Local Notes From Wadena Area Families
Wadena area social round up highlights visits and gatherings. Families such as Jennings, Fox, Klingman, Swanson, and Willerton are noted with relatives in Volga City Oelwein Dubuque and Arlington. Church events mark Mother's Day services and junior choir music while baccalaureate and commencement plans loom. Prolonged travel to Fayette West Union and Dubuque appears alongside bridge repairs and hospital treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Jennings
J. E. Jennings
Luman Fox
Volga City
Ralph Johnson
West Union
Father Cregan
Oclwein
Wadena Catholic Church
Howard Mason
Dubuque
Wallace Peters
Arlington
M. A. Klingman
Abbie Swale
Harold Badger
Oelwein
Will Kisby
Chilarden
Chicago
Frances Herriman
Des Moines
Herriman
Carmichael
Otto Popenhagen
Fayette
Oscar
Elmer Swanson
Marquette
Frances Arthur
Randalia
Blanche Whitcher
Effie Willerton
George Moorehouse
Clyde King Farm
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Sunday School
B. A. Lenin
Tennings
Roy Cline
Jim Fox
Ella Allén
Elkport
Adolph Weber
Bert’ Everetts
Town City
Everett
H. E. Broughon
Dorothy
Helen
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Lucian Hicks
Jess Poor
Joe Larson
Cedorah
B. A
W. F. Moore
Rey
Wardell
Vincient
A. G. Herrling
Waterloo
Louise
Clair Corbin
Jay Richards
Mito Whittenbaugh
Will Whittenbaugh
Myra Sargeant
Walter Medberry
A. J. Knutson
Milford Knutson
Independente
Gordon Fay
George Fay
Ella Allen
Ray Walters
Robert Weber
Earl Wetzel
Walter Cook
H. E. Broughton
Robert
Newton
Bessie Whittenbaugh
Joy Jennings
Burdena More
Allen Carter
Claude Flowery
Ivan
Luther Crandall
H. Q. Rundell
Ride Inside The Car For Child Safety
A Lions Club safety article urges parents to keep children inside the car seat rather than on the tanning board spare tire or other outside spots. Overcrowding the front seat reduces control and increases the risk of injury. keeping inside the car can cut accidents to children by about ten percent for the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Chiba
Iowa
Give Grass Chance to Grow In Times of Hay Shortage
Dairy experts at Iowa State College warn against early turnout of cows to pasture due to a dry spring and scarce hay. They advise using grain, which is cheaper, to sustain herds if roughage remains limited while pastures recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Y. Cannon
Iowa State College
When Something Has To Be Done We Find A Way
A concise maxim notes that people adopt practical methods when tasks demand action. It underscores determination and resourcefulness in tackling obligations or challenges. No specific event or person is cited. the phrase reflects a general attitude toward problem solving.
Fred Miller of Rock Valley Dies Suddenly
Fred Miller a prominent Rock Valley resident died at home on Thursday April 8 heart failure while he and his brother Alex were cleaning fish after returning from a fishing trip. Born near Elgin Iowa March 15 1868 he moved to Garfield township Sioux County joining his brothers to build a large farming community. He married Ida Bauder March 2 1893 and had seven sons Elmer Frank Ernest Albert Harry Will and others with ten grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Plato township German Lutheran church with a large gathering and burial beside his wife on the church grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Rock Valley
Alex
Elgin
Garfield Township
Hudson
Iowa
Rudolf
Annie Miller
Sioux County
Miller Brothers
John
Louis
Fred
Mrs. Yonker
Ida
Bauder
Max
Gottlieb Bauder
Yale
Elmer
Frank
Ernest
Albert
Harry
Clarence
Will
Alex Yunker
Adolph Baumgartner
Florida
Plato Township
A. Baumgartner
Gordon Mosby
Clara Muehlenthaler
Jake Miller
Milton
Jake Frieden
George Durscher
Clermont
Emma Miller
Minneapolis
John Gerber
Mary Gerber
Lennox
Robert Urben
Worthing
S. D
Lacy Weihe
Postville
Charlie Miller
Flandreau
Fred Maurer
Forestburg
G. Zanker
Long Beach
Calif
Minnie Schuldt
Milwaukee
Wis
F. Schuldt
Hartford
Joe Thoman
Sioux City
C. M. McDougall
Melvin
Hulda Miller
Mitchell
Family returns to Brainard after Janesville visit
Anna Falk remains bedbound with shingles a nerve disease. Mr and Mrs Ziba Tripp of Janesville Wisconsin brought his parents Mr and Mrs George Tripp home near Brainard after a Janesville visit. Mrs T W Dean and Lawrence Etter accompanied them for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Falk
Ziba Tripp
Janesville
Wia
George Tripp
Brainard
T. W. Dean
Lawrence Etter
Desert Wells Might Yield Dry Ice For Shipping
