Wadena Community Gatherings and Local Moves
The Wadena community held a Home Missionary Society event at Mrs H Whitcher’s home with well wishers and a quilt tying for Mrs Ingersoll. Several residents, including M A Klingman and James Fisher, were in West Union on business, with many visits and social events noted through the week. A marriage, Herman Peterman Jr and Hazel Probert, was recorded on March 6 in Oelwein, with election results confirming C S Flower and A J Knutson reelected to the school board.
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Home Missionary Society
J. Ingersoll
M. A. Klingman
James Fisher
West Union
Marcia Knutaon
J.C. Kennedy
Mason City
J. J. O'Hara
Ardis
Ole Johnson
Debuque
H. E. Broughton
Maggie Whittenbaugh
H. H. Whitcher
Wyoming
Donald Leonhart
Roy
Leonhart
Genevieve
Oelwe
Howard Henrich
Lisle
Til
Luther Crandall
Paul
Robert
Lima
Dick Gage
Bert Baker
Ezra Clegg
Fayette
Ethel Jones
Waterloo
L. W. McKellar
Highland
Fred Heiden
H. J. Aeschliman
Sophia Weber
Coggan
Adolph Weber
Carol Weber
Maynard
Walter Jellings
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Arthur, Jones
Waukon
Henry Larson
Chas. Schroeder
Near Arlington
M. A
Jimmie
Alma
Wis
J. D. Molumby
Lew Popenhagen
la Verle
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
Kirk Hicks
Arlington
Oelwein
Ming Davis
Marion
James
W. F. Moore
Mildred Lonergan
Mart Davis
Lawrence Welsh
G. P. Clark
Omaha
Nebr
Fremont
Rev
Clarence Randall
Byrd’s Creek
Wadena School Honor Rolls and Activities Recap
Wadena students across grades maintain strong academic numbers. First and second grades study Holland while first graders Dor othy Cline Delmar Hinkle and Darrel Johnson make the honor list. Third and fourth graders boast 100 percent spelling and high honor roll members like Rita Felder Bessie Jennings Mary Kennedy Derryn Leonhart Vivian Minihan Bernedine Raftis. Fifth and sixth graders include Burdene Moore Mary Dick Leonhart Dorothy Minihan Mary Sniffin Geo Davis Nellie Whittenbaugh with sixth graders producing notable original poems. Seventh and eighth graders honor roll members are Mary Broughton Betty Minihan Ray mond Felder Irene Kennedy. Activities include Wadena’s first declamatory contest with winners and a sociology debate on good roads, judged by Keith Jennings Russell Frey Marvel Crawford.
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Vivian Minihan
Bernedine Raftis
Bessie Jennings
Rita Felder
Margaret Cline
Mary Jennings
Mary Kennedy
Derryn Leonhart
Marjorie Herwig
Burdene Moore
Mary Dick Leonhart
Dorothy Minihan
Mary Sniffin
Geo. Davis
Nellie Whittenbaugh
Mary Broughton
Betty Minihan
Raymond Felder
Irene Kennedy
Wadena
Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Frey
John Hinkle
Bernice Sniffin
Kathryn Baldwin
Mary Florence’ Whittenbaugh
Merle Bond
Genevieve Leonhart
Russell Jones
Florence Cline
Parker Mattocks
James Probert
Max Jennings
John Wood
Keith Jennings
Russell Frey
Marvel Crawford
Mant Be Well Founded Principles of Justice and Power
The passage argues that lasting power cannot rest on injustice perjury or treachery. Such gains may briefly succeed by borrowing a pleasing appearance, but betrayal reveals weakness and leads to ruin. Like sturdy structures, actions require firm ground and true foundations, emphasizing justice as the basis of power.
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Demosthenes
Taba Mountain Tales And Apache Trail Superstitions
The text claims Taba Mountain on the Apache trail near Roosevelt Dam in Arizona carried deadly superstition. It mentions a bloody Apache massacre and beliefs of dangerous touch. Legendary Indian maidens and other superstitions are linked to the mountain Ton and the area. Names and precise details are unclear due to OCR, but the essence is a landscape of fear and myth surrounding the peak.
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Taba
Apache Trail
Roosevelt Dam
Arisona
Ton
Unfortunate Armada Against England Details
The Armada sailing from Spain to attack England comprised 130 ships, mainly Spanish with some Portuguese and Italian. Notable vessels included El Capitanga San Martin Santa Ana Setora de la Rosa Baba Coronada San Juan and San Pedro. Each ship housed choir boys who sang "Buenas Dias" each morning and "Ave Maria" each evening.
