Dunbar News Social Rounds Highlight Local Visits and Showers
Miss Clarice Roseland returns home from Ames for a vacation while Miss Corrine Carlson visits Gladys Weitzell. Quilting bees mark gatherings at Mrs Thore Thorson and Mrs 5 K Roseland. W C T U meets at Mrs George Moore. Mrs Conrad Roseland visits Ohio kin. A shower honors Mrs T Berntson at Andrew Tow home. Ed Devick home hosts shower for Mr and Mrs Arthur Nuese.
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Clarice Roseland
Ames
Corrine Carlson
Gladys Weitzell
K. Roseland
George Moore
Conrad Roseland
Ohio
T. §. Berntson
Andrew Tow
Ed Devick
Arthur Nuese
South County Line Social Happenings from LeGrand
Farmers are busy with corn plowing and the first alfalfa crop. Arthold and Harlan Latham hosted the Dunbar S T L at the Dunbar school on Saturday. A shower for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bott drew many neighbors. Lillian Elois Alden Anna Medhus attended a shower for Mrs. Marvin Nodland at Le Grand. Mrs. Bertram Tweet of Chicago visited LeGrand. Priscilla Circle met with Mrs. Arthur Anderson last Thursday. E H Sharp of Conrad and Elmo Sharp family attended Children’s Day at the Friends church in LeGrand and visited the Latham home.
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Arthold
Harlan Latham
Dunbar S. T. L
Dunbar
Alfred Bott
Lillian
Elois Alden
Anna Medhus
le Grand
Marvin Nodland
Bertram Tweet
Chicago
Geo. Iverson
Priscilla Circle
Arthur Anderson
E. H. Sharp
Conrad
Elmo Sharp
Albion
Friends Church
LeGrand
Latham
Friends church night supper and meetings held
The Friends church held their regular Wednesday night supper with a large crowd. Arrangements were led by Gertie Rylander, Irene Gibson, Alice Johnson, Blanche Rank, and Alice Sloat. Officers and committees were elected for the coming year and the cemetery association met briefly. A social hour followed with a program including music by the orchestra and readings by Evelyn Finton, John F Ryland, Frances Beane, and others. Herodotus notes 10,000 men worked 20 years on the Great Pyramid.
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Friends Church
Gertie Rylander
Irene Gibson
Alice Johnson
Blanche Rank
Alice Sloat
Cemetery Association
Evelyn Finton
John F. Rylandéx
Frances Beane
Quarry Items and Local Social Notes
Mrs Kristina Johnson remains ill. The Haskell sisters visit their sister Mrs Jerome Lunde. Mrs Guy Gummert returned home from the hospital. Miss Florence Magee of Butlerville visits Miss Esther Mertha. Mrs Ben Shelton ill at her parents home. Mr and Mrs Pearl Dougherty visit Chelsea with Dougherty kin. Mrs Will Dougherty visits daughter north of the river. Esther Mertka visits Magee family in Tama county. Joseph Caputo home for three days before a three month stock judging tour of the Dakotas and Canada. Little Steven Shank Jr drank kerosene and was hospitalized.
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Kristina Johnson
Haskell Sisters
Jerome Lunde
Guy Gummert
Florence Magee
Butlerville
Esther Mertha
Ben Shelton
Hans Anderson
Pearl Dougherty
Dougherty
Chelsea
Will Dougherty
Leonard Campbell
Esther Mertka
Thos. Magee
Florence
Tama County
Joseph Caputo
Dakotas
Canada
High Society Blamed for Lawlessness in Fort Dodge
Judge William S. Kenyon spoke on lawlessness in Fort Dodge, blaming high society for aiding bootleggers by flouting laws. He warned that elites who ignore laws threaten the framework of justice and align with the underworld, urging adherence to all laws despite appetites for excess.
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Wm. S. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Underworld
Henry Ford
Junior Legion Team Defeated In Madrid Scrape
Marshall county's Junior American Legion squad traveled to Madrid last Saturday and fell 5 to 4 to a neighboring town's youth team. Players earning berths included Kenneth Perry Kenneth Cutler Norman Manship John Rhodes Maurice Johnson Carl Mahle and Norman Mikkelson.
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American Legion
Marshall County
Madrid
Kenneth Perry
Kenneth Cutler
Norman Manship
John Rhodes
Maurice Johnson
Carl Mahle
Norman Mikkelson
Ernie a Fast Worker in Cape Tire Rescue
Ernie, among friends returning from the Cape, quickly managed a tire repair after a car tire burst. He removed and replaced a punctured shoe, then prepared the spare, while the group praised his deft handling despite the heat. The Brockton Enterprise reports the clever roadside fix and readiness to continue.
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Ernie
Speed
Cape
Shea
Brockton Enterprise
Ancient Mayan Carvings Shed Light On Guatemalan History
In Guatemala's ruins, monoliths with human and animal designs and hieroglyphs hint at temple remains. One stone dates to about 35 A.D., preserving a clear monolith amid centuries of wear. Inscriptions suggest maize cultivation early in Guatemalan history. corn cakes fed Mayan diets then and now.
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Quirigas
Republic of Guatemala
Child's sale to rat man nets six cents
Jimmy's mother stored winter bed clothing in a shed but discovered its disappearance. He admits selling the old mattresses to the rat man after much arguing, claiming he finally got six cents for them.
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Jimmy
Indianapolis News
After-Dinner Speeches Across Centuries Joke
A London dinner joke recalls a Chinese diplomat asking if China has after-dinner speeches. The diplomat replies they abolished such speeches about 3,500 years ago, illustrating a wry cross cultural quip about formal oratory.
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London
China
London Chronicle
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