Wadena People Share New Year Visits Across Town
Wadena and nearby areas saw a flurry of visitors and small gatherings as Alden and Lm Gell and Dora Bemiss joined Mrs Maggie Whittenbaugh. families traveled to Adams Minnesota and Arlington for holidays. Rev S W Curnock attended a pastors convention at the University of Dubuque. various residents welcomed guests for New Year’s and returned to duties in Wa terloo Castalia and Volga City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Gell
Dora Bemiss
West Union
Maggie Whittenbaugh
la Fonda Gell
Wm. Nelson
Janice
Billie
Donald
Adams
Minn
Ruth Heck
Beulah Elliott
Byrd's Creek
Wis
W. Curnock
Dubuque
University of Dubuque
Edgar Goodspeed
University of Chicago
June Crandall
Arlington
Vida Henrich
Arthur Jones
Monona
Lyal
Robert Whittenbaugh
Wilbur Randall
Guttenberg
Clem Messerli
S .V. Carnock
Earl Drake
Luther Crandall and Sons
Roy Crandall
Volga City
Ella Duncan
Gerald
Knutson
Fremont Clark
Gretna
Neb
John Gwynne
Waterloo
Clyde Bond
Wilfred Bond
Vera Mattocks
Donna Clothier
Monticello
Vera
Erie
Donna
Ole Erickson
Auburn
Flower
Ivan
Addie Flower
Frank Poor
Aaron Loucks
Will Christeleit
Volga
Lizzie Kohler
Glen Minger
Will Whittenbaugh
John Thiele
Qellwein
Archie Brooks
Wadena
Mary B. Wetzel
Hedrick
Lily Livingston
Understanding Iowa Children and Adolescent Group Influence
A study explains adolescents seek group approval through friendships and communications, shaping values and behavior. Parents face conflicts between teen groups and parental rules, with parental prestige influencing teen attitudes more than degrees. Collective bargaining could ease tensions if parents boost their own standing with teens.
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Bony
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Tunkins Defines Two Leader Types in Debate
Tunkins argues leadership rests on galvanizing wide agreement or on adopting broad consent himself, noting a leader may move crowds by rallying them or by aligning with their views. The reflection centers on the balance between influence and adaptability in guiding others.
Fern Plant Is Productive
A fern plant yields about 43 910 000 spores capable of producing new plants in favorable conditions.
Shawls Through Time From Silk To Cashmere
A historical note traces shawls from ancient China and Spain to India and Scotland. The Paisley copy influenced fashion in Britain as officers sent Cashmere shawls home, creating demand in London and across the Atlantic. Early prices reached $1,200 for a first class piece, later dropping to $70-$89, a fortune when Manhattan sold for $24.
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New Yorker
Spain
India
Scotland
England
London
Manhattan Island
Five King Dinner of 1363 at Vintners Hall
A London Observer piece recounts the Vintners five king dinner of 1363 tied to John of France. It notes Edward III and four other monarchs, John’s captivity and ransom, his return to England, and a royal welcome before his death the following spring.
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London
Vintners
England
London Observer
Edward III
David
Scotland
John
France
Waldemar II
Denmark
Amadeus VI
Cyprus
Poitiers
Paris
Calais
Savoy
Edward
Westminster
Rocks and legends of the Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly boast unique granite formations and fanciful rock shapes unique in Britain. Loggans weigh hundreds of tons yet are movable by hand, and the Tooth Rock on St Marys bears markings suggesting prehistoric sacrifices.
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Isles of Scilly
British Isles
Island of
St. Marys
Kashmir Shawl Goats and Cashmere Craft
In the Kashmir valley at the Himalaya foothills a shawl goat with coarse outer hair and an inner coat of the finest soft curly hair yields Cashmere shawls. The scarves come in two forms: woven in single pieces or in assembled segments with seamless stitching, and embroidered variants add decorative detail rather than weave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Himalaya Mountains
Kashmir
Lyrebird Named for His Tail in Peacock Curves
A male menura shows a colorful sixteen tail feath ers with curved tips inspiring the name Lyrebird though he never shapes them as a lyre as depicted in texts and stamps. The female is a dull brown hen that does not sing or dance.
Poe Solved Police Mystery in Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe, writing as fiction, solved a real New York police mystery in The Mystery of Marie Roget. Collier's Weekly notes the book aligned with later confessions about the Marie Cecilia Rogers case in the cage incident.
