Local Happenings and Notices in town
The column lists diverse local items including Carl R. Larson and John Hornick, ads for groceries and soap chips, graduation cards, and hospital updates. It notes callers and visitors such as Mr. and Mrs. Port, Florence Harrison, Carl Gruss, Laura Rupe, Norman Mongan, and others, with several travel and visitation reports to Sioux City, Cherokee, Lenox, Spencer, and Peterson. It mentions Gardeners alarm during rain and hail, business ads, and upcoming events at the Community Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gruss
Laura Rupe
Miss Rupe
Lenox
Town
Norman Mongan
Chas. Demarest
Local town notices mix sales and social updates
A collage of ads and brief society items notes tea room visits, a drug store selling gifts and farm supplies, insurance offers, and poultry feed. A cafe closure and several travels are logged along with church service notes and a high school orchestra playing at a Farm Bureau event in Cherokee, disrupted by floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tea Toper Tavern
Lockin Agency
Mummert Home. Co
East Afton and Elk AMMONS visits and local calls
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ammons spent Wednesday in Alva Ammons and Ed Dooley homes in Peterson. Lois Whitney of Aurelia visited with Betty Coombs over the weekend. The party at Everett Rice’s near Storm Lake included Mr. and Mrs. Caboth and Marlene Filer. Several calls and visits occurred across Aurelia, Peterson, Alta and Cherokee with Farm Bureau activity noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hines
Aurelia
Lee Hayes
Donald and
Dale
Alta
Ed Erickson
O. B. East
Carl Ammons
Max
Forrest Ammons
Alva Ammons
Peterson
Ed Doo
Afton and Vicinity Club Meeting and Local Visits
The A F A met at the Howard Nelson home for an allday session with a covered dish lunch. Miss Sims taught Home Sanitation and Safety. Members exchanged bulbs and seeds. Several residents visited Le Mars to see militia camps and cyclone damaged farms. Social visits included Washta and Sloan relatives guests and a new rate for classified ads offered at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 6 cents for each additional line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Nelson
Wm. Jenkins
Washta
George Zwick's
Ray Jones
Loucks
Jones
LeMars
Mrs. Olmstead
Menefee’s
Sloan
Iowa
Community Socials Report Mrs C E Ammons and Friends
The Pythian Sisters met at K P Hall for a Mothers tribute program followed by a covered dish lunch. Lutheran Ladies Aid held a church parlors gathering with a lunch served by Mrs. Clarence Kaskey. Bridge, N R CG, P L E F, and Helping Hand Circle meetings featured social time and lunches. A birthday surprise honored Nels Swanson turning 70 with cake, gifts, and a game of 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. P. Hall
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Clarence Kaskey
J. C. Eding
Emil Carlson
Nels Swanson
Martin Thomp
Meriden
Mr. Swanson
Reading and music program at Silver Center school house
Miss Marianne Chandler of Aurelia will read and sing with Miss Chandler and Miss Mary Fraser also performing. Russel Jones visited his sister Mrs. B. H. Dukes in Cherokee on Monday. Farmers Holiday members met at Silver Center school house for a regular meeting with a special program enjoyed by all. Johnnie Johnson led the business meeting. Pahlsgraf and Frederickson played piano accordions, Todd and Glenn McMurrin played violins, Roy Stevenson sang, Todd and McMurrin closed with banjo accompaniment. Meetings are held the second Monday evening of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Chandler
Aurelia
Chandler
Mary Fraser
Russel Jones
B. H. Dukes
Silver Center School House
Johnnie Johnson
Pahlsgraf
Frederickson
Mr. Todd
Iolstein
Glenn Mc- Murrin
Roy Stevenson
Mr. Mc-Murrin
Mt Olive News Highlights Local Socials and Visits
