Local Society Notes and Visits Across Iowa Towns
Community members travel to and from Mason City Arlington Elgin Oelwein and Waterloo attend visits, dinners, showers, and social events. Families name Mrs Ruth Phell Mrs Beri Livingston Mrs Myrtle Greathead and Mrs Ann Poor among those hosting and receiving guests as illness weddings and charitable activities are mentioned.
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Rhell
Mason City
J. J. O'Hara
Beri Livingston
Dwight, I
Raymond Poor
Arlington
Jess Poor
Puckett
McCarthy
New York
Myrtle Greathead
Schroeder
Dundee
Walter Mexseeri
A. A. Finchin
Alpha
Arthur Herring
Elgin
Dawson Clark
Cart Cox
Manchester
Alfred Johnson
Ralph Reed
West Union
Alden Gell
B.D. Stockwell
Oelwein
Robert Whittenbaugh
Waterloo
Missionary Society
Annn Poor
Mary Jennings
Bessie Roberts
Megrie Johnson
Madge Corkery
Jeffersonian Beliefs Debated as Safest Guides for New Nation
Junior Herwig was absent due to illness while eighth grade students debated whether Jefferson's beliefs and policies were safer guides for the new nation than Hamilton's. The affirmative team featured Lucille Welsh, Betty Minihan, and Kenneth Weshell. the negative included Lucille Davis, Elizabeth Aetchliman, and Marian Weber with Ivan Flower as chairman. Seventeen eighth graders took exams at Wadena last Thursday and Friday under Supt Lowenberg, amid a declamatory contest trip by high school students and teachers to Volga City last Thursday evening.
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Jefferson
Hamilton
Lucille Welsh
Betty Minihan
Kenneth Weshell
Lucille Davis
Elizabeth Aetchliman
Marian Weber
Ivan Flower
Wadena
Supt. Lowenberg
Clair Corbin
Mary Frey
Ada Miller
Wadena School Notes First graders spell 100 percent
First grade pupils Dorothy Cline Darrel Johnson and Alice Sniffin earned perfect spelling scores. In second grade Betty Johnson Tee Aeschliman Lucy Jones and John Murray achieved the same feat. Mary Murray visited the room Thursday afternoon.
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Dorothy Cline
Darrel Johnson
Alice Sniffin
Betty Johnson
Tee Aeschliman
Lucy Jones
John Murray
Mary Murray
Miscellaneous aphorisms on life and society
A garbled collection of reflections on charm, law, intimacy, and human behavior. Notes touch on patient humor about philosophy, social hypocrisy, personal troubles, and the value of silence, with scattered references to crime, education, and biography, all hinting at broader moral observations.
Warren Perkins Rites Held for Longtime Arlington Resident
Warren Perkins aged 79 died at his daughter Hazel Frey home on January 32 1938 after a stroke. Born December 28 1853 between Wadena and Arlington he lived in several Iowa and Washington areas, married Deora Dempster in 1890 and farmed eight years in Washington before returning to Arlington. He bore nine grandchildren and was a Mason of Payette lodge 243. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Presbyterian church with burial in Taylorville cemetery.
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Warren Perkins
Calvin
Edith Perkins
Hazel Frey
Wadena
Arlington
Masonic Lodge No. 243
Payette
Strawberry Point
Will Frey
Presbyterian Church
H. O. Rondel
W. F. Moore
Leonhart
Orville Stow
Lola Gell
Masons of
Fayette
Fred Tschanty
J. M. Frey
Chas. Oldfather
W. D. Mattocks
Thore Thompson
George Schmidt
Taylorville Cemetery
Change of address notices under new postal law
Echo subscribers are asked to notify the subscription department promptly of any address changes. Newspapers must pay postage due for notices of address changes supplied by the Post Office. Delays and delivery failures persist, so sending changes in advance is advised.
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Echo
Princess M dvani Chides Police Over Speedy Ticket
The opera singer Mary McCormic known as The Princess M dvani complains about police efficiency after rushing to catch a matinee. She disputes the ticket process, hails a taxi, and leaves her chauffeur to handle the officer, delivering a clipped remark about their pace.
