LeMars Country Club Decoration Day Opens Week
The LeMars Country Club celebrated Decoration Day with golf and informal pastimes, a 7 pm dinner and dance, and patriotic decor. The event honored 1806 members and showcased a strong committee effort led by Mrs. B. E. Dalton, Mrs. C. A. Wernl, and Mrs. A. C. Cooper. Community guests from nearby towns attended a series of social events surrounding Miss Mabel Huebsch, who is to be wed this month, including luncheons, informal gatherings, and multiple receptions hosted by club and local families.
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LeMars Country Club
A. Dalton
C. A. Wernl
A. C. Cooper
Altar society meets in Mrs. McMahon home
Special Correspondence from Mert y Center notes a busy week in the rural community. The Altar Society gathered at Mrs. Frank McMahon’s home on Wednesday, while the sewing unit of the women’s farm bureau met with Mrs. Ray Yoerger. Ed Fischer hauled hogs for C. D. Eberhard last Friday morning. A new site is being prepared for Frank Tuxis. Weather and local happenings include a June 1 wind storm causing minor damage and a long-needed rain aiding crops. John Kalas and family visited the Wetrosky home. Frank Tullis bought a new Ford sedan. Ed Rosburg’s home was entered by thieves. Addis Hamann now owns an Overland sedan. Liberty township leaders met with Miss Munn May 27 at the William Berger home. Ora Woodey, Anna Mahoney and Jane Robinson will attend morning side college this summer. A baby beef club tour was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Coddington on May 25.
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Altar‘society
Frank
McMahon
Women's Farm Bureau
Ray Yoerger
Ed Fischer
C. D. Eberhard
Frank Tuxis
Val Trometer
Sioux Township
Frank Wetrosky, Jr
Elmer Lehmann
Merrill
Potossa
Farmers’ Union of
Sioux City
John Kalas
Wetrosky
Frank Tullis
Ed Rosburg
Addis Hamann
Liberty Township
Miss Munn
William Berger
Ora Woodey
Anna Mahoney
Jane Robinson
Morningside College
Coddington
Baby Beef Club
St. Joseph's School
Ralph
W. A. Swin
Dorothy
LeMars
Joe Johnson
Gladys Harris
Akron
Elizabeth March
R. E. Chambers
Walter Woodhouse
Hazel, S. D
Reeves
Will Hawkins
Will Detloff
Myrtle Holster
John Holster
George Wallace
Emerson Kennedy
Ladies’ Aid Society
Marian Rairden
Jay Donlin
Dalton
Jonathan Alderson
Harry
Edward Buss
Warren Conner
Redfield
S. D
John Lancaster
John Bettsworth
Emil
Edward Detloff
M. G. Mills
George Laughton
Local social notices and community updates from the period
Thursday events include Mrs J Nolan hosting with Miss Minnie Lynch, bi weekly St. Josephs Aid society meeting hosted by Mrs John Strong and Mrs John Roerig, and Congregational Aid hosted by Mrs J G Redman. Western Union college seniors dined with Prof and Mrs B F Zuehl. Various visits, funerals, storms, and local observations follow, including yard and road repairs and school practices.
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J. Nolan
Minnie Lynch
John Strong
John Roerig
St. Joseph's Aid Society
Notice to LeMars Residents on Poll Tax Payment 1925
Public notice in LeMars Iowa informs male citizens ages 21 to 45 of poll tax due for 1925 under Iowa code and city ordinance. Payment to city marshal or clerk. penalty of 2 if collected by action. Also administratrix notice for Mary A Keller estate, debts and claims due by June 4 1926, Roseberry & Roseberry attorneys.
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Iowa
LeMars
J. M. Hayes
District Court
Plymouth County
Mary A. Keller
Etta F, Keller
Roseberry & Roseberry
Attorneys
LeMars Globe Post
Local social notes from Hospers and LeMars area
Jacob Mars of Hospers visits son Lige and family for several days. Mrs. F E Weston travels to Brewster Minnesota to see her mother Mrs Dora Wagner returning Saturday. Ladies from LeMars visit Mrs Susan Haviland and share in Decoration day activities. Nearby families from Akron Sheldon and Gayville also join gatherings and travels.
