Wadena News Highlights Local Visits and Family News
Wadena social notes show Lucille Welch visiting in Oelwein while the Welch and Popenhagen households hosted relatives from Fayette and Delaware. Many locals, including the Broughtons, Freys, Klingmans, and Whittenbaughs, were out visiting, hosting, or attending church and picnics. Birth announcements mark the Corkery boy born Saturday. Curtiss gives birth to a girl. Residents travel to Arlington, Dubuque, Waterloo, and Manchester for events and errands.
Peculiar car deal to be settled by grand jury
Walter Holly bought a car from W H Welch a year ago in Monong and after trading in his old vehicle and financing the rest the Welch finance contract was rejected. Welch later claimed two men in Guttenberg repossessed the car claiming to be Welch agents. Holly and Welch dispute the incident with no clear whereabouts of the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton County
Walter Holly
W. H. Welch
Monong
Wales
Welch
Holly
Guttenberg
Buy Everything You Can at Home Printing Warning
Fragmentary note urges buying everything at home and references printing, hinting at a domestic procurement or supply angle without clear event or date details. The unreadable text prevents precise attribution to a person, place, or organization.
PITHY PICKUPS A collage of quips and aphorisms
A string of clever lines and maxims on life wisdom travel, and human behavior. The pieces mention free gifts, applause, wise learning, conversation, advice, novels, brains, waiting, travel, jokes, drum majors, noisy boys, and money. Each line offers a compact reflection without a single continuous narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Jordan
America
Anya
Meaning Of Alaskan Totem Poles Explained
Secretary Wilbur explains two Alaskan totem poles outside his office. John Wallace details the figures: raven, Spirit of the Creek with a frog, Spirit of the Creek watcher, the Creek Spirit, and a daughter of a Creek chief with a bullhead fish. A whale killer messenger closes the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Wilbur
Governor Parks
Alaaska
John Wal-lace
Woshington
A Chaed-Froid Light and Altitude Record Airman
Apollo Soucek, the airman who set an altitude record, reportedly reached 80,000 feet in Los Angeles recently. The report quotes a humorous comparison to a winter farmhand, recalling a Vermont memory of extreme cold and boiling water freezing instantly outside the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo Soucek
Los Angeles
Ike
Vermont
Claddagh Village Refuses New Homes Plan
Irish Spain Claddagh in Galway may not be abandoned as locals reject Free State government plan to relocate them. After weighing higher taxes and rents, residents prefer preserving their thatched cottages and Gaél traditions over new village housing with plate roofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Claddagh
Galway
Free State
Pants Bring Soldier’s Lost Uniform Home From War
Walter F. Stanley, gassed in World War, moved to an England hospital and wore civilian clothes. Returning to Charlotte he sought a parade uniform and found O D pants at a salvage store. The pants bore his name and serial number, and the lost uniform finally returned to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Stanley
England
Charlotte, & C
O. D
Roman Altar Found Near Newcastle in Roman Wall Line
A well preserved Roman altar was found near Matlent Piers north of Newcastle on the old wall line by the North of England Excavations Committee. The inscription remains sharp and clear and the altar is dedicated to mother by a detachment of the First Cohort of Verdulli. The discovery is described as a great treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
England
Britain
Mothera
Verdulli
Matlent Piers
North of England
The Honeymoon Mistress And a Laundress Tale
A fragmentary exchange reveals a playful scene where Mandy asks about a honeymoon and a laundress recalls helping with wash in the early weeks, prompting lighthearted laughter. The snippet hints at social dynamics and casual banter surrounding domestic work.