Romana Led Rise of Circus Arts and Evolution of Performance
The article traces the term circus to Roman games and traces the evolution to modern times. It notes the Circus Maximus capacity, eight circuses built by emperors, and preservation mostly at Caracalla. It describes medieval entertainments and the first modern circus by Philip Astley in London around 1770, its growth, fires, and the rise of traveling American circuses surpassing European scales.
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Trajan
Caracalla
Appian Way
Philip Astley
Lambeth
London
Westminster Bridge
America
Europe
India Dominates British Empire by Population and Size
India holds more than two thirds of the empire's people and nearly three times the U S population, though its area is only about half as large. The subcontinent, a complex mix of presidencies and states, remains culturally religiously and politically divided with princes ruling local domains and even foreign patches lingering near the edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Asia
France
Portugeal
Upper Jaw Hinged Myth Debunked by London Writer
A Pearson's London Weekly writer challenges the belief that crocodiles and alligators open only their upper jaws. He argues the upper jaw is fixed to the skull, while the lower jaw is hinged, and explains the observed mouth opening when the head is raised with the lower jaw on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
London Weekly
Oldest Mountains: Great Smoky Mountain National Park Overview
Great Smoky Mountain National Park, largest east of the Rockies and among the youngest, spans 427000 acres from Tennessee to North Carolina. It runs 71 miles long and 20 miles wide with 94 peaks over 5000 feet, 383 above a mile, and 27 above 4000 feet, attracting over 60 million people within 24 hours’ travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Great Smoky Mounting National Park
United States
America
Rocky Mountains
Great Smokies
Tennessee
North Carolina
Near East and Ireland Tied by American Ties
A travel authority from Great Britain and Ireland notes that America’s Near East is echoed in Western Ireland. Westerners claim their country as the next parish to America, with many Irish West residents treasuring ties to the United States through brothers, sons, or cousins. Columbus is recalled as the start of these links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Near East
Ireland
Great Britain and Ireland
Dublin
Cork
United States
Western Ireland
Columbus
Paris Square Ranked Among World’s Handsome Squares
Historic Paris Square architects call Place de la Concorde one of the handsomest in the world though visitors see it as vast. It notes the guillotines placing Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Mme. Roland, Danton, Robespierre and 2,600 others there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Square
Place de Ia Concorde
Paris
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Mme. Roland
Dantor
Robespierre
Creating Appetite and the Brain’s Salivary Response
The sight smell or thought of food can trigger a physical secretion as the brain signals the salivary glands. This psychological feed-forward loop explains why anticipation of flavor stimulates drooling and appetite.
High wine definition in distillation terms
High wine refers to the strong early distillate from fermented mash used in whiskey or brandy production. It contains higher alcohols and flavor compounds, produced during preliminary distillation stages before collecting later, lighter fractions.
Small Eggs A Pin Head Could Hold Two Dozen
A quirky item notes a tiny lot of seo shrimp eggs, suggesting a pin head could contain two dozen eggs. The fragmentary line hints at a playful or metaphorical note within a broader page.
Silklike Rayon De Lusterant Practice Noted
A Chicago Tribune writer notes rayon made by forcing viscose through tiny holes to form fibers that resemble silk. The fibers are lustrous, but users prefer duller rayon, so manufacturers add delusterants to mimic silk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Checago Tribune
Transatlantic Record Set by Leviathan Steam Packet
A century ago the steam packet Leviathan established a Liverpool to New York transatlantic record of seven days and 24 hours, marking a notable milestone in early ocean travel.
Mugwump Indian Word Meaning Chief in Bible Translation
An unpublished note notes that Mugwump is an Indian word meaning chief and that Eliot in his translation of the Bible for Indians rendered centurion as mugwump.
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Mugwump
Eliot
Becomes a Mother at Age of Twelve in Linton Indiana
A twelve year old Betty Jane Lacer has given birth to a baby boy. Tommy Chapman, thirteen, admits paternity. The community splits on solution with out of state marriage proposed by some, while others urge separation. Chapman is kept in Detroit and not allowed to see the child. Photo of Betty with her christened baby Thomas Howard Chapman Lacer.
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Linton
Ind
Betty Jane’ Lacer
Tommy Chapman
Detroit
Betty June Lacer
Thomas Howard Chapman Lacer
Echo
Fayette County
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