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Newspaper
Callender Call
Location
Callender, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
2
List of groceries and fabrics including peaches apricots oatmeal pancake flour Swifts Laundry Soap G W C Lye Dutch Cleanser plus Cheviots ginghams ribbons and patterns priced in cents per item for sale. Includes large cans and 4 lb packages with assorted widths in a general merchandise display.
On Thursday afternoon the Callender school grades held a May Festival in the Park. A health play sequence preceded diplomas for the eighth grade graduates, including Evelyn Hanson Florence Mrzena Clara Gudmundsen Thora Bruland Claud Helm Gaylord Berg and Hollis strom.
On Wednesday June 13 the W C T U will meet at Mrs Herman Lillig home and assemble a box of homemade candy cookies and flowers for the Woman's Reformatory. All invited to attend and contribute. Also noted Hubert Gramston recently taught in Barnum and travels to Des Moines to lead a four day Chautauqua course with Acme Chautauqua company.
Adolph Kirkberg visiting Callender was riding a pony at Albert Peterson's last Thursday when the pony frightened and threw him. Both bones of his arm were broken. He was taken to Fort Dodge where the arm was set and he is being cared for there.
Mrs Bobzine returned from Al bia Ia on Thursday. Her niece, seriously ill there, passed away Friday night. Remains will be shipped to Fort Dodge for burial. Dr Fox and family spent Sunday at Somers before continuing to Sioux City Callender and home to Pella Ia.
Mrs. Stoddard of Denver Colorado visited Thursday in the Elvidge home and left Friday morning accompanied by her mother Mrs. Wolcott.
Decoration Day visits in Gowrie and neighbor towns. births at Callender include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chinberg and more. Numerous visits from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, Webster City, Roland Township, and Roland Center. church notices, Memorial Day plans, and local travel by the Sprague, Hanson, Knutson, and Eldridge families.
The Callender school board retains three teachers for next year: Myrtle Peterson primary, Lillian Helland 33rd and 4th grade, and Ethel King in the high school. King has taught two years, four teachers remain to hire including superintendent assistant and two graded teachers.
Clifford Lyons 17 son of G Lyons graduates after twelve years with perfect attendance and no failures. He played a major role in Calender High School athletics helping win the Webster county basketball trophy. He plans to enter Ames electrical engineering this fall. Also notes a weekend visit by Miss Marie Thorson and her mother to Graettinger guests.
Mrs Sterry Converse of Fort Dodge spent Thursday and Friday with the Thomas Curyea and Proben Johnson families in Callender. Miss Lennie Elvidge left Saturday for a weekend visit at Eldora Iowa and will begin school Monday at Cedar Falls.
Fred Magnusen of Gowrie and J B Vickerman with family from Pa ton and the Sherman Boyle family from Callender enjoyed a Sunday picnic at Dolliver Park with a group of friends.
An old London Opinion quip notes the paradox of success in business. The joke contrasts urging pluck with the difficulty of finding someone to pluck, hinting at the need for agency and bold action in making progress.
The quotation from Karikaturen in Christiania notes a humorous misstatement about serving dinner. The exchange suggests a lighthearted take on domestic phrasing with a preference for a clear line about readiness or spoilage.
A shopper sought sweet potato seeds but was teased by the clerk who claimed birds hatch from eggs. The boss explained the gag, and a few days later a woman asked for bird seed, echoing the joke's theme.
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