Mrs John Leber visited Ida Grove Monday. Ladies Aid met at Mrs B H Dubes home with vice president Mrs Paul Frank presiding. Missionary meeting led by Mrs Minor. Visitors: Mrs Forney Dubes, Mrs Helen Dean of Aurelia, Mrs Edmund Radke, Mrs Le Roy Hench, Mrs Hopper, Mrs Arthur Ohlson of Diamond Center. Next meeting May 17 at Mrs Paul Franks. Community notices cover hospital visits, meals served, parties, and exams. plays slated for Cherokee High and Mt Olive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leber
Ida Grove
Ladies Aid
B. H. Dubes
Paul Frank
Minor
Forney Dubes
Helen Dean
Aurelia
Edmund Radke
LeRoy Hench
Hopper
Arthur Ohlson
Diamond Center
Lars Mark
Dubes
Claude Jones
Roy Glidewell
Sioux Valley Hospital
Good Hope Ladies Aid
Holstein
Albert Meyers
Joan
Washta
Geo. Totman
Quimby
D. J. Ennis
Leonard Cochran
Jameson
Harold Bunn
Cherokee
Darrel Ennis
Good Hope
Walter Simmons
Here
Mt. Olive
Cherokee High
Local notes from Diamond Center and surrounding towns
Reverend C L Liming attended a Cherokee political rally. Mrs Will Haight visited Aurelia at Fae Fraser’s home. C A Peterson family plus Kenneth Leeds and others joined Anna and Carl Anderson at Aurelia and Washta area dinners. John Peterson family from near Cherokee visited Carl Anderson’s home. they also called at Ben Galvin’s. Richard Peterson and wife headed to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. Civic club Mother’s Day program at Galva drew about sixty with luncheon, guests including mothers. Rev and Mrs Liming attended Good Hope choir practice at Walter Simmons home Tuesday eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Liming
Cherokee
Will Haight
Fae Fraser
Aurelia
C. A. Peterson
Anna Anderson
Kenneth Leeds
Washta
John Peterson
Carl Anderson
Ben Galvin
Richard Peterson
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Civic Club
Galva
Mesdames
John A. Anderson
Herman Linquist
James O'Meara
H. N. Williams
William Haight
Liming
Good Hope
Walter Simmons
Old Army Game in Bergen Relies on Ash Weights
In Bergen Norway relics of the old Hanseatic league include weights used for ash trade. Two weights exist with one heavier and one lighter. The heavier weights were used for buying and the lighter for selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergen
Norway
Measuring the Job Gives Quiet or Excitement as Value
The passage notes that a job may appeal for varied reasons including quiet, excitement, routine, adventure, recognition, anonymity, incentive, or forgetfulness. It reflects on how individuals judge work as diversion or a life work, as discussed by the Woman's Home Companion.
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Roosevelt
Frank F. Faber, Mer
Mummert Home
Florence Harrison
Sioux City
Victoria Aylesworth
Hotel Lockin
Edwin McCurdy
Chas. McCurdy
Iowa City
E. F. Webking
W. H. Bischel
Lamerne
Rosina Dethleff
C. H. Rice
Esconvido
California
Mr. Rice
Ed Rice
Albert Nielsen
Spencer
F. A. Perry
Home
O. A. Royer
W. C. Marsh
Wilson
Aurelia School
Odeboldt
George Scott
F. G. Scott
Dorothy
W. E. Meyer
Henry Stieneke
Emma Rapp
Laurence Mongan
Thomas Clague
Catherine Lamm
Allen and Lloyd
Storm Lake
A. G. Lansen
George Lamm
Frances Chandler
Fielding
J. Shank
Evelyn Banard
Ervil Rapp
Percy Clover
Jackson
Currie
Rapp
Walter Silvernail
Paulson-Finkbine Lbr. Co
Aurelia, IA
Clyde Mummert
Henry Glawe
Nielsen Produce Station
Lohman
Louis Bouchey
Marcus
Alyesworth
Farm Bureau
Maple Bottom
East Afton and Elk
Afton and Vicinity
C. E. Ammons
G. R. Wharton
L. E. Christensen
Dewey Deyloff
N. R. CG
Homer Robar
Conrad Engdahl
Clarence Eng
Chas
Gerrets
P. L. E. F. Club
Clayton Mitchell
Alfred Stiencke
Mabel Johnson
Dorothy Stiencke
MT. Olive News
Diamond Center News
Briardale
Lux
G. W. C. Sal Soda
Larson’s Store
Aurelia, Iowa
American Theatre
Helen Hayes
Clark Gable
With Lewis Stone
Maurice Chevalier
Helen Twelvetrees
Swell Music
IS Harris
American Magazine
Leonard Christesen
Kroll Impt. Co
Fishman’s Garden
Poland
J. T. Edson
Lakeside Farm
O. W. Larson
L. C. Anderson
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