Wadena notices and auction order ad blend with local chatter
Local items report visits, illnesses, travel, and social events in Wadena and nearby towns. Mrs Ella Allen returns home from Ellcport. Families travel to Bloomington and Volga City for health reasons and to visit relatives. A bake sale and creamery meeting are announced. A bank receivership seeks court approval for public sale of assets in Fayette County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Allen
Ellcport
J. G. Kennedy
Delwe
Tom Baldwin
Francis
Maurica Dwyer
Bloomington
Wis
Baldwin
June Kerr
Hlyvia
Ralph Shaffer
Shaffer
Lyal Whittenbaugh
John Hansen
Dubuque
Len Hummell
Volga City
Mr. Hummell
Dave
Ralph Reed
Colleen
West Union
Johnson Bros
Lyle Corbin
Waterloo
Corbin
Maggie Whittenbaugh
L. W. Reed
Near Elgin
Mra
Rob. Ernst
Mart Davis
Creamery Association
Herbert
Harmison
Dub
Wadena Savings Bank
Wadena
Iowa
Fayette County
D. W. Bates
Towa
Club newspaper offer ends February 1 1935
The Echo and Enterprise and the Dubuque Telegraph Herald offer a club price of 5.06 for both papers, instead of 8.00 each. The notice states the offer must be withdrawn permanently after January 31 1935, and urges readers to act soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Fred Tschantz
West Union
Berg
Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque
By-Products From Corn and Ancient Names
Reading notes describe corn by products including yeast gluten dry and wet starch used in textiles paper confectionery explosives adhesives colors and fireworks. Sugar from wet starch used in dietetics brewing fermentations. Germ oils yield soap glycerin and salad. Also mentions streamline hydrodynamics term defined by Borace Lamb in 1996. Egyptian mummy blood test relates to pig blood tests. Nebraska Indian name meaning fog water valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archea
Borace Lamb
Elgin Masons to hold special meeting for third degree candidate
Alfred Holzer is ill and bedridden for several days. A special Elgin Masons meeting is set for tonight to raise a candidate to the third degree. Community notices include social visits, illnesses, and local events with names and addresses as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Holzer
Elgin Masons
Reflected Sunlight in Ancient Light Law
Fragmentary note explains reflection of sunlight by the moon and planets. Mentions Hero of Alexandria and Euclid as early expression and deduction of the law of reflection. The text appears as a historical outline of how reflection was understood in ancient science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hero of Alexandria
Euclid
Profiteering Tainted Afghan Shrine Pilgrim Traffic
Report alleges widespread profiteering around holy men tombs in Afghanistan where friends allegedly murdered clerics to establish shrines and attract pilgrim traffic benefiting local communities and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afghanistan
Process of Canning Through American Industry History
The text notes canning arrived in America around 1918 but did not become an industry term until 1860. It contrasts the introduction of canning with the later adoption as a formal industry term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Distended Lips Practice Once Used In Africa
The custom of stretching lips with wooden disks began to render women less desirable to Arab slave traders, a historical practice noted for its social and cultural implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Land Bargains in Fayette and Adjoining Counties
Real estate ads list numerous farms near Fayette Clermont West Union Elgin and Postville with varied sizes from 32 to 206 acres. Features include black loam soil modern buildings schooling proximity to towns and mortgage terms ranging from down payments to long terms. Properties offer farming homes and potential exchanges or rentals with potential insurance company farm offerings in multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Fayette
Clermont
West Union
Elgin
Modern Co
Unne Ion
Olavus Knudtson
Gelwein
West End
Postville
Hawkeye
Bremer
Blackhawk
Chickagsaw
Butler
Floyd
Telus
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State OF
Benalata
Mississippi
Grether Real Estate Agency
Elgin, Jow
Nebraska
F. R. Berg
Priscilla and Kensington Clubs
C. S. Kniel
Mrs
F. C. Muehlethaler
Ulah Howard
George Howard
John Falk
Marquette
Emmet Morris
Frank Kapinos
John Klinesh
Julius Kapinos
Spillville
L. S. Hutchinson
Frank Gehring
New Deal
Fellers' Hardware
West Elgin
Ladies’ Society of
St. Peter's Church
Elgin Town Hall
James Bailey
Decorah Hospital
T. W. Dean
Waukegan, Ill
Torkel
Nelson
Nels Nelson
St. Olaf
Wagner Township
Clayton County
Norway
Norway Church
George Nydegger
Lehman’s Hardware
Axminster
Elgin Furniture Store
Elgin, Iowa
van Camp
Ad. &. Boleyn Elgin, Iowa
Real’ Farm
Grether
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