Diamond Center News From Mrs Win Haight
Mrs H H Otto visits Sioux City for days with her mother Mrs August Miller of Galva who is hospital bound after a fall. Galva Civic Club hosted a Mother's Day dance with serving committee. Local families share meals and visit relatives across Aurelia, Alta, and Spencer while Diamond schools 1 and 7 close for summer.
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H. H. Otto
Sioux City
August Miller
Galva
Lutheran Hospital
Willams
Ben Galvin
Aurelia
Sundon
William Haight
Diamond
Woodrow Nelson
Alta
No. L
Genevieve Isakson
Holstein
Nelson
Lincoln-Lee Consolidated
Buena Vista County
Small Difference Between City and Country Life
Joke exchanges a farmer and his wife about life differences between city and country. The farmer notes no real gap, saying in the country you go to bed tired and wake up fine, while in the city you go to bed unwell and rise feeling worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Wayne
Wayne Pork
Sargent Yeast
Sargent Mineral
Sonny's Baseball Team Named Little Apples
Applesauce Papa jokes on Sonny's team nickname Little Apples as Sonny explains the name reflects being hard to skin. The playful exchange shows family humor over the schoolyard team.
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Sonny
Papa
The Important Role Bridegroom
The fragment depicts a wedding dialogue with vows and questions about post marriage roles and duties. It hints at plans for residence and authority within the new domestic arrangement. The text reads as a stylistic snippet rather than a complete narrative.
Death of T. P. Ohlson Touches Mr Olive
The community mourns longtime resident T. P. Ohlson who died after months of illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Mt Olive church with burial in the Good Hope cemetery.
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Mr. Olive
T. P. Ohlson
Edgar Johnson
Ohlson
Mt. Olive Church
Good Hope R
Early Fire-Starting Methods Through History
The text outlines ancient fire starting by friction between wood, Rome’s sulfur and decayed wood mix ground between stones, and medieval adoption of flint and steel. It notes friction and non friction methods, with a stray quote about a best selling story and magazine value.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Joke Prank Hits Boss With Mock Illness Call
An office boy delivers a lighthearted prank, reporting a fake sickness to the Boss who realizes the caller misdialed and should have waited until tomorrow to ring. The exchange ends with amused relief as the gag unfolds in the morning office.
Ruthie Returns Home After Hard Decisions at the Station
Ruth leaves with Martin to pursue a bungalow and new life but faces hardship. A late-night journey ends with Ruth reuniting with Martin at their home as the couple reaffirm their commitment and welcome the warmth of their shared life.
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Ruthie
Ruth
Martin
Bird
Brown
Coekly
Afton Vicinity Generous Family Celebrates 30th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones host an afternoon gathering with close relatives and filled dinner baskets to mark three decades of marriage. Attendees include Laura Foote Emma Loucks Art Will and families Kenneth Jones Glenn Loucks Will Kludas and family though Kludas attended fewer due to illness. Guests gave a floor lamp as a gift.
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Afton
Earl Zwick
Ray Jones
Laura Foote
Cherokee
Emma Loucks
Aurelia
Art Will
Kenneth Jones
Glenn Loucks
Will Kludas
Bobby
Floyd Sexton
Luveren Wetherell
Peterson
Wm. Sleezer
Storm Lake
Victor Swanson
Ernest Swanson
Alta
Alta Hospital
Aunt Jane’s Will Touches Off Burst Of Brash Bricklaying
A lawyer informs brick foreman Mike O Donovan that Aunt Jane the millionaire has died and left him one hundred thousand pounds. Mike delays descent to “wallop” the foreman, amid a stir above the scaffold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike O'Donovan
Jane
O’donovan
Answers Magazine
Presence of Mind on the Road
Two men in a car bypassed signals and were stopped by a trace cop. The driver claimed to be a doctor rushing to an asylum, while the passenger whispered a plea to the constable. They evaded danger with quick wit, a Stray Stories moment.
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Aurelia, IA
Diamond Center
Mrs. Win. Haight
Gust Lund
W. F. Hickey
Orville Hickey
Aften Township
F. O. Peterson
Alita
Victor Frank
Anna Anderson
Sellers
Seeeane
Lowe Brothers
Lowe Brothers New Illustrated
CE Oras
Frank F. Faber
Mgr
Howard McCoy
Glenn Sipperies Faiuies
Quimby
C. A. Simmons
Fagar Johnson
Donald
Jane Walker
Chas. Walkers
John Schafer
George Schafer
Floyd Allen
Harve Allen
Virgil Samoulson
Laverne Holmes
Marcus
Carl Herold
Everett Radie
Lloyd Ohlson
Anna Andersen
Ladies Aid
Glenn Leeds
Clarence Ohison
Clyde Minor
B. H. Dubes
Forney Dubes
Sadie
Edna Gearke
Victor Gearke
John Leber
Pilot Township
Silver
Wescott Park
Mino Virginia Clidowell
Lois Simmons
Virgil Sameulson
Lucile Simmons
Sameulson
Rockford
Illinois
Walter Simmons
Phyllis Simmons
Mary Leeds
Art Hickey
Pitcher Township
Harold Speers
Rudolph Johnson
Sioux Valley Hospital
Clarence Johnson
Sherwood Ohlson
van Amberg
Washta
Sever
Good Hope Ladies Aid
Eva Wilson
O. B
Waterford
Home
Mummert Building
Ira Mann
Lewis L. Miller
Prop
Sentinel
Sargent
McCurdy Produce & Feed
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