Wadena Local Socials and School Events
Wadena reports a busy week with Ladies Club in the former Aeschliman home and a pancake dinner planned for January 23 at the church. Birthdays, card clubs, and Young People's Mission Band activities are noted alongside visits and dinners at multiple West Union and nearby homes. High school sleigh rides and class parties accompany updates on local families and operations, including Mr. Raftis entering the university hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Aeschliman
Elva Clark
Ladies’ Club
Beulah Fay
Robert. Whittenbaugh
Stella
Maggie Whittenpaugh
Alden Gell
West Union
Madge Corkery
Alla Leonhart
Naomi Crandall
Olive Knutson
Chas. Keefer
Iowa City
Henry Oldfather
Genevieve Leanhart
la Fondy Gell
Mabel Johnson
Donna Johnson
Ralph Reed
Young People’s Mission Band
Ray Vashell
Amelia Faye Moore
Virginia Madsen
Irene Shover
Forest Moore
Lucille Voshell
Lucille Davis
Robert Whittenbaugh
Lyal Whittenbaugh
John Arthur
Arthur Jones
Wankon
John Fay
Leta Mavis Knutson
Marcia Marie Knutson
Harold Hermen
Eddie
Lucille
George Davis
LeRoy Meyer
Elksder
Guy Carter
Fayette
W. F. Moore
Wilder Mattocks
Louisiana
Roy Leonhart
Ray Herwig
Mary Henrich
E. A. Card Club
Moz
Pear Johnson
Mary Everett
Albert Felder
Eva Aeschliman
Caldwell
Zella
Oelwein
Legion and Auxiliary
Elgin Cats N At Randalia Basketball Results And School News
Elgin High basketball split two games at Randalia with the second team tying 16 to 12 as a substitute scored 2 points. first team lost 389 to 21 but rallied in the second half. Football squad entertained 25 members at the school house with the season wrap up and then practice plans.
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Elgin High Basketeers
Randalia
Elgin
Supt
D. R. Roberts
R. C. Jorgenson
Prof. Billings
Doc" Dorman
Clermont
Postville
West Union
June Miller
Walter Falk
Max Hunsberger
Max Medberry
R. A. Crider
Rob, Grimes
Miss Olson
Mr. Roberts
Faysette
Mr. Bennett
Georgia Stillman
Viola Berndt
Bay of Fundy Tides Figure In Global Ocean Bounds
The Bay of Fundy has the world’s strongest tides with large daily ranges. The tests show the Noel shore records average highs around 44.8 feet, driven by the Minas channel and Bay of Fundy acting as a funnel. Tides surge from Fundy into the Minas Basin and push into the Avon and Cornwallis rivers, then stop at the basin’s edge.
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Bay of Fundy
Copequid Bay
Minas Hawth
Bay of Pandy
Minay
Minay Basin
Avon
Cornwallis Tiverg
Farm and Home Week plans, Iowa census notes rise
Production across 24 nations shows 3 percent drop from 1005 to 1984 while Teava soybeans soar, and Towa corn moisture averages 21.8 percent. U S, Germany, Denmark report rise in hogs. MSU says corn resistant to European corn borer. land use must include conservation. 1935 census deemed fuller. Iowa State College hosts Farm and Home Week Feb 3–8. court ruling halts corn hog machinery prompts new ADA guidance. erroneous report on hangings near campus spreads.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Supreme Court
Towa
Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Lincoln Highway
Talking light beam beats signal fires
A historical note from Path Finder Magazine describes a talking light beam as an early communication method. A light beam carries spoken messages by varying intensity similar to telephone wire signals. Transmission occurs from a transmitter and is received by an electric eye converting light fluctuations to current.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Wild animal life will not die out in Uganda
Uganda's wildlife fortunes are improving says Navier J. Van Wyk of American Express. Elephants have doubled in less than 80 years, gorillas in Kayansa, and hippos by Victoria Nyanza are more numerous. Lions remain plentiful in remote Teglong, suggesting long term survival of key species despite past fears.
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Uganda
Tropical Africa
Navier J. van Wyk
American Express Company
Kayansa Forest
Aippopotami
Victoria Nyanza
Teglong
Varied musings on charity, virtue, and public life
A string of aphorisms and quips on human nature, philanthropy, manners, and politics. It notes the gap between talk and action, questions the motives of reformers, and wittily remarks on sleep, fame, and daily life with names and examples.
Orchids Grow Wild in Dunes Near Chicago
Orchids usually tied to tropical climates now grow in the sands of northern Texas near Chicago. A Field Museum herbarium associate curator says a recent discovery brings the total orchid varieties in the dunes to 26.
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Texiana
Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Letter circles globe thrice in 1922 from Poland to Brazil
A letter sent from Rowno in eastern Poland to Brazil in 1922 circled the globe three times before returning to its origin after 12 years. The sender is dead, but the recipient was offered about 1,000 stores, near £200, for the envelope.
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Rowno
Poland
Brazil
London Sunday Observer
Hat Choice Dilemma Stirs Wife and Husband Debate
In a Detroit News item, a wife and husband debate which hat to buy. The wife wants guidance while the husband believes the choice is already made, highlighting a light household dilemma from a domestic setting.
Altered Relationship in Kangus City Star
A witty exchange highlights changing roles as a wife accuses her spouse of taking someone out to dinner. The response reframes the situation with a punchline about becoming a former secretary, reflecting social humor in Kangus.
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Foss
Ross
Kangus City Star
White-breasted Nuthatch Adds Color To Iowa Birds Series
In the Echo series on birds that winter in Iowa, T. G. Scott and George Hendrickson describe the White-breasted Nuthatch. This small woodpecker like bird climbs trees head first, eats insects in summer and adds acorns and grain in winter, and is found in Iowa year round.
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Echo
Iowa
T. G. Scott
George Hendrickson
Iowa State College
Ames
Death of former resident Anne Bakke in Minneapolis
Anne Torkelson Bakke died in Minneapolis on January 4 at age 95. Born in Norway, she came to the U.S. in 1863 and settled in Clayton County. She married Tove Torkelson in 1866. In recent years she lived in an Old People’s home. Survived by son Torkel Bakke and sister Mrs. A. I. Ottur of Grafton, N. D. Burial was in Decorah.
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Anne Torkelson Bakke
Minneapolis
Minn
Norway
Clayton County
Tove Torkelson
Old People’s
Torkel Bakke
A. I. Ottur
Grafton
N. D
Decorah
Advertising as an Investment in Business Growth
The article argues that smart advertising should be viewed as an investment rather than a simple expense. It outlines how targeted campaigns build brand value, attract customers, and generate measurable long term returns for firms.
Sponge iron production method described in furnace study
A historical note explains sponge lean sponge iron is produced directly from ore in an electric furnace, avoiding prior smelting in a plain furnace and remelting steps. The text compares direct reduction with indirect methods and highlights the electric furnace role in creating sponge iron.
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Plist
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