Weather turns blizzard as week begins
Saturday evening rain and sleet gave way to snow and a fierce blizzard by Sunday. Monday brought 46 below zero temperatures. The paper notes community life with marriages, travel, and family events, including a 1922 wedding near Galena and visits from Decorah to the Holzer family, plus updates on travel, funerals, and a child rearing discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Holzer
Harry Heston
Galena
Heston
Decorah
Ern Holzer
Sam Lehman
Hudson, S. C
Edward Grimm
Sam Bracker
Elgin
Steffen
Ray Heins
Rock Island
Waterloo
F. R. Berg
Winter Evenings and a Feathered Needlepoint Rivalry
Evy, who preferred quiet winter evenings for her needlework, is drawn into rivalry with Kathy Harper as Kathy tempts Bill with social evenings and shared games. Tensions mount over a treasured needlepoint cushion, leading to accusations, jealousy, and emotional fallout as Evy confronts Kathy and contemplates her broken plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Hill
Evy
Kathy
Sera
Curt
Boston
Ivy
Bil
Curt Harper
WIN Fenfares
Local Guests, Bridge Prizes Highlight Weekend Socials
Elgin residents hosted and visited over the weekend with dinner gatherings at Donald Schultz and Louis Becker homes. Bridge prize winners included Mrs H H Wolf, Betty Schori, and Mrs Leo Schori. Guests also included Rev G P Schroeder and Gerald Frieden visiting from Des Moines, while others planned travel to Houston and Phoenix for short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Musser
Donald Schultz
Pontville
John Metzger
Louis Becker
Batoffe Club
Jto
H. H. Wolf
Betty Schori
Leo Schori
G.P. Schroeder
Elmer Pinney, Jr
Gerald Frieden
Des Moines
Elmer Frieden
Leonard Moore
Lucian Donlon
Elkader
Houston
Texas
Harold Schneider
California
Gerhard Halverson
Howard
Phoenix
Ariz
Frostville
Adolph Kummer
Postville Hospital
Gander
Tasned Fish Skin Tanning Shows Historical Use and Utility
The tanning of fish skins traces back to ancient times and offers durable options for novelties and gaskets requiring high water resistance, signaling a long tradition of aquatic hide processing and versatile finishes.
Hoki Soil Conservation Meetings
Meetings of small neighborhood groups of six to twelve men and their wives are held at homes in the four county watershed at the junction of Clayton Delaware Buchanan Fayette counties. Crop rotations including alfalfa and brome grass, boggy pasture renovation with Reed’s canary grass, ladino or alsike clover, and contour practices are discussed with colored slides to aid the talks. County extension directors say help is available through the Extension Service and the Soil Conservation District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Delaware
Buchanan
Fayette
W. K. Webster
Extension Service
Soil Conservation District
Easter greetings sent via KAYX radio station plan
Mrs Earl J Walrath of Oelwein was chosen to send a message to her husband Pfc Earl J Walrath in Yokohama Japan at 2 30 p m Easter Sunday. Pfc Walrath serves as a U S Air Force clerk typist in Japan and arrived there in December 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KAYX
Waterloo
Earl J. Walrath
Odlwevin
Yokohama
Japan
Walrath
U.S. Air Force
Erla J. Jensen
Alfred Jensen
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Ancient fingerprint use traced to early Orient rulers
The article notes fingerprints as a system of identification with origins in the Orient where monarchs signed documents with thumb imprints, indicating an early practice in historic governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Trees Available for Wildlife Plantings and March Clinic
The State Conservation Commission continues accepting orders for one year old trees for erosion control water conservation and wildlife plantings. Varieties include black walnut black dogwood green ash cottonwood American elm white oak osage orange burr oak black cherry Russian olive western yellow pine Virginia pine and red pine plus other wildlife suited types. A limited batch of multiflora rose is available at the State Nursery. The Dubuque Town State Employment Service serving Clayton county announces a Parm Clinic at Elkader opera house on Friday March 26 at 2 00 p m inviting farmers seeking help and workers seeking farm jobs to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Town State Employment Service of
Dubuque
Clayton County
Elkader Opera House
Elkader
Women Stockholders Lead Growth in U S Firms
Women stockholders now outnumber men in many major American corporations, and the trend points to even greater female presence on stockholder lists, according to the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Mental Health Shock Therapy Claims From State Health Dept
The South Dakota department of health states that in properly selected mental disease cases electric shock therapy may benefit 80 percent and provide practical care in about half of those cases, when administered in competent hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
First U.S. Patent Granted to Woman Mary Kies in 1809
The first patent issued in the United States to a woman went to Mrs. Mary Kies in May 1809. She developed a method to weave straw with silk or thread, marking a milestone in American patent history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary Kies
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Iowa
R. P. Strauch
National Editorial
Ssociation
OWA Pre
Bester
Hems
The
Echo
Betty Berg
Drocbak
Norway
Andrew Yearous
Adolph Rureden
Johnny
Ourself
Tracy
Jowa
Ruth K. Kent
Kathy Harper
West Union Rendering Service
LICEN
Hoki
B. H. Brackin
Wildlife Farm Bureau
Miracle
Baker’s
Hershey’s
Eagle Brand
Pillsbury’s
Trad
Morrell
Perth
Hills, Tb
Fashion Cleaners
Elgin Clothes Shop
Baechler’s Store
Clermont
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