Wadena area social notes and church events summary
A Klingman hall shower honored Eileen Raftis with about seventy five attendees and a varied program. Many local residents attended birthdays, family visits, hospital plans, and Memorial Day gatherings across West Union Oelwein Postville and surrounding farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klingman Hall
Eileen Raftis
Stella Whittenbaugh
Mary Sniffin
Gene Samek
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Arlene Welch
Virginia
Marjorie Herwig
Bernice Raftis
Mary Dick Leonhart
Henry Herwig
West Union
Ray Herwig
S. V. Carnock
H. T. Halt
Dubuque
Curnock
Beyers
Rev. Curnock
Halt
New York
Arlington
Swartz
Mildred Holtzman
Keen-O' Bridge Club
Mayme Mojumby
Olive Knutson
Blanche Feller
Marcia Knutson
Mason City
Draper Long
Postville
Marcey Alderson
Oelwein
Mike Tynan
David
Iowa City
A. G. Herrling
H. H. Whitcher
Muscatine
Ralph Ridgeway
Floyd Patterson
Fay Whittenbaugh
Terry Fay
Eldred Patterson
Clermont
Nora Patterson
Baldwin
Kenneth
Leo
Francis Corkery
Marie Dwyer
Matt
Clark
Mary Leonhart
Will Leonhart
Dean Leonhart
Decorah
Roy Leonhart
Henry Kuhn
Eddie Davis
Volga
Lily Livingston
Cedar Rapids
Mary B. Wetze
Alfred Jensen
Waterloo
Bert Erickson
Tom Sherlock
Oxford
Lou Ebhart and
Keith
Monona
Ella Allen
Elkport
Syd
Choredom and Freedom in a Schoolyard Conversation
Ted Thatcher and Harry Furnas discuss chores and freedom after school. Harry resents his father’s strict timing and mowing duties while Ted appreciates friends who understand responsibilities, hoping for less interference with his own plans and a chance to see the ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Thatcher
Harry Furnas
Harry
Ted
Fanny
Joe
Eggs as Milk's Stand-in in Food Value Analysis
If milk were unavailable, eggs would be the next most valuable single food. They do not replace milk but both supply protein, fat, phosphorus, iron and vitamins A B D G, underscoring eggs as a highly complete dietary source.
Elgin Iowa Council Minutes June 5 1939 Session
Elgin Iowa town council met with all members present approving minutes of prior meetings and auditing a long list of payments including labor wages for multiple workers, supplies, street lights, water pumping, park work, and taxes. The body authorized 1939 poll tax collection and granted beer and cigarette permits to several patrons before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Louis Sutter
Labor
Bob Barker
Ken. Barker
John Luchsinger
Harley Jones
Joe Baumgartner
Joe Lerch
Ida Christen
Labor Hall
Louisa Lehman
Ern Lerch
Harper Brush Works
Grimm's
Jim Christ
park _ Chandler Co
Htowa Municipal Supply Co
T. W. Dean
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Elgin Echo
O'Neill Drug
Central States Power & Light Corp
Central States Power & Corp
John Falk & Sons
Marie Muehlethaler
Treas
Sheldon Boyle
E. Bilden
Christ
Elgin Blacksmith Shop
Chas, Feller
Philip Moser
L. G. Lehman
Ern Holzer
Schori & Kuster Lbr. Co
Elgin Oil Co
Max Hunsberger
Marshall
A.M. Weibel
W. F. Miller
N. W. Evans
Chas. Wenger
Marie Heston
Klingman
C. J. Harrington
Oak Grove Community Notes Social Guests Attendances
Local residents report a series of visiting friends and family gatherings. Names include Mrs Cilla Baldwin Clara Mae Mrs Harry Gilson and many others visiting homes of the Dennler Howard Winkler Allen and Leuchtenmacher families across Oak Grove area. Memorial services in Ilyria were attended by the Winkler and Moweard families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cilla Baldwin
Clara Mae
Harry Gilson
Frank Howard
Waukon
Sam Howard
Bert Allen
Clifton Powell
Lawrence Cannon
Hans Winkler
Fred Trafalet and Son
West Union
Chris Dennler
Herman Boyer
John Howard
George Larson
Nicholas Johnson
Gunder
Philip Leuchtenmacher
Elkader
Dinnner
Roy Leuch »Tenmacher
Francis Jones
Lima
Louis Dennler
J. D. Shaffer
Washington
Gottfried Frieden
Wm. Wilson
Oelwein
Jake Kurth
Lester Green
Lois
Arthur Chapman
Gon Douglas
Martha Chapman
Howard Shaffer
J. M. Shaffer
Ula Howard
Wis
Vemmy Moweard
Ilyria
Death of Anders Nyborg
