Wadena PTA Elects Officers and Alumni Dinner Plans
The Wadena PTA met in the high school assembly room electing officers including Olive Knutson as president and Mildred Minihan as vice president. A committee was named for the alumni supper on May 20 and a brief program followed the meeting.
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Wadena P. T. A
Olive Knutson
Mildred Minihan
Cecil Flanagan
Allie Sniffin
Lottie Whittenbaugh
Wm. Nelson
Alla Leonhart
Dorothy Weber
Phyllis Herwig
Madge Corkery
Flay Cline
Ethel Frey
J. C. Kennedy
Lolita Blake
Presbyterian Ladies’ Club
August
Mary Henrich
Lawrence Whitcher
Richard
West Union
W. D. Mattocks
Premarital Health Edge Against Syphilis Warned
Iowans should know that syphilis can ruin marriages, with blood tests and physical exams before marriage greatly increasing recovery chances. Early detection prevents congenital cases and secures home security by ensuring physical soundness, per the Iowa State Department of Health. Red Bank report notes trout fishing opening day brings large crowds and a 200,000 trout release.
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Iowa State Department of Health
Des Moines St
Des Moines
Iowa
Red Bank
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Mammouth County
Louise Muller
Six Commandments to Foster Reading in Children
A guide urging parents to cultivate a child’s love of reading by evaluating interests, providing good books, and reading together. Emphasizes exposing children to magazines and books, group reading, discussion, and choosing titles with parental involvement. Encourages using literature to broaden outlook and curb pulp preferences.
An Old Scotch Custom in Marriage Law
England seeks official recognition while Scottish law holds that a simple exchange of consent suffices for a marriage, preserving an old Scottish custom.
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England
It's Great To Be Crazy at Elgin High School Play
The Elgin high school senior class presents a comedy set at the Cherry Creek Hotel. Count Stefano arrives seeking secrecy and swaps places with Andy Hunter, causing entanglements. Madame Van Sneeze offers comic romance as the cast of thirteen characters performs a lively show Friday evening May 6.
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Elgin High School
Cherry Creek Hotel
Stefano
Andy Hunter
Fortune Hunter
Madame van Sneeze
Kansas City Safety Slogan Contest Highlights Driving Caution
A Kansas City contest showcases safety slogans urging careful driving. Messages urge readers to drive slowly, avoid speeding, and protect lives, with lines about not gambling a life for a minute and the link between risky driving and court consequences.
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Kansas City
Child Safety Tips From Local Advisory Note
Child accidents make up about 70 percent of incidents in homes and nearby areas. The guidance urges teaching youngsters to stop running into streets, look both ways, and wait for a clear path. It warns against toy weapons and sharp tools, advises enclosed play areas, caution near railroad tracks, and explains dangers of hitching to vehicles.
Fellowship Meeting at Garnaville Friday
The Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship association will meet at Garnaville Friday evening at eight o'clock. Brother N. O. Bartholomew will be the guest speaker on the subject Masonry ling Action. Brother Hart is unable to attend until later in the season.
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Northeast Iowa
We Should Walk More Medical Experts Warn Americans Sit Too Much
Medical experts caution that Americans sit too long across daily life from reading to travel. One doctor attributes modern conveniences to a widespread condition described as broaditis sanitis, noting people cannot climb a single flight of stairs without exhaustion.
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United States
The Cat's Paw Origin and Meaning
This proverb explains that to make a cat's paw of someone is to use them for a dangerous or degrading task you will not do yourself. It refers to Aesop like fable where a monkey uses a cat to fetch hot chestnuts from a fire.
Dickens Library Notes and Gone With the Wind Review
Hollie Ermine Rines catalogs sixteen Dickens tales in a slim volume for young readers, with prefaces and an index. Mrs. C. B. Schori praises Gone With the Wind as an unforgettable Civil War-era saga seen through Scarlett O Hara, while Mrs. L. L. Kiple highlights American Family and a China mission tale featuring Tobias Coudit and Elizabeth Lewis.
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Dickens
Hollie Ermine Rines
Charles Dickens
David Coppererfield
Oliver Twist
Little Derritt
C. B. Schori
Scarlet O'Hara
Scarlet
L. L. Kiple
American Family Story of a Sino American Life
The narrative follows a family who adopt China as a home and culture through their son David. Born in China, David is sent back at age twelve to Elizabeth’s people for schooling, feeling like a stranger and clinging to a lifelong dream of becoming a doctor to return to China. The tale blends glamour with Orient themes.
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China
David
Elizabeth
Orient
Progress Club Meeting Finishes Year With Picnic Plans
Marie Erhardt hosted the Progress Club meeting Monday evening with thirteen members present. The session featured Interesting Facts on Mexico and Genevieve Dunkle reviewed Phantom Crown by Bertha Harding. Plans were made for a May 9 picnic to close the club year.
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Marie Erhardt
Progress Club
Mexico
Genevieve Dunkle
Bertia Harding
Young Commodore Perry Wins Lake Erie Battle
At twenty eight, Oliver Hazard Perry led the victorious American fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. His decisive victory secured control of the lake and boosted American morale amid the conflict with Britain.
One of Largest Clocks in Jersey City N J
One of the largest clocks in the world stands in Jersey City New Jersey with a minute hand 38 feet long an hour hand 27 feet and a dial 50 feet in diameter marking a notable timepiece in the city.
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Jersey City
N. J
Plants Resemble Stone In Succulent Species
A Collier’s Weekly report notes several succulent species like Gibbeum album mimic stone shape color and texture. The plants blend with surrounding rocks, becoming almost indistinguishable.
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Collier's Weekly
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Library Notes
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R. A. Crider
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Elgin State Bank
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Elgin Echo
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