Legion and club life in Wadena area events
Olive Knutson and Mrs C 8 Flower hosted an Legion Auxiliary meeting at Olive Knutson home with about thirty guests sewing carpet rags and lunch served. Wadena Riverside Creamery board elected officers M d Frey president W F Moore secretary William Nelson a buttermaker and re elected cream haulers Frank Poor Walter Johnson Cecil Everett Ralph Shaffer. Many readings of visits to Sumner Volga and Cedar Falls along with club gatherings and a Legion bingo party closing in with a brisk crowd despite bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Olive Knutson
Cecil Everett
Ralph Shaffer
Nina Davis
Sumner
Walter Zupke
Gertrude Frey
Betty Minihan
Arthur Hermen
Lester Chase
Highland
Harold Hermen
Mary B. Wetzel
Hedrick
George Jones
Janesville
Wis
Velma Everett
F. Moore
William Nelson
A. C. Cline
Forest Moore
Cedar Falls
Towa State University
Ivan Moore
Earl Carpenter
Ross Downs
Dubuque
Roy Crandall
Volga
Ade Tad
Alden Gell
West Union
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Mary Florence Whittenbaugh
Des Moines
Fred
G. Herrling
Kansas City
Lyle Herrling
Pleasant Ridge
Ray Burgin
Roi
Henry Herwig
Ray Herwig
Wm. Nelson
Married Folks Club
F. H. Everett
Alice Gehring
Eq Rafi
W. D. Mattocke
The
Legion
Is Adolescence to Be Feared by Parents and Youth
An article argues misconceptions about adolescence as a feared period are unfounded. It notes rapid body changes are natural and similar to infancy, urges parental acceptance and informed understanding, and mentions sponsorship by the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station and involvement of Upper Iowa University in Fayette high school practice work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie
The
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Upper Iowa
Fayette High School
Supt. Morse
Tr. W. C. Mongold
Louise Huckmann
Niagara Fall and Great Lakes Water Volume
Niagara Falls stands part of the vast Great Lakes system, with water from the four lakes and many rivers forming a immense volume. An authority notes it contains more than half the world’s fresh water, yet continual evaporation and precipitation in the region make draining the lakes unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Fall
Niagare
Great Lakes
Language diversity across nations and common exceptions
The passage states about 70 independent countries exist and each typically has a distinct language. It notes exceptions where the United States has English as de facto language, South American republics mainly use Spanish or Portuguese, and Austria where German is widely spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Austria
Progressive Home Study Club lessons on shared leisure and family ties
Leaders of districts 1 and 2 of Tilyria township presented the fourth lesson in the Child Development series on Sharing Home Pleasures at the Progressive Home Study club all day meeting hosted by Mrs. Lulu Rothlisberger on Feb 10. A pot luck dinner was served. In the afternoon the Farm Bureau met and the ladies held the club meeting presided by new president Mrs. Emma Strong. Roll call yielded poultry hints. A cake decorating demo and music study pieces were featured. Meeting adjourned to March 10 with Nettie Rothlisberger as Publicity Chairman.
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Tilyria
Progressive Home Study Club
Lulu Rothlisberger
Farm Bureau
Emma Strong
Nettie Rothlisberger
Obituary of Mrs John Foster Clara Ogle in Dubuque
Clara Ogle Foster, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Ogle, born Sept 15 1867 in Illyria township, died Feb 10 1938 in Dubuque at age 70 years 4 months 25 days. Survived by widower John Foster, children Fremont and Mrs Rebecca Schellenger, sister Mrs Martha Prouty, and grandson Charles Schellenger. Funeral held at Egelhof Dubuque and Myria church with Rev W E Brehm and Rev J J Snyder assisting.
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Clara Ogle
Joseph
Sarah Ogle
Ogle
Illyria Township
Dubuque
West Union
Fayette County
John Foster
Clara Belle
Jessie
Fremont
Rebecca Schellenger
Hampton
Charles Schellenger
Martha Prouty
Elkader
Egelhof
Myria
W. E. Brehm
First Congregational Church of
J. J. Snyder
Elgin
Pioneer Gold on Hybrid Corn at Elgin Opera House
A free talking picture titled Pioneer Gold will be shown Tuesday at 2 PM in the Elgin Opera House. W. S. Rothlisberger and Marion Lind of Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company present the program featuring a comedy and a short film Happy Harvests. The main film traces hybrid corn development from inbreeding to final seed, educating progressive farmers on hybrid corn improvement. Typewriter pads advertised by Echo Office.
