Wadena Area Socials Highlight Weekend Events
Beau Baldwin and Kathryn Baldwin of Clarke College Dubuque visited her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Baldwin in Wadena. Cler Whittenbaugh and Lawrence Whitcher visited Charles City friends. Various locals attended gatherings, cards, or sleigh rides with prizes awarded and birthday theater party noted.
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Kathryn Baldwin
Kathryn Manning
Clarke College
Dubuque
Tom Baldwin
Clair Whittenbaugh
Lawrence Whitcher
Charles City
M. H. Minihan
Elgin
Max Jennings
Rob Lockard
Ray Poor
Guttenberg
Kenneth Joyce
West Union
Emmet
Lyle Dance
Klingman Hall
Antos Eckhart
Arlington
Bert Aylsworth
W x
Waukon
Day Richards
Baby
Mary
Mia Whittenbaugh
Oelwein
Town City
A.G. Herrling
Wadena High School
Bert Erickson
Duane Raftis
Benton Missouri letter urges Red Cross flood aid
Alden Pinney writes from Benton Missouri about looming refugee camps as Mississippi flood threatens four counties. He notes local Red Cross collections reach $125 and urges area towns like Elgin to act. The Red Cross quota is reportedly met through county channels and national HQ.
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Rich
Red Cross
Elgin
Benton
War Department
Mississippi
Finad
A. P
Alden Pinney
Paul James Stillman Born to Brainard Couple
Brainard items note the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stillman on Friday January 26 named Paul James. The column also lists various visits, illnesses, and church events including Brainard Church notes with Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, B Y P U at 7, and evening service at 7 45.
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Harry Stillman
Paul James
Sheldon Moats
Scotch Grove
George Moats
Ellen Nutting
Ruths Hope
Sidney Nutting
Herbert Dummermuth
Grace Peters
Kenneth Kjosa
Kjosa
Pueaday
George Howard
Chas, Peters
Joe Peters
Wm. Nutting
Jimmie
Verne Nutting
Clermont
Donna Cummings
Elgin
Louis Becker
Kenneth Kansa
Brainard
Evolution of the galosh from wooden clog to overshoe
The galosh began as a wooden shoe or clog and later came to mean an overshoe. References date to 1683 with Challoshies described as false shoes or covers for shoes. The term is derived from French galoche via Latin Balopedium, a worn term for a low turning shoe.
Joys and Sorrows Wings and Spurs Colloquy
A thoughtful note contrasts joys as wings with sorrows as spurs, exploring how positive and negative experiences shape motivation and resilience. The reflection invites readers to consider emotional forces guiding personal growth and perseverance.
School Officials Entertained At Dinner
The advanced home economics class hosted a two course dinner in the school house Monday evening with school officials as guests. Tables in Mr. Jorgenson's classroom were decorated with ships on mirror trays as diners enjoyed ham loaves, escaloped potatoes, red apple cups, green beans, buttered corn, Chinese salad, Parker House rolls, frozen pudding and coffee. A lengthy guest list included Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Falk, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Crider, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gilbertson, Mrs. C. B. Schori, Mr. and Mrs. Max Hunsberger, Samuel Moshy, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Baumgartner, Supt. and Mrs. D. R. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Bauman, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lehman, R. C. Jorgenson and several Misses. The dinner was a successful affair, and the students were complimented on their culinary art.
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R. A. Crider
H. H. Gilbertson
Mra
C. B. Schori
Max Hunsberger
Samuel ‘Moshy
B. J. ‘Baumgartner
D. R. Roberts
J. Gordon Bauman
Sam Lehman
R. C. Jorgenson
Crowe
Olsen
Wegner
Steinmetz
Lindaman
Peterson
Scholz
Benefit dance for flush sufferers next Wednesday evening
A benefit dance is planned for flush sufferers next Wednesday evening February 10. Attendees are urged to pay for tickets early to secure entry.
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Red Cross
St Paul Business Improves Amid Odd Carnival Plans
Elgin Echo reports St Paul sees rising factory activity with three eight hour shifts and longer days while preparing for Outdoor Carnival week February 30 to February 5. The piece notes a record cold winter last year, jokes about beer venues for women, and mentions a Dublin Free Press tale on Jim Farley Ireland Maine Vermont colonization. It closes with a Red Cross benefit dance on February 10.
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Richard P. Strauch
Elgin Echo
Deeretree di
St. Paul
Cere
Minneapolis
Father Coughlin
Dublin Free Press
James A. Farley
Ireland
Maine
Vermont
Jim
To the Manner Born Phrase Origins in Hamlet
The phrase to the manner born stems from Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4 where the character says native here and to the manner born. It denotes being accustomed to a practice or local customs rather than implying a manor. Misunderstandings link it to mansions, giving rise to the mistaken form to the manor born.
Early American steam locomotives trial engineers and trips
Horatio Allen guided the Stourbridge Lion on its trial voyage dated August 8, 1820 marking the first US locomotive test. Peter Cooper oversaw the Tom Thumb trial on the Baltimore and Ohio on August 28, 1830. Nicholas W. Darrell piloted the Beat Friend of Charleston on its trial run November 2, 1830.
