Wadena farm bureau meeting and local social notes
Wadena News reports a farm bureau meeting held last Thursday at the church with a good program. Numerous locals and visitors hosted baskets and attended social events, including a box social raising over $80. Several residents traveled for visits and hunting trips, with Mr and Mrs Klingman celebrating their 50th anniversary and various neighbors visiting, dining, or hosting gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
M. A. Klingman
Lizzie Kohler
Harry Dean
Leslie
New Albin
Claude Nues
Sumner
Ralph Holtzman
Fayette
Jim Klingman
Robert
Fred
J.C. Kennedy
Alfred Jenson
Erla Jean
Waterloo
Jenson
P. W. Raftis
Lyle Jones
Patrics Ann
Cedar Rapids
D. B. Jellings
Herman Peterman
Amelia Kuhn
Ed Gernand
Frank Poor
Grace
Lamont
Francis Stinger
Mt. Vernon
Frank Smith
la Verle
Walter Medberry
George Jones
Iowa City
Harold Oelberg
B. A. Jennings
Max
J. B. Jennings
Lyman Fox
West Union
Delwe
Local Social Notes And Arrivals From West Union Area
Des Moines visitor Jess Herriman very ill in hospital. West Union calls on Cave Hall residents. Roy Cline birthday surprise with family and neighbors. football recap Wadena over Arlington 25 to 0. multiple local visits and business calls in Delwein Oelwein Clermont and Greene. attendance at funerals in St Paul and family travels noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Brooks
Arlington
Dewey Thompson
Jim Fox
John Staffenhagen
Archie Cline
Mary Fox
J. J. O'Hara
Forest City
Thad Walters
Francis
Oelwein
Ackley
Minn
Leahy Farm
Wadena
Roy Cline
Alfred
Delwein
O'Hara
Clermont
Whitcher
Frank Smith
Lowenberg
Schroyer
Chas. Oldfather
Chas
Local Update of Neighbor Visits and Home Movements
Allen home at Evkport. Several families and individuals visited relatives across towns. Notable entries include Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Randall welcoming daughter Carlota Darlene born Friday, Nov. 14, and multiple family movements among Knutsons, Freys, Wittenes, and others visiting in Elkader Waterloo Arlington Manchester and West Union over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pierce
Baby
Chicago
Rundell
Clarence Nuss
Arlington
Henry Kuhn
Ed Gernand
Arthur Jellings
Cedar Rapids
F. J. Schroeder
Osborne
Town
Adolph Weber
Clarence
Kathleen Corkery
Lamont
Miss Adams
Ira Moore
Volga City
Robert Frey
Harry Broughton
West Union
Wadena Taxi
Paul Landis
Lima
Roy ‘Burnside
Leslie Wheeler
Charles Miller
Alden, Gell
Mary Kennedy
Will Witten
Bessie Whittenbaugh
Newton
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Robert Bond
Herriman House
Cox House
Messerli
Ralph Johnson
Lyman Fox
Johnson
Clarence Randall
Carlota Darlene
Rupert Bigler
Richard Corkery
Ocean Stepping Stones Piomede Islands Discovery
The Piomede islands form three small elevated telanda rocks at about 66 N 18 W in the Bering Strait region. They serve as stepping stones between Asia and North America. They were discovered by Berlyg in 1728.
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Ocean
Piomede Islands
Beringatratt
Asia
North America
Berlyg
Exodus Count From Egypt Says 800000 Men Led Out
Record suggests Moses led 800000 men aside from women and children not enumerated. Estimate places total exodus between two and three million, likely nearer the upper figure.
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Egypt
Moses
Porcelain Expansion and Heat Effects Explored
Porcelain expands when heated, with chemical composition texture and temperature shaping expansion. Most porcelain shows fairly regular growth, though some irregular results occur due to varying factors.
Jungle Man Orangutan Meaning Explained
The article breaks down the term orang-utan into two Malay words, orang meaning man and uotan jungle, concluding it translates to man of the jungle or jungle man.
Life in Orean Depths Found Life At Four Miles Deep
A scientific note states life can exist beyond 000 feet but animal life has been discovered at four miles depth. Researchers discuss implications for ocean biology and extremophile adaptation.
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Orean
Ufe
Posterity’s Verdict on Merit and the Man Colton Quote
A reflective line by Colton contrasts valuing a person’s merit with admiration for the era the person lives in. It notes contemporaries admire the mara over merit, prosperity, or regard the merit rather than the man.
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Mara
Colton
Union New Cole Course Under Way At Page Farm
At the city council meeting a country club delegation won a five year lease on about eight acres of Page farm land east of town with a purchase option. An expert golf planner laid out greens and grounds work proceeds under a sand expert. A load of Clermont sand arrived and spring play is expected. Backers hope to raise funds to buy the land and build a clubhouse with lockers and showers, the nineteenth hole included. The old McGirr grounds are abandoned and equipment moved to the new site. Read all the ads, it pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inet
City Couinell
Country Club
Page Farm
Town
Rock Island
City Farm
Clermont
Iowa
McGirr
Union
Establishment of the Port Interval Concept
The naval observatory notes high water occurs about 50 minutes later each day on average. High water follows the transit of the mine, and the interval before establishing the port varies by location. This interval remains roughly constant for a given place but differs widely between places.
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Naval Observatory
Columbine Growing Tips From Nature Magazine
Nature Magazine notes columbines thrive in well drained fertile sandy soil in sheltered spots not entirely sunlit. They do well massed in clumps in exposed borders and along forest edges under trees' shade for best growth.
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Nature Magazine
Wildlife Increasing Across United States Says Report
A report notes rising numbers of many wild animals including antelopes bears deer elk mountain goats sheep and beavers in the United States while the grizzly bear faces extinction. The findings highlight contrasting trends among large mammals and the need for conservation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Condor Noted As Largest Vulture With Vast Wingspan
A historical note describes the California condor named Largent of Vulture Spei as the largest vulture. It estimates a wingspan of eight feet one and a half inches, a speed near 60 miles per hour, and a soaring range from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, highlighting its immense size and flight.
Bible inscription from Turner Maine memory book 1800s
In Turner Maine an old leaf or memory book bears an inscription mentioning Mary L Beckley and a Bible gifted for memory, noting 6805 verses and phrases about faith and service. The text references H Gargent the librarian and a Boston library context dated April 4 1860.
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Turner
Maine
Mary L. Beckley
H. Gargent
Boston
Mass
Term of Derision Shin Plasters as Pager Money Slang
The piece traces the term shin plasters to a United States slang for depreciated money after the Revolution. It notes the phrase originally referred to paper money thought to stem from Continental currency usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Wadena News
Nell Jones
Clinton
Ethel Jones
Lyal Whittenbaugh
Walter and
Albert Cook
Donna Mae Keiger
St. Paul
Mrs. A. ©. Cook
Claude Flowers
Strawberry Point
Murray and
Mary Broughton
Whittenbaugh
Schori & Kuster
Elgin, Iowa
Union New Cole
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Imany Advan
Elgin. State Bank
Pep
Weibel Mill Company
Elgin, Ia
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