Local News Briefs From Wadena Area Highlights
Wadena notes include Square Deal club social with prizes for Ruth Thompson and others, a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. William Yearous, and a home fire on Orville Doland property. Prudence Tynan visits grandparents. Riverside Creamery directors reelected and butterfat price set. Numerous community events: PTA study club, glee club party, farewell for Ole Erickson, and local visits by many residents.
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Square Deal Club
Alfred Johnson
Glen Minger
Luther Crandall
Mary Henrich
Ruth Thompson
Vida Henrich
Roy Leonhart
Floyd Patterson
Orville Doland
Prudence Tynan
Iowa City
A. G. Herrling
Francis Corkery
Rochester
Minn
Ralph Shaffer
Dawson Clark
Henry Lockard
John Walters
Maynard
Maynard High School
Wadena High
Riverside Mutual Creamery
J. M. Frey
D. B. Jellings
Geo. Thompson
Carl Gehring
Henry Feller
Davis
Bert Benson
Guy Ernst
W. ¥. Moore
W. F. Moore
Wm. Nelson
Eagles’ downward gaze aids prey sight from above
The passage notes eagles are designed to look downward, seeing upward only with difficulty. It explains this helps locate prey below during soaring quests and that the overhanging brow shades the bird from overhead sun, per the American Wildlife Institute.
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American Wildlife Institute
Big Bass Drums and Little Light Pipes Scene
Doris Ferguson away as Joe Fanny and Joey settle to radio music in the living room. A family dialogue unfolds about listening, boredom and ignorance. Joe explains high notes as birds and the rumble as a coming storm, guiding Joey to imagine the music’s story. The family grows quiet as the storm passes and sun returns.
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Doris Ferguson
Joe
Fanny
Joey
Joe Sr
Obituary of Sarah Elizabeth Phillips Shaffer
Sarah Elizabeth Phillips Shaffer of Elgin died February 11 193 at age 74 8 months 19 days. Born May 22 1864 in West Union she was the last of six children. She married Jerome I Phillips in 1884 and lived at Riceville Arlington Illyria Pleasant Valley before moving to Elgin in 1901. One child Leota Phillips Welch survives with her widower and many relatives. Funeral attendance noted from distant neighbors and thanks extended for sympathy and floral offerings.
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Sarah Elizabeth Shaffer
Israel
Margarety Shaffer
West Union
Elgin
Wenger
Brush Creek
Arlington
Jerome I. Phillips Jar
Riceville
John JD. Shaffer
Illyria Township
Illyria Church
Pleasant Valley Township
Leota Phillips Welch
Phillips
United Brethren Church
Fred Keeling
Volga City
Myrtle O'Dell
Milwaukee
Wis
Guy Whitford
Boies Capper
Postville
Joe Potter
Enid
Okla
Clarence Young
Cedar Rapids
I. F. Shaffer
Thomas
Wm. Frederick
Zarl Tacquette
Dale
Mary Crefelt
Guttenberg
Ray Shaffer
Herschel Shaffer
J.T. Phillips
F. D. Welch
First Steamer Across Atlantic
The Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic in 25 days from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, England, powered by paddle wheels that could be stowed. It used sails when needed, marking a transition to steam propulsion culminating in the Great Western’s 1838 voyage of 12 days 7.5 hours.
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Atlantic
Savannah
Georgia
Liverpool
England
Great Western
Ocean
Pikes Peak and Births Not Uniformly Distributed
Not tallest but famed Colorado summit Pikes Peak rises above trees to 12 000 feet with winter snow and summer bald granite. Zebulon M. Pike first sighted in 1806 while surveying for Jefferson. not scaled until 14 years later. Births in US and Europe show spring peaks and fall second peak with summer drop and November December deficiency.
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Pikes Peak
Colorado
Zebulon M. Pike
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Origin of Word Chipper Examined in Etymology Discussion
The note explores possible roots of the word chipper. It suggests chipmunk as a speculative Algonquin source but finds dictionaries favoring an English dialect path connected to chirrup and pert with added onomatopoeia.
Local notes from Elgin and surrounding towns
Illness and travel updates across Elgin and nearby areas. Harry Becker missed work due to illness Monday at his partner shop. Roy Knight of Farmers' Coop fell sick Tuesday. Milton Miller has held carpentry work in Bloomington Wisconsin for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Wm Howard and children visited Mrs Bertha Kipile. Mrs Ray Stratton of Huron came Monday to stay with her daughter Mrs Mary Bakeman. J R Stewart of Cedar Rapids visited W R Stewart home. W R Stewart and J R Stewart of Cedar Rapids traveled to Ottumwa on business.
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Lawrence Whitcher
Richard
Clermont
H. H. Whitcher
Mike Tynan
Iowa City
A. G. Herrling
Prudence Tynan
Mary Smith
Arlington
C. S. Flower
Henry Larson
Mercy Hospital
Delwe
Larson
Luther Crandall
Richard Gage
Lima
H. T. Holt
Riverside
Holt
Economics Fraternity
Chas. Aylsworth
Milwaukee Railroad
Wm. Nelson
Robert Bigler
Leonard Hummel
Ewing Farm
Wadena
John DaWald
Fairbank
Matt Kelly
Hummel
Roy Knight
Farmers’ Co- Op
Wm. Howard
Wanda
Billy
West Union
Bertha Kipile
Ray Stratton
Huron
Mary Bakeman
J.R. Stewart
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Stewart
J. R. Stewart
Ottumwa
Aristotle on Marriage Age Rules in Politics
Aristotle states in Politics that women should marry at about 18 and men at 37 or a little before, reflecting his views on the social order and the roles of gender and aging in marriage.
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Aristotle
Snow Slide Traps Tomas Family in Utah Blizzard
Three people were killed in a snow slide off Bingham Canyon thirty miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The avalanche, a result of last week’s blizzard that blocked highways and delayed rain, swept away the Tomas home while a youth named Duchin Tomas slept. Rescue workers search a 30 foot snow bank for the missing Tomas family members.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bingham Canyon
Here
Duchin 'Tomas
Tomas
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R. N. A. Lodge
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Glee Club
Charles Moulder
R. L. Learn
Esther Sherlock
P. T
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Marengo
Forest Feller
Mary Bunting
Elkader
Lucile Welch
Henry Herwig
Justin Herwig
Ray Herwig
Virgie Marquette
Lew Marquette
Mercy
Oelwein
THE
Iowa Wild Welfare Research Sation
Sarah Elizabeth Phillips
Rome
Bodka
Harry Becker
Milton Miller
Bloomington, Wis
Echo
Falb’s
Gunder
Iowa
Michigan
Fale
Echo - Enterprise
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McCall's
Peresee Herald
Arent
Pathfinder
Pictorial Review
American Poultry Journal Breeders Gazette
Country Home
Farm Journal
Leghorne World
Janae
Plymond Roc Monthly
Poultry Tribune
Women's World
National
Howe Friend
Rhode Inland
Woman's World
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