Declamatory contest honors at Presbyterian church
Virginia Herwig won oratorical and Janice Nelson dramatic, with John Erickson and Burdena Moore placing second. Donna Johnson led humor and Edgar Dunn second. Mrs. Marjorie Learn coached. music by boys and girls glee clubs led by Charles Muelder. judges included Martha Manning, Prof. Marshall, and Robert Graham. Altar Society plans a December 3 chicken supper and bazaar at Klingman's hall.
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Presbyterian Church
Virginia Herwig
John Erickson
Janice Nelson
Burdena Moore
Donna Johnson
Edgar Dunn
Marjorie Learn
Charles Muelder
Martha Manning
Prof
Marshall
Robert Graham
Altar Society
Klingman’s Hall
A. G. Herrling
Lyle Herrling
Kansas City
S. V. Curnovk
Dubuque
Byers
Wadena
Jeanette Coughlin
John Thiele
Oelwein
Will Whittenbaugh
Aileen Ann Messerli
West Union High School
Clem Messerli
Lyal Whittenbaugh
John
Monona
Arthur Jones
Glen Hogeboon
Madison
Wis
H. T. Holt
Junior Patterson
Mercy Hospital
Miro
Rovert
Waterloo
Amelia Fay Moore
Cedar Falls
W. F. Moore
Laura Rector
Ryan
Esther Owens
Chas
Muelder
Industry
Paul Neuman
Lena Aeschliman
Kathryn Baldwin
Marie Corkery
Rulers Named Antioch Founded Dozens of Cities
Greek rulers who founded at least sixteen cities bore the name Antioch, and about twelve additional ancient cities were renamed Antioch. The takeaway notes the widespread use of the toponym across Hellenistic settlements and later urban renamings.
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Antioch
To Have To Hold And To Power In Family Bonding
A mother recounts guiding her daughter Kate to share responsibility for a new baby. The child speaks of the baby affectionately, powdering, dressing, and rocking him, while adults discuss balancing attention among siblings and preventing jealousy.
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Dave
Peters
Mrs. Parsons
Jack Peers
Kate
Thanksgiving Dinners Shared Across Local Families
Brainard Items notes visiting relatives from Chicago and nearby towns. Families gather for Thanksgiving meals in multiple homes including Lyon, Patterson, Nutting, Boyer, Gilbert, Howard, and Moats households, with several extended relatives attending a silver wedding anniversary in Waukun.
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Frank Lyon
George Boyle
E. R. Nutting
Gran Nutting
Sidney Nutting
Ray Gilbert
Melvin Hansen
Harvey Gilbert
Marshalltown
John Barnhouse
Lew Grover
Herbert Miller
Vern Boyer
Reece Moats
Monticello
Sheldon Moats
Sam Howard
George Howard
L. D Hitch
Wilma
William
S. S. Patterson
Clarence
Frani Boyle
Frank Howard
Waukun
Richard Kuhis
Sheldon
Community Dinner and Social Whirl Highlights
Wednesday dinner at the Elgin School served by economics girls with Mrs. Vern Boyer in attendance. Guests included Mrs. Clarence Tripp and Mrs. Sheldon Meats at the Riley Grimes home Monday, plus a rool supper in the Sam Howard home. Sunday dinners hosted by the Don Cummings and Joe Peters households featured Geraldine and George Howard Jr. Brainard Church notes list Sunday school at 10 30 a m and preaching at 8 p m with choir practice at the Vern Boyer home Friday night. Rey A R Belknap Pastor.
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Vern Boyer
Elgin School
Economics
Clarence Tripp
Sheldon Meats
Riley Grimes
George Howard
Sam Howard
Sidney Nutting
E. R. Nutting
Don Cummings
Geraldine
George Howard, Jr
Joe Peters
Brainard
Vern
Boyer
Rey
A. R. Belknap
University of Iowa Brevities and Holiday Plans
University of Iowa appeals for gifts to 100 young patients at the children's hospital, inviting Iowa citizens to donate toys books clothing and magazines. A coaches clinic led by Rollie Williams will occur December 3 at 2 30 p m with an informal Q and A on basketball matters. Also notes students will depart December 16 for Christmas break with 6000 on campus, and University of Town lists bargain basketball pricing for six Big Ten home games with reserved seats 75 cents and general admission 40 cents and 25 cents for nonconference games.
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Children's Hospital
University of Iowa
Iowa
Robert IE. Neff
Carleton
Rollie Williams
University of Town
Balinese Culture Roots in Poetry and Arts Throughout Society
The Balinese are portrayed as highly cultured and responsible far from childlike. The migration of Java’s intellectuals during the Mohammedan surge to Bali helped spread classics and cultivated arts such as music, dance, sculpture, and painting across priests, peasants, men, and women who are widely trained in performing arts and crafts.
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Java
Bali
Lanizs Baby Stricken With Bronchial Pneumonia
Local notices list numerous Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings across Elgin and nearby towns. Names include Laniz, Peters, Dummer, Knight, Schweitzer, Greenough, Boleyn, Berg, Lehman, Carsten, Hochanton, Bovis, Johnson, Medberry, Habeger, Schierholz, Nelson, Muehlethaler, Frieden, Kiple, and Nenno with multiple travel and hosting details.
Herbs Through Time Across Cultures and Gardens
The article traces herbs as a universal heritage dating back 4000 years from Egypt and ancient Greece, through medieval monastery and Tudor gardens, to 17th century homes and Colonial gardens, highlighting their fragrance and culinary promise.
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Egypt
Greece
Early Western Europe math on fingers and abacus
A Collier's Weekly note recalls how in late medieval Europe adding and subtracting by fingers or on an abacus defined educated status. Manuals then urged learning simple numerical problems by primitive methods amid widespread interest.
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Europe
Collier's Weekly
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