Wadena area social notes and upcoming events
Wadena residents hosted triple birthday dinners and showers at Klingman hall. The Legion Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year. A Mother-Daughter banquet is planned by Presbyterian ladies. Numerous visits and gatherings across nearby towns featured birthdays, dinners, and social outings with many local families and organizations mentioned. The piece ends with social chatter and a light theater and dating exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Learn
Wm, Nelson
W. F. Moore
Hoyt
Miss Chamberlain
Fayette
Rae
Janine Nelson
Francise Moore
Myr
Murray Broughton
Klingman Hall
Westerberg
Presbyterian Ladies’ Club
Mary Florence Whittenbaugh
Oelwein
Will Whittenbaugh
Orville Doland
Arlington
George Jones, Jr
Earl Livingston
Clyde Bond
Wilfred Bond
Clair Everett
la Verle Corbin
Frank Everett
Oran Holtzman
Ruth
Lima
Ralph Holtzman
Maynard Powers
Chidren
Aurora
Lawrence Welsh
Crystal Lake
Frank Welsh
Lawrence Raffus
Hazel O’brien
West Union
D. O. Clark
A. J. Knutson
Donna
Zella Duncan
Rex Hotel
Knutson
Elmer Maurer
Detroit
Mich
Henry Kuhn
Sauvage
Pauline
Bernadine
Bloomington
Wis
Jackie
Jean Thiele
W. D. Mattocks
Loretta
Anna Fennell
Nellie Messerli
Elva Clark
B. B. McLaughlin
Monticello
Irene Kennedy
Ralph Gage
Luther Crandall
Kirksville
Missouri
Katie Dodson
Harold Stade
Farmersburg
Stade
Lyal Whittenbaugh
John
Robert Whittenbaugh
Stella
Bobbie
Arthur Jones
Monona
Pleasant Ridge
Burdena Moore
Amelia Moore
Helena Baxtell
Arlene Welsh
the Grill
George Fay
Dora
William Corkery
Camp Parents on Duty as Camp Season Ends
On a July evening Fanny and Joe discuss Joey at camp and Doris back home while noting duties shift as Ted is away. They joke about being camp parents and plan to water the lawn and locate the hose as the camp season nears its end. Ine joins, mentioning the week left in the camp session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fulton
Fanny
Joe
Joey
Fanny Ferguson
Doris
Ted
Ine
Iowa football schedule and ticket prices listed
The University of Iowa outlines its 1929 football schedule with four home games and four away games including Notre Dame and Minnesota. Ticket prices range from 1.10 to 2.85 dollars, with notes on Dad's Day and homecoming. Additional items cover a 1929 news photography contest and university updates on a blood bank and wildlife faculty appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Notre Dame
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
City
Indiana
Iowa City
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Wisconsin
Madison
Purdue
Lafayette
Iowacity
Northwestern
Evanston
Wild Life School
McGregor
George F. Kay
Arthur C. Trowbidge
Rudolph Kase
Bruce E. Mahan
Lightning’s Course Shown Most Times
Thunderclouds commonly flash from top to bottom with most strikes staying aloft. Occasionally a bottom flash reaches the ground and shocks a tree, barn, or transmission line, causing a strike event and potential damage.
Muskrat Coat Provides Natural Waterproof Garment
Muskrats have long outer hairs containing oils that make their fur waterproof. This natural coating acts like a built in garment, offering water resistance that imitates high quality man made fabrics.
First Printed Reference to Poker in Green's Reformed Gambler
The earliest known poker mention in print appears in Green's Reformed Gambler, describing a river steamer poker game in June 1834. The note ties the game's first printed record to Foster's edition of Hoyle's Games.
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Poker Foster
Hoyle
Green
Vitamin A sources through history documented in early diets
Historical note traces vitamin A knowledge back to 1500 B C with liver consumption improving night vision. It also lists other sources such as yellow and leafy greens, egg yolks, and whole milk as rich in vitamin A.
Crooked Palm Tree Landmark Near Tripoli in Libya
The lone crooked palm tree at Zliten, inland from Tripoli, has stood as a landmark for 500 years. It appears straight for about half its trunk before winding into curves that resemble a corkscrew.
