Wanderers Visit A G Herrling Home In Wadena
Residents and guests from Iowa City West Union and Fayette participated in visits and social events across Wadena. Dinners, bridge prizes, hospital news, and clerical movements pepper the week as families moved between towns and townsfolk hosted gatherings at multiple homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Tynan
Prudente
David
Iowa City
A. G. Herrling
Nina Davis
Sumner
Walter Zupke
Zella Duncan
Gerald
West Union
Olive Knutson
Roy Leonhart
Auction Bridge Club
HT. Holt
Francis Corkery
Arthur Herrling
Ray Herwig
al Dahlgren
Leo Metcalf
Scott
A. D. Finch
Will Jones
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Don Henry
Lima
Westerberg
Henry
U. B. Church
Ralph Holtzman
C. C. Corbin
Westerbergs
Mayme Molumby
St. Paul
Minn
Glen Boston
Ollie Boston
Marjorie Whittenbaugh
Gertrude Frey
Elva Clark
Randalia
Dell Austin
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Gon John
Monona
Arthur Jones Horne
Gordon Fay
Waterloo
George Fay
Borland
Fayette
Jennie Crawford
Altar Society
Elsie Flana-gan
Zita Little
George Wright
New York
James Bowles
Jay Broughton
San Diego
Calif
Lizzie Schrock
Walter
Adam Cook
Zella Bracley
Rose Schmidt
Wrey Letterman
Harlem
Montana
Long Beach
Mary Knrich
Lester Shaffer
Clint Shaffer
Clermont Helen Louise Ferry
Ted Nus
Arlington
5. V. Carnock
Adolph Weber
Square Dean Club
Wesley Phelps
Luther Crandall
Alfred Johnson
A. Dahlgren
H. H. Whitener
End of Bachelor Tax in Bermutt Ends a Ruinous Custom
A historical note describes the demise of a bachelor tax once enforced to fund remittance or celibacy measures in Bermutt. The policy, linked to societal views on female beauty and social order, gradually faded as its practical and moral drawbacks outweighed any perceived benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermutt
Hi Ho of Chinatown Warns on Wicked Pounders
The sage Hi Ho from Chinatown warns that cruel pounders who delight in cruelty should be watched to prevent them from gaining control of the nation’s music. The remark frames a concern over influential powers shaping cultural sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Ho
Chinatown
The Spendthrift Parents Debate Joeys Allowance
Mrs Ferguson suggests a wrong idea about Joeys money and the knife purchase. Mr Ferguson argues for early financial lessons and gradual increases in allowance to teach value, earnings, and responsibility, planning a staged progression from childhood to Joeys age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
James
Fannie
Joey
Joe Sr
Elgin Iowa Council Proceedings December 5 1938
Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with all members present. Minutes of prior meeting read and approved. Bills audited and allowed include salaries, cement work, telephone service, freight, power and lighting costs, supplies, and county taxes. meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
George Boyle
STLBS
Len Boleyn
Central States Power & Light Corp
Hall Chandler Co
Chas. Feller
Schori & Kuster Lor, Co
O'Neill Drug Co
Geo. Vaughn
C. J. Harrington
Largest Statue of Christ Rises Over Rio de Janeiro
The world's largest Christ statue rises on Hunchback Mountain, about 2400 feet above Rio de Janeiro. It is a concrete modernist design, claimed by Coller's Weekly to be 110 feet tall, more than four times higher than the Christ of the Andes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Hunchback Mountain
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coller
Andes
Eight Pointed Star Flag Displayed in Easton Library
A noted early American flag with eight pointed stars was preserved in Easton Pennsylvania's library. It was unfurled when the Declaration of Independence was read from the courthouse steps on July 8, 1778.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Court House
Elgin High School Plans Christmas Holiday and Programs
Pupils at Elgin High School enjoy an eleven day Christmas break from December 22 to January 3. A Christmas program is in preparation for December 21, with scenes and decorations from primary through grammar rooms. Reports include student projects, geography studies on Norway and Australia, and personal autobiographies in seventh grade. Senior activities feature home economics dinners, and commercial department notes highlight typing and shorthand achievements.
