Wadena area social and church notices summary
A wave of visits and homecomings spans Wadena and nearby towns. Residents including Ira Moore family, Ruth Wilson, and the Poor and Whittenbaugh households host and visit relatives across Volga City Oelwein Fayette and Anthon. The local creamery directors seek buttermilk sales. deaths include George Davis with obituary to follow. church gathering at United Brethren set with Sunday school, B C L, and midweek prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Moore
Ira Jr
Ethel
Rebecca
Volga City
Robert Frey
J. H. Canine
Arington
Frank Poor
Ruth Wilson
Anthon
Iowa
Will Whittenbaugh
Oelwe
Grace
Kirk Hicke
Will Christeleit
Moore
Myron
Fayette
Fred Gernand Jr
Mildred
Max
Ed Gernand
Bertha Gernand
Henry Kuhn
Alden Gell
Fa Fonda
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Dorothy Christeleit
Walter Molumby
Kathryn Messerli
Dickens
J. D. Motumby
Richard Clothier
Payette
W. D. Mattocks
Ivan
James Worth
Arlington
Ralph Gage
Lima
B. A. Jennings
Mart Davis
West Union
H. E. Wells
George Davis
Loretta Mattocks
Hartley
Vera Mattocks
Monticello
Wadena School Notes Second Graders Score 100 Percent
Wadena pupils in second grade earned perfect spelling last week with Les Aeschliman Maxine Bond Harry Chapman Betty Ruth Johnson Blanche Johnson Lucy Jones and John Murray achieving the mark. Third and fourth graders Mary Kennedy Margaret Cline Junior Herwig Mary Jennings Neema Weber also made 100 percent. Visitors included Mrs John Cook Cecelia Corkery and Ivan and James Worth with Mrs Cook visiting the fifth and sixth grade room last Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Aeschliman
Maxine Bond
Harry Chapman
Betty Ruth Johnson
Blanche Johnson
Lucy Jones
John Murray
Ardis O'Hara
Mary Kennedy
Margaret Cline
Junior Herwig
Mary Jennings
Neema Weber
Local society notes and illness updates in Berg area
Loraine Carpenter spends weekend at C B Schori home. Mrs Alfred Imhof ill but improving. Mrs Chas Knight ill with sinus trouble. Mary Lou Tripp ill for a week. Mr and Mrs Elmer Yenney return to Payette after two weeks in Elgin. Mr and Mrs B J Ballipariet host new guests Sunday at Fred Burrow home. Carl Schori and Thos Benson dinners with Ole Benson. Investigate Bengs sale. F C Muehlethaler entertains H Zimerman and Clara Muehlenthaler. Salt shaker joke. Mrs Albert Schori Celia Lehman Mrs John Lyford and Joan (Tennant) dine with F R Berg. Herman Zimmerman and Clarence Kohls visit B J Baumgartner home. Coach Chas Whitney's teams: second team to Decorah for Luther Buena Vista game. first team to Iowa City for Iowa-Michigan game. Notice of marriage of Mrs Schwarzenbach to Mr Aegerter of Sumner. Schwarzenbach formerly of Hy r ia. Echo subscribers urged to notify address changes. post office postage issues noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Whitney
Decorah
Luther-Buena Vista
Iowa City
Fresh Foot Prints and Folklore From a Turbulent Era
A mosaic of 1920s curiosities spans health, labor, and culture. Notes include age data for farmers and hazards for bookkeepers, B V D underwear origins, baby culture classes in Chicago, and a critique of the school budget climate. It cites labor statistics, wartime presidents, early 20th century finances, and college humor surveys, with scattered population, mortgage, and insurance facts.
Retail merchandize purchase survey quoted in prose
A disjointed survey snippet states that women account for about 85 percent of retail purchases in the United States. The fragment then shifts to a street scene line about a driver who would drive as if her own car were there, reflecting casual street interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Stgut
Plas
Editorials in a country office time crunch tale
Nicholas Johnson of St. Olaf notes Echo editors should run more editorials but a country editor writes news ads proofs and forms and tends to hundreds of small tasks. The constant demands drain time and inspiration, so editorials often go to the waste basket and are left unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Johnson
St. Olaf
The
Echo
Local Social Roundup From Grand Meadow Area
Lawrence Larson visits Clarence Olson home on Friday. School reopens after a two week vacation. some pupils ill with flu return Monday. Many locals visit relatives and friends including Thorsons, Ellott Olson family, Buraas Fern De Alta, Casten family, Clermont neighbors, Ed Johnson and Gilbert Anderson households. Ladies Aid met at church parlor for annual meeting electing Mrs Henry Amundson president and Mrs Clarence Olson secretary treasurer. Ole Baker ill with limited recovery prospects. Ardes Olson returns from Oelwein visit. multiple visitors and dinners noted among Amundson, Lyngan, Osmundson, Aanes households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Larson
Clarence Olson
Ole Thorson
Elliott Olson
Alfred Buraas
Fern
de Alta
Arthur Olson
Vicar Casten
Henry Amundson
Eunice Sandsgard
Bert Lyngans
Clifford Osmundson
Sam Erickson and Sons
Lloyd Aanes
Ole Baker
A Color Scheme
A colored farmer burns dead grass to prepare a meadow for planting. A city resident scolds George, calling him foolish and saying the field will become as black as he is. The farmer replies that the grass will regrow and turn green again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Illinois
Slang Phrases Through Generations and a Mood Shift
The note catalogs slang like Go way back and sit down and Candy Kid from 1901 to 1929, then shifts to a sentiment about low mood and a jab at Hollywood. It mentions fashion bargains at Berg’s and muses on still using old year's husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Berg's
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A. G. Herrling
P. R. Ashley
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Leahy Brothers
Lou Hunsberger & Son
Warren Willerton
George Mooreouse
A. H. Mitchell
G. P. Clark
Omaha
Nebra
Fremont
United Brethren Church
Ernst
Bill
Berg
Loraine Carpenter
C. B. Schori
Alfred Imhof
Chas, Knight
Mary Lou Tripp
Elmer Yenney
Elgin
Mrs. B. J
Carl Schori
Thos. Benson
Raymond Benson
Ole Benson
Beng
F. C. Muehlethaler
Herman Zimmerman
Clara Muehlenthaler
Albert Schori
Celia Lehman
John Lyford
Joan
Tennant
J. ©. Schmid
F. R. Berg
Rock Valley
Clarence Kohls
B. J. Baumgartner
Schwarzenbach
Iodicala
Mia
Salome Myers
Wabash County
Indiana
Lsborer
United States Department of Labor
Bradley, Vorhees and Day
New York
Hoover
Roosevelt
Chicago
Herman Bundesen
Toll ‘Stoy
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Possessions
Calvin Coolidge
Cleveland
Harrison
Taft
Wilson
Coolidge
Wee
Ho, Stone and Company
Defpnet
Federal
Grand Meadow News
Boris Karloff
Myrna: Loy
Dave
Torrence
Wheeler and Woolsey
Warren Williams
Lili Damita
Glenda Farrell
Helen Hayes
Ramon Navarro
Lewis Stone
Mohn
Elgin State Bank
J. A. Boleyn
West Elgin
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