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Pioneer Gold
Elgin Opera House
W. 8. Rothlisberger
Marion Lind
Pioneer Hi
Outdoor storage pits offer better vegetable prices
Agricultural expert H Niasley describes inexpensive outdoor pits for winter storage of beets carrots cabbage and other crops. Proper sizing insulates with hay or straw and soil. ensure drainage ventilation and careful preparation to prevent rot or “bleeding.” Pumpkins squash and sweet potatoes need a warm dry nearby space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Niasley
New Sergey College of Agriculture
WNU
Growth Stages in Fattening Holiday Turkeys
Dr H S Wilgus Jr head of the poultry department at Colorado State college notes turkeys reach market size after 24 to 28 weeks of rapid growth split into 8 to 10 weeks brooding 10 to 20 weeks growing and finishing thereafter. Interfering with growth can cause deformed breast bones and delayed maturity. During finishing limit range and provide feeder space 4 or 5 birds per foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Wilgus, Jr
Colorado State College
Agricultural College Experiment Stations
United States Department of Agriculture
Wilgus
Pekin Duck Becomes America’s Leading Commercial Breed
Pekin ducks are described as America's foremost commercial breed due to size and rapid growth. They are noted as good sitters and layers, with eight week market readiness. Their long bodies and broad foreparts contribute to table appeal and salable meat.
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America
Plow and Harrow Capacities of Horse Teams
A Wallace's Farmer correspondent notes that different horse teams yield distinct daily acreages. Four-horse teams plow four acres, disk twenty, harrow forty. five-horse teams plow five, disk twenty-five, harrow fifty. six-horse teams plow seven, disk thirty, harrow sixty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaces
Jacques Gringonneur Designs Cards Then Fades Into Insanity
Jacques Gringonneur, court painter to King Charles VI of France, designed a popular pack of playing cards by modernizing the Tarots style. After completing the project, he allegedly succumbed to insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Gringonneur
Charles VI
France
Breeches Maker Daniele da Volterra Named Artist
The Italian painter Daniele da Volterra was nicknamed the breeches maker for adding draperies by order of Paul IV to figures in Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel Vatican Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniele da Volterra
Paul IV
Michel
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Rome
Aged Man Kills Three Inmates at Tewksbury Infirmary
John Mack, 77, a pauper ward inmate at Tewksbury State Infirmary, killed three fellow inmates and wounded two others with a mail order pistol last week saying they were mean to him. He was captured near Lowell after four miles along railroad tracks. The photo shows Mack with Chief Cyril L. Baker of Tewksbury police and Sergeant William Delay of Massachusetts State Police. News Photo Service Exclusive to the Echo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewksbury
Mass
John Mack
Tewksbury State Infirmary
Lowell
Madkv
Cyril L. Baker
William Delay
Massachusetts State Police
Echo
Fayette County
Cisco season marked by 60 fish houses on Geneva ice
A crew of 60 fish houses, known as Istro Village, sit on the ice at the west end of Lake Geneva Wisconsin, one of two lakes in the state where cisco is found only in winter, photographed by News Photo Service Exclusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Geneva
Wis
Teague hosts regional cap and ball rifle matches in Jasper area
Southern Indiana enthusiasts formed a teague to hold matches across the district with events in Chrisney Buffaloville Lamar Marish Hill Tentyson and Jasper. The photo features Chris Seng Frank Seng Roy Stock ink and Evanaville archers with last year’s 180 yard national champion Frank Seng who built the 8 1 2 pound gun now the heaviest seen locally. Echo in Fayette County.
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Jasper
Ind
Indiana
Chrisney
Buffaloville
Lamar
Marish
Hill
Tentyson
Ares
Chris Seng
Frank Seng
Roy Stockink
Evanaville
Echo
Fayette County
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Wadena
Ea Mart
Cag
Ics Ag NG
Robert Whittenbaugh
Chas. Sniffin
Supt. Doughty
Oelwe
Schoolmasters’ Club
Roy Learhart
Office
Elgin Echo
Pekin Duck
BLISS
J. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
News
Cisco Village
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