Personality theme in Elgin High school tattler is explored
In The Purple and White Tattler edited by Elgin High students, the feature on personality discusses its meaning and how it shows in daily life. It urges readers to observe others, stay positive, and help those feeling blue, linking optimism to a pleasing personality. It also covers geography unit work on India, Boy Scouts leadership picks, Tag Day proceeds for playground equipment, and a home economics drive supporting new swings and shoots for the playground.
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Editoria
Elinor Glynn
Home Economics Club
Between Will and Way United Youth Growth
The piece laments generational views on youth and urges mutual support to improve the nation. It stresses that will exists but the path is unclear and calls for guidance and cooperation. It notes classroom activities including Halloween decorations and a story project in primary grades and mentions absent students due to whooping cough and two dental cards returned.
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Judy
Sixth and Seventh Grades Prepare for Hallowe'en
Sixth and seventh graders report preparing their rooms for Hallowe en with hanging black cats bats pumpkins and pictures on bulletin boards. They say they will be ready next week when Hallowe en arrives and mention activities in arithmetic for the seventh grade.
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Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Cheer Leaders Select White Sharkskin Costumes
The cheerleaders have chosen white sharkskin material with purple yarn braid trim for their new costumes. They will make them themselves and invite everyone to attend the first basketball game to see the outfits as an added attraction.
Gates Addresses Waterloo High School Seniors
Bruce Gates of Gates Business College Waterloo spoke on life preparation and earning success. He held conferences with seniors about furthering education as the annual senior picture day occurred last Friday for the class photos.
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Mr. Gates
Bruce Gates
Gates Business College
Waterloo
Gates
Cryptic signs across the nation a wry blur of warnings
A collection of quirky public notices from a drug store window in a southern city to a California yard sign and a Burma Shave line. The signs mix humor and caution, including a Cleveland theatre offer for children, a New York restaurant urging careful change counting, an ominous country house warning, and a forest fire sign misquoting a famous proverb.
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of the Times
Cleveland
New York
Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania
Reader's Digest
Elgin Varsity Fights hard but falls to Tripoli
In a rough game Elgin sent seven players into action as they battled Tripoli. End cans and line smashes produced big gains while Elgin twice led 14 13 before Tripoli pulled away with a long pass and extra point. Some players disappointed by the effort but the team showed fight.
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Elgin
Geti
Tripoli
Seniors to Play Final Home Football Game Against Hawkeye
The team acknowledges a loss to a strong opponent as six seniors suit up for their last high school game on Friday October 31 at Schori Field facing Hawkeye to conclude the season.
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Hawkeye
Schori
Mink Creek Study Club met at Mrs Mattocks home
Wadena News reports the Mink Creek Study Club met on Wednesday Oct 15 at Mrs Wilder Mattocks home. business conducted program included The School Lunch by Mrs Ole Johnson Fall Fashions by Ellen Flanagan. contest won by Mrs Ralph Shaffer and Mrs Wilder Mattocks. lunch served by host. next meeting with Mrs Robert Ernst. numerous social updates follow including visits, travels and gatherings of local residents.
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Mink Creek
Wilder Mattocks
Ole Johnson
Ellen Flanagan
Howard Shaffer
Ralph Shaffer
Robert Ernst
Lydia Kerr
Waterloo
Floyd Patterson
Evan Fuller
Lewis
Santa Maria
Fuller
Ray Herwig, Jr
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ray Herwig
Donna Johnson
Dick Leonhart
Ilo Johnson
Neema Weber
Fayette
John DeLong
Paul
Jackie
Charles City
George Fay
H. B. Peterman
J. C. Kennedy
J. F. Corkery
Roy Leonhart
Forest Moore
Minnesota
Naval Reserve Air Base
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
Edith Colburn
Chicago
J. F. Shaffer
Katié Richards
West Union
Gus Kuenster
Glen Haven
Ida Baumgart
Cedar Rapids
Lily Livingston
Jim Thomas
Arlington
Merle Voshell
C. C. Corbin
Thomas
Will Whittenbaugh
Fay Whittenbaugh
Terry
Francis Whittenbaugh
Patterson School
Marjorie Whittenbaugh
Community Guests Gather Across Towns This Sunday
Recipients include Mr and Mrs Vern Boyer in Wadena at Henry Smith home. Fred Veasy and family from Rochester Minnesota visited J L Bartlett. Geo Moats and family plus Reece Moats of Monticello visited Sheldon Moats. Carl Martin of Clermont and Mrs Wm Barker called on D H Craft home. Hazel Appelman of Hawkeye joined Her supper Saturday.
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Vern Boyer
Henry Smith
Wadena
Fred Veasy
Rochester
Minn
J. L. Bartlett
Geo. Moats
Reece Moats
Monticello
Sheldon Moats
Carl Martin
Clermont
Wm. Barker
D. H. Craft
Hazel Appelman
Hawkeye
Community Picnic and Visits Reported in Local News
The Boyer and related families enjoyed a picnic at Echo Valley park Sunday with several guests from Cedar Rapids Polk City and Hawkeye. Various callers and visitors stop by homes, Ladies Aid met with guests, and church notes list Sunday school at 10 and evening service at 8 led by Rev. U E Burroughs.
