Community notes from Wadena to Volga parks
Local residents attended family reunions and anniversaries across towns including Lima, Volga, West Union and Cedar Rapids. Trips and visits highlighted by Heiden and Fennell families, Middleton and Crandall kin, with several church and Sunday school announcements and a temporary pause in Presbyterian services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toe
Norwegian Lutheran Missionery Society
Thorefternson
Henry Df Ekeun
Borg
Dohmsen
Oly
E. E
Alfred Jv
Howard Sheffer
Fred Heiden
H. J. Aeschliman
Lex
Heiden
Volga Park
Lima
Furdsy
Lawrence Fennell
Eafternoon
Loretta Crawford
Portland
Ore
Robert Pierce
Ivan Kiart
Roy Hummel
Fayette
East Clermont
Meggie Whittenbaugh
del Kuhnes
Levi Learn
Elgin
Waller Murray
Will Murray
Arlington
Dick Jones
Volga
George Jones
Don Hinkle
West Union
Oscar Hinkle
Juin Askey
Galena
George Fay
Marilyn
Beverly
Carl Kuhnes
Cedar Rapids
Nellie Ruth Whittenbaugh
Waterloo
Mary Whittenbaugh
Russell Nelson
Presbyterian Church
Brainard Social and church notes highlight local visits
Dinner guests visited the Mays, Cline, Davis, Helms, Boyer and Nutting families across Decorah Clermont and Echo Valley. A rattlesnake was killed near Glen Boyer home. Picnics occurred at Echo Valley park and Clermont. Brainard Church notes list Sunday school at 10 and evening service at 8 led by Rev. A E Burroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Mays
Dariene Nottnagel
M. Mardell
Decorah
L. P. Cline
Margaret
LeRoy
James Davis
Fraily
Wim. Notting
H. W. Helms
Clive Helms
Marshall Helms
Herman Boyer
Willis Lyon
Genevieve Peters
Stanley
Clyde Crandall
Ray Gilbert
Sheldon Moats
Glen Boyer
Corrine
Clarence Tripp
George Tripp
D. H. Craft
Clara Bartiett
Echo Valley Park
E. R Nutting
Wm. Nutting
Claude Regal
Lorentz Hope
Sidney Nutting
Clermont
Vern Boyer
Emery Buroden
Isaac Grimes
Joe Peters
Beatrice
Eva Boyer
Cedar Falls
Brainard
A. E. Burroughs
Mattress care tips from a bygone guide
A reader asks about keeping a new mattress in good condition. Advice covers using a mattress cover and pad to prolong life, sunning and beating weekly, turning end to end and side to side thrice weekly, avoiding stacking mattresses, and not carrying or bending the mattress alone to prevent lumps or loss of fluff.
Community guests fill weekend in Cedar Falls area
County Line News lists numerous visits and suppers as residents hosted friends and relatives from Cedar Falls LeRoy Blooming Prairie Crosby Decorah Huxley and Hudson. Weekend gatherings included church anniversaries and family overnights with names such as Albert Thompson Henry Kittles Ames Olson Olaf Berg and Louisa Martie among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Thompson
Cedar Falls
Henry Kittles
Ames Olson
Martin Amundson
Orville Berg
Raymond
James Friederich
Ole Reierson
Ramsey
Opa
Lavern Larson
Lester Tope
Fayette
Lawrence West
Edgar Kimball
Belle Reiers
Clive Helms
Louisa Martie
Lydia
Fred
Joe Wander
Louis Schneider
West Bend
Swen Blockhus
Blooming Prairie
Minn
J. Haugland
Crosby
N. D
Henry Wilson
Peterson
Lillian Haugland
Burr Oak
Barbara Berg
Carl Blocknus
Luvila Ruroden
Amanda Ruroden
Anna Mae Ruroden
Olavus Allen
Near
Decorah
H. H. Gilberty
Donald Reijerson
Louisa
Martie
Hiram Jacobson
Paul
Huxley
Selmer Groth
M. J. Blockhus
1 Haugland
Navajo Guides Travelers to Hogan Dwellings
Navajo guides travelers on the vast reservation by directing them to hogans. The crude longhouses are built with the door facing the gate to the sun, giving direction and orientation to visitors navigating the area.