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Jacob Mars
Hospers
Lige
F. E. Weston
Brewster, Minn
Dora Wagner
L. Penning
Will Penning
Rose
Wayne
South of LeMars
Susan Haviland
Flattered Bank Visitor Caught With Hidden Cash
A timid customer in a grand bank with many wealthy patrons nervously passes checks to a cashier. After cashing, she hides the notes in her handbag, attracting a bank detective who warns her she is under watch. She responds with exaggerated delight at the attention.
Oratorical Contest at Western Union College Chapel
The annual spring oratorical contest at Western Union College will be held Monday evening June 8 at 8 o clock in the college chapel. The event is the only program of its kind this year and promises high quality. Contestants have worked weeks as they deliver orations with keen competition. The winner receives a silver loving cup donated by the class of 1922. Orations include The American Caste System by Harley Farnham Portland Oregon The Uncrowned Hero by Louise Elfring Sutton Nebraska The Opium Menace by Edna Pageler LeMars The Crime Menace by Harry Rice Blue Springs Nebraska The Echo by Harry Thompson Van Horn Iowa The Acquisition of Knowledge by Laurel Stryker Deerfield Illinois Admission is free. The public is cordially invited.
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Western Union College
Harley Farnham
Portland
Ore
Louise Elfring
Sutton, Neb
Edna Pageler
LeMars
Harry Rice
Blue Springs
Neb
Echo
Harry Thompson
van Horn
Laurel Stryker
Deerfield
Ill
Keep Your Head In Tough Times Sayings From Arkansas Thomas Cut
A pastor advises mental poise over impulse in life and crisis. He shares the drowning example of a strong swimmer rescuing a weaker one, insisting calm effort prevents tragedy. The message urged: do your best, avoid useless worry, and cultivate self control to turn danger into progress.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cut
Evolution of Horse Proved by Skeleton
Scientists from the American Museum of Natural History report a 1,000,000 year old horse fossil in Texas. The specimen shows an intermediate stage between Pliohippus and Equus, smaller than the modern horse, illustrating the gradual loss of toes from four on the fore feet and three on the hind feet to the single toe of present horses.
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Texas
American Museum of Natural History
New York
American Samoa Named in Ocean Territory Profile
American Samoa comprises Tutila Aunua and other islands with 57.9 square miles of area and 8324 people including 268 Americans. Pago Pago on Tutila is the capital and a premier South Pacific harbor. Ceded in 1872 by the native king to the United States as a naval coaling station. The territory lies 4160 miles from San Francisco. Natives are Christians and said to be the highest type of Polynesian. All land is privately owned. Main product is coconuts with fruits grown but not exported.
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American Samoa
Tutila
Aunua
Pago Pago
South Pacific
United States
San Francisco
Fable of the Thirsty Crow and the Pitcher
A crow near death of thirst discovers a pitcher with little water. It cannot reach the liquid, but after observing the vessel it finds a way. The tale shows ingenuity over desperation as the crow drops pebbles into the pitcher, raising the water level enough to drink.
Aesop Fable of the Thirsty Man and Pebble Drops
A compact retelling of the tale where a man cannot reach water in a pitcher. He drops pebbles one by one, raising the water level until he can drink and save himself. The fable illustrates clever persistence and practical problem solving.
Windmills in History From Ancient Times to Renaissance
The account traces windmill use from ancient rumor to well established farms. Titus Livius notes Carthaginian sightings during Hannibal’s Alps crossing, with legends of Orient imports by Crusaders. By the 12th century Paris region and shortly after in the Netherlands windmills became common, and they appear in Cervantes’s era.
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Titus Livius
Hannibal
Alps
Orient
Paris
Netherlands
Cervantes
Altitude Effects on Boiling Point at Pike’s Peak
The geological survey notes water boils at sea level 212 F while at Pike’s Peak it boils near 180 F. It would take longer to hard boil an egg there, though reaching the theoretical altitude where water would not boil remains unachieved at about twenty miles high.