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Chicago
M'dvani
Mary McCormic
America
Tts
Erec
Begus
Secessary
Xinger
Ad led to penance charges after Newport separation
A Newport miner sought a meeting through an ad stating a young man wished to meet a widow with a child. He received one reply and corresponded, arranging to meet the correspondent. On arrival, his separated wife waited with a court order to answer arising penalties.
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Newport
England
Masa
Firefighting Pool Used To Douse Berwick Blaze
Firemen pumped water from a basement pool in the 3. M. A. building in Berwick Pennsylvania to battle a blaze on the third floor. Water lines feeding the pool were activated at once and firefighters estimated the supply would last about three hours.
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Swimming Peol Handy
Berwick
Fragmentary 1920 Test Dialogue Notes Found
The readable fragments show a February 14, 1920 test scene with a line about the size of a house and a dialogue tense exchange. Betty and Jack appear, with phrases about addresses, sales, and refusal. The garbled text suggests a staged or script-like transcript captured in a newspaper fragment.
Castalia Woman Dies After Long Illness at 23
Cestalia of Castalia died Tuesday evening January 31, 1933 at age 23 years 11 months 24 days after early schooling in Castalia and Postville. She is survived by her mother Mrs Nellie Cashman of Colorado Springs and three brothers Harold Los Angeles Charles and Leo Castalia, along with uncles aunts and other relatives. Funeral conducted by Rev J J Snyder at the Castalia home Friday noon with solos by Gerald Schori. Burial in Elgin Cemetery.
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Cestalia
Castalia
Jerade High School
Postville
Ter
Cillinys
Déeth
Nellie Cashman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Harold
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles
Leo
Castalla
J. J. Snyder
Elgin
Gerald Schori
Min
Esther Apdegraph
Evelyn Fisher
Catherine Mann
Babe Menu
Esther Schweinefus
Genevieve Bachelder
Mildred Bollman
Card of Thanks for Opal Denner Illness
We express sincere thanks for the kindness shown our daughter Opal during her recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Co Denner. Chimneys gradually developed from early periods with earliest forms in England around 1963 and in Venice noted after the great earthquake of 1947.
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Opal
Co Denner
England
Venice
Cut Glass History and the Dandridge Family
The text outlines cut glass origins in Bohemia in the seventeenth century and its spread to England by 1712, noting some scholars argue ancient presence. It then shifts to the Dandridge family, listing Marthe Dandridge and the eight siblings of John and Frances Jones Dandridge, including Martha and William.
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Bohemia
England
Dandridge
Marthe Dandridge
Irs
George Washington
John
Frances
Jones Dandridge
Martha
Wiliam
Bartholomew
Maria
Elizabeth
Hyacinths: care and water-growing method advised
Garden note advises growing hyacinths in water rather than potted in dark places. It recommends keeping them dry and not soaking the mother bulb, and suggests water culture as an effective method offered at garden dealers.
Faver's access fever named for infectious Gipeane orb
A brief report notes Faver’s access fever being named after the infectious entity Gipeane, associated with orca exposure discussions and potential public health implications. The item signals naming conventions in medical lore and ongoing interest in aquatic disease vectors.
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Faver
Seles Moves Open Average Three Times in Career
The article notes that the average American family moves three times in a lifetime. It discusses how relocation is common during career or family changes, reflecting on housing market patterns and mobility trends affecting households.
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Ethel Crandal
Ethel
Marian Davis
Laurel Welsh
Alfred Fox
Marathon
Lews
J. Schroeder
S. M. Jennings
Ellen Hicks
Rute Kennedy
Elkeder
Weber
Junior Herwig
Bette
Adres
Detroit
Agid
Jack
Sparta
DSS
Dinoeaure
Toseeshen—Hiamilton
Ontario
Seles
Sun
Mon
Will
Rogers
Marian Nixon
Dick Powell
State Bank
Iowa
DIU Nra Eng
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Mit Tel Mae
J. Ai Boleyn
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