Wadena Girls Sell Bakery Goods For Scout Trip
The Wadena Girl Scouts led by their captain and first lieutenant sold bakery goods to fund a week long outing. Local families, including mothers and friends, donated generously with an enrollment of 15 scouts and several prospects. Community support remains strong as families attend socials and visits across nearby towns.
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Wadena
Mary Wetzel
Earl Livingston
Lima
Robert Frey
Elkader
F. H. Poor
Jess Poor
Lucian Hick
Arlington
Clark Corbin
Lucille Voshell
Oelwein
Wm. Probert and Son
Mrs. Rusell
Henry Peterman
Volga City
Probert
J. G. Probert
Miss Knoll
Hamiston
Iowa
H. O. Rundell
Storm Lake
Sulphur Springs
Anna Fennell
Mesdames Maude Rice
Bertha Clark
H. H. Whitcher
L. E. Bigler
Wm. Mattocks
Mart Frey
Mae Hinkle
Martha McQuilken
Arthur Herrling
Francis Corkery
Frank Raftis
John. Curtis
Mra Ink Gill
Hibs Hall
Maynard
George Davia
West Union
George Jones
George Jr
Frances
Delvein
Roy Crandall
John Corbin
Luther Crandall
Frank Poor
Grace
Adolph Weber
Roy Leonhart
Claude
Flower
Rochester
Minn
Mra
Lawrence Welch
Marie
George Davis
L. C. Popenhagen
la Verle
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
Ralph Reed
Johnson
A. J.knutson
Rebecca Kuhenes
Fayette
Lyle Tatro
Mr. Fitch
Decorah
Alden Gell
Milo Oldfather
Joan
Wm. Probert
Mary Brown
Clem Messerli
Frank Techantz
Baby
Local social notes and county fair preview events
Community members visit and host gatherings across Waterloo West Union and surrounding towns. Notable entries include greetings at multiple homes, birthday surprises, and weekend visits by relatives. A Cedar Rapids relation’s son Gene is reported deceased, with funeral plans pending, and a Fayette event lists May queen and alumni activities at the school grounds.
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Fred Ernst
Tm AL Klingman
A. J. Knutson
Waterloo
Lacie Raftis
Waukon
A. W. Heiden
Molumby
West Union
Frank Raftis
Joy Jennings
Newton
B. A. Jennings Ham
Maude Rice
Jay
Chapman
Cedar Rapids
Gene
B. A. Jennings
Fay
W. F. Moore
Chase Culver
Arlington
George Kuhenes
Dell Kuhenes
Lyle
Paul Kuhenes
Donald Leonhart
Dixie Lee
Marie Johnson
Ena Ruth Mattocks
Rebecca Kuhenes
Fayette
John Broughton
Wadena School Notes Highlights Absence Returns and Exhibits
Wadena students Leonhart Johnson and Betty Ruth Johnson return after weeks away. Third graders earned full marks on 100 multiplication facts and spelling tests. Several students achieved 100 percent in spelling last week. The sixth grade notes high self testing scores. The senior class hosts a weiner roast for cast and teachers. The school exhibit opens May 19 with a downstairs layout except the home economics style show at 2:15. May 15 Baccalaureate, May 19 style show and exhibit, May 20 program and alumni activities followed by a holiday for the town.
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Derry
Alo Hinkle
Joy Wheeler
Max Jennings
Ivan Flower
George Wood
Misa Knoll
Mr. Cushion
Anamosa
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Wadena School
Presbyterian Church
Wadena
Eterian Church Announces Sabbath Schedule and Contest
Rev H G Randell, pastor, leads Sabbath school at 9 am and morning worship at 11. Church practice occurs Saturday evenings. Members urged to attend. A new airplane contest at the Presbyterian church is moving along with active participation from both sides.
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H. G. Randell
The
Presbyterian Church
C. L. Randall
UB. CE
Elgin High School Activities Highlight May Events
The Elgin high school music union presented a free auditorium program featuring the band the girls and boys glee clubs and several ensembles. Widespread student participation included 50 to 60 performers. Upcoming events include the senior class play The Eighteen Carat Book and a full week of commencement activities with exhibitions picnics and the Junior Senior banquet.
