See Here Private Hargrove Scene at Fort Bragg
A wartime comic interlude unfolds among soldiers at Fort Bragg with Private McGee and fellow Union creditors planning a furlough budget. A High command budget discussion ends as Pearl Harbor news shocks the camp, spurring fear of rapid deployment and a disrupted entertainment program at the Replacement Center Service Club.
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Union of Hargrove
Nough
Maury Sher
Ways and Jeans Committee
Union
Pirate Bushemi
Thomas James Montgomery
Mulvehill
Serant Hart
Lillington
Bushemi
Sher
Businees
McGee
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Rushem
Mulve
Hart
Pearl Harbor
Fort Bragg
Germany
United States
Service Club
Elgin High School Tattler Opens New Year With Goals
The Purple and White Tattler outlines a new school year at Elgin High School with aims for stronger student organizations, sports, music, and a standout news staff. It details Primary News on class divisions, reading, art, and projects, plus updates on grade activities, officer elections, alumni plans, and Wahanka Campfire Girls summer events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purple and White Tattler
Elgin
Hazel Gilbertson
Kay Christian
Bernice Blockhus
Elgin High
Georgana Falb
Jane Falb
Betty Christen
Kathleen Yearous
Rosella Strong
Beverly Larson
Eva Mae Dennler
Jerry Pinney
Elva Mae Lerch
Alma
Grimes
Wancei
Dorothy Cline
Dorothy Torkelson
Shirley Boyle
Delores Torkelson
Joan Mosh
Swede's profile and fall plans noted in school page
The piece highlights Bertha Casper's leadership, plans for fall including a new guardian, and student questions about activities. It features a Who's Who profile on Alfred “Swede” Boleyn, detailing his traits, favorites, and recent appendicitis operation, followed by a September birthday calendar and student queries about sports and portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Casper
Bertha Bounting
Alfred Boleyn
Reynold Shaffer
James Daniels
Jack Gehring
Rosalie Miller
Boasting in Children Reflects Insecurity More Than Conceit
The article argues that bragging by children often signals insecurity rather than vanity. It notes that a child may feel inferior and overcompensates with claims of superiority. Occasional boasting is natural, but persistent bravado can indicate fear of failure or lack of affection, suggesting the need for encouragement over scolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Jones
Jimmy Smith
Johnny
Elgin residents visitations and society notes from Wadena area
Donna Wenger visited Friday in the J. H. Wilson and J. M. Frey homes in Wadena. Mrs. Ida Lehman arrived from Cedar Rapids for a few days with sister Mrs. Albert Schori. Kensington Club hosted by Mrs. F. E. Kohler with prizes to Mrs. R. W. Muehenthaler high, Mrs. Hulda Stoehr low, Mrs. Tile Hanson traveling. Dennis spent Saturday with Wayne Gilgon. Mrs. Eldred Dammermutt and Mrs. George Vaughn visiting Floyd Puffet home at Strawberry Point where Vaughn works in Madison. Mrs. I. D. Henderghott of Oelwein and daughter Mrs. Earl Wright of Kansas City visited Mrs. Tille Hanson and F. E. Kohler. Mrs. Wm. H. Shambaugh leaves for Clarinda then Petersburg to join husband at Camp Lee. Helen Schiltz departed for Dubuque after three weeks with J. C. Weirton family. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Tilpher Bilden on Sept 21 at the Postville hospital weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces. O. L. Conaway Jr. of Trahome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Kohler
Kensington Club
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Hulda Stoehr
Tile Hanson
I. D. Henderghott
Oelwein
Earl Wright
Kansas City
Tille Hanson
F. E. Kéhler
Tilpher Bilden
Postville Hospital
City updates end old funeral rules and stray ordinances
Traverse City Michigan rewrites its city code adopting a new loose leaf system. The modernization eliminates a 1900s rule requiring undertakers to wear rubber overcoats and spray beards with cologne at contagious death funerals. Twelve rubble ordinances are discarded though some conflicts remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Mich
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Toin
Bushems
Great Britain
Monsieur
Charles
Tom
Dix
Bragg
Field Artillery Replacement Center
Edwin P. Parker, Jr
Eduardo ‘Enriquez
Eduardo
Eduardo Enriquez
Hawaii
Russia
Persia
Rica
Fayetteville
Ethel Walker
Herston M. Cooper
Special Services
EHS
Archie Howard
Beverly Muehlethaler
Miss Dunkle
Sarah Wheelock
Burnell Benson
James Torkelson
Shirley Reusser
Leo Schori, Jr
Howard Wolf
Merve Boleynate
O Thers
Ardig Frieden
Clarence Moor
Christian
Mrr. Luce
Mardorf
Margie Dennler
John Warton
Shirley Frieden
Norma Torkelson
Kay
Wirley Bailey
Omaha
Neb
Alice Becker
Upper
Iowa
Fayette
Junior Gehring
Vernie Frieden
Otis Torkelson
Verne Groth
Reuben Christen
Fred Burrow
Wahanka
Charlotte Tebbe
Lauretta Gileon
Jane
Marilyn Falb
Joan
Marlene Mosby
Delores
Dorothy Torkelton
Elgin Canning Co
Alma Grimes
Joan Mosby
Geraldine
Phyllis Pinney
Barbara Crider
Evanille
Janicé
Matt F
Bernice
Jett
Violet L
Shirley
Elvan Mae
IO Chrd Welfare Rasearen Station
Donna Wenger
J. H. Wilson
J.M. Frey
Wadena
Ida Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Albert Schori
George Vaughn
Floyd Puffet
Strawberry Point
Mr. Vaughn
Madison, Wis
Wm. H. Shambaugh
Clarinda
Petersburg
Virginia
Camp Lee
Helen Schiltz
Dubuque
J. C. Weirton
O,.l. Conaway, Jr
Trahome
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Elgin Echo
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