Brunsville visitors and a mission festival
Brunsville notes visitors from Murdo Des Moines Los Angeles and Sioux City attended a Sunday mission festival range of services with Rev Baumgartner and Rev Hannemann. Local families hosted guests including Miss Bertha Harris and others. The event drew a large crowd and dinner was served by congregation ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Pecks
Murdo
8. D
Geo. Bauerly
Clarence Marienau
Des Moines
Otto Marienau
Bilis Dirks
Akron
Mary Bruns
Bertha Harms
Los Angeles
Calif
Harvest week activities and local gatherings noted
Attendees at Merrill agricultural days Friday and Saturday included Mr and Mrs Fred Harms Mr and Mrs Al Bowers and son Leonard of Leeds visiting Ed Harms home Sunday. Miss Harriett Harms departs this week for Grinnell college. Plymouth Presbyterian church ladies hosted a chicken supper Tuesday evening. A large crowd attended the Spencer fair last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Fred Harms
al Bowers
Leonard
Leeds
Ed Harms
Harriett Harms
Grinnell
Plymouth Presbyterian Church
Perry Center residents and area visits noted
Perry Center residents report varied travel and social activity, including wedding trip return of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lindlief from Leech Lake Minnesota, visits by Martin Swanson and Hazel from Minneapolis and Lusk Wyoming, and a local tri county teachers meeting in Orange City.
Maurice Thieves Break Into School In Weekend Incident
Local Maurice school suffered a weekend break in with a lock forced and minor damage but nothing of value was taken, found by staff Monday morning. Residents and relatives traveled or hosted visits over the weekend, including trips to Chicago and appearances at Maurice social events. A new modern farm home is under construction south of Maurice by John Schlesser.
Elkhorn Farm Women’s Club Meeting Held at Mrs Home
The Elkhorn Farm Women’s Club met Thursday afternoon September 12 at the home of Mrs. _____ for a regular session. Members discussed upcoming events and shared garden tips and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn Farm Women' Club
Election Officers Chosen at Meeting of Local Club
Election of officers resulted in Mrs. Wesley Pratt as chairman Mrs. Frank Bainbridge as vice chairman and Mrs. H Fletcher as secretary and treasurer Visiting guests included Mrs J D Parker of Dublin Tenn and Mrs John Robinson of Kingsley A pot luck lunch followed Friendship visits and travel notes include several residents and relatives visiting from Chicago Dublin Texas LeMars Spencer and Kansas City plus births and a baby girl reported in Elkhorn township and another in Elkhorn township Page also notes attendance at Spencer fair and local social visits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Lage
Wesley Pratt
Frank Bainbridge
Kelly Parker
Geo. Hecken Lively
Jennie Harker
Robert Hodgen
LeMars
Keith Atkinson
Cecil Richardson
Spencer
Iowa
Christian Steffen
Chicago
California
South Dakota
E. Rita
Elkhorn Township
Grace Murphy
Kingsley
Donald Page
Carl Jann
Harold Graham
Kelly Bainbridge
Mirs
Frank Stevens
Artie Pratt
Goodowe
Weston Richardson
J. H. Johnson
Local families share Sunday visits across LeMars area
