Community Notes From Wadena and Surroundings
Local column records social visits and events in Wadena area. Ray Herwig returns from Mercy hospital after knee surgery. Numerous gatherings include missionary society, showers, dinners, and Legion Auxiliary planning. Weekend trips to McGregor and Muskegon noted, plus disease of school and Spanish War veteran convention attendance. Funeral attendance listed for Edward Duffy in Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Herwig
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
The
Missionary Society
George Jennings
Harold Hermen
Walter Zuphkre
George Davis
Sumner
James Davis
Lawrence Welch
Near
Arlington
Nina Davis
Wadena
McGregor
St. Joseph
M. A. Klingman
Sioux City
Klingman
Allen Carter
Caryl
Guy
Fayette
Nettie Jones
Loretta
Vera Mattocks
Vida Henrich
Dorothy Wood
L. L. Whittenbaugh
Olive Knutson
Ilyria
Cathryn Ogle
Francis Corkery
John Corkery
Erma Corkery
Floyd Duffy
Wm. Nelson
Billie
Donald
Adams, Minn
Janice Nelson
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Fred Heiden
Fred Kuhn
Eldorado
Henry Kitlin
Earl Fisher
Garnaville
Glen Frey
Education Drives Fight Against Syphilis Pamphlets
The Iowa State Department of Health offers free pamphlets on syphilis and related topics to educate adults and youth. Pamphlets include The Parent's Part, The Wonderful Story of Life for mothers and fathers, Man Power for boys and men, Syphilis Gonorrhea Laws Pertaining, Sex Education in the Home, and Sex Education in the School. Only one copy per person unless additional copies are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Learni Oa
Iowa State Department of Health
Des Moines St. Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
United States Public Health Service
Des Moines St
Des Moines
Towa
Careful driving noted by Indianapolis racing experts
Automobiles racing experts who compete at Indianapolis and other speedways stress slow, careful driving. They emphasize safety through common sense, avoiding excessive speed, and good judgement on turns. The piece cites specific drivers visiting Waterloo for the Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge sessions and locals hosting birthday guests in Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Max Thoma
C. J. Harrington
C. O. Christ
Arthur Yearous
Waterloo
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
Lester Tope
Opal Buroden
Ted Neumann
Ethel Luchsinger
Clifford Olson
Anna Mae Buroden
Postville
Lawrence West
The Four Kinds of Parental Love Explored
An article outlines four ways parents show love to children. It contrasts smothering, silent undemonstrative care, unconscious rejection, and finally tolerant open affection that treats the child as a capable, interesting person and fosters happiness and security.
Want Ad Tease Promotes Selling and Buying Urgently
A compact want ad sketch invites buyers and sellers to use small ads for quick transactions. It emphasizes simplicity and speed, suggesting that even a brief notice can connect interested parties and move goods or services efficiently.
Buttermaking Through Ages and Ancient Methods
Centuries before Christ butter was common among Hebrews and Arabs. Early methods described by Hoard's Dairyman detail Bedouin and Syrian processes using goat and sheep milk, copper pans, slow fire, and skin bags. A burgoul clarifier and two day steps yield clear butter oil, with differences between Bedouin and town practices.
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Abraham
Jeshuram
Sosiomon
Hoard
Hejaz
Syria
Arabia
Right Left Side Driving Traced to Old Custom
The English custom of driving to the left dates to medieval times when lone horsemen carried arms and kept their weapon arm toward strangers. Later, coach drivers sat on the right for the whip arm, causing left passing on narrow roads. Continental nations used a symmetric system. American wagons drove left but later shifts and canal region practice explain the current left rule in Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Italy
America
United States
Canal Zone
Panama
Jamaica
Zebu Varieties Seen Across India In Sacred Street Life
The text describes zebus of many sizes from tiny to large and colors ranging from cream to gray blue. White zebus are highly prized and sacred to Hindus, who revere them and do not harm or disturb them. They wander sidewalks as Hindus bow and pass by in the gutters of Indian cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Cross on the Land and the Prince's 1486 Edict
The text links Henry the Navigator in 1415 to Moorish contacts in northern Africa and his 1486 royal edict to Diego Cam, ordering “Plant the Cross on some new headland.” It notes a cross carved in rock as a symbol of lasting faith on the Rock of Ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry the Navigator
Spain
Africa
Diego Cam
Porcupines Kill in Self Defense
Porcupines kill in self defense though unusual for porcupines to kill larger animals. Bears have been laid low by the needle like quills. When in danger it erects its quills which are up to ten inches long and can detach with a touch. The barbed tips embed and are hard to remove.