Elephant hunt at London menagerie in 1626
A fragment reports a lethal elephant incident at the London menagerie in 1626. It mentions 180 musket bolts used to kill the dangerous animal and suggests a royal or public concern with the creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bathing Baby in Summer Heat Tips and Setup
Adults complain of heat but babies demand attention. A cooling bath is best, with morning baths and light afternoon soaks, then a short evening bath to help sleep. Prepare supplies at tub, set water to body temperature, incline elbow test, wash hands, and use warm towels. Set up a sturdy bath table, ensure safe space for dressing, and keep room 75 to 80 degrees. Avoid hot stove proximity and never leave baby unattended during bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
What Shall We Eat Fried Chicken
A guide to frying chicken highlighting best size, preparation, and heat. It covers plain flour and salt methods versus batter crumbs, Browning then steaming to finish, draining fat, and serving order for an attractive platter.
General Marshall urges longer service and wider duty
General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, urged keeping draftees reserve officers and National Guardsmen in service beyond one year. He asked for removal of restrictions limiting U.S. armed forces to the Western Hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Geo.c. Marshall
Thearmy
United States
Mulberries Preserve Flavors In Quick Home Method
Large plump mulberries shine this year and yield rich flavor when canned or used in drinks. A simple syrup blends mulberries with water or juice, sugar, and lemon, then heated to boil before sealing in sterilized jars for 40 minutes. Mulberry juice can substitute for water in beverages, extracting juice by heating to just boiling and straining through a sieve.
Albany Flood Reveals Flawed Storm Sewers
During a flood in Albany California, residents complained the storm sewer could not carry off excess water. Workmen opened a manhole and removed a kiddie car a play wagon and a tricycle to let water flow out, revising engineers calculations based on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Calif
Railroad Growth Across Nine Decades From West Chicago to Aurora
A 12 mile railroad line was built from West Chicago to Aurora and the Burlington system expanded to 9 018 miles by 1939. President Budd announced in his 1840 report that the company earned a net of 4 661339 35 dollars last year, up 4 28 percent from 1938 and higher than in 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chicago
Aurora
Burlington Railroad
Budd
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Wadena News
County Line News
Milo Halverson
Elaine and Carroll
LeRoy, Minn
Olaf Berg
East Lutheran Church
Want
L. L. Carr
Iclermont
Burgess-Dugstad Lor
Lehman's Hardware
Avalon
Franz Appelman
Joan Crawford
Mel Douglas
The
Echo
Independence Produce Co
C. J. Mulford
Aoute
Minnesota Grain Binder
Richard Olson
John Deere Pele Clermont
Edith Berg
Abc
Green Colonial
Green Colonial Furnace Co
Des Moines
Towa
Burgess- Dugstad Sr. Co
Avalon Theatre
Echo Office
Ray Chapman
Wings
G. H. Falk
Polar Cubs
Chas
Feller Hardware
West Elgin
Royal Standard Typewriter
Elgin Echo
Victor
Gunder
Orvin Thompson
Postville
R. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Town
Billy the Kid
Topnotch Entertainment
Rose McMillan
Robert Taylor
Brain Donlevy
Ian Hunter
Mary Howard
Maynard Lantz
Andrew Johnson
Raleigh
N. C
Lehman’s
Eigin
Ela
Edd
Ghe
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Iowa
Pooogook
Ray Miland
Wm. Holden
T Want Wings
Brian Donlevy
Byetuli
Mel. Douglas
Factory Fresh
Elgin Oil Company
F. D. Welch
Elgin, Iowa
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