Wadena welcomes new meat market owner John Wood
John Wood, new proprietor of the Wadena meat market, reports interior completion by Saturday and a Saturday opening. The week’s social and school events include Wadena High School’s April 13 dinner and four act comedy Romance in 2 Boarding House with Irene Kennedy and Everett Elliott leading roles, plus a band concert directed by Supt. Doughty. Nearby social visits span Adams Minnesota to Iowa City, Sumner, Volga, and Rochester, with multiple families hosting and traveling, and a hospital visit for Mrs Crandall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wood
Wadena High School
Klingman
Irene Kennedy
Everett Elliott
Marcia Knutson
John Longmeur
Faye Corbin
Fremont Marble
Frances Miller
Dora Frey
Junior Sniffin
Jennings
Wm. Nelson
Billy
Donald
Adams
Minnesota
Luther Crandall
George Bowles
Rochester
Minn
Crandall
Lawrence Welch
Walter Zupke
Sumner
Anna Fennell
I. F. Shaffer
Near West Union
Ralph Shaffer
Ray Herwig
Henry Herwig
West Union
Susan Wilkinson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Betty Minihan
Elkader
Martin Minihan
Lizzie Wilbur
Your Child's World and the Need for Child Sized Items
The piece argues that preschool children live in a world scaled to adult size, causing insecurity and thwarted feelings. It suggests adding child sized furniture and simple pet companions to fit their needs, increasing security and sense of belonging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Sue
John
Real Estate Transfers Involving W J Rog and Others
Local real estate transfers reported within one week ending April include Harold Bennett to Irene Bennett for 1100 dollars, and multiple parcels in Clermont, Wadena, and surrounding townships. Names include John H Sheehy, Jacob Frieden, Fred J Sernesder, Reuben Howard, Herman A Lubke, Berte Tapsted Heggland, Edward Lehman, Thomas McGaheran, George P Rounds, Lewis Railnds, and Alice V Killerlain, among others, with various lots and government parcels totaling sums around 540 dollars to 7000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Rog
Harold Bennett
Irene Bennet
Tathosson
William J. Sheehy
John H. Sheehy
Clermont
Jacob Frieden
Fred J Sernesder
Reuben Howard
M. Shaffer
Lubke
Herman A. Lubke
Berte Tapsted Heggland
Edward Lehmen
Thomas McGaheran
George P. Rounds
Lewis
Railnds
Land
Grant Dean
Alice V
William
Killerlain
Herrman
Wadena
Alice V. Killerlain
Hilma C. Peterson
Herriman
John Falk
R. D. Reeder
T. D
British businessman pledges new era in US ties
A British businessman asserts the United States will not suffer another low period, declaring a shift away from past concessions. He champions closer, assertive economic engagement and stable cooperation with America under new terms.
Brownie the dog to star in Iowa news reels
Brownie George Cassidy's pet dog will tour Iowa theatres in moving picture reels. A staff photographer filmed the dog at El kader fairgrounds performing tricks for a feature. The well loved dog, about five years old, delights children and adults alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cassidy
Iowa
Elkader
Fair Grounds
Morning feeding by hand to lake bass at Eustis Florida
A bass at West Crooked Lake in Eustis, Lake County, Florida, has been fed from the hand of his owner Stanley Nelson every morning at 9 a m for over three years. The daily routine showcases a unique bond between man and fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Nelson
West Crooked Lake
Eustis
Lake County
Florida
Whale and shark tails cue aids to identification
A London Weekly note explains whale tails swim up and down while sharks swish side to side. It lists 21 British whale species in two groups baleen and toothed, describes baleen feeding and toothed ferocity, and mentions the killer whale as a feared predator that can attack boats and even ice floes.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Arctic
Characteristics of hair and racial cues used by criminologists
A Pearson's London Weekly piece argues that hair features such as size curl pattern transparency pigment elasticity and brittleness are key for individual identification and racial typing. It explains Mongolian coarse straight hair European fine oval hair and frizzy spiral hair as examples and notes core structures vary and are rarely found in pure form across populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
London Weekly
Queen Victoria's Family and Ascension Timeline
Queen Victoria born to Edward Duke of Kent and Victoria Mary Louisa of Saxe Coburg Gotha reigned 1837 to 1901. She became heir after 1817 death of Princess Charlotte and later married her cousin Prince Albert at St James Palace on February 10 1840.
