Severe storm sweeps towns causing widespread damage
A powerful early Sunday storm lashed towns including Palo Alto, Emmet, Algona, Belmond, Jew City, and Manchester. Winds up to 100 mph felled trees and power lines, damaged barns, roofs, and planes, with crops hit hard from 2b to 75 percent. One drowning reported near Dubuque and a bus with 35 passengers went into a ditch in Manchester. several injuries but few fatalities.
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Palo Alto
Emmet
Algona
Belmond
Eatherville
Kenneth Hagerty
Dubuque
Manchester
Storm Ravages Emmetsburg and Palo Alto County
A severe wind storm hit Emmetsburg and Palo Alto county early Sunday, knocking down many trees and disrupting telephone and electrical service. The gusts struck between 4 45 and 6 00 am, with residents huddling by doors as dust and debris filled the air, though the town avoided a tornado-like disaster.
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Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Electrica
Savannah Readers Note Address Change and Local News
From Savannah Georgia residents request a new mailing address Route 2 Box 689k Savannah Georgia. They moved into a new home near the water enjoying a pleasant breeze and weekly Graettinger Times. Reports include visits from Fred and Mrs Christiansen Herschel I Biebert Francis Weir family Kathy from Minneapolis. Nearby travelers Lewison Weir visited Graettinger after 14 years. Elmer Thompson farmer near Saxton Iowa killed by lightning while tractor farming. Decorah Ground Observer Corps logged 11 aircraft during an 86 hour alert. Winternet golf course opened 1947 with its first hole in one by Peter Cunningham.
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Savannah
Georgia
Graettinger Times
Fred Christiansen
Times
Herschel I
Biebert
Decorah Ground Observer Corps
Paul Sparrow's Enterprising Vaudeville Comeback
Richard H. Wilkinson recalls Paul Sparrow, a vaudeville performer who built his appeal through self-promotion and careful orchestral control. After a failed season, Sparrow faced hecklers, rallied with a daring contortionist routine, earned multiple encores, and secured renewed interest as managers began to notice his renewed draw.
May Snowstorm Tests Desperate Young Reporter
A hopeful Denver reporter Guy travels 1000 miles to seek work at a paper. Stranded by a May blizzard, he rescues a sick wife and her husband from the road camp, then hallucinates a future in journalism as a weary Moore questions the validity of his tale.
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Guy
Jackson
Mr. Moore
Stout
Denver
Mr.Moore
Hess
Early Beauty Operators Receive Henry Eighth Charter
In England, beauty operators secured a royal charter from Henry VIII as early as 1540, marking formal recognition of their trade.
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England
Henry VIII
The Electric Eel’s Polarity Sparks Electric Misconception
An account notes the electric eel’s body as a positive pole at the fore part and the tail as the negative pole, describing its electrical discharge and signaling a common but incorrect interpretation of its bioelectric mechanism.
Folger Library holdings and Civil War draft buyout note
The Folger Shakespeare Library houses about 95 000 books 50 000 manuscripts 100 000 prints and 256 000 playbills in Washington DC. A Civil War era provision allowed conscientious objectors to buy their way out of service for 300 dollars. A Boston Tea Party bottle remains in the Massachusetts Historical Society rooms.
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Folger Library
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, D. C
Boston
Massachusetts Historical, Society Rooms
Immaculate Conception and Wallingford Lutheran Church Notices
Immaculate Conception Church lists Sunday Masses at 7:30 and 9:30 a m with confessions on the first and third Saturdays 4 00 to 5 00 p m and 7 00 to 8 00 p m Baptisms Sundays 2 00 to 4 00 p m Wallingford Lutheran next Sunday services at 9 45 a m with Sunday school and Bible classes and choir rehearsal Thursday at 8 00 p m A Birthday Supper is planned for Friday July 20 with committee members Mnnes Silas Lundy Chester Torreson Norman Olson Norman Egeland LeRoy Gunderson Sherman Gunderson Maria Jacobson Jens Rasmussen and a warm church welcome for all.
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Immaculate Conception
Wallingford Lutheran Divine
Mmnes
Silas Lundy
Chester Torreson
Norman Olson
Norman Egeland
LeRoy Gunderson
Sherman Gunderson
Maria Jacobson
Jens Rasmussen
Wallingford Lutheran
Lutheran church services and events listed for Sunday
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran, First Lutheran, Saviors Lutheran, and St. Pauls Lutheran announce divine worship at 11:00 to 11:10 a.m. Each church lists Sunday School, Bible classes, and midweek activities. A congregational picnic at Loat Island State Park includes worship, games, and family refreshments. various weekday Bible studies and meetings are planned.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Luther League
Loat Island State Park
South Walnut
Methodist Church Invites Attendance Next Sunday Services
The Methodist Church invites participation in Sunday School at 10 00 AM and Worship at 11 00 AM on July 16. Junior Hi Camp Quest runs July 15 to 21 at the Methodist Camp Ground on Lake West Okoboji. Bible Conference is July 29 to August 5. ask the pastor for a program. Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster of the United States. Generals Lee and Grant fought on the same side in the Mexican war.
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Methodist Church
Lake West Okoboji
Bible Conference
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Lee
Grant
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L. T. Lewison
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New Hampton
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Elmer Thompson
Saxton
Iowa
Lefeighbor
Hes
Enterprise
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Pavl Parrow
Denens
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Olympia Theater
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Joh
Richard Hill Wilkinson
Pisa
Boston Harbor
Spain
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Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
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Birmingham
Patriot
George Washington
Washington
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Divine Services
Immanuel Lutheran
First Lutheran Church
Mission Society
A. C. Christiansen
Mia
Classtiansen
Saviors Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Caspire
Ferdinand Pegum
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