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The
Elgin High School
Echo
Norway
Dorothy Torkelson
Jane Coolidge
Sonora
Mexico
Jane
Gordon Mosby
Australia
Otis Torkelson
Highland Township
Clayton County
Iowa
Otis Leon Torkelson
Elgin
Betty Alice
Liz
Home Economics
R. A. Crider
Mr. Wilkinson
Independence
Margaret Crider
Wilma Lehman
Kathleen Steele
Gregg Writer
John McMillan
Jacob Schneider
Upper Iowa earns multiple spot on All Conference team
Upper Iowa sports writers select All Conference honorees. Joe Tate and Cecil Spatcher earn first team, Rex Chamberlain on second team, Howard Strong and Tony Andrusyk receive honorable mention. Spartans laud coach Dec Dorman as Peacocks beat the Spartans of the University of Dubuque and Luther, reinforcing their top Iowa Conference rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa
Joe Tate
Cecil Spatcher
Rex Chamberlain
Howard Strong
Tony Andrusyk
Spartans
Peacocks
Dec Dorman
Iowa
University of Dubuque
Luther
Northern Iceland Town Aurlandvaer Is Main Settlement
In northern Iceland the town of Aurierey or AUrl is described as the main settlement in the region. The text notes its prominence in the northern part of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
A&ureyri
Doc Dorman Leads Large 24-Man Basketball Squad
Coach Doc Dorman and assistant Wilkinson prepare a sizable roster after trimming from 40 to 24. The group includes lettermen Richard Hamnquest Vance Rimmer Grover Miehe Stanley Hanson Cecil Spatcher and more. Schedule lists home and away games across December February with multiple ties to Luther Wartburg Simpson and Buena Vista. Also notes top calcium sources such as milk cheese greens molasses sorghum and sugar cane syrups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc” Dorman
Fiat
Old Wilkinson
Richard Hamnquest
Vance Rimmer
Grover Miehe
Stanley Hanson
Cecil Spatcher
Kenneth
Kimport
Fae Tate
Austin
Minn
Manly
Elmer Stickford
Garnaville
Fayette
Lyle Patterson
Lakota
Richard Harrnquest
Des Moines
Gayle Smith
Arlington
Delhi
Maynard
Kenneth Kimport
Manchester
George Bray
Waukon
Dale Alderson
Dennison
Patrick Livingston
Bellevue
Arnold Rimmer
Burton Mitchell
Hawkeye
Harold Bates
Fairbank
Lowell Zearley
Garber
Robert Bacon
Randalia
Edward Barnes
Strawberry Point
Charles Levin
Hampton
Robert Allyn
Winthrop
Charles Morgan
Stanley
Bert McKin
Deloit
Dale Schlimmerhorn
Hazelton
Counting Systems Across Isolated Peoples
A native Australian reportedly counts only to four with words limited to the flat four numbers. The Andamanese, when uncivilized by Europeans, are said to lack words for numbers above two, though they can count to ten by a nose-strike and the phrase This, also.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seid
Unclear passage on speech fear and local geography
The text discusses lalophobia a reluctance to speak due to fear of errors or stuttering. It then gives scattered notes about Hong Kong’s area 29 square miles and chimpanzee habitat in central Africa with color notes on fur and skin changes. The passage lacks a coherent news angle or distinct event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Hong
Hong Kong
Central
Africa
Father of modern statistics Quetelet born in Ghent 1786
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, renowned statistician astronomer and mathematician, is regarded as the father of modern statistics. He was born in Ghent in 1786 and died in Brussels in 1874.
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Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quete
Jet
Ghent
Brussels
Marriage Revokes Will In Many States
Government legal notice notes that in many states the will of an unmarried woman is deemed revoked by her subsequent marriage. The rule affects wills and estates, with the potential impact on heirs and succession.
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Wadena
Oc Meet
Cax
Towa
Towa Child Welfare Research Station
Council Proceedings
Mother Mary
Lehmen
Betty
Gordon Zurbriggen
Aj Street
Decorah
Dubuque
Elgin Echo
McAllister
Wartburg
Western Union
Buena Vista
Simpson
Storm Lake
le Mars
Waverly
Univ. of
the Elgin Echo and Clermont Enterprise
R. P. Strauch
McCall's
Christian Herald
Pictorial Review
Better Homes & Gardens
Home Ars-Needlecraft
Motion Picture Magazine
American Fruit Grower
American Poultry Journal
Breeder's Gazette
Cloverleaf American Review
Country Home
Farm Journal
Leghorn World
Mother's Home
Pathfinder
Plymouth Rock Monthly
Poultry Tribune
Woman's World
American Poultry Jours
Cloverleaf Americ Country Home
Alome Circle
Capper
Home Arts
Needlecraft
Mother's Home Life
Rhode Island
Red Journ
IL Four
Regia
Omer
Fest Office
Red
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