Local Notes From Wadena Area Roll Call of Visits
Amelia Moore is ill with tonsillitis. Frank Poor spent Tuesday at his daughter’s home near Volga City. Kathleen Corkery returned from Sumner. Mrs Emma Shipley and others visited Mitchell Iowa. Norma Ernst with the Bick family. Walter Ernst and Charles Anderson of Arlington visited the Fred Ernst home. J J O'Hara drove to Mason City after his sister-in-law cared for Mrs O’Hare and baby. Gerald Beumgartner's body found near Plainville Kansas after seven weeks missing. Funeral in Plainville Monday. Donavan Joseph O’Hara born Feb 16. Various local visits and social gatherings, moving plans, and civic calls across Volga City, Arlington, Fayette, Cedar Rapids, Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Moore
Frank Poor
Wil
Fred Ernst
J. J. O'Hara
Mason City
Joseph
Plainville
Henry Larton
Arlington
J.J. O'Hara
Donavan Joseph
Herman Larson
Lester ‘Keiholtz
Volga City
B. A. Jennings
Robert Whittenspaugh
Oelwe
Alt
Ralph Gage
Sims
Volga
Bunday
Will Chris“teleif
Yvan’ Moore
Cedar Rapids
Amelia, Kuhn
J. C. Kennedy
Nua
St Arlington
Grace
Oehwein
Marcia Marie
Knutson
Frank Tschantz
Birs
Tschantz
Robert Bigler
Gedar Rapids
Walter “Medberry
West
Union
Dewey Thompson
Near Arlington
Roy Cline
Blanche Aeschliman
Fayette
Harold Oet
Dwane
Roy Leonhart
Bite
Rafus
Cedar Rapide
EB Broughton
Walt Union
John Whittebaugh
Lucille
Raftis
Loretta Waters
Waukon
Frank Raftis
Will Young
West Union
Sind
Henry Feller
Elgin
John Wilson
Ed Gernand
Raymond Jellings
Lyle Joncajn
Alden Gell
Decorah
United Brethren Church Services and Meetings
Rev C L Randall pastor. Sunday school at 10. United Brethren Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m. Evening worship at 8. Prayer meeting Friday evening at Mrs George Jennings home with Mrs Maggie Johnson leader. Woman's Missionary Society business meeting first Wednesday in March 2 at Mrs W F Moore home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Randall
United Brethren Christian Endeavor
George Jennings
Maggie Johnson
Woman's Missionary Society
W. F. Moore
Presbyterian Church Junior Choir Leads Maynard Service
Rev H C Rundell presides over morning worship at 21 o'clock. Junior choir and Sunbeam Busy Bee classes held a Saturday party at Rev Rundell home with Mrs Wetzel and Grace Cline assisting. Junior choir led the Maynard Presbyterian church service with Frank Wetzel presenting his thesis Why is the Bible Worth Knowing. Many Wadena residents attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Rundell
Sunbeam
Busy Bee
Wadena School Notes Washington Program and Absences
The junior and senior high held a Washington program in the assembly room Monday. Evelyn Thompson and Rita Kennedy visited last Friday. Fourth to sixth grades presented a Washington program in Miss Emerson's room Friday afternoon. Mrs Chapman and her son Bitinen visited third and fourth grades last Friday. Fourth grade geography pupils finished Norway studies and will visit the Netherlands. Burdena Moore, Mary Jennings, Arthur Weber, Phyllis and Evelyn Roberts, and Ivan and Harry Johnson were absent part of last week due to illness. Darrel and Lester Johnson, Vivian Minahan and Derryl Leonhart also missed time last week for illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Assembly Room
Evelyn Thompson
Rita Kennedy
Darrel
Lester Johnson
Vivian Minahan
Derryl Leonhart
Old Theory Upsets On Napping Needs For Kids
A recent study challenges the belief that young children must have long naps. It finds that children who take half hour naps remain as well physically as those who nap for more than ten hours in a day.
Henzine and Benzene Bensine Definition
Henzine and Benzene Bensine resemble gasoline or naptha, being distillation products of petroleum or, in coal tar distillation, a definite chemical substance sometimes called bensol or benzene.
Long Manly Wisdom Inspires Local Couple
In Hillsboro, Hersid notes a belief that a truly smart man gains a wife's higher regard after marriage, contrasting common notions of doubt with a wife’s growing respect as the union deepens. The piece casts a hopeful, traditional view of marriage dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Hersid
The Paster Sage and the Elephant Bite Incident
A fragmented pre 1913 clipping notes a sensational line about life spared for an elephant victim and discusses shifting views on resistors to law. The garbled text cites John Andrew Holmes and hints at evolving reputations of criminals turned popular figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andrew Holmes
London House Materials Before The Great Fire
A fragment notes that wooden houses predominated in old London while brick and stone were used for churches and prestigious homes. Tinther is cited as a building material for much of the city prior to the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
You Bet If Some Women Were A Herd To Please Before Marriage
Neosho Miner reports a dated, fragmented slice of opinion suggesting women’s behavior before marriage would influence men’s bachelor status, reflecting social norms and tensions of the era in a brief, provocative line.
