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Newspaper
Duncombe Dispatch
Location
Callender, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
3
A local town announces the first band concert of the season set for May 18, praising the band’s prior performance and urging student support. The community also prepares for a school play titled Dulcenia to be staged at the high school tomorrow evening.
Fragmentary OCR notes show Myre William returning to her home in Qedar Griter after spending a few days with a friend. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or full names.
The Catholic parsonage at Dunowabe recently erected stands as a testament to local loyalty and good work. The parish community celebrates a splendid home with a well-shaped lawn and completed exterior, marking a visible improvement to the area.
Fragments report illnesses and minor accidents in the Duncombe area. Mentions include Frank Gleason and Mrs. Mandetko visiting Port Dodge. Wm. Dietland staying with his brother in Parkersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Jones visiting Callender. Fred Kelso keeping things tidy despite bad weather. Mrs. Ole Oleson recovering from a fall. Clarence Chiiellenson resigning from the telephone office due to poor health. Kenneth McDougal taking his night operator place. The A Baca MW Simpson family visited Raveny hum in Fort Dodge, and Mrs Haveny recently had surgery at Mercy Hospital Port Dodge and is reported improving.
A dampened advertisement touts a lice control method using a commercial extract added to regular spray. The claim suggests enhanced effectiveness when combined with other materials and notes availability and instructions for use.
The article advises careful seasonal pruning of maple trees to improve shape and form. It stresses removing damaged limbs, sweeping away debris, and making cuts close to the trunk to promote sap flow and quicker healing, while avoiding stumps.
A dated note discusses pruning fruit trees to preserve natural form. It urges removing Acad branchus and old wood while avoiding over-cutting. It warns that improper pruning reduces fruit yield and mentions a decline from 300 trees to 15 on a farm over a decade.
The Big Store advertises hosiery Munsingwear underwear shoes for the family. Misses and Ladies shoes and silk hose at four to twenty percent discount. New line of dry goods and gents furnishings. Bring in produce, we pay the highest market prices.
Fragmentary OCR yields a long, garbled report on a commencement address by W. B. Mallinger and mentions of other local figures. It references a ceremony on Friday May 22, a young college graduate speaker William Luemver Heres, and notes about local faculty and family ties. The text includes disjointed court incident lines and personnel changes at the Farmers’ Hleyitay Lo.
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