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United States
Horatio Allen
Stourbridge Lion
Peter Cooper
Baltimore & Ohio
Nicholas W. Darrell
Charleston
Earliest Bookplates Across Cultures and Eras
The earliest known bookplate appears on a clay tablet reading Property of Assurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria. The first paper bookplate emerges in a 1459 German woodcut, with the earliest American example a Printed John Williams plate dated 1679.
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Assurbanipal
Assyria
John Williams
Alaska Climate Notes Bring Limited Zero Degrees Record
A southeastern Alaska pattern shows hardly any days with zero temperatures. Data indicate zero readings occur at Juneau less than twice yearly and at Sitka Gags Logic under once per year, suggesting milder inland extremes than coastal towns.
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Alaska
Juneau
Sitka
Brittany Pardons Unite Villages in Saint Images Processions
In Brittany each community observes a Pardon a religious procession where most residents carry saint images from the village church to bless fields and mark agricultural moments. These Pardons may occur between sowing and harvest periods reflecting local devotion and seasonal rhythms.
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Brittany
Finicky Giraffe Boss at Toledo Zoo Feeds Himself
Doug lass Hook, a Toledo Zoo steward with four years of giraffe experience, notes the giraffes are the most finicky eaters. He bakes 42 five pound loaves per batch, mixing 150 pounds of flour with bran salt bone meal oil sugar and yeast for the zoo’s bread supply. He also treats boarders with bread cubes infused with castor oil when needed, though giraffes often refuse such offerings.
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Toledo Zoo
Douglass Hook
Toledo United Press
Hook
Poland's Central Institute of Physical Education
Poland near Warsaw hosts a $2,000,000 Central Institute of Physical Education at Marymont. The co educational campus spans 160 acres with Europe's largest permanent stadium. It trains athletic instructors for the army, schools, clubs and offers sports medicine specialization, dormitories and even beauty parlors for women athletes.
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Poland
Warsaw
Central Institute of Physical Education
Marshal Pilsudski
Marymont
Europe
Rabbits Survive Drought While Sheep Struggle In Australia
In Australia rabbits and sheep share food sources but rabbits select richer grasses and crops. During a drought rabbits persist while sheep perish, aided by mulga scrub as a drought staple for sheep though rabbits also feast on mulga seedlings. Wind erodes bare ground turning terrain to desert.
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Australia
New German Diesel Engine Burns Any Fuel
A new German diesel engine, described by Power magazine, can run on diverse fuels from hard and soft coal to agricultural waste and peelings. Developed over twenty years by Rudolph Pawlikowski, the device promises flexible operation, using materials such as peat, sawdust, pine needles, hay, cotton hulls, and peanut residues.
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Power
Rudolph Pawiikowski
Museum Receives 70 Pound Hinges From Wrangell House
A pair of 70 pound hinges were delivered to the territorial museum in Juneau Alaska. They came from a door two feet thick of the old Wrangell custom house that miners used as headquarters during the gold rush days.
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Juneau
Alaska
Territorial Museum
Wrangell Custom House
Different Kind Invents Rubber Glass in Popping Tom Misprint
A reader notes a comical fragment about a rubber glass and monoculars, referencing a Cincinnati item and a misread line. The text shows garbled OCR with unclear attribution and humor, lacking coherent events or dates.
Pathfinding counsel in a smoky basement warning
A fragment from Pathfinder Magazine shows dialogue urging practical faith to move a mountain and apply it to ashes in a basement, suggesting a cautionary, survivalist tone. The text references Kilgosh and Mra in a terse, cryptic exchange.
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Kilgosh
Pathfinder Magazine
Anxiously Waiting Algy in Stray Stories Magazine
A recounting tale from Stray Stories Magazine where the narrator recalls a tense moment as a big brute threatens to blow their brains out. The fragment hints at fear and danger within a chilling anecdote.
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Algy
Stray Stories Magazine
Platform as a political bunker in golf strategy
In politics a party platform acts like a golf bunker, a mandatory rule you must navigate. The analogy suggests the platform sets required guidelines while testing a candidate’s ability to maneuver around constraints with skill and precision.
Understanding Iowa Children Early Treatment for Handicaps
Aimed at recognizing and treating handicaps in Iowa children, the article argues early identification and training enable better outcomes and economic self sufficiency. It cites over 3 million affected nationwide, notes social security act limits, and urges parental responsibility in early intervention.
Early screening advised for preschool defects
Parents should have children examined early in the preschool years to detect defects. If a defect is found, do not assume the child will grow out of it. without superior treatment the defect often worsens as the child grows. Sponsored by the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station at the University of Iowa.
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Towa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Versailles Orange Trees Guarded Through Centuries
Americans touring the palace gardens at Versailles have seen about 1,200 orange trees, each in its own wooden pot. Many date to Louis XIV’s era and are kept under strict care. When cold, they are brought indoors. Twice yearly they receive a diet of ox blood and water, and the loam is fully refreshed at intervals.
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Palace Gardens
Versailles
Louis XIV
Abbey Abbey as a monastic community description
The Abbey Abbey is a church and group of buildings forming a community where more than twelve monks or nuns reside and carry out daily religious life.
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Arenas
Anitteteunt Eeam
Missouri
Muehlenthaler
Andrew Evans
Blackburn
England
Giraffe
Finicky
Cincinnatii
Iowa
Carter
Echo
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