America Mr and Mrs Will Staab and children and Mrs Lucy Heidesch of Remsen were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Mike Miller on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Steve Kellen and Family called at Geo Schnepf home Sunday evening. Margaretta Kilker Lillian Frerichs Marie Lange and Davonne Criswell attended a teachers meeting in Orange City Thursday. Al Lust of Cur tie Minn visiting with Vincent Schnepfard relatives around LeMars. Leo Rolling and children visited Frank Holzman home Sunday afternoon. Leo Wendt and family of Marcus visited Leo Alesch Sunday afternoon. Art Doctor and children of Orange City spent Sunday with Joe Kunkel. Geo Schnepf and family visited Lawrence Alesch home Marcus Sunday. Elmer Braband and daughter Maxine were Sunday afternoon callers in Vincent Schnepf home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Staab
Lucy Heidesch
Remsen
Mike Miller
Steve Kellen
Geo. Schnepf
Margaretta Kilker
Lillian Frerichs
Marie Lange
Davonne Criswell
Orange City
al Lust
Curtie
Minn
Vincent Schnepfard
LeMars
Leo Rolling
Frank. Holzman
Piel
Leo Wendt
Marcus
Leo Alesch
Joe Kunkel
Geo, Schnepf
Lawrence Alesch
Elmer Braband
Maxine
Vinsent Schnepf
Maurice Women's Club Opens With Hobbies Program
Mrs Gary Van Horsen hosted Maurice women's club first regular meeting at her home on Friday afternoon A brief business session preceded a program led by Mrs John M Mieras on Hobbies with demonstrations Lobby collections were shown by club members Refreshments were served Rev Gerrit Van Pearsem of Sahrain was honored at a church reception in First Reformed church parlors He and family are on leave from missionary duties in Arabia temporarily residing in New Jersey during this period
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary van Horsen
Maurice Women’s Club
John M. Mieras
van Porsen
Gerrit van Pearsem
Sahrain
Persian Gulf
Arabia
First Reformed Church
van Peursem
New Jersey
Rev. van Peursem
Weekend Visitation Highlights From Local Families
Seney residents hosted and visited relatives across Iowa Minnesota and Illinois with numerous family trips and joint birthdays. Edwin Hinde left for Haxtum Colorado. Harold and Will Rees with Ardyth joined Pipestone Minnesota visitors. Ruth McArthur from Indiana spent the weekend at home.
Will Rees Family Attends Spencer Fair and Local Gatherings
Will Rees and daughter Cleone of Le Mars accompanied his children Harold Melvin and Lila Rees to the Spencer fair Thursday. Dr. John Madison of Sioux City district superintendent of north west Iowa held church services here Sunday evening. Edgar Lancaster Lois Osborne Blanche Hawkins enrolled as students at Western Union college in Le Mars Wednesday. Miss Arlene Boysen and Miss Nina Forbes teachers in the Seney school attended a teachers' meeting at Orange City Thursday. Marvin Jenkins of Leeds spent the past weekend with his sister Mrs Kenneth Rees. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hickman and family Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Erlick and Mrs. Lulu Nixon, all of Sioux City, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Becker. Mr. and Mrs. Dick and family of Ireton were Sunday evening visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Janssen. Miss Nina Forbes spent the weekend at Kingsley. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Janssen and daughters Leona and Dorothy attended a mission festival at Brunsville Sunday afternoon. Miss Minnie Forbes of Harlan Iowa spent Monday with her sister Miss Nina Forbes. Alfred Janssen attended a Sunday school teachers' meeting at the Lutheran church in Le Mars Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Miller of Remsen were callers here Tuesday evening. The charter meeting of the women's division of Christian service was held at the Seney hall Wednesday Sept 11 with an attendance of 30 ladies. The meeting opened with a hymn Iaith Day fica Dy & Gaye's.