Veracity and truth in gossip among Miss Cayenne
A witty exchange features Miss Cayenne declaring that a man’s truthfulness lasts only when he speaks about others. The line turns on social observation, implying selective honesty and gossip’s untrustworthy nature within small social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Community Notes From Ground Meadow Area
Ground Meadow residents record a week of visits and gatherings. Families such as Nelajn and Erickson, Pfister, Helgersons, Olson, Reipharts, Osmundsons, Reinharts, and others are noted hosting or visiting relatives at various homes during a recent week. Insight into local sewing circles, illnesses, threshing plans, and ongoing family movements is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Nelajn
Waterloo
Gilbert
Buraga
Gloria
Clarence Olson
Quinten
Ole
Andrew Reiphart
Gilbert Halversort
Martin Halverson
Vernon Olson
Arthur Olson
Clifford Osmundson
Vivian
Deloras
Manford Osmundson
Mra
Landsgard
Eunice
Florence Erickson
Eleanor
Thelma Lyngans
Clifford Ormundson
Joseph Olson
Lion Home
Elliott Olson
Funeral and local notices from New Hampton and area
Mr and Mrs John Fath and Mr and Mrs K W Mushlenthaler attended the funeral of Elmer Carpenter in New Hampton. Carpenter, music director at New Hampton schools, died from burns from a gasoline stove explosion at age forty three. He leaves a widow and four children and his father Walter Carpenter. The service was a Masonic funeral led by Ray Douglass of Postville. The Elgin party also visited friends and viewed New Hampton's municipal pool. Also noted are railroad presidents salaries and a call for salary reductions, Allen Hatbeger and family attending Will Lang's funeral in West Bend, and various visits and travels among local residents and families including the Krugers, Bergs, and Husbergs with Lake Deltona picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fath
K.W. Mushlenthaler
New Hampton
Elmer Carpenter
Walter Carpenter
Elgin
Masonie
Ray Douglass
Postville
Elgin Party
Forest Moore
McAloon
Rainbow Girls Plan Dance at West Union Pavilion
West Union Rainbow Girls led by Lolita Blake Eileen Evans and Betty Kohler met Monday for a special business session at Mrs B R Ballards home. They plan a dance at the West Union pavilion on July 30 and earlier met in West Union with about 26 members then traveled to New Hampton for their annual picnic and swimming in the municipal pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lolita Blake
Clermont
Betty Kohler
Sais Segah
Eileen Evans
West Union
B. R. Ballard
West Union Pavilion
Kathryn Strauch
Eileen’ Evans
New Hampton
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Wadena
Lucille Welch
Lawrence Welch
Oelwelh
Otto Popenhagen
George Popenhagen
Fayette
Fred Popenhagen
Betty Minihan
Volga City
Maggie Johnson
A. Mitchell
Will Voshell
George Davis
Mary Broughton
Arthur Homewood
Dale Broughton
Mr. Newton
Arlington
Janesville
Wiz
Klingman & Newton
H. E. Broughton
Whittenbaugh
George Jellings
Tempus
Delwein
Mart Frey
W. F. Moore
Robert Frey
Bert Sackett
Delaware
Gertrude Frey
Sackett
Amelia Faye
Burdena Moore
Clark Hummell
Strawberry Point
la Verle
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
Joy Popenhagen
Virginia
Weat Union
Roy Cline
Abbie Swales
Frank Poor
Grate
George Barris
Manchester
George Harris
Hopkinton
Flavher
Albert Bush
H. Manly
Lamont
Lawrence Welsh
Marie
James and
Marian Davis
Ed Battls
Pat Hastings
Lima
Janet Humimell
Len Hiummell
Jones
Jessie
R. W. Canine
Mary Crandall
George Fay
Wapsie
Robert Whittenbaugh
John Krebs
Dubuque
Krebs
Wm. Corkery
B. A. Jennings
Mary
Bessie
Ted Larson
James Larson
C. R. Belnap
Whitcher
John Curtiss
Lyall Whittenbaugh
H. H. Whitcher
M. A. Klingman
Henry Larson
Blanche Whitcher
James Lewick
Burt
Town
C. G. Stowe
Lucille
Stowe
J. M. Frey
Robert Prey
A. W. Helden
J. C. Probert
H. J. Asschliman
George Eckhart
Luman Fox
Fred Heiden
Myrtle Greathead
Legion Auxiliary
A. J. Knutson
Milford Knutson
Independence
Ruth Wilson
Boston
Mars
Clair Kelly
Vida
Montana
Emmett Thyne
Martin ‘Minihat
Fanily
Robert Bond
Milford
Fred Minger
Cora Evelyn
Arlitgton
Arthur Jones
Stella
Waukon
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Nell Jones
Wm. Whittenbaugh
John Thiele
Oelwein
Fred. Gernand
Ed Gernand
Glen Lowe
Jim Axeline
Alden Gell
Bertha Burgett
Payatte
Jim Klingman
L. W. McKellar
Highland
Andy Cox
Martin Minihan
New Hampton Tribune
Milwaukee
Great Western
Ilinoia Central
Commission of Government
Allen Hatbeger
Joe Habeger
West Bend
Will Lang
R. J. Krogman
Chicago
Otto Kruger
Margaret
Kathryn Kruger
Comith
Ed Anderson Jr
George Cowles
van Union
Trygve Husberg
Eau Claire
Wis
Lake Delwe
F. W. Hughes
Mrs
Harry Wenger
Mr. Wenger
West
Ed Fahey
Ull
Pocketbook
White House
J. A. Boleyn
Tui
Elgin, Iowa
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