Wadena Social and Alumni Notes Highlight Local Visits
Wadena residents hosted 38 guests for a five hundred evening with prizes won by Mrs. Ed Reftis and Luther Crandall, while many locals visited relatives in Fayette, Clinton, and Arlington. A Vacation Bible School starts June 4 at the Presbyterian church as the Alumni Association seals upgrades with a May 26 supper and a parade ending at the ball diamond.
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Frank Everett
Ed Reftis
Luther Crandall
Lawrence Whitcher
Joe O'Hara
Zella Duncan
Fayetn Surmiag
A. J
Clermont
Maggie Johnson
J. ©. Moore
John Downer
Carl Cox
Manchester
Raymond Clark
Randsir
Fremont Clark
Fayette
G. I. Clark
Alwani
Presbyterian Church
Frank Poor
Grace
George
W. BR. Canine
Arlington
Pete Glennon
Volge
J.D. Molamby
Allie Ecston
Fer
St Paul
Mulamby
Arle Carter
Carrington
N. D
Larry Cutcher
Waucoma
George Kuhnes
Lawrence Welch
Ed Meske
West Union
Georgie Leonhart
Erma Corkery
Proscort
Kenneth Baldwin
Secetary
End Eiler
Rafiiz
Treseurer
Graduation Commencement Address Inspires Class of 1934
Alumni and high school boys enjoyed a supper at the Presbyterian church basement served by the Ladies club for eighty eight attendees. Kenneth Baldwin directed the graduation initiation as Rev. W. P. Sandrock delivered the address from St. John's Lutheran Church urging hard work and honesty. the class will move forward guided by the path laid by teachers and parents.
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High Saeels
Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Club
Kenneth Baldwin
W. P. Sandrock
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Dubuque
Sandrock
Olson
Cedar Falls
Fragmented Advice on Life and Ironies Across Newsprint
A collage of aphorisms and observations on life, temptation, friendship, honesty, and age, mixing quips about religion, love, and character with stray notes on a New Zealand fish ladders project and a milk based explosive idea. Includes humor snippets and cartoon captions from periodicals.
Young Man Wrote "America" Song By Dr Samuel F Smith
Dr Samuel Francis Smith, aged twenty four, wrote the words to the tune of America from a German song book. He reputedly composed the eight verses in about half an hour, though only four or the great two plus the fourth are commonly sung.
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America
Samuel Francis Smith
Bes Makes Summer Home On Double Decker Bus
A German family converted a two story double decker bus into a living space in Berlin. The home fits three or four people and works well when temperatures stay moderate.
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Berlin
Giant fossil shark tooth found in New Zealand museum
A fossilized tooth from a huge shark was unearthed near Popiriki in New Zealand and is housed in the Wanganui museum. The tooth measures about 5 inches high with a roughly 6 inch base. It is believed to have come from a monster shark rivaling the size of the largest whales.
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Popiriki
New Zealand
Wanganui
Scien Weta
Pennsylvania forest program seedlings reach private landowners
The Department of Forests and Waters reports in twenty years private landowners received about 110 million seedlings and transplanted trees for reforestation, aiming to boost woodland along 100000 acres. The estimate reflects private land efforts accompanying public forestry goals.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters
Mayan Culture Traced Through Pottery Surfaces
Researchers describe gradual tracing of Mayan culture through pottery surfaces showing dated glyphs and decoration. The analysis links migratory patterns and growth stages to shifts in artifacts, offering clues to historical decline and cultural changes.
Maybe It Rained Bald Poets New River Joke
A fragment recalls Leo or lea crossing a perilous path over powder with a lit pipe, mocked by European papers as cowardice yet testing courage in a long walk. attributed to Colliers Magazine with unclear geography and names.
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Riveroy
Egypt
Lea
Colliers Magazine
Brick weight and size estimate in common bricks
The text states the average weight of common brick is about 120 pounds per cubic foot. It notes 82 percent of the brick’s volume is cable inches, yielding 200 bricks measuring 16,500 cubic inches and weighing approximately 1,140 pounds.
Import Firearms of Art Must Undergo Fumigation
The notice states art objects sent into Germany from abroad must undergo three thorough fumigations using salmonias to destroy moths woodworm germs of weeping sickness and other diseases before they may be placed in the museum.
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Germany
London council staff hunt for relics of beauty
London county council officials, tasked by a Weekly Telegraph writer, roam condemned and cleared houses to uncover and preserve remnants of beauty or antiquity. From shop fronts to staircases and doors, their trained eyes value moldings, panellings, hinges, and knockers as worthy of nation preservation.
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London
London County Council
the Weekly Telegraph
Immigration Negligible Growth in U S Population
The Santa Monica reference notes immigration has slowed from about 1,000,000 yearly decades ago to only 6,000 last year, a fraction of the potential 154,009 arrivals. Population growth lags at under 1 percent while U S territory remains underdeveloped and resources untapped. An aside recalls Col Charles E Blanton’s misattributed line Lafayette, we are here.
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U. S
Santa Monica
United States
Charles E. Blanton
Lafayette
General Pershing
Picpus
New York Herald Tribune
Pershing
Stanton
Strange Pygmy Race Report From French Explorers
Three French explorers sent by a Paris paper travel from Dakar to inland Recundot to study a tribe of white Pygmies living near three feet tall with large heads and light skin. They describe distant lands, primitive living, and subsistence by hunting elephants and antelopes while remaining isolated from other tribes.
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Marseilles
Africa
Paris
Dakar
Benaras
Bamago
Gao
Sentences Given for High Amendment Violations Rise
Officials report a total of 106,7335 to 1788 months and 19 days in jail as penalties imposed by several judges for violations of the Eighteenth Amendment. The figure excludes federal sentences for 1921 and 1922 and does not include other categories.
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United States Prohibition Bureau
Liverpool cathedral to have 63 altars and 10000 capacity
A new Roman Catholic cathedral at Liverpool, begun recently, is described as among Great Britain’s largest structures. It will feature 63 altars and accommodate about 10,000 worshippers when completed.
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Liverpool
Great Britain
Venus of the Bergenske Motorship Sets Speed Record
The Venus of the Bergenske Steamship Company operates between England and Norway as the world's fastest motorship. A girl exclaims about the beauty of the American flag, sparking a brief exchange about its significance and value.
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Fastest
Bergenske Steamship Company
England
Norway
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