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The
Geological Survey
Pike's Peak
Times Had Changed In conference off golf quip
A salesman jokes the boss is not in conference but has sworn off golf. An old monk in the Alps explains how a telephone link from a nearby inn allows rescue teams to reach travelers before danger, noting no lives lost in years due to the system. The American questions if prayer or the phone saved them.
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Alps
Saint Berhard
Ailent
Iaet
Unknown quotation about prayers and God from Hearst's magazine
An extracted line narrates a character named Aue Ul TOUNTHID-CHIMper addressing a Yankee with quiet eyes. He affirms a belief that their prayers were answered by God. Ernest Poole is cited in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan.
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Aue Ul Tounthid-Chimper
Ernest Poole
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
Tributes to the human voice in literary praise
A fragmentary discussion cites Shakespeare and Charles Lamb praising the gentle, low tones of women's voices. The quotes extol the soft and silvery delivery as attractive and socially pleasing, reflecting 19th century literary tastes.
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Charles Lamb
Talismanic Stones and Their Beliefs in Use
The passage describes how different stones are thought to possess powers. Sap phires supposedly calm minds, worn only by pure people. Chinese practice involves burying red stones to distract evil spirits. Lodestone is linked to actors for grabbing audience focus and rovers for favorable scenes. Opals were once valued for cures of diseases.
The Sanctity of the Speech and the Human Voice
Longfellow is cited praising the human voice as the organ of the soul and a soothing force for the fretful child and weary husband. He notes that intellect sits in the brow and eyes, but the soul is revealed only through voice, likening it to the still small voice of God.
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Longfellow
Monuments on Calton Hill Echo Scottish Pride and Poverty
Calton hill’s 12 tall columns rise above the skyline as remnants of a failed 1824 public memorial to Scottish Peninsular War soldiers. The plan envisioned Parthenon styling and a public subscription, but funding collapsed leaving the solitary pillars, each costing about $5,000, to tell the tale.
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Eidinburgh
Athens
Calton Hill
Parthenon
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Tacoma
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R. J. M. Long
Long
Summer Flowers
Ed Long
Will Long
Henry Zimmerman
Mabel Huebsch
Elpient
G. L. Schneider
Russell Bowers
Miss Huebsch
S. C. Gaymor
Barbara Gaynor
Huebsch
Sharks Club
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Leonard Herges
Watertown
George Sturges
John Laux
Irene
Florence Laux
Walter Bogen
L. R. Steele
R. &. Remner
Spencer
Blanche Johns
Ames
C. E. Culley
T. H. Patrick
James Cooper
Stanley Huxtable
Earl Remner
eGorge Koenig
Country Club
Roy Smith
Robert Gracey
Lake Okoboji
Ray Edmonds
A. C., Cooper
Charles Weiland
W. W. Rothschild
Paul Locke
R. S. Bowers
Frank Stearns
Margaret Struble
N. B
Herbert Martin
G. L. Wernll
F. A. Kenyon
R. J. Koehler
W. 5. Fickey
Cleo Hentges
Young Ladies’ Auxiliary
Presbyterian Church
Leslie Webb
St. George’ Church Guild
Charles Smith
St. James’ Ald Society
Mberty Center
Congregational Aid Society
J. G. Redman
M. 8. Walker
B. F. Zuehl
Myrtle Streyfeller
Western Union
Commonwealth of England
Charles 1
Charles II
England
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Richard Cromwell
Lfe
London
Kansas City Star
Seney
DRS
Haley and
Haley Osteopathic Physicians
Central Ave
W. Phone
C. D. Ray
First National Bank
Florsheim
Kehrberg-Schneider Co
LE Mars, Iowa
Gulbransen
Bellaire
Remsen Vs
Merrill Ball Park
LEE’S _ GARDEN
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Spotts&post
Druggists
Paris Green
Lee
Sperry’s
Gopher
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