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Man Boyer
Dwain Martin
Cedar Rapids
Dort Glenn
Polk City
Clarence Tripp
Geo. Tripp
D. Hi '‘Craft
Clara Bartlett
Ray Gilbert
Childern
J. L. Bartlett
Harlan
Echo Valley Park
Herman Boyer
Stanley
John Howard
Harry Stillman
E. R. Nutting
Ruth
Frank Lyon
Wm. Nutting
Ladies’ Aid Society
Levi Learn
Richard Kohls
Lola Boyer
James Davis
Clarence Meyer
West Union
Carl Reeder
Waukegan
H. W. Helms
Marshall Helms
Joe Peters
Bob and
Don
Robert Kerr
Glen Boyer
Clara
Beatrice Boyer
Georgia Boyer
Hawk- Eye
Lorenz Hope
Sidney Nutting
Clermont
Brainard
U. E. Burroughs
Local Families Share Meals and Visits Across County
County Line News notes numerous social visits and family events. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Amundson hosted, Sven Block visited Edgar Kimball’s home, and Rev and Mrs Ramsey with others joined in Sunday dinner. John and family celebrate a birthday with neighbors present. A baby boy named David Arthur born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Helgerson at Postville hospital weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. Multiple visits occurred at Blockhus, Thorson, and Larsen households with friends from Blooming Prairie and Decorah hospitals.
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Ole Amundson
Almer Amundson
Sven Block
Edgar Kimball
Mina Olson
Clarence Olson
Ramsey
Field
Carrie Thorson
Signy Hanson
Stanley
George Hanson
Josephine Bilden
Hilder Bilden
Arthur Helgerson
Postville Hospital
David Arthur
Carl Blockhus
Clara
Almer Amunds
Supper Guests and Family Visits Reported in Local Homes
Me pace a larence Sidon was a supper guest in the Walter Follett home Fri Harlot, Blockhus and Kenton Krueger were supper guests Friday in the Alden Oelberg home at West Union. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wander and Mr. and Mrs. Ole Reierson and family spent Friday afternoon in the Mrs. Louisa Martie home. Mrs. Mary Skarshaug, Shirley, Donald and Robert Blockhus and Ardella Jensen were supper guests Saturday evening of the M. J. Block hus family. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gilley of Maynard called at the Mrs. Louisa Martie home Thursday afternoon. Clarence Thorson took Clarence, Kittleson to Des Moines Sunday from where he will leave for Camp Claiborne La. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Anderson were dinner guests Sunday in the Iran Rose home. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Blockhus spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson, Clara Blockhus spent Saturday night with Bessie Blockhus.
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Elmer
LaLvern
Oliver Larson
Almer Amundson
Harley Radloff Farm
Swen Blockhus
Ardella Jensen
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Carl Blockhus
Clara
Harry Helgerson
Clarence Kittleson
Clifford Kittleson
Carmen Swenson
Mary Kay
Decorah Hospital
Lydia Reierson
Louisa Martie
Ole Reierson
Lars Larson
Millard
Willard Martin
Arno Foscher
Kenneth
Mary Sharshaug
Ernest Bauder
Henry Kittleson
Clarence
Austen Helgerson
Amy Gilbertson
Selmer Groth
Carl Halverson
Alarence Sidon
Walter Follett
Harlot, Blockhus
Kenton Krueger
Alden Oelberg
West Union
Joe Wander
Mary Skarshaug
Shirley
Donald
Robert Blockhus
M. J. Blockhus
Oscar Gilley
Maynard
Clarence Thorson
Kittleson
Des Moines
Camp Claiborne
Henry Anderson
Iran Rose Home
Herbert Blockhus
Carl Johnson
Clara Blockhus
Bessie Blockhus
Vernon Anderson
Barbara
Ewald Lyngans
Olivia Olson
Myra
Bertha Jane
Ramona Olson
Julia Landsgard
Peterson + Olson
West Clermont
Irene Erickson
Chicago
Arthur Olson
Walter Lundy
Ole Peterson
Elmer Erickson
Marlene
Wayne
Erskine
Carolyn Erickson
Alfred Buraas
Bertina Buraas
Bert Lyngaas
Marion Luther League
East Clermont League
Ben Erickson
Ames Olson
Postville Hospital
Arthur Helgerson
Alvin Erickson
Arlene Amundson
Irene Helgerson
Community Notes from Grand Meadow Spanning Courting Visits
Grand Meadow residents share social visits and gatherings from Friday to Sunday. Numerous families including Andersons Olsons Landsgards and Ericksons host relatives and friends in Marion Luther League events church weddings and hospital calls. Army draft notices affect Ben Erickson’s family while local visits continue at homes and parlors across the vicinity.
Alaska's four women back in 1870 era visit history
A fragment recalls Alaska after its 1867 purchase from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. It mentions four women companions including Mrs Julig Landsgard and Alaska nicknamed as Seward's folly Walrussia Polaria and the Giant Ice Box, reflecting early impressions of the territory.
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Alaska
United. ‘States
Russia
Walrussia
Polaria
Future artist uses 28 foot plate glass mirror cutter
The futurist Jéhn waita predicts plastics wood metal glass and silk will replace paint brushes and canvas. His new cut medium is a 28 foot plate glass mirror where he cuts designs and fills with color before silvering to create a three dimensional effect.
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Jéhn Waita
Ist
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