Building Boom Boosters Urged as Costs Favor Progress
The piece encourages private home building citing favorable conditions, cheap materials, and available loans. It argues government and private building share momentum, noting Postmaster General Work’s cost rental comparisons and the broader benefit of full employment. Nearby locals Miss Helen Winger, Roy Veltmann, Rev. Chas Koehler, and others are mentioned in brief notes.
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Uncle Sam
Helen Winger
Aledo
Ills
C. L. LeMar
A. Vance
Roy Veltmann
Marjorie
Florence Sturdevant
Lincoln
B. M. Styles
Kearney
Styles
LeMar
Maggie Jackson
Buckley, Park
Stromsburg
The Bystander Bites Back From a Rural Fixit Man Almanac
Harvey Miller pursues auto and tractor repair and jokes that farming is dying as men chase higher paying doctor work. The column recounts mishaps with tractors, a sick mule, local police chief Elmer Lovell, and villagers Charlie Johnson and Pete nuts antics in a rambling humorous vignette from a Midwestern town.
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Harvey Miller
Nas
Trubbel
Harvey
Mike Horst
Loo Miller
Loo
Enny
Old Gobbler Keeps Peace in Farmyard Tale
A neighbor's turkeys invade a farmyard and a mammoth gobbler named Ben breaks up the fracas. Ben seizes the intruder leader by the neck and marches him toward the neighbor's flock while the rest retreat. The home flock disappears as Ben returns alone.
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Ben
Social notes from a city luncheon and Kensington events
Miss Nell Campbell hosted a one o clock luncheon for the Reckmeyer sisters currently visiting. Mrs Wm Hanson held dinner in honor of birthdays for Mrs H M Powers Vida Beckmeyer and Mr Hanson. Mrs Joel Hanson continued a Kensington series Wednesday afternoon with goldenrod decor and guests including Mrs J A Anderson of Stromsburg. Mrs Carl Frahm and Mrs W O Hanson hosted a Kensington at Mrs Hason's home. The Lincoln papers note the engagement of Edith Ashton to Ralph MacCreth with August 20 wedding planned in Hastings.
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Nell Campbell
Reckmeyer
Wm. Hanson
H. M. Powers
Vida Beckmeyer
Mr. Hanson
Joel Hanson
J. A. Anderson
Stromsburg
Carl Frahm
W. O. Hanson
Kensington
Hason
Lincoln Papers
Edith Ashton
Harry Ashton
Ralph MacCreth
Hastings
Land Birds Follow Steamers Across Lake Michigan
Passengers aboard Muskegon to Chicago steamers note land birds roosting on rigging after sundown and between daybreak and sunrise. Yellow hammers flickers sapsucker thrush wrens and grass sparrows join the voyage until ashore at the destination port.
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Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Chicago
Shower for Miss Campbell and missionary society event
Miss Vida Beckmeyer and Mrs. W O Hansen hosted a shower for Miss Esther Campbell with about sixty attendees and many gifts. The Methodist Missionary Society held a Tuesday evening program in the church basement featuring readings, impersonations, solos, and a Ladies Quartet, with refreshments to conclude a social evening.
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Miss Campbell
Vida Beckmeyer
W. O. Hansen
Hansen
Esther Campbell
Methodist Missionary Society
Vince Clark
Kenneth Cornish
Rush Hanson
Hill
Moore
Gillispie
Clark
Miss Moore
China
Nuquist
Home Brew Thirst Through Persian Legend of Jamshid
A tale claims Jamshid’s ancient jar of grape juice fermented into a sour drink kept in a kingly basement. One wife, thinking it poison, drinks it to end her life but finds joy instead. The king and court then repeatedly drink the same home brew.
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Jamshid
Fall millinery blends Persian and Bulgarian influences
Fall millinery shows Persian and Bulgarian influences with wide ribbon plumage and fur trims. Black leads with brown as second. burnt peacock and ostrich plumes appear in natural and glycerine effects on drooping side trim. Aluminum flowers and embroidered metal threads feature alongside Shirred effects and Persian Sheik turban. Lyons and panne velvet dominate materials. long skirts and wide hats return.
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Lyons
Running Away From The Heat A Town Vacation Reflection
The Record staff describe a Sunday trip from York to Stromsburg and Osceola enjoying parks along the way. Back home they find a busy municipal pool drawing county visitors proving that the journey and return, not the place, heighten summer vacation joy. Vacations spark anticipation and post trip satisfaction with healthier appetite and steadier mood, until next plans arise.
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Record
York
Stromsburg
Osceola
Card of Thanks Expressing gratitude for support after death
Card of Thanks from the Anderson family to friends and neighbors for assistance during illness and after the death of their father and brother. Appreciation for floral offerings is noted. Signed by Chas Anderson and family: Mrs. Fred L. Johnson Emil Anderson Mary Anderson Frank Anderson Claus Anderson.
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