Wadena Community Notes Highlight Harvest and Visits
Farm work Oregon haying harvesting and corn plowing fill the season as threshing begins at Thore Thompson home. Many local families, including Frey, Corkery, Oldfather, Flower, and Raftis clans, host and visit relatives from West Union to Oelwein. A social week features club gatherings, birthday celebration, and amateur night at the state park with a prize for best performance.
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Thore Thompson
Miss White
Ogden
Robert Frey
McCann
Dubuque
Harris
Alden Gell
West Union
Swartz
Arlington
Flower
Mayhen
Monroe
Iowa
Lou Hunsberger
Ralph Holtzman
Gloria
Lizzie Kohrer
Mining Methods Antiquated by Progress in Science
Antiquated mining methods persist though science advances. mining milling and smelting of gold remain essentially unchanged for 2,000 years aside from minor details. The fragment notes slow evolution across techniques and implies broader industrial progress yet persistent traditional practice.
Automobile vs The Horse in auld Eben's view
A fragment quotes Uncle Eben arguing for the automobile over the horse. He says the auto avoids costly harness and upkeep and keeps pace with modern life, contrasting with traditional horse ownership and the expenses of carriages and stables.
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Eben
Siam Temples Guarded by Giants and Emerald Buddha
In Siam the Buddhist temples, usually guarded by grotesque giants to ward off the Evil One, showcase the Emerald Buddha as the most prominent statue within the royal palace enclosure.
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Siam
Fragmentary Stat Note on Parental Loss and Race
A garbled passage notes that thirty year olds in some group are “many without parents” and that 47 percent of men have both father and mother alive. It says if he has both parents, he ranks among five men per thousand.
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Soya
Cleanest industrial city noted in Finland history
Cleanest industrial city Tammerfors in Finland boasts no coal usage and power generated from wind as power rules the landscape.
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Tammerfors
Finland
Hi Hat Chooses Silence Over Paying Bid In Dispute
Certain I am sorry said the sage of Chinatown that my neighbor Hi Hat avoids speaking to me. It shows he has no intention of paying the bid over me in the dispute.
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Chinatown
Nervous System Balance, Pavlov Theory Explained
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Pavlov in Leningrad discusses brain nerve relations. He argues healthy nerves depend on balance between active nerve cells and brain control cells, with overactivity or over suppression leading to nervous disorders or apathy.
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Leningrad
Ivan Pavlov
Vavlov
Philadelphia Inquirer
Key to heredity found by busy scientists
Scientists solving heredity mysteries announce a giant chromosome in the salivary glands of the yeast fly. It enlarges about 70 times, revealing gene strings and a model for the organism’s 2000 to 5000 genes per cell. Proof of 300 genes exists, with individual functions like eye color and wing speck formation identified.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Weeds Grow as Garden Lessons Engage Belfast School
At an elementary school near Belfast Ireland a warden garden keeps weeds thriving under guidance of the ministry of education. Twenty five teachers are being trained in horticulture to teach students. Weeds grow in orderly rows, tended like orchids, with pupils learning about species before returning to their own gardens.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ministry of Education
Finland murder rate debated at Nordic prison congress
Officials from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark met in Stockholm to discuss crime trends. They reported about 400 murders annually in Finland for a population under 3.7 million, roughly one per working day, with around 1,000 convicts. Sentences for political offenses fall while burglary with violence and larceny rise.
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Finland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Stockholm
Eseyr
Nmemiee
Women divers surge ahead in Bermuda aquarium study
The Bermuda government aquarium curator in Hamilton notes women divers take to amateur deep sea diving faster than men. He says women plunge in without hesitation while men tend to feel their way gingerly.
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Government Aquarium
Hamilton
Bermuda
A New Way Pretzel Are you economizing at your house
Wetzel says no budget trick, just swapping to teas for the same cost as snacks. Fathfinder Magu aine notes a quirky household exchange with playful wording and a hint of satire.
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Wetzel
Noisy Night Brings Trombone Practice Laughs
A resident complains about late hour racket while a neighbor explains the sounds are from practice. The musician admits neglect of early gigs and vows more discipline, hoping to improve by dawn.
Distance Essential Belle-If I were you
Percy-How can If The cad hag to telephone.
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Belle
Percy
Quick Wit and Quips From A Lively Gossip Page
A fragmentary humor page recalls jokes about love money gossip and misheard phrases. Characters include a professor, a ferryman, and a fisherman with light banter on detours, opera, and a missing finish to a wife’s retort. The excerpt hints at light social chatter and punchlines.
Britain’s Tropical Belt Reconstructed
London Tit Bits Magazine reports a remarkable reconstruction of Britain 50,000 years ago. Naturalists base findings on fossilized plants and fruits in clay, depicting a tropical belt with giant cinnamon palms camphor plants and exotic water features. Seven years of research comparing discoveries with Natural History Museum exhibits link this vegetation to Asia’s mammoth nurseries carried by the Tethys sea.
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Britain
Thames
Natural History Museum
Asia
Tethys Sea
Malaya
Europe
Everest
Alps
Atlas Mountains
London
Tit Bits Magazine
Lord Mayor Opens Laxsry Police HQ at Mitrecourt Cheapside
The lord mayor of London opened the world’s most prestigious police building in Mitrecourt, Cheapside. The new headquarters of the city special boasts modern lounges, a nine billiard room, a roof garden, a wine cellar and a dance floor for a hundred couples. Mitrecourt once hosted a bustling seventeenth century Nunnery court tavern linked to Charles II era trade and a notable publican Procter before it was damaged in the great fire.
