Spiritually Beautiful Old Lady and The Golden Rule
A Herald column from Slayton Minnesota reflects on spiritual beauty over material wealth. It contrasts a beloved humble elder with a wealthy unhappy woman and recalls Jesus teaching that happiness comes from mercy and purity of heart, loving others, and following the golden rule. It urges acts to make others happy to gain personal joy.
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Matthew
Sea of Galilee
Jerusalem
Tyre
Sidom
Hérald
Slayton
Minn
Late Teens Risk Tuberculosis Warned By Physician
A physician visiting a friend warned that girls in their late teens aged 16 to 19 face the greatest tuberculosis risk due to heavy social and academic demands. He cautioned long hours, dancing, early rises, and insufficient sleep weaken resistance, noting young women lead consumptives in the United States.
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United States
Building up girls' health against disease through diet and rest
A Sioux City Journal report notes concerns over girls being less robust than boys and the link between dieting and tuberculosis. It stresses the doctor’s view that strong resistance to disease comes from ample sleep, adequate nutrition, proper diet, and relaxation for girls in this age group.
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Sioux City Journal
Iowa Contractors Bid Preference Urged by North Iowa Times
The letter criticizes the Clayton County board of supervisors for letting out local gravel work to a Wisconsin firm, leaving local workers unpaid. It urges Iowa-only bidding to protect state industries and prevent layoffs, noting a relet to another Wisconsin firm and calling for action to favor Iowa contractors.
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Board of Supervisors
Clayton County
Wisconsin
Iowa
North Iowa Times
Weaker sex has longer life and local reflections
A census notes Elgin has about 50 widows and only five or six widowers, sparking debate on whether the weaker sex endures longer or the presidency harms male leaders. The piece also covers suicides of two Brooklyn men amid recession, shifts in meat supply from local to distant packers, and local newspaper loyalties to ad revenue.
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Elgin
Elkader Register
Big City
One-Sided Devotion and Advertising Parades
Bruce Barton, a nationally known advertising authority, says you cant advertise today and quit tomorrow. You are not talking to a mass audience, you are talking to a parade. Three hundred fifty nine more days until Christmas.
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Harlan Republican
Denison
Harlan Theatre
Carroll Herald
Republican
Harlan
Bruce Barton
Christmas Tree Light Vandalism in Volga City
Three youths, described as American citizens, roamed Volga City streets Monday night around 11 00, cutting and breaking bulbs from Christmas tree lights in front of business houses. The Volga City News condemns the act, noting business districts prepared for festive display and warning the culprits to mind their steps.
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Volga City
Finish steel on Marquette span completes structure
The final steel pieces for the Marquette span were installed, rivets started today, and wood flooring is expected to begin by next week. On the Prairie span, the wire crew has placed over 1800 wires in favorable weather and will finish by week’s end, while the steel deck spans move into place starting Monday.
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Marquette
Prairie
North Iowa Times
Sense and Nonsense What Names
A humorous mix of classroom arithmetic lessons and odd anecdotes. It recounts how pupils grasp subtraction by denomination and recalls a Texas hotel encounter where a private dining room becomes a deadpan joke. It also notes Luther College’s two year non coeducational status and a quip about coal and diamonds.
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Jake Green
Borger
Texas
Jake
Advertising and Prices Stir Public Skepticism in Small Town
The article argues advertising lowers prices by boosting production and expanding demand, allowing mass production and bulk stock purchases. It cites examples of reduced costs from large ad campaigns and notes well advertised goods sell themselves, easing sales resistance for retailers. Local notes mention residents Joe Potter and Mrs Emiline Capper visiting, plus Elgin High School senior class reunion hosted by Lewis Thoms with attendees listed.
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Han Claire
Wis
Elgin High School
Lewis Thoms
Bernita Bopp
Clifton Kiple
Robert Wilson
Gladys Schneider
Marguerite , Schupbach
Dale DeSart
Hilda Meyer
Edith Holzer
Elizabeth Foxwell
J. D. Shaffer
Lewia Thoma
Local color and a crime scare mingle in town chatter
The piece blends light notes about barber Harry Becker's mustache fad with a serious report from Fillmore County. A Laneshoro motorist lost 116 dollars to a hitchhiker near Fountain, who forced him from the car at gunpoint. the car was later found abandoned. The column also notes odd farm anecdotes from Elgin, including the Gilbertson boys plowing stubble and a flashback to Gus Gunderson's December 28 1870 memory.
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Harry Becker
Harry
Fillmore County
Fountain
Spring Valley
Minn
W.F. Sybilrud
Lanesboro
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R. P
Sfrauch
Fayette County
Losi
Mrae Epirorial Association
Brooklyn
Bruce B. Baxter
School of Religion
University of Southern California
Bill
Kate
Sidney
Luther College
Board of Education
Minneapolis
Luther
Joe Potter
Emiline Capper
Chicago
Chas
Capper
Stoehr Drug Store
Berg
Fred R. Berg Elgin
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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