Diamond Center News Roundup From Diamond Center
Local notes report Mount Olive Laddies Aid meeting attendees including Mrs. Victor Frank and Ruth, Miss Doris Frank begins teaching at Good Hope school Pilot Township, Dorothy Linquist visits from Baltimore, multiple aera travel and family visits, and community members attending events at Marathon Aurelia and Storm Lake.
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Mount Olive
Denison
C. A. Peterson
Della
Homer Anderson
Aurelia
Milton
Otto
Cherokee
Tacoma
Washington
Carl Otto
Alta
Victor Frank
Ruth
Sioux City
Paul Frank
Washta
Orville Hickey
Atlantic
Iowa
W. F. Hickey
Harry Gates
Storm Lake
Gladys Maltby Merrill
Flint
Michigan
Frank Johns
William Haight
Whaling Still Is Adventurous Work
An American owned floating factory whale ship, manned largely by Norwegians, showcases modern big business whaling. The piece details harpoon technology, aboard processing, and the drastic impact on whale stocks, noting global restrictions to preserve the industry’s profits.
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Washington, D. C
New York Harbor
National Geographic Society
America
Arctic
North
South Seas
Antarctic
Dog Receives Glass Eye After Loyal Service in Oregon
In Estacada Oregon Rover a female shepherd dog faithful to her owner J W Saunders worked nightly rounding up cows for years. After sticking her head into a kitten nest a mother cat scratched out one eye. She recovered after veterinary care and returned home with a glass eye.
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Estacada
Ore
Rover
J. W. Saunders
Saturday Night Musings Prompting Domestic Parody
A fragmentary line contemplates hypothetical domestic harmony and gift giving, likening a husband to the speaker and a wife to the listener. The quirky inquiry about a Saturday night item resembles a playful, unfinished verse with a stray word like ferret.
Violet surprises and vows test a couple’s bond
Homer, fixated on news, misreads Ottilie's wish for small treats. Ottilie confesses she values "little things" but hints at satire of their strained world. Homer plots a grand violet gesture only to uncover Ottilie's sister in law and a playful ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Ottilie
Evening News
Stanley
Stella
Euster
Ladies’ Guild
Bob Morrison
Laurel Use By Greeks As Safe Remedy And Protector
The Greeks prized laurel as a sign of safety and a shield against illness. It was hung on doors to avert lightning. Legends cite Emperor Tiberius wearing laurel before seeking shelter in a bed and Nero seeking purified air at Laurentium during pestilence.
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Tiberius
Nero
Laurentium
Breathing Painful in Siberian Cold Snap
In Verkhoyansk Siberia extreme cold turns breath vapor into ice needles making breathing painful. Reports describe frigid conditions and the danger posed by the frost for residents and travelers.
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Verkmoyanski
Siberia
Afton Vicinity Notes From Mrs Earl Zwick
Mrs Earl Peterson and son Gary of Oakland Calif visited George Zwick family last week. Miss Nina Loucks teaches Spring Center. several local schools have new teachers. Weddings and fairs mentioned with residents traveling to Cherokee and the State Fair.
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Earl Peterson
Gary
Oakland
Cal
George Zwick
Zwick
Cummings
Brooke
Nina Loucks
Afton
Spring Center
Boyd Tilton
Lakefield
Minn
Ellis Stiencke
Miss Frye
Sioux City
Sleezer
Russell Parke
Larrabee
Earl
Floyd Sexton
Art Wetherell
Peterson
Raymond Zwick
Sutherland
Troy Mummert
Wescott Park
Cherokee High School
Scothorn
Glenn Loucks
George
S. S. Terrill
Oskaloosa
Cedar Falls
Ray Spurlock
Ellis Stieneke
Fred Zwick
Guy Anderson
Henry Everhardt
Des Moines
Veteran’s Hospital
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Robert Clark
John Bridie
Quimby
Paullina
Doc George
Ezra
the Mule
Remsen
the Zimmermans
Cherokee H. 5
Charlie Graves
Cleghorn
George and
Cherokee H
Nels G. Kraschel
Correctionville
Diamond Center
Mrs. Wm. Haight
Eclipse
Frank F
Faber, Mer
Earl Zwick
Theatre
Ny Lie
Edn Bier
Edward Eliis
Jane Carne
Brendel Donald
Patricia Wilder de Gillingwater
Irving Cummings
Fox Picture
Bullock
Spinal
Shirley
Sentinal
O. K. Simonsen
W. Kirkpatrick
Bud Fogleman
Chamberlin Bldg
Donald C. Koser
M. D
Over McWilliams Drug Store
Dr. Winfred Moulton Dentis
Aurelia, Iowa
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of
Cherokee County
Geo, E. Blanch
H. H. Lockin
Geo, Fi, Blanch
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