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Clifford Lindlief
Leech Lake
Minn
Martin Swanson
Hazel
Minneapolis
Lusk
Wyo
Bates
Perry Township
Tri-County
Orange City
M. Petersen
Hans
Clay County
Spencer
Iowa
John Waite
Andrew Petersen
Francis Swanson
Sioux City
Wadena
Agnes D. Wash
Morningside
Maurice School
Mionday
Kenneth Hawking
Sam van Ketel
Chicago
Effie Wynia
Hollandale
Will Moir
Moir
Wynna
Frank Schlesser
Spencerair
T. K. Chapman
St. Mary's
Maurice
le Mars
Tim Buckley, Jr
Wakonda
Bud Doherty
Inwood
Bill Doherty
Jack Doherty
Alvord
Will Doherty
Joe Lampert
Remsen
Henry Schlesser
John Schlesser
Wisconsin
Cleone Rees
Lila Res
Irving McArthur
Melvin McArthur
Sears
Alex McArthur
Martha Janssen
Sioux County
John Hartog
Jake Mulder
Sheldon
Hartog
Geraldine
Sanborn
Henry Penning
Bibby
Billy
Jimmy
Pipestone
Marshall Rees
Albert Penning
Richard Mohler
Delores
Linn Grove
Rev. Mohler
Wilbur Cunningham
Will Rees
Cleone
Harold
Melvin
Lila Rees
Spencer Fair
John Madison
Edgar Lancaster
Lois Osborne
Blanche Hawkins
Western Union College
Arlene Boysen
Nina Forbes
Seney
Marvin Jenkins
Leeds
Kenneth Rees
S. M. Hickman
Wm. Erlick
Lulu Nixon
Floyd Becker
Harvey ‘Miller
Women's Division of Christian Service
Seney Hall
Fica Dy & Gaye
Lights of New York and Other Glimpses
A conservatively mixed column surveys Broadway life and obits with brief notes on George M. Cohan Austin Marshall Mickey MacDougall and others. It touches on Joralemon the American Legion tale Mickeys card sharp lessons Bob Stanley and the Mroczek family legacy plus Minie Muni the tiny bronze horse and an O Henry discussion by Anne Stacke Crozier.
Panhandle Notes on Plants and Places From The Past
Sugar beets grow as annuals from spring sowing. Acadia is a poetic Nova Scotia name. Alfalfa means best fodder in Arabic. Jade objects from ancient China include rare kinds. Maine’s famed waterfowl grounds lie in Merrymeeting Bay district. Panama Canal cuts 4000 miles from New York to New Zealand voyage. Gray foxes prove adept climbers.
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Panama Canal
New York City
New Zealand
Child marriages legal in parts of central Europe
Reports indicate ceremonies for girls in early teens to wed, with the union legally solemnized when the couple reaches eighteen. The practice reflects local customs, while authorities enforce age requirements to gain full legal recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Europe
Largest of Indian Provinces Bengal is the largest
The fragment notes Bengal as the largest Indian province by population suggesting a factual claim about provincial size within British India. It references Bengal as the most populous province, with implied comparison to other provinces. The text is incomplete but centers on population ranking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal
Rare Paintings Linked to Jacobite Exile in Poland
A fragmentary report notes rare paintings titled the washing of a ceiling and the grand staircase of an old palace in Bialystock Poland. Attributed to Maris Sylvester son of a Scottish Jacobite exile, with the painter’s father, also Maris Sylvester, said to have fled England with James II and settled in Bialystock where his tomb adorned with thistles remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bialystock
Poland
Maris ‘Sylvester
Maris Sylvester
England
James
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Bruneville
Heinz
Shoe Service
Featuring
Nick Holton
Prop
Elkhorn
Plymouth County Abstract Co
LeMars, Iowa
C. C. Woodke
M. Clarke-Woolley, Sec’v. and
Mgr
Court House
Magic Chef
America
LeMars Gas Co
Lights of
New York
L. L. Stevenson
George M. Cohan
West Fifty Second Street
Austin Marshall
Marshall
University of Pennsylvania
Joralemon
Austin
American Legion
Bill
Texas
Goodby
Michael
Mickey) MacDougall
Mickey
Phillips Lord
Bob Stanley
Stanley
Mroczek
Barnum and Bailey
Stanley Mroczek
Nino Martini
The
Opera and Screen
Henry
Anne Stacke Crozier
Dallas
Sydney Porter
O. Henry
Wilfred Pelletier
Metropolitan Opera
Bell Syndicate
Nova Scotia
Acadia
Maine
Merrymeeting Bay
Tree Fox
E. H. Carey
Optometrist
American Trust and Savings Bank
Mathey
Wrigley Field
Biz
PABST
Great Southern
Phong
Raleigh
United States
Cory
Viceroy Cigarettes
BIG Ben
TOBM
Ible
Hank’s
Tap Ideal Bar
Jack Trauffer
H. Steemke Duster
E Pantry
Paul Sullivan
Rome Muller
He Paramount
LeMars Cafe
Roger
Lynch Lane
Vande Steeg Hines Tavern Union Hotel
WCCO
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