Wadena Bride Weds Charles Jones At Waukon
Kathryn Tschantz youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Tschantz of Wadena married Charles Jones of Waukon on Friday January 24 at 5 pm in Waukon. Rev Van Nice presided. Attendants included groom’s relatives Max and Mrs August Yearous. The couple will reside on the Jones farm near Waukon. Also notes include local social events, a creamery dinner on Feb 1, and a semester honor roll at Wadena high school. The obituary of Thomas Francis Raftis records his death January 22 1936 after brain tumor surgery in Iowa City. He leaves widow Esther and two daughters Mary Lucille and Anna Francys, plus siblings and nieces. Funeral held January 24 at St Joseph's church Wadena with interment at St Joseph's cemetery.
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Kathryn Tschantz
Fred Tschantz
Wadena
Charles Jones
Waukon
van Nice
Max
August Yearous
Jones Farm
Presbyterian Church
Harold Hermen and Son
George
Lucille Davis
Lester Chase
Highland
Forest Feller
Glen Frey
Farmersburg
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Emma Jennings
Waterloo
Joy Jennings
Fremont Clark
Gretna
Nebraska
G. P. Clark
Ern Schori
Geraldine
Elgin
Arthur Herring
Wadena ‘H High School
John Hankel
Dale Minger
Amelia Faye Moore
Mary Whittenbaugh
Francis Walters
George, Wood
Jean Jones
Everett Elliott
Raymond Felder
Dora Frey
Irene Kennedy
Leo Baldwin
Virginia Herwig
George Davis
Junior Larson
Dorothy Minihan
Mary Sniffin
Nellie Whittenbaugh
Thomas Francis
James Raftis
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mary Lucille
Anna Francys
Daughers
J. F. Corkery
J. C. Kennedy
D. J. Raftis
El‘kader
Lawrence Raftis
Oelwein
Carl Raftis
Cedar Rapids
P. W. Raftis
St. Joseph's Church
J. D. Raftis
J. J. Kennedy
Ed Meskel
Eileen Raftis
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Huts Built on Stilts In Porto Rican Palm Huts
Porto Rican native huts are raised on palm leaf platforms to avoid floods and accessed by ladders.
Local Elgin Notes and Nearby Socials
Elgin local items report sale bills at the Licho office and several social visits. Gov. O. K. Allen died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage. Various residents are ill or recovering, including Dr. Hutchinson and J. J. Phillips. Local shoptalk mentions beef specials at Falks Meat Market and church group plans for a general aid meeting.
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O. K. Allen
Huey Long
Falk’s Meat! Market
Elgin
Se Rou by SGidaberigh is a tale of wartime claims
The report describes how Rou by SGidaberigh and AnePstare forces claim success in field actions, with statements from Ti Tha of Clyuatawn asserting that their participants were sufficiently successful to maintain control over a defensive position despite adversities.
Agricultural Progress Through Wheat Cattle and Wool
The text highlights Western Australia as a fertile agricultural site with mineral products likened to fairy wealth. It notes large outputs in wheat cattle and wool and emphasizes the need to access foreign markets for these goods.
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Australia
Western
Started Sunday Schools in Gloucester by Robert Ruikes 1780
A historical note records Robert Ruikes born 1811, an English religious reader, beginning a Sunday school movement in Gloucester in 1780 to teach reading and repentance through catechism to children.
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Robert Ruikes
Goucester
Sign of Bad Luck If Your Company Enters By Different Door
A quirky sign warns that bad luck follows a firm that exits one door and enters another, a superstition cited as a playful omen for business behavior and door etiquette.
Watch for the Squirrel On Path This Season
A brief item warns to watch for a squirrel crossing paths this season. The notice mentions Msappointed in error and suggests caution for walkers and drivers to prevent collisions with wildlife.
Ancient Language Found in Syria Linked to Early Alphabets
Yale professor Titian J. Obersmann reports Ras Shamra tablets near Antioch in northern Syria reveal a hitherto unknown pre biblical Semitic language. The tablets, dating to or before the 15th century BCE, use 36 signs as an alphabet linking cuneiform techniques to early alphabetic script, offering new insights into biblical passages.
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Titian J. Obersmann
Yale
United Press
Ras Shamra
Antioch
Syria
Canaan
Oberminn
Chemical Sponge Saps Up Moisture From Air
A chemical sponge using activated alumina absorbs moisture from air and gases with 100 percent efficiency until a 12 to 14 percent weight gain, then continues at lower efficiency to 20 to 25 percent. Saturated sponge is reactivated by heated gases or by radiating heat from electric, oil, or steam sources.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Opium from Poppy Straw Discovery Raises Control Concerns
A Hungarian discovery reveals a method to extract morphine and codeine from poppy straw and chai, not just seeds. From one ton of straw, 800 grams morphine base and 8 grams codein base can be produced, complicating drug traffic control and prompting stricter oversight.