The Interior Department reports western Colorado and eastern Utah wells producing carbon dioxide gas. At 1100 psi the gas becomes a snowlike solid that absorbs heat, freezing similarly to water ice but with twice the cooling effect. This dry ice could be compressed for shipment and kept longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert
Interior Department
Colorado
Utah
Youngster Scored One on Older Generation
A sixteen year old youth, eldest of three boys, is cautioned by parents about auto speeds. He faces future car trust with responsibility, parents forbid in-town speeds, mother recalls slower times, youth retorts with wit about his mother’s fast era. Northern Church planned for Cape York Greenland with funds from fox skins and donations. Kap York project includes parsonage funded by Thuile committee led by Dr Knud Rasmussen. Rockefeller gift to University of Paris cited with anecdote about French staff in 1914 and Raoul Roux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape York
Greenland
Copenhagen
Knud Rasmussen
John D. Rockefeller
University of Paris
New York
Louis Sherry
Raoul Roux
Raoul
Monsieur Louis
Carpenter Loses Tools After Locking Them Away
Edward Lane a Palo Alto California carpenter left his tools unlocked despite warnings his wife Mrs Lane. He boasted that he had locked them in the finished garage but a night thief still looted the garage and stole the tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lane
Palo Alto
Calif
Angler Hooks Deer While Fishing in Pitt River Tributary
Charles Grant of Redding California hooked a yearling buck while fishing a tributary of the Pitt River. The deer became snagged on his line and frightened, escaping into brush as Grant watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt River
Charles Grant
Redding
Calif
Grant
Speed toy craze grips Europe as children race streets
European children push pace limits with toy wheels. Six-year-old Mario Conterio rides a motorized unicycle in Paria. Three-year-old Warner Kim pel, son of a famed German race car driver, owns an electric racing car. Alfredo Bonifati, four, rides a speedy motorcycle through Rome streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mario Conterio
Paria
Warner Kimpel
Alfredo Bonifati
Rome
Kept on Edge Aunt Maria And Wedding Talk
A fragmentary exchange shows Aunt Maria remarking on marriage ending shorthand and typewriting practice. A new bride jokes about ongoing practice while Henry is described as speaking rapidly in sleep, hinting at hurried speech or nervous energy surrounding matrimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Henry
Not for Them First Tramp Tramp Airship Dream
A fragment dialogue from the Philadelphia Bulletin questions the practicality of airship passenger service and hints at the skepticism of travelers about future air travel. A second tramp voice doubts how resourceful men like them could endure the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ready With an Explanation
A humorous exchange about misplaced hairpins in a car suggests a light moment in a domestic scene. The husband questions their presence while joking that the chauffeur occasionally uses the bus, implying a playful, casual household dynamic.
Cantata at Bantiat Church Sunday May 10
A note from Decorah mentions a cantata at the Bantiat church on Sunday May 10 at p.m. Local social items list visits and guests including Sam Lehman and Rose Saitz at Decorah hospital, Eliza Hadd returning from Clermont to see family, and Rudy Yunker and Caroline Miller hosting dinner guests at Walter German’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bantiat
P.m
Sam Lehman
Rose Saitz
Decorah Hospital
Rudy Yunker
Walter German and
Mra
Caroline Miller
Giraffe Neck Vertebrae Exhibit Notable Flexibility
The giraffe has seven cervical vertebrae in its neck, a number not greater than other quadrupeds. The neck’s extraordinary flexibility arises from the elongation of each cervical vertebra, yielding graceful form and movement.
Date Set At Higa Opera House Next Wednesday
Report notes May 18 as the date for an event at Higa Opera House to be held in the evening. It also records that Mr and Mrs Gus Gunderpin visited the Andrew Thotein home east of Clenmoftit on a Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higa Opera House
Gus Gunderpin
Andréw’'Thotein
Clenmoftit
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Jel Nova
Ito
Fred’ Miller
Eliza Hadd
Frank Kohle
Bill
Hillsdale
Falb’s Meat Market
Elgin State Bank
Burplus
Ernest Schori
T. J. Capper
B. J. Baumgartner
Gor
Edna Honeberger
J. D. Shaffer
Fred Reichert
E. Kohler
Hans ‘Winkler
Max Thoma
George Hanson
A E. Bilden
3. H. Groth
W. 8. Rothlisberger
B. M. Benson
J.D. Shaffer
Samuel Mosby
Jon Mosby and
Walter Kobler
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