Wadena News Highlights Local Visits and Celebrations
Wadena area residents host and visit family across Fayette, West Union, and Cedar Rapids. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Corkery on Tuesday. The Volga Valley Club honored Clarence and Mary Adams with a silver wedding set, and L. Hunsberger & Son held a hog sale at West Union fairgrounds. Student Scroll editorial staff were elected, and a 35-guest birthday gathering celebrated Mrs. Dahlgren’s mother Mya Sinkel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton, Jr
McGregor
Fred Tschantz
Austin Lamphier
Marjorie
Littleport
F. H. Everett
Mary Wetzel
West Union
Fayette
Otley
Oelwein
A.J. Knutson
Marcia
Donna
Zella Duncan
Gerald
Rebecca Kuhnes
George Kuntzman
Cedar Rapids
Matt Frey
Bess Tschantz
Clermont
Adams
Jeff Blakemore
Oscar Hunsberger
Kathryn Tschantz
Watken
Louis Chandler
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wadena
L. Hunsberger & Son
Fair Grounds
Ladies’ Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Nell Welch
Frank Welch
John Hinkel
Elizabeth Aeschliman
Amelia Moore
Mary Florence Whittenbaugh
Betty Minihan
Marcia Marie Knutson
George Wood
Clement Messerli
Miss Aeschliman
Tabu Rules for Hawaiian Women Cited by Pan-Pacific Press
Bulletin from the Pan-Pacific Press bureau notes tabu as a Hawaiian folk word. It states ancient Polynesian tabua forbade women from seeing men inside homes or cooking food under the same roof, reflecting strict gender restrictions.
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Bulletin
Pan-Pacific Press Bureau
Trapped in London Fog and Parliament of Voices
Fred Biermann describes a London visit focusing on smog and chimneys, St Pauls soot, and the Cathedral crypts. He notes Hyde Park debates with free speech, recounts encounters with speakers, a canine graveyard in Kensington Gardens, and the absence of police. Newell Rogers and Alice Keenan aid the visit, with London dispatches often routed through the International News Service.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Christopher Wren
Admiral Nelson
Duke of Wellington
Lord Pakenham
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Kensington Gardens
Hyde Park
Newell Rogers
Rogers
Hawkeye Beacon
Washington
Paris
International News Service
I. N.S
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Alice Keenan
Decorah
War Tragedies Seen Through London Youth
Mrs. Rogers notes wartime London youths left deformed or handicapped by air raids. She recalls children who became speechless or stutterers after raids and others born with deformities due to maternal terror during pregnancy. Her social settlement experience in Des Moines and Paris informs her view of the city's trauma.
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Rogers
Des Moines
Paris
London
London Customs and Attitudes Observed by an American
Fred Biermann writes from London noting government farming measures like a wheat processing tax and minimum wages for farm help. He comments on fashion in London women and men, social behavior in public, and a stormy headline about Europe and the English Channel.
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George Washington
National Art Gallery
Abraham
Lincoln
Westminster
London
Great Britain
Europe
English Channel
Fred Biermann
Local Social Roundup in Grand Meadow Area
Friday night visits noted at Oscar Lien and West Union homes. Numerous town residents hosted guests, attended meetings, and shared meals across Grand Meadow and nearby areas. Immunization effort for Diphtheria conducted at Center School with Dr Myers and Nurse Maat supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Halverson
Oscar Lien
Oelwein
Bert Lyngaas
Ewald Lyngaas
Janet
Hans Larson
Hazel Tatro
William Nelson
Esten Landsgard
Eunice
Arthur Olson
West Union
Donald Larson
Andrew Anderson
Vera Mae Olson
Richard Olson
Andrew Reinhart
Helen
Betty
Elaine Helms
Robert Reinhart
Even Lien
Anton Scholen
Ole Reierson
Ed Johnson
Immanuel Larson
Ole Larson
J. QO. Halverson
Robert Wharram
Ramona
Olivia Olson
Vers Mae
Bertha
Millard Olson
Alfred Madsen
New Richland
Minn
Nels Lyngaas
Darlene Olson
Eston Landggard
Louie Olson
Lavanda
Geraldine
Manford Amdahl
Clarence Olson
Herbert Nichols
Stanley
Clifford Osmundson
Almer Osmundson
Turner Hall
Postville
Howard Klues
Grand Meadow Township
Myers
Maat
Center School House
Seeding Rye for Early Spring Stock Pasture
Fayette county farmers extend pasture and rest permanent pastures by sowing rye in fall for early spring grazing. Rye planted early sprouts before ground freezes and provides forage for hogs cattle sheep horses and poultry from about April 15 to June 15. Seed rye costs 40 to 50 cents a bushel and is broadcast at 5 to 6 pecks per acre.
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Fayette County
City to set ad price scale for newspaper notices
The Rock Rapids Leader cites a state law allowing city councils to fix ad rates for publicity. It suggests a scale with charges for calling a bride accomplished, a deadbeat, a dancing youth, and a so-called progressive citizen, noting possible additions if ordinances pass.
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Rock Rapids
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League of Nations
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Suki
Falb’s Meat Market
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Furniture Store
Carters
Carter
C. Mt. Ca
Isan
Graham
K. C
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Ad. A. Boleyn
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