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Spain
England
San Martin
Santa Ana
Setora de la Rosa
Baba Coronada
San Juan
San Pedro
Ave Maria
Predatory Jackdaws Hoard Tomb Ornamentics Found
An English church verger investigated the disappearance of tin grave flower holders and traced the thefts to jackdaws. The birds had pilfered many items and concealed them in a hoard within the church tower.
Ancient Jamestown Church Erection Date Unrecorded
The article notes the Jamestown Virginia church likely completed in 1629, but the exact erection date is not recorded.
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Virginia
Jamestown
Election At Finke’s drug store Names Two Directors
At the school election held at Finke's drug store on Monday March 9 1903 two directors for the term of three years were elected J J Capper and C L Freiburghaus were named and the entire body was unanimously reelected. From an exchange learns Gov Larrabee to dedicate a Lincoln statue on Memorial day.
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F. E. Lehman
la Porte City
Wirha
John Lehman
Speaker - Henderson
Larrabee
Clermont
Louise Holzer
Randalia
Ward Brabham
Forest City
Elgin
S. Kniel
Verne
West Union
Arthur V. Shaffer
Postville
Chicago
Postville ‘Herald
John Christ
Basel
Switzerland
United States
Baltimore
D. W. Lewis
Inwood
J. M. Lewis
Canton
Agnes Lewis
Wilma Lehman
John Lehman Jr
Fred Lehman
Julia
Ella Lehman
Audy Kalb
George Klock
Faysette
C. W. Nicklaus
Special clubbing offer for Elgin Echo and Herald Examiner
A combined one year offer lets new Herald Examiner subscribers in Elgin pay $6.75 for both papers, saving $1.25 off regular prices, with a deadline of April 15, 1933. A six month option is available for $3.00. Local readers are encouraged to subscribe.
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Elgin Echo
Chicago Herald - Examiner
Herald-Examiner
Implied compliment origin in trade last saying
The passage explains that a compliment arose from the phrase trade last used between genders. It describes a playful custom where one person would say I have a trade last for you and promise to reveal a compliment heard about the other in exchange. The abbreviation T L became significant in this social practice.
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T. L
Views on Work Ethic and Power Across Cultures
Bertrand Russell in the Modern Thinker criticizes Western pursuit of power and science while contrasting Chinese labor patterns. He argues Western states and leisure shape behavior, noting Chinese laziness and boredom with daily toil, and praises the discipline seen in Western industry, though he concedes leisure can temper labor.
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East
China
Bertrand Russell
X Y Z correspondence taught by early US France friction
In 1707 diplomatic strain between the United States and France led three American commissioners to seek an accord. French demands treated as a bribe sparked talk of war, with dispatches to Congress under the aliases X and Z. The revelations caused turmoil before a satisfactory Franco American relationship emerged.
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United States
France
Adame
Congress
Candle-Blowing Test For Tuberculosis Education
Health inspectors test children with a lighted candle to spot TB risk. Pupils whose puffs extinguish the flame are marked safe, while those who fail are catalogued as tubercular suspects and their parents warned.
Two-Year Journey Reversed In Eight Day Flight
Ewart and Grogan retraced an ancient two-year African crossing from Cairo to Cape Town by air. They covered the distance in eight days, traveling in an air liner and resting at rest houses, contrasting the prior arduous on foot trek.
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Ewart &. Grogan
Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Cape Town
South Africa
Egg theft tale from yard with noisy hen
A boy named Junior brings in an egg from the yard while an old hen follows, cackling loudly. Mother asks what is wrong, and Junior replies that the hen wants the egg back.
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Junior
Neighbor date palm tale ends with small fruit tease
A fragment from a child's chat with a mother discusses a neighbor growing a date palm from a scion. The girl notes the tree is large but expects dates are not yet produced, ending with an unfinished exclamation.
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Jane
Local headline fragment on electrical fuse and principal
Fragmentary OCR notes reference electric current and a principal figure, with unclear details. The readable terms include electric current and a named principal, but the overall context remains incomplete.
Rules of the Game in a Campaign Stand
The Boston Transcript notes a debate over campaign strategy with a political boss urging to attack the opponent while a candidate prefers to rely on his record. The exchange highlights tension between political rhetoric and accountability in the campaign.
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Boston Transcript
Stalling Each Other Fiance Face Debt Dilemma
Frugal lovers clash over debt and courage in a terse exchange. The fiancé chides the other for lack of bravery while faulting the family for silence about debts, highlighting tensions between betrothed and parental figures.
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Filencee
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Princess Theatre
Wild Horse Mesa
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Dorothy Mackaill
Poucanrooms
K. C
J. A. Boleyn
Weat Elgin
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