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London
City “Special
Mitrecourt
Cheapside
Mitre Court
Nunnery Court
Charles
Procter
Hungarian Partridges Planted Across Michigan Lands
The Hungarian partridge program began in 1928 with 500 birds released at a dozen scattered southern lower peninsula sites. Recent investigations show encouraging results and the division will continue releasing birds from the game farm to support the effort.
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Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Penny Found After 27 Years At Bristol Bridge Steeple
A penny placed 250 feet high atop St Nicholas church at Bristol Bridge Hogland by a steeplejack 27 years ago was found during recent repairs. The worker retrieved the coin as a souvenir and related a humorous aside about commissions from a customer.
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St Nicholas
Bristol Bridge
Hogland
Scattering Sunshine Dialogue on Society Morals
In a Q A style exchange Miss Cayenne defines society as a valuable moral discipline that obliges people to greet others warmly even if they do not like them. A humorous anecdote follows about a sibling squabble during a game of Adam and Eve where one child eats the apple herself.
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Miss Cayenne
Malta
Carterdale
Carter
Resant
Hetipute Sheet Drug Stores
Social Round of Clermont and Nearby Towns
Mrs Henry Follett and Mrs Wm J Nelson of Clermont called on Mrs Celia Rennis Tuesday. Virginia Doty returned to Waterloo after visiting Frieda Freiburghaus. The Birds drove to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to visit relatives and conduct business. The Klingmans and Mrs Kerr planned Des Moines funeral trip for John LeClair. Nelson, Steele, De Sart, and Helms visited Waterloo friends including Kohler, DeSart, and Boyle. Mrs Falk and Mrs Stoehr hosted a West Union fairgrounds picnic with guests Kniel and Verle Josephine, and Hans Keiser. Rev Snyder and Rev Sandbach visited Cedar Falls to hear Dr Merton Rice of Detroit who lectured, returning home that night. Ed Anderson returned to Waterloo after vacation with the Bergs. Frederick remained until Sunday when the Bergs drove them to Waterloo. Mr and Mrs P H Peterson of Wausa Neb came here Saturday.
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Derryl Leonhart
Oelwein
B. D. Stockwell
Dawson Clark
Merle Sawyer
Fern Carter
Wilma McBride
Dad Culver
Arlington
W. F. Moore
Emtta Jennings
Max
Mary
Bessie
Newton
Joy Jennings
Waterloo
Ted Larson
Harry Larson
Harold OeLberg
Hazelton
Lyle Jones
Cedar Rapids
D. B. Jellings
John Gook
Betty Gail
George Adams
Lamont
Mattocks
West Union
Albert Cook
H. Swale
Cook
Swale
Otto Strudthoff
Mary Riley
Hawkeye
Ed Meskel
Ed Raftis
al Dahlgren
Geo. Met
Cat
Scott
Maxine Welsh
Elkader
Pat Raftis
Vida Henrich
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Trene Minihan
Volga
Martin Minihan
Eileen Raftis
Des Moines
Helen Mitchell
Will Gehring
John Curtis
Wilder Curtis
Linthia Frymore
Oklahoma City
Emmet Thyne
Volta
Lorraine Raftis
Lucille Welsh
Everett Patrick
Harry Whitcher
H. H. Whitcher
Stanley R. Bird
Iowa City
C. L. Klingman
Carroll
Wm. Kerr
John LeClair
Lyle Nelson
Roy Steele
Dale DeSart
Don Helms
Russell Kohler
Erma DeSart
Zella Boyle
John Falk
Hulda Stoehr
West Union Fair Grounds
C. S. Kniel
Verle
Josephine
Hans Keiser
J. J. Snyder
George
O. Sandbach
Decorah
Cedar Falls
Merton Rice
Detroit
Mich
Rice
Ed Anderson
Fred R. Berg
Weekend visitors stay in local homes during visit
Weekend visitors stayed in the homes of Mrs. Tille Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Kohler, and Mrs. Mary Spahr. They returned home Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McKeever and daughter Betty visited from Minneapolis and spent the weekend with L. L. Kiple, returning Sunday night with their daughter Janice.
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Tille Hanson
F. E. Kohler
Mary Spahr
J. F. McKeever
Betty
Clare Wass
Minneapolis
Minn
L. L
Want Ad Department Sells Fast in Echo
If you have something to sell and are in a big hurry to sell it, let the Want Ad department of the Echo prove its ability as a speedy and efficient sales medium. Bitfp.
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the Echo
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P. W
Worms
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Cape Province
Shilagelphia Lagquirer
Adam
Mint
Gome
Jeng
Samson
Willie
Pearson's Weekly
Detroit News
Bobby
Henry Follett
Wm. J. Nelson
Clermont
Celia Rennis
Virginia Doty
Frieda
Freiburghaus
P. H. Peterson
Wausa, Neb
the Echo Office
Washington
National
Patherae
Acts of Congress
Lankington
Pathfinder
Libby
del Monte
Ad. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
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