Myrna Thomas
Melvern Anderson
Phyllis Bjorklund
Harold Larson
Ardys Deyloff
Joyce Hartwig
Jean Mongan
Verona Wogahn
Byron Preul
Jane Lawniczak
Doctor Rabbit
Grumpy Bear
Tim Chicken
Frances Fassler
Gretchen Wieland
Lois Beeghley
Pauline Dreyer
Robert Dunn
Filmore Nelson
Harold Nelson
Galen Gilbert
Iowa
Christian Soldiers Hymn Origin and World Reach
Dr Sabine Baring-Gould wrote Onward Christian Soldiers in 1855 at Low Trenchard England after seeking a marching tune for his Bible school. The hymn soon joined global worship in 1910 its first simultaneous world singalong. Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan composed the familiar tune in 1871.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
Low-Trenchard
England
Boston Herald
Whitsunday
Bible School
Baring-Gould
Washington, D. C
Orward
Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Simpson Dunes in Australia Hold Hidden Water Reservoir
The Simpson sand dunes stretch 50 to 100 miles parallel to the wind and conceal the world’s greatest underground water supply. Water rests in sand below a clay layer and erupts with a roar when drilled. Billions of palléns underlie the desert could, in time, irrigate a thriving garden.
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Simpson
Australia
Washington Post
Elihu Yale Life and Legacy in Colonial Context
Elihu Yale born in 1648 near Boston Massachusetts went to England at age four. He served as governor of Fort Saint George Madras from 1687 to 1692 and became governor of the East India Company in 1699. Yale College was named for him in 1745. he left money and books to the institution and died in 1721, buried in Wrexham Wales.
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Elihu Yale Sushu Yale
Boston
Mass
England
America
Fort Saint George
Madras
East India Company
Yale College
Saybrook
Wrexham
Wales
Clever cat's cheese craving baffled listeners
Old Joe recalls a tale from stray stories about his cat that loved cheese and would vanish after a bite. He followed the cat to a mouse-hole and observed it breathing heavily, implying a curious motive behind the cat's behavior.
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Stray Stories Magazine
Passing Judgment on Ourselves
A reflective aphorism notes we judge ourselves more fairly than others though we speak less freely. The saying urges self awareness and humility in evaluating character and actions. It emphasizes inward critique over outward judgment.
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Love Brothers
Lowe Brothers
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
Hanover
Irene Zwemke
Loretta Qung
Tyrone Power
Adolphe Menjou
Eate Metropole
Ratoff
Charles Winninger
Helen
Westley
Review
Aurelia
Joan Deyloff
Phyllis Engdahl
Roger Glawe
Lloyd Hermanson
Bill Jackson
Mildred Paulson
Dale Peterson
Betty Phillips
Laurine Zwick
Harry Rudisill
South America
Alaska
Canada
Central America
Betty Anderson
Kenneth Davis
Myrna Grienke
Gloria Harden
Joan Jordan
Elaine Marcus
Lois Schroeder
Gladys Whiting
Beverly Walter
Evelyn Rydstrom
Betty Pruitt
United States
Cherokee County
Bulletin Board
Junior Tigh
Germany
School! Life
Scott
Revolutionary Fundations
Woodrow Wilson
Latin Clusa
Aurelia, IA
Joe
Elwyn Thomas
Cherokee
W. E. Simonsen
Arthur Brown
O. K. Simonsen
W. G. Port
Aurelia, Iowa
Winfred Moulton
A. H. Eddy
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Geo
Lockin
Blanch
W. 8
Hickoy
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