Blue Point Oysters Name Origin
The term blue point oysters derives from Blue Point village on Long Island near Great South Bay. Small round oysters found in natural beds in this area were called blue points when served as food.
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Blue Point
Long Island
Great South Bay
Habeger Family Attends Alumni Banquet in Clermont
Mr and Mrs Allen Habeger attended the Alumni banquet in Clermont Monday evening. They had driven there from Fayette Sunday after their son Gene had visited Hollis Finch for a week. Other local movements include Lena Jaeger of Portland visiting with Mrs Henry Friden and family, and Hans Grether driving to Orange City to attend the Ruth Vande Waa Leo Grether wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Herrling
Mike Tynan
Iowa City
Robert Whittenbaugh
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Muskegon
Mich
Elwood Gilbert
Whittenbaugh
Jessie Jones
Chicago
Lawrence McKellar
Highland
Kenneth Frey
Charles City
Robert Frey
Nina Davis
Sumner
Walter Zupke
Donald Livingston
Lee Aeschliman
Des Moines
Bob McLeese
West Union
Wadena
Fred Heiden
Mrs. Epenezer
Denver
Fremont Clark
Ed McDonoven
H. H. Whitcher
Union Study Club
Fair Grounds
Ross Whitcher
Evelyn Whitcher
R. L. Learn
Fayette
W. D. Mattocks
van Beisen
Prairieburg
M. M. Minihan
Mary Ella
Don Henry
Barbara
Brighton Outlook Club
Daily Vacation Bible School
S. V. Carnock
Nellie
Allen Habeger
Clermont
Gene
Hollis Finch
Bob Wenger
Kohler’s
Gottlieb Puffer
Floyd Arnold
Mary Alice
Jane
David
Manchester
Chris Schweitzer
Lena Jaeger
Portland
Oregon
Henry Frieden
Miss Jaeger
Oconomowac
Wis
Hans Grether
Orange City
Ruth Vande Waa
Leo Grether
Elgin
Gertrude Grether
Sac City
Dorothy Quackenbush Named Miss American Aviation 1938
Dorothy Quackenbush of Kansas City received the TWA salute as she won the title Miss American Aviation for 1938 at the 8th National Air Carnival held in Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Quackenbush
Kansas City
TWA
Birmingham
Ala
Youngsters swarm over new US light tanks at Rock Island
Thousands visited the Rock Island arsenal during the 75th anniversary observance to see the United States light tanks on display. The event drew crowds from the tri cities area including Moline Rock Island Davenport and Davenport in Iowa, highlighting the facility on the Mississippi River.
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United States Army
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal
Mississippi River
Tri-Cities
Moline
Rock Island
Farm hand McCall in Miami jail over child slaying confession
Miami police charge 21 year old Franklin Pierce Mc Call with kidnapping and murder of five year old James Surley Cash Jr. He allegedly confessed after being detained in a windowless 19th floor cell as deputy sheriff Joseph Conderman looks on. Echo Exclusive Photo News Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
James
Surley Cash, Jr
Joseph Conderman
H'M. McCall
Court House
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Ruth Whittenbaugh
Olive
Knutson
Ellen
Edna
Erma
Richard
Dwyer
Matt
J. C. Kennedy
Tom Baldwin
Kenneth
Francis
Kathryn
Edward Duffy
Towans
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Elgin Echo
Ieek
Feeay Reer
Illinois
Echo Exclusive
Lighthouse
J. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
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