Wadena Wocal News Highlights Local Social Events
Joyce Everett to wed on May 29 was honored with a miscellaneous shower at the Presbyterian church. Community updates note Legion meeting, school board dinner, visitors from Nevada and Muskegon, illnesses and recoveries, and school events including baccalaureate and commencement services. A school reader tale ends with a character deciding to try dancing class.
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Joyce Everett
Presbyterian Church
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Wadena School Board
H. T. Holt
T. Walters
Sherlock
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Nevada
Bessie Gilbert
Muskegon
Mich
Robert
Lyal Whittenbaugh
J. R. Wood
Olive Knutson
H.J. Holt
R. L. Learn
Thomas Sherlock
Aurora
Ben Green
Arlington
George Fay
H. H. Whitcher
Union Study Club
Harry Rush
West Union
Gertrude Frey
Vida Henrich
Wadena
United Brethren Orchestra
V. Carnock
L. R. Westerburg
Janice Nelson
C. V. White
Ray Herwig
Carnock
Will Young
Louise Schmidt
Ida May
Dorothy Young
Robert Kneeskern
Toledo
Onn
Nina Davis
Bender
Wm. Nelson
Janice
Donnie
Adams
Minn
Billy
Cecil Flanagan
Teachers’ Club
Epeneter
Carol
Denver
Fred Epeneter
Milton Schoof
Tony
Waverly
Fred Heiden
Lawson Little and Lew Hurd Pose in CFL Photo
Special CFL photo shows golfer Lawson Little with his 13 year old brother in law Lew Hurd, an eighth grade Harris schools student. Little believes Hurd has remarkable possibilities and potential.
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Chicane
Keno Hy S. C. Loomis
Lawson Little
Lew Hurd
Harris Schools
Little
Hurd
Pastor Gets a Permit to Sleep in Trailer
Reverend John D. Clinton of Fayette Methodist Church drew attention after obtaining a special permit to sleep in a trailer during a Methodist conference in Kansas City. The pastor argued that people sleep in churches, prompting police to grant the exemption amid city ordinances against trailer lodging.
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John D. Clinton
Fayette Methodist Church
Chicago Tribune
Kansas City
John D
Boss Fendergast
Olives Found In 14-Year-Old Jar By Sumner Diggers
Workmen digging under the Sumner Legion building sidewalk unearthed a glass jar of green olives likely stored at least 14 years ago. The top shows corrosion, but the contents seem preserved. It is believed placed during the Legion’s first 1925 construction, possibly from Harry Stadler’s grocery stock. No samples were taken.
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Legion
Sumner
Harry Stadler
Sumner Gazette
Robbery strikes Arlington business district in two nights
Arlington News reports two burglaries in a short span. Thieves entered the J. M. Welch & Son store by prying a window, taking pennies left in the cash register and disturbing a small amount of merchandise. A charge of breaking and entering would face the captured suspects. The next night the Fobes Hatchery was entered through an open window with a small sum stolen.
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Arlington
J. M. Welch & Son
Fobes Hatchery
Arlington News
Oldest Prescription Suspected Hair Growth Concoction
The British Museum preserves a clay tablet dated to B C 8700, claimed as the oldest medical prescription. It describes a concoction asserted to promote hair growth, reflecting early pharmacological ideas in ancient Mesopotamia.
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British Museum
Osgood Special Photographs Show Narrow Escape From Roof Fall
Osgood Indiana special photos sent to the Echo by E D Cissell and L L B show Ed Bavis falling 39 feet from the roof of the Osgood Journal building, a near deadly plunge that narrowly escaped serious injury. The caption notes the dotted line in the other image and remarks such a fall would likely be fatal to most people.
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Osgood
Ind
E. D. Cissell
L. L.B
Ed Bavis
Osgood Journal
Tate to Coach at Griswold Next Year
Paul Bud Tate signs to teach at Griswold next year and directs athletics. He will teach social science and coach football basketball and baseball while overseeing six sports and summer playground activities. The Griswold school sits near Council Bluffs with about 1200 residents.
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Paul
Bud” Tate
Griswold
Council Bluffs
West Union
Tate
Elgin
Elgin News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Local residents attend to illness and family visits as Elgin prepares for changes with new freight elevators and a dictaphone. Fayette seniors stage a George Kelly comedy The Torchbearer May 1 Dr. Robert Graham leads the cast. West Union to Lyle move noted. several families dine together in West Union and surrounding towns. Aulden Oelberg hosts guests as McGregor Service Club debates solicitors and racketeering concerns.
