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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1933

Page

2

Wadena News Notes Highlight Local Social Visits

Wadena residents and guests share visits across Highland and West Union. Robert Klingman of Maynard visits family. Mrs Clark returns from Manchester. Sophia Weber stays with Adolf Weber. Union Steady Club meets at West Union. many others visit relatives in Dubuque, Fayette, and Waterloo. Sunlit week includes crafts, Church services, and a radio broadcast by William Keasbey.

Robert Klingman Maynard Jim, Klingtien Wy McKellar Carroll-Klingman Highland Clark Carl Cox Manchester Sophia Weber Adolf Weber H.H. Whitcher Will Follenabee Union Steady Club John Cline West Union L. W. McKellar M. A. Kingman Charles ‘Anderson Norma Ernst Dubuque Enute “Evenson Clermont Robert Bigler W. A. Peters Albert Lyte M. A. Klingman Fred Ernst M.A. Klingman Hugh Patterson Huyria Bertha Gernand Watena Andy Grube Mason City Mid-Continent Wadena Fred Klingman A.J. Aeschliman Fred Tschantz Waterloo Will McClavey Ruth Arlington Chase Miller Hank Lockard Edith Kenneth Voshell Franklin Lockard Oelwein Herman Larson Henry Larson Lawrence Welch Marie Brainard James Davis Nina Davis Ella Allen Elkport Thad Walters Postvilla Loy Ebheart H. J. Reacliman W. F. Moore Fikse Volga Presbyterian Church J. J. O'Hara Ardis Alfred Johnson Mae Johnson Kenneth Baldwin

Wadena Declamatory Winners Named by Grades

The 5th and 6th grades held a Thursday declamatory contest at the school house with Dramatic first Burdena Moore second Dorothy Minihan third Marjorie Herwig. Humorous top finishers were Mary Sniffin first Mary Dick Leonhart second Dawson Clark third. The 7th and 8th grades judged Friday with Dramatic first Mary Broughton second Lucille Davis third Marcia Marie Knutson, as the humorous entry concluded.

Burdena Moore Dorothy Minihan Marjorie Herwig Humorouz Mary Sniffin Mary Dick Leonhart Dawson Clark Mary Broughton Lucille Davis Marcia Marie Knutson Humora Ead

Easter Party Pleased Row of Grades and Treats

Blanche Etzel was ill so Miss Etzel taught the seventh and sixth grades Monday. The third grade entertained the fourth with an Easter party Friday afternoon. Potato salad deviled eggs sandwiches and cookies were served.

Kennedy Raymond Felder Blanche Aeschliman Miss Etzel

Americans face rising motor death and injury rates in 1938

The United States reports 23,500 deaths and over a million injuries from motor accidents in 1938, with a decade of rising totals. The piece notes Americans’ high crime and fire losses and urges safer conduct, honest officials, and continued safety campaigns for 1932 and beyond.

Muskegon Heights Mich

Iowa readers warm to lamb meat and town pride

An Iowa writer notes growing acceptance of lamb as a tasty meat once prejudiced against mutton. He recalls past town ambivalence caused by greasy wool and ignorance about lamb, recounting family tastings and a shift in opinion. The Postville Herald adds local buzz of an independent baseball team this summer and urges trade at home.

Iowa Humboldt Republican Postville Herald

Fragmented local record: unclear heirs and time

The readable bits show a fragmented historical notice with stray phrases about a home, a cause, and a time. Several names and details are illegible, preventing a clear headline or full summary.

Vegetable soups with milk and starch thickeners

A guide to preparing nourishing milk based soups using vegetables such as asparagus, pears, beans, spinach, onions, celery, potatoes, turnips, carrots, corn, and cabbage. Includes recipes for a basic milk thickened soup and a vegetable soup with stock and tomato juice, plus onion soup with croutons and cheese.

Weatson Newspaper Union

Remarkable Ward Hill View Creates Illusion of Manhattan Skyline

A Staten Island Ward Hill photograph of nine miles of Manhattan skyline uses infrared plates to show the Met Life tower Empire State Building and Chrysler Building in seemingly incorrect positions. The shot, extending from Battery Park to the Ry. Building in Hoocker Center, exposes how distance distorts perception.

Gotham Ward Hill Staten Richmond Battery Hocker Center Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Empire State Building Chrysler Building Metropolitan Twenty-third Street Thirty-fourth Street Fifth Avenue Chrysler Bulding Metropoltan Tower Errata

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