Anniversary Cheer At Ernst Home In Small Town
Neighbors gathered at Mr and Mrs Rob Ernst Friday to celebrate their twenty fourth wedding anniversary. A purse of money was given, a pot luck lunch served, and guests departed hoping for many more years together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mfr
Rob. Ernst
Ernst
Claude Nus
Harriet
Elizabeth
Sumner
M. Ai. Klingman
St. Theresa Study Club
Robert Klingman
Francis, Corkery
Martin ‘Minnihan
Patrick Eugene
Mateh
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Mibuque
Derry
Leonhart
Miss Downer
Gelwein
Richard Erickson
Randalia
Mie
Henry Larson
Erickson
Edna Corkery
Floyd Duffy
Community Notices Highlight Local Visits and Meetings
West Union hosts Sunday supper guests for the Herwig family while Max Jennings and J J Kennedy travel to Cedar Rapids to greet Joy Jennings from Newton. The United Brethren church held a quarterly meeting led by Rev. Miller of Hanlontown. Y P M E group meets with large turnout at the Moore home. Local families relocate as Staffenhagenes move to a Volga farm and Voshells relocate to Mitchell Iowa. A 500 club evening features games and lunch. Birthday gathering for Luther Crandall ends with five hundred and a served lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kuhn
Eldorado
Eary Kuhn
Helen Peterman
Herman Peterman Jr
Volga
Ralph Shaffer
Arlington
Blanette Feller
Roy Leonhart
Strawberry Point
Tuesaday
F. H. Poor
Iowa’ City
Chas. Lockard
Lawrence Welch
Max Jennings
Esther Raftis
Mary Elen Kennedy
Madge Corkery
Géorgie Leonhart
Neema Crandall
Keashbey
Hia Jennings
Hazel Moore
Gladys Hara
Ice
Emma . _inings
Mary Jenny
Dorothy Weber
Ethel Frey
Kuhnes
Nina
Henry Herwig
West Union
Ray Herwig
J. J. Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Joy Jennings
Newton
Emma Jennings
United Brethren Church
Miller
Hanlontown
Wm. Moore
John Staffenhagen
Kirk Hicks
J . Max
George Kuhnes
Don Leonhart
Dixie Lee
Donald Orr
St Fayette
500 Club
Frank Everett
Claude Voshell
Mitchell
Iowa
Dean Homewood
Voshell
Clair Everett
Luther Crandall
Mre. Crandall
Wadena School Notes Honor Roll And Attendance
The six weeks notes list students named for perfect attendance or honor roll across grades from 1st to 7th. Notables include Mary Sniffin, George Davis, Dorothy Minnihan, Nellie Whittenbaugh, and Raymond Felder with high marks. Rue Staffenhagen enters third grade while seventh graders study The Courtship of Miles Standish this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermaice Walters
Dorothy Cline
Lawrence Felder
Darryl Johnson
Ardis O'Hara
Marie Welch
Maxine Bond
Lyle Berger
Rita Felder
Derryl Leonhart
Geo. Harris
Daryl Voshell
Brades
Robert Bond
Harley Chapman
Harley Frey
Ray Jr. Herwig
Mary Dick Leonhart
George Davis
Virginia Herwig
Dick Kennedy
Mary Sniffin
Arlene Welch
Raymond Felder
Irene Kennedy
Vera Voshell
Junior Sniffin
Rue Staffenhagen
Miles Standish
Dorothy Minnihan
Jes Nellie Whittenbaugh
Dawson Clark
Marcia Knutson
Hazel Chapman
Alo Hinkle
Capital shifts in Turkey since 1922 republic
The text notes that Constantinople Istanbul ceased to be Turkey's capital when the republic was founded in 1922. It states Ankara, previously spelled Abgora, has served as the capital of the Turkish republic since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Constantinople
Istanbul
Ankara
Abgora
Wisconsin Lands at Muskie State
Wisconsin proves top muskie state with the most large waters in the north, the Badger State boasting more sizable muskies than any other U.S. state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
United States
Badger State
Te Union
Beavers Swarm Across America West of the Mississippi
A fragment notes that around 150 years ago beavers filled regions west of the Mississippi in large numbers, illustrating a historic abundance of fur bearing wildlife across the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mississippi
Muskrats Fur Firm Runs Annual Trade
A fur firm operates yearly, specializing in muskrat pelts. It harvests and processes the fur by curing and dyeing before sale. The business emphasizes value and steady annual revenue in the fur trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ureesen
Grand Meadow Sewing Circle and community visits noted
Mrs Elmer Larson and Mrs Ole Thorson hosted the Sewing Circle. Families visited homes across the area, with numerous calls and Sunday gatherings at Esten Landsgard and other households. Funeral attendance for Mrs Melvin Peterson and local school votes highlight a busy community week.
Card of Thanks for Mrs Lars Gregerson
Card of Thanks from Lars Gregerson and children for kindnesses shown during their bereavement. A humorous note on fires notes Elgin crowds gathering after the fire whistle, sometimes hindering firefighters as country volunteers gain experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Gregerson
Elgin
The Swing in the Apple Orchard by Anne Campbell
A nostalgic poem recalling a swing in an apple orchard through seasons. The scene shifts from spring to autumn as trees blossom and fruit ripens. Time’s silver hand plucks apples while childhood activity fades with the school bell, leaving memories of a bygone day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Campbell
J—Wnu Dervice
Witty quotes mingle with smallpox notes and Pribilof history
A jumble of anecdotes and quotations covers morality, wealth, and manners with a cartoonish air. It notes eleven new smallpox cases in Winneshiek county, totals for measles and German measles in the state, and recounts the Pribilof Islands' transfer from Russia through U.S. control to the Bureau of Fisheries by 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County
Pribilof Islands
Alaska Purchase
Rusela
United States
Alaska Commercial Company
Northamerican Commercial Company
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Sunshine Cake and Orange Fudge Recipes From a Western Newspaper Union
A collection of home cooking notes includes Sunshine Cake with brown sugar and spice mix, orange fudge made with rind and condensed milk, creamed potatoes flavored by caraway, Germ Rodgers cornmeal cakes, and a cheese bake with cream eggs and paprika. The tips are presented as shorthand recipe fragments from a Western Newspaper Union feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germ Rodgers
Usion
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Mike Tynan
Charles City
A. G. Herrling
P.’Clark
Fayette
Fremont Clark
Legion Auxiliary
Speeke Berry
Grand Meadow News
Elmer Larson
Ole Thorson
Ames Olson
Oliva Olson
Richard Olson
Manford Amdahl
Ossian
Gust’ Olson
Paul Cooley
Independence
Nels Lyngass
Me Lyngans
Lloyd Aaties
Lather League
Bert Lyngans
Clarence Olson
Quenton
Henry Horgan
Hampton
Nels Lyngans
Melvin Peterson Jne
Norway Church
Helen Reinhart
Selma Holm
V. Landsgard
Gunder
Esten Landsgard
Nels Helgerson
Robert Gustafson
Minneapolis
Hazel Tatro
Martin Halverson
Andrew Rein
Bare
Elkader
Lillian Halverson
Oscar Lion
Walter Follett
Ed Johnson
Darlene
Brevit
Mark Twain
Nature
Oliver Wendall Holmes
ECHO
Princess Theatre
Katharine ‘Hepburn
Aline McMahon and
Ann Dvorak
Zasu Pitts
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Pert Kelton
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