Talks of Norway and return from Europe
James Sundahl of this place returned from Norway two weeks ago Mr Strand who accompanied him on the trip tells the Democrat reporter the following Lars P Strand of the Depew neighborhood formerly known as Jeanneapaia home from Norway Thursday evening having been absent since last October He crossed the ocean on the first vessel that came to the United States from the Scandinavian countries since February
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Norway
James Sundahl
Strand
Democrat
Lars P. Strand
Depew
Tta Jeanneapaia
United States
Wool Wanted for Major Eastern Mill
Notice calling for wool purchases offering top prices for western and native wool from 37 to 43 cents per pound. Sellers should contact Estherville by phone 178 or write Antone Fisher at 214 East Lincoln Street, Estherville, Iowa.
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Estherville
Antone Fisher
Lincoln Street
Mstherville
Towa
For Sale Bright corn at three dollars a bushel
For sale Bright bushels off Silver King corn priced at 3 dollars per bushel. Contact E. J. Newhall in Graettinger. 5102 x.
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E. J. Newhall
Graettinger
Norwegian traveler recalls perilous voyage home from Bergenfjord
Mr Strand returned from Stavanger to the United States after sailing from Bergen on the Bergenfjord with 1150 passengers. An English cruiser stopped the ship and British authorities required a permit before continuing. The voyage via Iceland and Greenland included a Halifax detention, mined-channel towing, and the risk of U boats. 1600 Germans aboard Ellis Island era troops observed. Food costs in Norway quoted and wartime shortages noted.
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Stavanger
Bergen
Germany
Norway
Miss Strand
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Halifax
London
Bergenfjord
British War Office
England
New York
Strand
Stockholm
Europe
United States
Ellis Isles
U.S
Denmark
Sweden
Columbia
Lost Island district notes and social happenings
Mrs. Chris Norris and Mrs. John Helvig visited Ruthven on Saturday. Miss Beulah Sandvig was shopping at Graettinger on Saturday. C. B. Sheffield spent Sunday at his cousin F. Sheffield’s home. Mrs. Albert Thorson will entertain the Ladies’ Aid May 31. All are invited. Mrs. Charley Christensen was referenced in the note.
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Lost Island Dist
Chris Norris
John Helvig
Ruthven
Beulah Sandvig
Graettinger
C. B. Sheffield
F. Sheffield
Albert Thorson
Charley Christensen
Community notices and family outings in local scene
A sequence of brief social items recounts Mrs. Hansen visiting her daughter Mrs. Nels Smith on Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Vroman ending a school term with a pupil picnic, the Hauge family enjoying a new Overland car, and Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield with daughter Lorene plus the Thorson family at Ruth on the weekend.
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Hansen
Nels Smith
Vroman
DeWall
Marshalltown
Iowa
Henry Hauge
F. Sheffield
Lorene
Ruthven
Ole Thorson
Thelma Werz
Wallingford News Highlights Local Social Ties
Miss Florence Weinsell of Estherville tends Mrs. Weisner at the Haring home as illness grips the family. Albert Christopher and Miss Mary Soeffing wed at the Estherville Presbyterian parsonage. Various locals visit kin in Dows, Minneapolis, Shell Lake, and New York. neighbors attend school entertainment. Britons face bread limits as meatless days end.
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Wallingford
Florence Weinsell
Esitherville
Joe ‘Haring
Weisner
Dows
Miss Levi
Estherville
E. E. Oleson
J. Haring
New York
M. G. Husby
Jackson
Minnesota
J. O. Kasa
Minneapolis
Shell Lake
Few Aliens Arrested in Wartime Loyalty Sweep
Report notes that only 125 aliens have been arrested on disloyalty charges since the United States entered the war, indicating the scope of wartime enforcement and potential public concern.
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United States
To Waste Is Now a Crime in England
An announcement from forests states that waste of any kind of food becomes a punishable offense in England. Thirteen states have adopted similar measures. The forests cover more than 3,600,000 acres under the food controller.
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England
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Walden Music House
Olive Noble
George
E. J. George
T. Sullivan
Peter Miller
Lowa
Coolidge & Fisher
L. L. Wheeler
Graettinger, Ia
A.R. Cuthbert, Graettinger, Ia
James Anderson
Misener
John Wee
Gus Merklin
Henry Grodland
Hilda Anderson
Great
A. J. Johnson & Co
NEW DE Laval
de Laval
Gary
Studebaker Series
Studebaker
H. P
The
Geil Motor Co
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