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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1929
Page
4
LeMars area notes report social gatherings and visits including Mrs C Kandyba and Edwin Kugler of Iowa visiting, dances to the Harmony Kings at Grimes pavilion, and a Brick auxiliary session at city hall. Local families, school activities, gardening, and church notices are included along with marriages, arrivals, and roadworthy notices.
Rev and Mrs Walker arrived to take up the pastorate at the Stanton Evangelical church. The Ladies Missionary Society of the First Baptist will meet June 5 in the home of Mrs M B Shumway. LeRoy Albert of Los Angeles and John Albert of Le Mars visited Ida Grove with Rev and Mrs G W Dunn. Sunday was cool with light rain. crops are advancing but weeds and pests rise as bird life declines after last year's hail.
In 1843 the New Purchase opened to settlers after a Sauk and Fox treaty. News spread fast as midnight on April 31 signals and cannon booms marked the opening. Prairie schooners, horsemen, and onlookers rushed to claim land along the Des Moines river area amid overlaps and triangular plots.
Des Moines Iowa June 3 a recent decision of the supreme court of the District of Columbia requires artificially colored nut product shortenings to come under the oleomargarine act. The ruling benefits Iowa dairy interests battling the encroachment of these products as butter substitutes. It may aid in regulating the sale of colored nut products labeled as shortening but used as butter substitutes, which Iowa laws have kept off the market for being too strict.
Mr and Mrs Ray Berner and son Duane of Western Stanton visited Sioux City Thursday. Several from the vicinity attended graduation exercises last week in LeMara including Miss Bernice Geary of Stanton. Elmer Kehrberg and Virgil Rollins of Union Township visited Sioux City area. Mrs Dan Stanlin and her Timber Lake SD children visited the D W Geary home last Thursday.
Senior pianist Max Werner presented a Sunday recital to a large grateful audience assisted by his teacher Professor Frank Jewett. He played Beethoven Liszt Glinka Balakirev Dohnanyi and Tschaikowsky works, earning high regard among local music lovers and marking his debut as a Western Union College freshman to give piano recitals.
Fragmentary text mentions Mr Werner and his Kansas parents from Aldren or Alden. It notes appreciative listeners on Sunday afternoon and references reasons to be proud of their accomplishments, though details are obscured by OCR errors.
Strong buyers and smaller packers dominated hog trade with light hogs scarce and big packers securing the bulk at $10.25 to $11.00 while lighter weight offerings at $10.40 to $10.90. Lamb and wool prices fell, with croppers hit hardest as the red lamb season closed weakly and springers moved at $15 to $16 plus, Idaho earlies $16.25 vs $19 last year.
Confer letters in athletics discuss a new plan of life and publicity to keep alumni in closer touch with college activities. A committee will study representation on the administrative board and report before the next annual meeting. Rev. F. R. Blakely urged members directly connected to college life. Absentee voting was devised to grant a voice in business and foster unity. Graduates from various departments listed. Commencement speaker Dr. Hutchinson urged higher ideals and service to humanity.
The lines speak of a quiet burial ground ringed by pine trees where an honor guard stands with arms raised toward heaven. The speaker recalls soft memories and compares the scene to a distant symphony or the voices of historic holds, ending with James J. Elliott as the author.
At the commencement exercises prizes were announced including senior cash prize for excellency and English scholarship awarded to Elaine Goben. The oratorical cup went to Miss Esther Merkle of Fouverne. About 150 attended the alumni luncheon where Rev. R. H. Aurand acted as toastmaster and introduced Rev. G. Hulebus, an alumnus of twenty years.
A brief notice indicates Reverend McP Bayles hosted a moving pictures event featuring aetice and individuals, with details to be shown later.
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