Community Social Notes Lingering in Wadena Area
A string of visits and gatherings fills a Wadena and surrounding area week. Robert Ernst of Arlington stays with Robert Ernst Sr. family. Relph Reed's group visits John son Bros. Colleen joins. Various relatives travel from West Union, Manchester, Mason City, Cedar Rapids, Volga, and Dubuque to see kin and attend church events. Local pastors report Rev. Fikse's Presbyterian services and a Clermont homecoming.
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Robert Ernst
Arlington
Relph Reed
Colleen
West Union
Johnson Bros
Lyss Whittenbaugh
Robert Whittenbaugh
Waukon
Arthur Jones
P. W. Raftis
Dakota
West
Donald Leonhart
Dixie
Lee
Mickey
Mary Diey Leonhart
Donald Orr
Fayette
Velmah Everett
Volga
Don Henry
Garl Cox
Betty
Arlene
Manchester
G. P
Clark
Albert Kelly
Mason City
Will Flanagan
Corane Rothlisberger
Elgin
Will Moore
James
Merle Little
Cedar Rapids
Joy Jennings
Newton
Emma Jennings
Emma Peterman
Lutheran Aid Society
Roy Cline
Alfred
James Davis
Evelyn Thompson
Gander
Luman Fox
Herbert Fay
Gordon Fay
Waterloo
George Fay
James Bowles
Cinrch
Velga
Joan
LeRoy Fox
Mary
Bessie Jennings
Fikse
Presbyterian Church
Truman Breighton
Dixon
Virginia Herwig
Loyd Dewey
Dubuque
Genevieve Dewey
A. C. Cline
Clayton County Fair Promised as Largest Exhibit Yet
The Last annual Clayton county fair at National from August 28 to 30 promises to be the largest exhibit of livestock, farm products and home necessities in this part of Iowa. Secretary F. L. Law reports entries coming in. tents may be needed for livestock. Local business men exhibit in the Industrial building. floral hall will showcase Culinary arts, Textile exhibits, Women’s Home project work, 4-H booths, and school arts. The fair, 81 years old, is the state’s oldest and draws county support.
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Clayton County
National
F. L. Law
Iowa
Aie
Shirt-Making During Wer Revelations Stir War Record Claim
A wartime report claims a woman produced six shirts daily for 1,000 days, highlighting extraordinary labor in Wer Shepperton Enginog. The dubious figure raises questions about production claims during the conflict and the roles of women in wartime industry.
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Shepperton
Enginog
Warn
Children Plan Day At Iowa State Fair Opening
Des Moines Iowa plans for Children's Day at the state fair on opening day Friday August 23 with more than 25000 Iowa boys and girls invited free of charge. The fair DAnAge Ment extends the blanket invitation to all children under fifteen and has arranged daylight fireworks circus features and other attractions for the event.
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Des Moines
Fair Danage Ment
Crown Winners at Iowa State Fair Contests
Crown new champions at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines with events spanning Aug. 21 to 30. The fiddlers contest runs August 22 and 24, alongside the Midwest National Horseshoe Tournament, Iowa Amateur Baseball Championship, team pulling, 4-H kittenball, Baby Health and boys and girls health contests, and the airplane building contest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clermont Local News Notes and Social Updates
Clermont community notes list residents ill or hospitalized at Postville and Decorah hospitals, visits to Iowa City Cedar Rapids and nearby towns, and social events. Highlights include Mrs Nels Gilbert and Mrs Ormis Trude sick, Eva Olson and Beulah Gunderson hospital care, local visitors from Northwood Madison and Detroit, and a May July birth height study joke.
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Nels Gilbert
Eva Olson
Postville Hospital
Jay White
Lenore
Fort Dodge
Lavanda Carr
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Marleen Hauslan
Reinerson
Gladys Gutteboe
Decorah
John Amdah
Ossian
Marie Strand
Walter Vinton
Joseph Bilden
Paul Bilden
Halver Olson
Northwood
N. D
E. E
J. E. Bilden
Floyd Thompson
Walter Follett
Hartman
Bertha Shipton
Detroit
Mich
Minnesota
Lavanda Smith
West Union
Fred Johnson
G. Gunston
Decorah Hospital
Katherine Berigan
Madison
Wis
Fred Raemer
Hartford
James
Margaret Powers
Powers
Nellie Sheehan
Archie Rolfs
Wauthena
Kansas
Dotty Olson
Gretchen Rolfs
Relfs
Clermont
Edgewood
B. A. Lenhart
Ridgeway
Waterville
Guernsey
Quasqueton
Windmills in Holland Replaced by Oil Pumping Gear
The article notes that the traditional windmills that drained Holland’s marshy meadows are largely replaced by oil driven pumping machinery. It references linguistic notes on the meaning of tomorrow and its use as a term of procrastination from Literary Digest.
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Holland's
Holland
Proboscis Monkeys Roam Borneo Wilderness
Proboscis monkeys with long noses inhabit the island of Borneo, their unique traits marking the region as their exclusive home.
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Borneo
Record breaking Iowa State Fair opens August 21 1936
Des Moines announces an eight day 1936 Iowa State Fair with a bumper agricultural show large livestock and premium increases. The program features include the national circuit auto races a massive midway horse shows rodeo and a record free campground area beginning August 23 and running to August 30 with expected large crowds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Iowa Public Schools
Iowa State Fair to Feature Record Farm Exhibits
Des Moines reports a strong summer rebound of farm shows after last year’s drought with top displays promised in corn and wheat classes. The Iowa State Fair opens August 23 and runs through August 34, with extensive county exhibits and notable fruit and preserved goods entries already reserved.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Beautiful but costly Backbone State Park project
The Backbone State Park project has consumed nearly two and a half years and over 20 CCC workers, with figures suggesting the park's total cost now exceeds a million dollars. Critics argue funds could have improved grain storage or nearby roads to ease farmers' hardship, while the park promises beauty upon completion.
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CCC
Backbone State Park
Macket
Press—Journal
Schrader Defends Iowa Laurels at State Fair Auto Meet
Schrader, 1934 national dirt track champion, is one of the first entries for the enlarged three day auto race meet at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on August 23 24 and 30. He faces upwards of forty top national drivers in the National Circuit races with speed fans promised some of the hottest racing in years.
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Des Moines
Gun Schrader
Nest with 41 quail eggs found in Roland area
Morris Hill of Roland reports discovering a nest containing 41 quail eggs in three layers, located in a four plum thicket on a Roland farm. A safety pin invention to spring shut is noted, with speculative notes on applying the idea to reduce hazards for babies and potentially for mankind.
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Morris Hill
Roland
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H. H. Whitcher
Union Study Club
Clayton CO
Plan Children’s Party
Ellen Bilden
Jerdee
Julian Moe
Winneshiek County
Beulah Gunderson
J. M. Quinn
Rose
Kathryn
Lewistown
Mont
T. A. Sheehan
Donald
Vincent
Sioux City
Edward T. Connors
Rosemary
Lois
Loyola
Eddy, Jr
Jefferson
T. F. Sheehan
Hopkins
Minn
F. K. Owens
Minneapolis
Ed Quinn
Thomas Cummings
George
New York
Schrader
the Echo Office
Carter
M.ca
Washington
Congress
Pathfinder
Pine
ORD
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
D. &. Boleyn
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