Local social notes from Wadena area events and club gatherings
Mrs. Dawson Clark hosts the 500 club with prizes awarded to Mrs. Ray Herwig first, Mrs. Esther Raf tis second, and Mrs. J. C. Kennedy consolation, followed by a lunch. Across town, Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson visit Dr. and Mrs. Wood. many households entertain guests and hold card parties, dances, and a declamatory contest at the Presbyterian church with winners moving to Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Clark
Ray Herwig
Esther Raftis
J. C. Kennedy
George Thompson
Near Arlington
J. BR. Wood
Adolph Weber
Oelwein
Arthur Herrling
Eva Aeschliman
Bert Baker
Albert Felder
Vida Henrich
Robert Bigler
Margaret Bigler
Bigler
Mercy
Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Frey
Frank Wetzel
Kathryn Baldwin
Sister Snow
Amelia Faye Moore
Crab Creek
Lucille Welsh
John Longmuir
Maynard
J. H. Wilson
Fred Gehring
George Wilbur
Charles Gehring
Glen Minger
West Union
Wadena
Volga
Elkader
The
Missionary Society
Wadena Bank Building Sold to Wadena Investor
Real estate transfers show the former Wadena Savings Bank building sold to F. J. Schroeder of Wadena for $1,000. The structure, built during the boom years at over $20,000, is valued higher today and Schroeder has not disclosed plans for the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena Savings Bank
F. J. Schroeder
Wadena
Farm Buyers Attention Second Act of Prosperity Promised
Farm buyers are urged to act as prices rise from a two year low driven by subsidy funds and production controls. Hog and grain prices have climbed, foreclosures eased, and farmers report renewed confidence with repairs and purchases. A 1985 farm list from Grether Real Estate Agency offers properties by type, size, and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Grether Real Estate
Elgin
Iowa
Third Training School for Farm Bureau Women
The third training school for the farm bureau women of Tlyria and Fairfield townships met at Mrs. Louis Nus home near Arlington on Monday February 11. Modern Trends in Bread Making was studied as twenty women attended. Mrs. Arthur Putnam will not be present next year due to a move to Independence. Miss Lewis prepared and baked whole wheat bread from local flour. it proved nearly perfect though graded by some. A luncheon was served, a business meeting followed, and plans were laid for Achievement Day. The March meeting will be with Mrs. Harold Strong in Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Tlyria
Fairfield Townships
Louis Nus
Arlington
Arthur Putnam
Independence
Lewis
Harold Strong
Syria
Echo
Phs
Boone News-Republican
Wm. Fischer
Postville
Guttenberg-Elkader
Art Donlon
Elkader
Fred Bauer
Donion
Elkader Register
Alfred Knutson
Wadena
R. J. Kuhnes
Kuhnes
Gerald Duncan
Jerry
Oelwein
Will
Farrow Zoon
Postville Hera
Reflections on conduct and society in brief maxims
A collection of short, dated style opinions on virtue work, envy, wages, heredity, and self control. It surveys self improvement, prudent living, politics, marriage, and everyday behavior with brisk aphorisms.
Home Maintenance Tips From A Bygone Era
Advice notes on weather stripping after a year, plate glass for doors and windows to add finish, oiling or waxing basement floors for cleanliness, oiling a stiff lock to ease turning, and placing sand atop a furnace to keep ceilings cooler and reduce heat danger.
Accomplishment and the Emperor’s empty gesture
A joke about Napoleon and a one armed veteran questions why the Emperor would honor him for losing one arm. The tale ends with the veteran severing his other arm to mock the idea of a higher decoration. The piece questions how the act could be real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of Honor
Austerlitz
Imade
First Drama by an American in America Gus tavus Vasa
Benjamin Colman wrote the fast drama "Gustavus Vasa" a tragedy. Larvard students stage a 1090 performance in Cambridge Massachusetts. The bridal veil origin traces to the East where many women remain veiled most of life and the husband not to see the bride before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gustavus Vasa
Benjamin Colman
Larvard
Cambrider
Mass
Land Bargains in Fayette and Adjoining Counties
A Fayette land sale notice offers numerous farms near Fayette, West Union, Clermont, Elgin, Oelwein, and Postville. Listings include 108 acres at 30 per acre, 184 acre West Union farm, 74 acres near We at Union, 305 acres near No. 11, and additional plots with prices, down payments, and long-term terms. Agencies note multiple counties and terms, with references to insurance firm presence and commission on terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Clermont
West Union
Elgin
Weat Union
No. 11
Sean Aslan
Nica
Olavus Knudison
Oelwein
West End
Postville
Hawkeye
Bremer
Blackhawk
Chicksasaw
Butler
Floyd
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Bel News
Mike Tynan
Prudence
Iowa City
A. G. Herrling
Stella Whittenbaugh
Robert Whittenbaugh
Valentine
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Lyal Whittenbaugh
John Hansen
Dale ‘Broughton
Patty
Shirley” Herwig
Knutson
Rebecca Kuhnes
Mercy Hospital
O¢lwein
H. H. Whitcher
Floyd Patterson
Good Will Club
Art Crandall
Luther Crandall
Wadena Bank
Smyriana
Smyrna
Ture Key
Hareness
A. J. Knutson Telephone
Este
P. D
Washington, D. C
Frank Higgins
Edward C. Richards
Ivan Older
Clifford Holtzman
Wayne D. Wells
Slimpson D. Proctor
Willis P. Littelle
Albert C. Fobes
Arthur E. Robinson
Waldo S. Walker
Ray Belles
Hiram A. Fay
Harold Doane Hall
May Holmes Miller
Milan GC. Holmes
Bess D. Parker
Fayetta Leader
Miles
Ad. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
Grether
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