Minute Change Recorded in Current Acknowledged
A minute change in current is noted as ten billionths of an ampere, measured with a micronometer, reflecting a precise calibration adjustment.
Advertising faith and evangelists in tough times
The piece argues that advertisers overreact in good times and cut back in bad, calling for converts who view advertising as a long term growth tool rather than a discretionary expense. It notes leaders should balance spending and savings, urging advertising men to convert skeptics into believers amid improving but uneven times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoo
Algo
Local notices include moves and health updates in West Union
Bane Hunsbergék was abadilt from Lead State Bank yesterday due to. records are broken by men who push to win. Sam Boleyn reported ill early week, Bey moved to West Union hospital Tuesday. Bess Stohr returned home to care for her mother Mrs Halstenson, plans to return when possible. Mrs John Grimm Sr ill in La Grange for weeks. Ray Herwig to move March 1 to Wenger house and join county road crew. Fred Klingman family to Fritz farm. A. M. Weibel visited Cedar Rapids for Quaker Oats buys. Lawrence Canton quitting Wr Miller's pool hall to start on dad’s farm nearby. Several reported sick including Wm Miller, F Kohler, C O Torkelson, Mrs B R Strauch and daughters, Mrs Lew Graver, Mrs Rosa Jacobs, Mrs Mary Benson, Robert Peters, Mr and Mrs Nick Bakeman, Mrs Ed Bauder, Gordon and Elaine Zubriggen. More sick individuals likely unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Herwig
Wm. F. Miller
F. Kohler
C. 0. Torkelson
BR. P. Strauch
Margie
Betty
Lew Graver
Rosa Jacobs
Mary Benson
Robert Peters
Nick Bakeman
Ed Bauder
Gordon
Elaine Zubriggen
Quotations on virtue and self-control from classic thinkers
A collage of aphorisms and humorous maxims on honesty virtue and human behavior attributed to Holmes Seneca Heine and others. It muses on temptation forethought mercy excuses politics and the social value of pleasant talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Seneca
Heine
New Style Blacksmithing On The Roadside Shops
Louie Wanasek, a Wisconsin blacksmith, reports shifting to traveling work to shoe horses. He notes farms prefer automobile repair and that demand persists despite fewer visits to his smithy. He takes orders by phone, loads tools, and travels to farms for on-site work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Wangsek
Wisconsin
Fermera
Wanasek
When Sight Returns a Girl Sees Love as a God
Nellie Webb writes in the Atchison Globe that a girl in love idealizes a handsome suitor as a god. Marriage soon reveals limits, as the husband’s power fades much like a roving beauty. The piece reflects witty sentiment on romance and illusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Webb
Atchison ‘Globe
Austrian claims nine cubic inch silence device
An Austrian inventor asserts a compact device occupying under nine cubic inches can be turned on to silence all noise. He explains the instrument blocks sound so you cannot bear your wife’s sermons when activated.
Reward for Large Families at Paris Hotel de Ville
A Paris Hotel de Ville annual event rewarded large families with nearly 150 medals in gold silver and bronze. Gold went to parents of eleven and twelve offspring, silver to eight or nine, bronze to five to seven. Nine golds, twenty one silvers and over one hundred bronze medals were awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel de Ville
Paris
Used Textbooks Advertised At School Opening
At the start of the school term many used books were bought and sold as advertisements crowded the blackboard. The common lure was low price while one listing claimed Foglish Book 1 was in good shape and never deed.
Fragmentary courtroom taunts unfold in old times column
A garbled excerpt shows a spat between a woman and a lawyer over divorce and cruelty. The dialogue includes a taunting creature claiming fear and challenge, reflecting heated domestic dispute language from a bygone era.
No Chance Judge in Speed Debate Sparks Road Rule Talk
A sharp exchange questions travel safety at seventy mph versus eighties by motor cops. The dialogue frames a public rule debate on speed limits and enforcement.
Fragmented line prompts unclear meaning
The text presents a garbled quote about a baby and attitudes toward cute things. It is incomplete and does not provide a clear event or subject for a fuller summary.
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Wadena
Amelia Kuhn
Clarence Nus
P. W. Raftis
Oelwein
United Brethren Church
Presbyterian Church
Bane Hunsbergék
Lead State Bank
Sam Boleyn
Tues- Bey
Bess Stohr
Blinder
Hang Friederich
Elmer Reitz
la Grange
John Grimm, Sr
A. M. Weibel
Quaker Oats Company
Quaker Feeds
Farmer Cannon
Lawrence Canton
Neo
Polly’s
Iowa
Phonte
J. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
Lars Work
United States
Department of Commerce
Elgin State Bank
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