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Music Union
Elgin High School
Jorgenson
Wadena
Elgin
Hazel
Helen Rothlisberger
Legion Auxiliary
Elgin High Junior Banquet Highlights Senior sendoff
The Elgin high junior banquet featured Cortes Lady Fingers and coffee after a dinner. William Weibel led the toasts with Snyder, president of the senior class, delivering the response. The Junior Ensemble performed two selections, readings followed, with Miss Hoyt’s toast to the faculty and Miss Crowe’s response. Harold Comier gave a farewell to the seniors. Mr. and Mrs. Carter could not attend due to travel. Servers included Freddie Lauer Dorothy Olson Pearl Grimm Floyd Friedlen Rose Reitz Louis Butikofer Geraldine Kobler Elmer Meyer. Kitchen workers were Ivanellé Moser Marie Schupbach Zella Boyle and Corane Rothlisberger, supervised by M. Zurbriggen. The junior class numbers 31, projected to be the largest graduation group next year at Elgin High.
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Harold Comier
Corane Rothlisberger
M. Zurbriggen
Elgin High
Tourist Paradise of Trinidad The Land of the Humming Birds
Trinidad described as a welcoming tourist destination with a diverse population including English French German Europeans Americans and a substantial East Indian community. The southern Caribbean island prospers from La Brea pitch works supplying asphalt to the United States and Europe, aiding its economic strength.
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Trinidad
West Indian Islands
la Brea
United States
Europe
Brazil Family Lacks Hands and Feet Across Generations
Biologists report a Brazilian family shows four members born without hands or feet over two generations. The father, also crippled, died recently, leaving three children and an uncle with similar deformities. Chromosome analysis notes absence of the unit responsible for limb formation in the family cells.
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Brazil
Fwe
Eugenica Research Committee
Biking Centers Copenhagen Life with Constant Cycle Traffic
Copenhagen presents a citywide cycling culture with pervasive bike traffic. The scene is marked by bell rings and bicycle bells echoing through streets, creating a distinctive urban rhythm akin to birdsong over Danish fields.
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Copenhagen
Votive Dolls in Ancient Greece and Rome Offerings
The article notes that girls in ancient Greece and Rome offered dolls to Venus or Diana as they neared marriageable age. Many dolls crafted from wood, clay, ivory, or stone have been found in tombs, demonstrating these votive offerings were widespread in the ancient world.
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Greece
Rome
Venus
Diana
New Metal "Cones" Found in Pittsburgh Lab
A metal alloy named cones, reported from a Pittsburgh laboratory, is described as harder than steel and alloyed from fibast like and ferrotitanium. It is noted as a substitute for platinum in radio tubes and for various commercial applications in other industrial provisions.
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Pittsburgh
Industrical
Providence
No Water on Mars Says Naval Observatory Theory Rejected
The Naval Observatory states that the idea dark surface markings on Mars are due to water has long been abandoned. The report notes mare like areas on Martian land formations are not water covered.
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Mars
Naval Observatory
Fragmentary verse note from Knickerbocker Press
A cryptic aged fragment notes a man’s youthful innocence and a fatal fate at sea. The text, likely press prose, mentions contentment with death and a dash of fatalism, attributed to Knickerbocker Press.
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Knickerbocker Press
Cabot Biography Fragment in Garbled OCR Text
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Cabot of Italian birth and early life. It mentions Genoa birth, voyage to Bristol, and sailing in 1490s under a flag described as Rhyland, with references to North American exploration and a voyage from Bristol.
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Cabot
Cabotte
Aapie
Bio
Vann
Gabato
Genoa
Worth Resiesab as you don't vot eee
A rugged fragment notes that age and work shape choices before and after sixty, hinting at an exchange or policy discussion amid a noisy, incomplete OCR line. The line suggests a political or social theme centered on aging voters and retirement timing.
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