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Libya
Zliten
Tripoli
Local Social Roundup From Clermont And Elgin
Elgin locals recount visits by Mrs Justin Howard and her Cedar Falls daughter plus Mrs Howard's Water loo mother in Clermont and Elgin. Ed Conner returns from Town City university hospital after two months with a broken arm and stays at Ed Boyle home. A Burrow Clermont boy's hand burn reported earlier with few details. Oscar M Benson of La Salle Tl visits his mother Lena Benson then returns home for business with plans to return. Mrs Mary Skarshaug Cedar Rapids and Mrs C R Stone Collins visit Ern Bauder and O J Olson homes after earlier visits near West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Crandall
Oelwein
A. G. Herrling
Lyle Herrling
Guttenberg
Wadena Lutheran Aid
Park
Charles Wilson
Washington, D. C
W. D. Mattocks
Arlene
Betty Cox
Dennison
G. P. Clark
Jean
Joan Corkery
Alfred Jenson
Waterloo
Jimmie
Kansas City
A. G
Arthur Herrling
Loretta Mattocks
Monticello
B. B. McLaughlin
Justin Howard
Cedar Falls
Howard
Clermont
Elgin
Ed Conner
University Hospital
Town City
Ed Boyle
Oscar M. Benson
la Salle
Lena Benson
Mary Skarshaug
Cedar Rapids
C. R. Stone
Collins
Ern Bauder
O. J. Olson
Ed Baulder
West Union
Government Land Measure A Township Size Facts
Government Land Measure A defines township areas as 36 sections, each one mile square. Each section covers 640 acres, with a quarter section equaling a half of a 4 mile square or 160 acres.
Bananas Emerge as Staple Food Worldwide
Bananas, cultivated widely for about six decades in large quantities, have become a staple for millions of natives. Previously, the fruit bore many seeds and was considered disagreeable in taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wf&s
Nonshrinkable Wool by Sulfuryl Chloride Treatment
Wool can be made nonshrinkable without harming the fabric by dipping it for about an hour into a 1.5 to 2 percent solution of sulfuryl chloride in white spirit, a solvent used by textile cleaners, according to Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
Notable Cardinal Rank and Papal Election Roles
The designation of prince of the church is tied to the cardinalate. The pope confers the color of the bet when a dignitary is made a cardinal. The college of cardinals elects the pope, limited to seventy six cardinal bishops, fifty cardinal priests, and fourteen cardinal deacons.
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College of Cardinals
No Important Town Along River and Other Briefs
A compilation notes that the Mackenzie River in Canada has no major towns along its 2350 mile course. It also recalls that pyramids began as royal tombs in Egypt, later adopted by nobles as tombs in pyramid form. The Connecticut Compromise shaped Senate equality and House representation by population. A Socony-Vacuum Oil president warns taxes curb expansion and private employment. A circulating story claims Soviet soldiers must turn in every empty cartridge under a feared regime and harsh penalties for hoarding ammunitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackenzie River
Canada
John A. Brown
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
Dentists Convene 81st ADA Annual Session in Milwaukee
Dr Marcus L Ward of Ann Arbor and Dr Arthur H Merritt of New York directed the 81st annual American Dental Association convention held Monday July 17 in Milwaukee. A record attendance was reported as the profession stressed scientific phases of its work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Marcus’ L. Ward
Ann Arbor
Mich
Arthur H. Merritt
New York
American Dental Association
Will Compete for National Dairy Honors in San Francisco
Adams county Indiana youths LeRoy Schwartz and Elmer Nussbaum earned first in Indiana state dairy demonstration at Purdue 4 H club roundup with their cream barrel cooler. The victory earned a free trip to the National Dairy Show in San Francisco next October to represent Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon M. Schwartz
Purdue University
Adams County
Indiana
San Francisco
LeRoy Schwartz
Elmer Nussbaum
Echo
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University of Town
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Sain Ra
Egypt
Connecticut
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Poyms
John Falb & Sons
Elgin, Iowa
Ats
Firestone
AMM Mono AM
Alta Cua
Ra ’ Tings
Eebibus York Waris
Eistomne
Leesantar
Leesan
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