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Chris Schweitzer
Ernestine Holzer
Vergil Cook
Helen Muehlethaler
Kenneth Evans
Fayette
Elgin
F. C. Welch
F. C. Muehrethaler
Capper
Wm. Frederick
West Union Hospital
H. B. Gilson
Victor
LeRoy
Gilson
Helen Frederick
George Kelly
College
Upper Iowa
Robert Graham
Wm. Weibel
Roy Colander
Adams, Minn
Abe Habeger
Edwin Krueger
Lyle
Kenton
Eliza Habeger
Eli
Aulden Oelberg
West Union
McGregor Service Club
Shower for Mrs Burg at Baptist church parlors
The Tabitha Society of the Baptist church hosted a miscellaneous shower Wednesday afternoon in the church parlors to honor Mrs. Robert Burg. Guests enjoyed various entertainments and gifts were opened by the honoree. Refreshments were served by the hostesses at the close.
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Tabitha Society of the Baptist Church
Robert Burg
M. E. Aid Society Meetings Thursday May 25
The M. E Ladies Aid Society will hold division meetings on Thursday May 25 in members homes. First division gathers at Ed Bauder home with Mrs Mary Bakeman hosting a picnic lunch. Second division meets at Mrs Thos Knudtson home and the third at Mrs Edith Berg home.
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M. E Ladies’ Aid Society
Mary Bakeman
Ed Bauder
Thos. Knudtson
Ard
Edith Berg
Brainard social visits and church notes feature local families
Brainard residents hosted and visited numerous neighbors including Olson Paulson Cummings and Boyer families. Cedar Falls registration and local whooping cough case noted. Church services listed with Sunday school at 10:30 and preaching at 8 p.m. at Rev. A. R. Belknap's Brainard church.
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Jesse Olson
Joe Paulson
Clermont
Harry Stillman
Elizabeth McMillan
Don Cummings
Frank Lyon
Richard Johnston
Nutting Home
Herman Boyer
Glen Boyer
Ira Cherry
M. A. Boyer
Strawberry Point
Ferrill Bass
E. R. Nutting
Raymond Mays
Henry Danks
West Union
Sidney Nutting
Marian Patterson
Elizabeth
Winnifred McMillan
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Harold Iliff
S. S. Patterson
Fred Wede
Vern Boyer
Brainard
A. R. Belknap
Elgin Independents Beat Postville Team 12 to 2
Elgin baseball tossers defeated Postville 12 to 2 on Sunday in Postville. Heck and Barker pitched, Henninger caught, and Roy Knight hit a home run for Elgin. Members Grant Dawson and Kenneth Barker attended a Little Eight League meeting in West Union. Elgin’s late membership application excludes them from this year’s league. This is Elgin’s first year without a team in the league since its founding.
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Elgin
Postville
Elgin Boys
Elgin Battery
Heck
Barker
Henninger
Roy Knight
Grant Dawson
Kenneth Barker
West Union
Landscaping project advances in Fayette County line area
Widespread activity surrounds a landscaping project let to Sumner nursery on April 25. A crew began digging holes last Tuesday and began planting on Thursday, with 242 trees to be set, including 123 American elms, across the area from the county line to three miles west of Sumner.
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Fayette
Sumner
Sumner Nursery
Sumner Gazette
634 Pound Catfish Captured By Will Trumblee At Independence
Will Trumblee of Strawberry Point displayed a 634 pound catfish and two smaller ones caught Sunday at Independence. He credited companion Lawrence Thomas for help. The fish fought for 15 minutes on ordinary tackle before landing in 9 feet of water, per the Clayton Co. Press-Journal.
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Will Trumblee
Strawberry Point
Independence
Will
Lawrence Thomas
Trumblee
Clayton Co. Press-Journal
Bible Weighs Ten Pounds Printed in 1641
A 1641 Bible printed by the widow van Wouw of Amsterdam was found among discarded books in the Piquetberg library in South Africa. It weighs ten pounds and appears to be the first edition combining the Old and New Testaments.
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van Wouw
Amsterdam
Piquetberg
South Africa
Dogs Do Not Deceive Realistic Canines in Best Meaning
Dogs reveal a blunt realism about themselves and others, showing no capacity for self deception or for deceiving humans or kin. The statement frames canines as aware of limits, honest in behavior, and true to nature even when faced with human expectations.
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Rev. Austin
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Oelwein
1Own Child Welfare Research Station
Ted
Doris Ferguson
Ted Thatcher
Doris
Fanny
Joe Ferguson
Joe
Edward Bavis, L. L. B
Mrs. Bob. Burg
M. E. Aid Meetings
L&t
Kee
J, Falb & Sons
Iowa
R. P. Strauch
Martin Senour
Artin Senger
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
Elgin, Iowa
Oe College
Aotkdottes
Intingene, Srls
Wm. Baumgartner
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