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Hungary
Scrap Leather Turned Into Continuous Leather Board
Leather scraps once largely useless are transformed by a new machine into continuous sheets of genuine leather board. The process creates a synthetic hide from tangled fibers, matching original strength and industrial usefulness, as reported by Scientific American.
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Lerly
Scientific American
Move of Ill Patient to West Union Hospital
Winifred McMillan was moved to West Union hospital Monday morning from the Alfred Cook home near Elkader where she had been seriously ill with pneumonia for three weeks. She was under a nurse’s care and her mother was with her. No word has been received since the move. Jessie Potter of Fayette is teaching her school in the meantime.
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Winifred McMillan
West Union Hospital
Alfred Cook
Elkader
West Union
Jessie Potter
Fayette
Gland Extract Accelerates Rat Growth in Tests
A thymus gland extract tested across seven generations of white rats dramatically speeds development. Each generation shows higher birth weight and quicker growth, with earlier eye and ear opening, tooth eruption, and hair growth. Some reach triple normal weight by eight days.
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Freling Foster
Collier Weekly
Odds Against the Nickel Slot Matchmakers in NYC and Monte Carlo
Mathematicians calculate the odds against a player pushing nickels into a slot machine as just over 38 to 1. Slot profits in New York run at about 4 billion dollars monthly, while Monte Carlo wagers barely reach that figure. Rival gangs fight over the profits, causing bootlegging scale and frequent homicides and related lawlessness.
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New York
Monte Carlo
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Cannibalism Reported in Far North of Canada
A fragment notes cases of cannibalism in the far north and northern Canada, with Eakimoa described as near starvation and having reportedly devoured human flesh within recent years.
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Tropics
Canada
Birthday or anniversary mixup sparks cautious
In a light exchange, Nexdore questions the reason for a home check while Nayhor explains a wary mood after his wife kissed him this morning. He speculates it signals a birthday or their wedding anniversary, prompting a cautious tone in the Montreal Star.
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Nexdore
Nayhor
Montreal Star
Secret birth link claimed by Mise Papseigh
Tit Bits Magazine reports the mystery figure Mise Papseigh hints at a secret tied to her birth date. The claim centers on a hidden connection alleged by the social figure, sparking intrigue about her origins.
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Mise Papseigh
Tit Bits Magazine
Black-Capped Chickadee in Iowa Winter Series
This fourth illustration in a series introduces the Black-Capped Chickadee. Editor notes credit T G Scott and George Hendrickson from Iowa State College for preparing the study. The bird remains in Iowa year round, grows in winter numbers, feeds mainly on insects, and often visits suet holders. It is bold, cheerful, and industrious, with a distinctive black cap and white underparts. The female mirrors the male in color.
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Echo
Iowa
T. G. Scott
George Hendrickson
Iowa State College
Ames
When yer own plans goes wrong says Uncle Ehen
The excerpt presents a folk saying about mislaid plans and wiser outcomes, attributed to Uncle Ehen. It reflects a humorous rural voice noting that a prudent person learns from failed schemes and acknowledges better judgment after mistakes. No further context is provided.
Traffic Death Toll Prompts Nationwide Reform Poll
More than 36,000 Americans died on streets and highways in 1936, equating to one fatal accident every 15 minutes. A nationwide poll urges uniform state traffic laws, stricter tests, harsher penalties, compulsory insurance, and governors limiting speeds to 50 mph.
Lepers Recover Without Medicine or Knowledge
Lepers recover many cases without medicine or awareness of the illness, a condition the Scriptures describe as "the wrath" and which believers interpret as a divine healing episode rather than a medical cure.
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Frank Raftis
Licho
C. S. Halstenson
Harold Landsgard
Gus Gunders
J.J. Phillips
Leo Gretner
Orange City
Frank Shipton
Geraldine Kohler
Alta Vista
C. J. Harrington
Ethel] Kohler
Lea Baldwin
Medhanolis
J. W. Jackson
C. C. Brenna
Anna Halverson
John Gunderson
Harmony, Minn
Gus Gunderson
Ern Holzer
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Robert Clothier
Tile Hanson
F. G. Spahr
I. D. Hendershott
Marie Frieden
Gottfred Frieden
Town City
Louise Lehman
G. Frieden
Harold Kimball
Lehman
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Carter
Echo Office
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