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Queen Victoria
Alexandrina Victoria
Edward
Duke of Kent
George III
Victoria Maria Louisa of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
William IV
Charlotte
Dukes of
Clarence
Kent
Cambridge
Duke of Clarence
Duke of Cambridge
Victoria
St. James’ Palace
Prince Albert of
Bride trade by weight in Romani villages in Yugoslavia
A London Weekly report notes Romani villages in Yugoslavia practice selling girl brides by weight when marriageable. Prices range from 2 to 3 pence per pound with higher pay for those who can dance sing and cook. Scales are kept under rock and key to prevent cheating.
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Yugoslavia
Pearson
London
Elgin Local News Notice of Visits and Illnesses
Virtus Yack visited Davenport business. Delbert Lyons home quarantined as Lavern has scarlet fever. S R Bird family moved to 517 W 3rd Davenport per Echo card. John Miller Edna return Rock Valley from Florida. Joe Larson Gordon visit La Crosse mother-in-law Schricker. Olson out and about after illness. LeRoy Burrow back to Janesville after weeks with parents. Local families hosted meals and traveled to Green Bay for funeral. Mary Skarshaug with Ed Bauder Cedar Rapids visit. she returned to Elgin.
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Virtus Yack
Davenport
Delbert Lyons
Lavern
S. R. Bird
W. 3Rd Street
The
Echo
John Miller
Edna
Rock Valley
St. Petersburg
Florida
Joe Larson
Gordon
la Crosse
Wis
J. Schricker
J. Olson
LeRoy Burrow
Janesville
Fred C. Burrow
Lloyd Holtzman
Jean
Fayette
Alfred Ash
Near West Union
Ed Medberry
Dora
Young English Friend of Hitler May Become German
Miss Unity Valkyrie Mitford, a London socialite and admirer of Adolf Hitler, was spat upon and kicked from Hyde Park during a Socialist Save Spain demonstration on Sunday April 10. She is the fourth of Lord and Lady Redesdale’s six daughters, shown wearing a Nazi emblem amid the incident.
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London
Unity Valkyrie Mitford
Adolf Hitler
Hyde Park
Spain
Mitford
Whdo
Lord and Lady Redesdale
Great Ant Eater of South America Features and Habits
The great ant eater of South America reaches six to seven feet including its tail. It has no teeth and does not harm people. It hunts for food between sunset and dawn. Its most dangerous enemy is the crafty jaguar.
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South America
New Things to Watch For in 19th Century Inventions
A list of novel products claims to boost home heating fast with chemically treated charcoal and shredded paper, chromium steel wallpaper, unbreakable plastic eyeglasses, antiseptic paint emitting germ-killing vapor, an automatic baseball thrower with curved pitches, a bed pulley system to lift furniture to the ceiling, and a coal dust carburetor claiming 35 miles per gallon.
Earliest English hallmark fork tied to Manners Montague line
The earliest known English hallmark appears on a two pronged fork dated 1632 33. The maker remains unknown but it belonged to the Manners and Montague families of Boughton England and now resides in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Manners and Montague
Boughton
England
Victoria and Albert Museum
Maj Clarence Howerton Known as Gen Mite Midget
Clarence Chesterfield Howerton born in Salem Oregon in 1909 stood 2 feet 2 inches tall and was widely known as Gen Mite during his career in the midza era.
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Mite
Maj. Mite
Clarence Chesterfield Howerton
Salem
Oregon
Young Naperville official, James H. Givier, 24
James H. Givier, 24, secretary of the Naperville Association of Commerce, is described as the youngest man in the United States to hold such an office. A Medill graduate and associate editor of the Naperville Clarion, Givier serves Naperville, a 6000 resident jetty town located 26 miles west of Chicago.
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Naperville, I
James H. Givier
The
Association of Commerce of
Naperville
United States
Givier
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Naperville Clarion
Chicago
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Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Echo
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Echo Office
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KIRK
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