Anders Nyborg born August 4 1854 in Nordherhav Prestegjed Norway. He emigrated to America and worked as a blacksmith and wagon maker in Calmar Postville and near Gunder Iowa. He married Guro Knutson October 18 1886 and lived on a farm south of Gunder. Surviving are two daughters two sons and six grandchildren. He died May 31 at Marion Lutheran church Gunder aged 84 years 9 months 27 days. Funeral held June 4 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anders Nyborg
Ole
Inger Hanson
Norderhav Prestegjed
Norway
America
Calmar
Postville
Gunder
Guro Knutson
Henry
Nyborg
Melvin
Oscar
Gena
Gilman Knutson
Renner
S. D
Alma
Elmer Osmundson
Clermont
Gander
Marion Lutheran Church
Phosphate Rock Deposits Vast and Long Lasting
The United States holds the world's largest phosphate rock deposits. At expected consumption rates, Florida and Tennessee sources could last over 200 years, while western deposits may endure for about 2,000 years or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Florida
Tennessee
Local residents share weekend visits and graduation party
Mrs. Silas Wilson and son Dary visited Mrs. Salome Thoman. Anna Falk saw Mrs. Oran Bane. A group attended the Junior College graduation exercises at E kader, among seventy two graduates. Many neighbors hosted and visited in homes from Lima to Volga, including Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Howard and Harvey Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dennler, and the Gilsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulinois
Francis Little
Cedar Rapids
Tom Flannagan
James
Merle
C. C. Sniffin
Bristow
Ed Herrling
Charles City
Herman Peterman
Henry Kuhn
John Johnson
Elgin
Anna Fennell
Marie Corkery
Dubuque
Clark College
Arthur Herrling
Mt. Vernon
Louis Maxwell
Irene Kelly
Mason City
Presbyterian Church
Silas Wilson
Son Dary
Salome Thoman
Chris Dennler
Arthur Chaplinant
Albert Dennler
Anna Falk
Oran Bane
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Clifton Powell
Cathryn
Ekader
Leuchtenmacher
Harvey Howard
Harvey, Jr
Dick Murphy
Clint Crooks
Kenneth Joyce
John Howard
Harry Gilson
Donald Gilson
Louis Dennler
Chase Wilder
Lima
C. M. Klingman
Guy Whitford
Volga
Arthur Chapman
Bert Allen
Hans Grether
Earl Kiple
Frankincense and the ancient trade monopoly
Two thousand years ago frankincense ranked as a highly valued sacred commodity. Pliny described the honor given to the dead with heaps of odors. Arabia held the monopoly, producing the fragrant gum in the eastern Hadhramaut region east of Aden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Arabia
Aden
Hadhramaut
Word Pecten Defined In Zoology Use
The term pecten comes from Latin comb and denotes several comblike organs in animals. One example is the comb on the underside of the middle toe claw in herons whippoorwills night hawks and barn owls. It aids cleaning and grooming and may help remove bird lice.
Thunder Eggs Agate Wonders Span Sizes
Thunder eggs are a unique type of agate that range from an inch to a foot in diameter and contain in a hollow space agates of beautiful colors.
Longest Inland Water Route From Plymouth to Detroit
One of the longest inland water routes runs from Plymouth North Carolina near the Atlantic coast to Detroit Michigan. Barges travel via the Atlantic coastal inland waterway then up the Hudson through the Erie Canal into the Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
North Carolina
Atlantic
Detroit
Michigan
Hudson
Erie Canal
Great Lakes
Moisture in Wood Green wood exceeds dry wood
Moisture in Wood Green wood reaches 204 percent of dry wood content. When burned unseasoned wood, part of the heat goes to turning moisture into steam, making it less efficient than burning the same volume of dry wood.
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Wadena
Ec News
Jubal
Loum
Choredom and Freedom
Pop
Ball Park
Mr. Ferguson
Gogh
Council Proceedings
Oak Grove News
Evaue Aruaucy
Neilsville
Martin Senda
Schori & Kaster Umber
Northwestern Sell Telephone Company
Ae Eee Firestone Champion Tires
Firestone
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Firestone Yard
San Francisco
Speedway
Wells, &Sin
Eis
Richard Gate
Margaret i Deahsh
Bie
Elgin Oil Company
D-X Gasoline
Diamond 760 Motor Oil
F. D. Welch
Elgin, Iowa
MLS
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