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The calendar lists Dec 25 to Jan 2 as Christmas vacation with events in early January. A Dec 21 gym program features songs, readings, tableaux, and choruses by grades 1–8, plus a band and glee club party. Letters to Santa include humorous wishes from students, reflecting school life and festive activities.
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Oran
Waucoma
Randalia
St. Nicholas
Dean Torkelson
Lauretta Gilson
Leo Schori
Santa’s Toys
Jane Farb
Shirley Reusser
Gerald Blockhus
James Dawson
Jim Bovis
Alice Grimm
Girls’ Glee Club
Lester Grimm
Bethlehem
Tommy Barker
Gerald Boyer
Alfred Boleyn
Norma Torkelson
Orient
George Christen
Les Grimm
George Bovis
Robert Larson
Mavis Miller
Helen Wenger
Glee Club
Santa Claus
Bear Santa
John D. Rockefeller
Decorah
Toby Wengert
Santa
Chevrolet
Elkader
Ruthie
Jim Christ
Hedy LaMarr
Opal Faye Dennier
Lyle
Gunder
Wirley
Gene Bailey
Avis Mark
Clifton Koher
Jane Falb
Doris Hanson
Iowa Agriculture Outlook 1940 Projects Growth in Horticulture and Livestock
Iowa farmers anticipate larger lamb supplies and continued gains in dairy efficiency as crested by rising butterfat yields. The state steers malting barley trade, expands apple orchards to meet demand, and plans disease resistant queen bees for beekeepers. Projections show steady seed germination and better crop quality amid higher grain and flax acreage.
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Iowa
Size of Belgian Congo Compared to US States
The Belgian Congo is described as roughly the size of the 15 southern states of the United States, illustrating its vast expanse. This comparison emphasizes the Congo’s extensive land area in relation to a well known U.S. regional block.
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Belgian Congo
United States
Cown' Like 'Greenbacks' After Slumber on Farm
Louis Kuhns awoke on his Illinois farm to find his check book handkerchief and a $50 roll missing. Six cows grazed nearby as a veterinarian recovered the treasure from one cow’s stomach after a successful operation.
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Iinola
Louis Kuhns
Kuhns
Oldest Apple Tree Sight in Vancouver Washington
A Pacific Northwest tourist sight in Vancouver Washington near the Evergreen and Pacific Coast highways marks the oldest apple tree in the region. The 112 year old tree still bears fruit attracting visitors.
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Washington State
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver, Wash
Fourists in Poland offer estate living for a modest fee
A fragment describes a Poland option where visitors can stay at a country house estate with riding and shooting rights and pay about 88s per guest, comparable to a small seaside boarding house rate.
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Poland
Aesop Dissolves Pearl to Taste Expensive Drink
Aesop son of Clodius Aesopus dissolved a pearl worth 4000900 in vinegar to obtain the satisfaction of drinking the most expensive drink ever prepared.
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Aesop
Clodius Aesopus
Squirrels and Marital Declarations In Odd News
In Vancouver a golfer laments a squirrely shot that lands in a fir tree where a dead squirrel lies beside his ball. In San Francisco, Jimea Byron Roden files to marry as his fourth wife, with officials noting no obstacle after reviewing his marital history.
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George Wells
Vancouver
Waah
Jimea Byron Roden
San Francisco
Roden
Signage tells tale of a park theft in Salt Lake City
A polite note hung on a Salt Lake City parking meter asked for a brown leather jacket to be returned, reading it was taken yesterday and asking for its restoration. The next day a second sign appeared apologizing and saying the jacket had been pawned.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Burglar an Epicure Steals From Boston Provisions Store
A Boston thief entered a provisions shop and sampled a dozen cakes and pies. He took two pies with the exact tangy taste and left, an action described as the work of an epicure.
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Epicure
Boston
Finland Pays Debt Despite the War
A photograph shows Finland’s check for 234693 drawn on National City Bank of New York, delivered by Hjalmar Procope, Finnish Minister, to Henry Morgenthau Jr., U.S. secretary of the Treasury, in Washington last week. The payment covers Finland’s current debt installment and interest.
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New York
N. Y
Finland
National City Bank of
Hjalmar J. Procope
United States
Henry Morgensthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Bricker Calls for WPA Reform at NYC Dinner
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker addressed the Ohio Society of New York dinner at the Hotel Pennsylvania, criticizing the WPA as a political racket and urging its replacement by a locally administered system funded by local, state, and federal participation. He spoke alongside Kenneth F. Simpson and Bruce Barton as part of the gathering honoring Bricker.
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New York City
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Center
Kenneth F. Simpson
Eft
Republican National
New York
Bruce Barton
Ohio Society of New York
Pennsyl
Vania
Gov. Bricker
Society
G. O. FP
New Deal
WPA
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John Falk & Sons
Elgin
Clermont Garage
A. L. Pringle
East Broadway
Sedalia
Albert Butikofer
Waters Bros
Postville
Jim Taylor
Chester
Edwin Hanson
Nash
H. W. Falk
Echo Office
Rev
P. F. Zoschke
Lorenz Bigler
Carpenter’s Blacksmith Shop
Wadena
E!gin Echo
Ethel Rennison
Echo
O'Neill Drug Co
Elgin Echo
Elmer Pinney
West Elgin
Keith Waters
R. P. Strauch
Towa
Farmer’s Cars
R. P. Strauch, Elgin, Agt
Employer’s Mutual Casualty Co
Town’s Largest Casualty Co
Atracombe Bachelors’ Club
Ilfracombe
Eingland
Becauue
Aled
Ipite
Medberry’s Service Station
Fcsuu Ubleea Atts
Mr. and
Mrs. C. O. Christ
Biasese
Torkelson Bros
Elgin Oil Company
F. D. Welch
H. H. Wolf
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