Wadena Daily Notes Local Visits and Celebrations
Wadena residents and relatives spread across Minnesota and nearby states visiting in homes of Herrlings, Jellings, Knutsons, and others. A May homecoming, Fourth of July plans, plus boat excursion plans highlight community life in a week of social visits, family news, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Herrling
Minneapolis
George Kuhnes
Norra Oelberg
Lima
Mike Tynan
Town City
A. G. Hertiing
Harold Hermen
Elkader
Nina Davis
Bud Ashley
la Porte City
Baby
Arlington
Ralph Shaffer
Norma Ernst
Walter Ernst
C. L. Randall
Clermont
Maggie Whitenbaugh
Jennie Johnson
Art Jennings
Keith
Dayton
Mich
Helen Peterman
Adalyn Kuhn
Herman Peterman Jr
Volge
Viola
Richard Lee Heber
Miller
Davenport
Albert Felder
Emma Jennings
Max
Mam
Bessie
James Larson
Cedar Rapids
Joy Jennings
Newton
Hex
Cat
Cox
Arlene
Hetty
Manchester
G. P. Clark
George Jennings
Sid Jennings
Lottie Whittenbaugh
Gladys Larson
la Fonda Gell
Jennings
Volga
Wm. Corkery
Adolph Weber
Clarence Allen
Elkport
Ted Larson
Waterloo
Emma Ennings
Wadena
King Palmer
Minn
A. G. Herrling
Molumby
Westinion
Frank Raftis
Eyk
Prairie du Chien
Q and A Mailbag of Life's Odd Queries
A humor column presents letters to Mr Wynn about married life, lawn promises, mutual hikes, weighty questions, twin girls, shaving with a dull razor, and other lighthearted social dilemmas. Answers caution readers to beware strangers, consider practical manners, and enjoy gentle wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wynn
Fading Notions and Fabled Inns Across Time
A collage of aphorisms on wit, life, and refinement contrasts with a historical note about Chequers Inn in Igleworth England, famed highwaymen haunt, detailing its red roofs, crooked dormers, and legendary hidden spirits pipes and fake casks used to trick raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igleworth
England
Bill Syken
Turpin
Duval
Public School Debate On Freedom And Self Expression
Jean Newton argues that extreme freedom for children erodes discipline and social order. She contrasts stern traditional schooling with modern calls for unrestrained self expression, warning that too little restraint harms character and social integration. The piece reflects Belt Syndicate opinion from WNU service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipear
Jean Newton
Andaid
Stern
Aterner
Belt Syndicate
WNU
Foot-Power Travel Advice At Odds With Motorized Life
Mussolini counsels walking as the preferable travel habit and praises the democratic habit of foot travel. The New York Times notes pedestrians reach crowded places and streets unfamiliar to cars, fostering promptness and patience. The motor cycle is viewed less favorably for these virtues, while a reference to centaurs, silent as a note on noise, closes the passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
New York Times
Blind Girl Wins Honors At Oxford School
A seventeen year old blind student Miss Hazel Winter has earned first honors at Oxford University after winning an open scholarship at Chorley Wood college. She underwent an appendicitis operation but soon achieved high marks in a test. All textbooks she uses are translated into Braille for her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford University
England
Hazel Winter
Chorley Wood College
Oxford
Boners Taking tis tomahawk the Indian went
A fragmentary note describes an Indian armed with a tomahawk moving through a camp and scattering or alarming the people as he travels between places.
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcock Putnam
Fragmented verses mix whimsy and history with scattered names and scenarios. A catalog of odd images includes eruptions, British fashion, and a mock drama featuring Marc Antony and a skull. The piece reads as playful prose poetry and parodic collage.
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East End
Inyo County
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Fee Mountain
Mwanza
Tanganyika
Belgian Congo
America
New Haven Railroad
New Orleans
Mississippi
Crescent City
Elizabeth
Wynn
May Denn
Mr. Wynon
Fealorful
Destrian
Xours
Ray D
Angwer
Bob Burr
Horn of Plenty
Bomains
Time Magazine
Rachel Sagi
Cegled
Hungary
Thenia
Kansas City
James TI Waa
Marc Antony
Caesar
Bell Syndicate
Wntervive
Kitty
Nina Wilcok Putnam
Elgin
Prin
Elgin, Owa
Princess Theatre
Anna Sten
Russia
New America
Buck Jones
Marion Davies
Gary Cooper
Robt. W. Chambers
K. C
Hershey’s Chocolate
D. A. Boleyn
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