Christmas activities and weddings in Wadena area
Local churches held meetings at homes with guests exchanging gifts and enjoying meals. Margie Mae Cline wed Dale Fox in Arlington with reception. many clubs and card groups met for Christmas parties. Community members traveled to Volga City and Dubuque for church events and a federal jury service. A Christmas program was planned for Lutheran, LT B, and Presbyterian churches.
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Dorcas Soviety
Zion! Lutheran Church
Louisa Schmidt
Will Young
Martin Frey
H. J. Aeschlimn
Fred Tschantz
Aug
Yearaus
Fred Heiden
Mae Hinkle Wid
Minnie Bender
Ida Mae
Dorothy Young
Robert Whittenbaugh
Lyal Whittenbaugh
U. B. Missionary Society
Farmer’s Home
Westerberg
Lundy
Ladies’ Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Ray Leonhart
Nay Terwis
Roy Legnhart
Pleasart Ridge Club
J. O. Fox
Milo Oldfather
D. B. Jellings
Auction Bridge Club
Olive Knutson
Lyle Kuhnes
J. C. Kennedy
Francis Corkery
Wm. Nelson
Farm Bureau
Ber
H. T. Holt
Erma Corkery
Klingman Hall
Lupi
Waverly
Ed Raftis
Dubuque
J. L. Knutson
West Union
Eid Krueger
Sumner
Schmidt
Harvey
Castalia
Louisa Schmidthom
Donna
Marcia
Waterloo
Jennie Veigh
Cedar Rapids
Marquette
Osta Anderson
Independence
Anderson
Lutheran
LT. B
Paradise on Nile on Old Map Exposed in London
A 500 year old Catalan world map exhibited in London locates Paradise at the Nile source in a jungle region of South Africa, marking a mythic origin of the famed river.
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Paradise
Nile
South Africa
London
Indian Pipe of Damp Woods
The Indian pipe is a curious parasite in Mie damp woods, drawing nourishment from decaying vegetation and old stumps as it grows ghostlike and white.
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Mie
Private railway car of Czar Nicholas II housed many clocks
Collier's Weekly notes the Czar Nicholas II private car contains eight clocks, 16 barometers, and 27 thermometers among its permanent fixtures. The detail illustrates elaborate onboard instrumentation used in imperial travel.
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Nicholas
Nicholas II of
Russia
Collier's Weekly
Clermont Local News Highlights Visits and Births
Local residents share guests and visits across multiple towns including Postville Monona Farmersburg Gunder and West Union. A new baby boy Franklin Junior born to Ben Wede and O K Kittleson another seven and a half pound girl born to O K Kittleson Dec 20 in Postville hospital. Community events include a shower and dance for Bessie Nelson and Harlan Williams at Johnson's hall.
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B. J. Crowe
Anna Mary
L. R. Jones
K. Kittleson
Arthur Loftsgard
Mildred Thorson
Belle Reierson
Ben Wede
Franklin Junior
Johnson's Hall
Bessie Nelson
Harlan Williams
Postville
Frank Moon
Mason City
Wil Moon
Farmersburg
Mary White
Forester
Marvin Davies
Jerdee
Irene Erickson
Singing Church Week Ahead Schedule
The Lutheran Church announces a week of services and choir events. Confirmation at Highland 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Luther League 7:30 p.m. West. Joint Choirs East 7:30. Mission Society West 2 p.m. Junior Choir 7 p.m. Senior Choir West 8:15. Communion Highland 8 p.m. Christmas Week includes West 9:30 a.m. East 11 a.m. Christmas tree West 7:30 p.m. Highland 11 a.m. Monday. Christmas tree Tuesday. Cantata The Christmas Adoration by Adams Cantata West 8 p.m. Wednesday Cantata at East Clermont 8 p.m. Thursday Senior Choir repeats at East Clermont 8 p.m. E. E. Ramsey, Pastor.
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Highland Church
Luther League
West Church
East Church
Mission Society
Adams
East Clermont
E. Ramsey
Aztec Ruins Name Origin Explained in New Mexico
A department of the interior bulletin notes there have never been Aztecs at the Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico. Early Animas valley settlers likely named the site after the Aztec Indians of Old Mexico. The ruins date back to at least 1110 CE, supported by a three-ring chronology.
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Aztec Ruins National Monument
New Mexico
Animas Valley
Old Mexico
Pueblo
Department of the Interior
Pulse Rate Averages in Adults and Ages
The average adult man has a pulse around 70 beats per minute while women range from 73 to 80. At birth the rate is about 149, in childhood about 100, and in extreme old age it falls to 75 to 80.
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
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Marilyn
Edwin Olson
Maynard
Harry Gunderson
Ronald
L. M. Hovland
Falb’s Meat
Hubinger
H. W. Falb
Lutheran Church
Merry Christmas
O’neill Drug Store
Cron
the Elgin Echo and Clermont Enterprise
R. P. Strauch
America
McCall's Magazine
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Parents
Pathfinder
Screen Book
Q Woman's World
Better Homes & Gardens
Motion Picture
American Poultry Journal Breeder's Gazette
American Review
Home Arie Needlecraft Home
Leghorn World
Plymouth Rock Monthly
Poultry Tribune
Woman's World
Magasines
SAS
American Fruit Grower
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