Doane Alum Andrew Nuquist reports on China mission work
In a December 29 1927 letter from Tunghsien China Andrew E Nuquist son of Mr and Mrs A F Nuquist of this city describes missionary life there He notes singing in a Chinese church a Christmas anthem and a group performing Jingle Bells and Sweet and Low He mentions the sol fa teaching system and the local glee clubs and robes He plans to return via Peking attending temple fairs shopping for Chinese goods and purchasing music instruments He closes with regards to Doane friends and asks them to write back
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Doane
Andrew Nugquist
A. F. Nuquist
China
Wilder's
St. Olaf’s
Peking
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of our wife and mother and for the floral offerings. Mr. Swar Mattson Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Cederberg.
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Mr. Swar
Mattson
Carl E. Cederberg
Pretty Home Wedding Ties Strong, Inness in Stromsburg
Helen Strong, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Strong, married George I. Inness on Tuesday afternoon February 21 at the Strong home in Stromsburg. Rev. Handel Collier officiated as Dorothy Inness played Mendelssohn and Schubert numbers. The couple left for a brief honeymoon after an informal reception with gifts. Out of town guests included Roy M. Strong and daughters of Wilcox Nebraska and Lela Hahn Ullin plus Esther Davisson of Falls City Nebraska.
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Dorothy Inness
Shubert
Handel Collier
J. A. Anderson
Andante R. Danielson
Roy M. Strong
Wilcox, Nebr
Lela Hahn Ullin
Esther Davisson
Falls City
Nebr
E. R. Danielson
Lincoln
G. A. Carlson
Albion
Leonard Inrness
Omatia
Osceola
Shelby
Debating At Stromsburg High On Child Labor Amendment
In the high school auditorium Stromsburg's debating team argued the negative as Osceola supported the affirmative. The season opener marked the first debate in several years with emphasis on parental interest and pupil productivity at home and school.
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Stromsburg
Osceola
Congress
Coryphan High School
Debating at Osceola Highlights State League Depth
Osceola hosts a Nebraska high school debate segment with two teams, a negative and affirmative, as districts determine championships for the Child Labor Amendment. Kathl een Albin earns a Remington typewriter silver pin for 50 words a minute for fifteen minutes.
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Nebraska
Nebraska High School
Lincoln
Kathleen Albin
Remington Typewriter Company
Shostroms Host Reception for Newlyweds Amel ia Flodman
Strewn with local names and events this item notes a reception for Amelia Shostrom and Curtis Flodman, future housekeeping on a Shostrom farm west of the city, amid a busy social scene including club dinners and travels to Lincoln and Omaha.
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P. E. Shostrom
Amelia
Curtis Flodman
Shostrom
Park Hotel
Church Activities Outline Week schedule and services
The Ladies Aid Society meets Friday in the church parlors with Mrs S W Calhoun as hostess. Saturday at 10 AM the weekday school of religion in the church. Sunday services start with Sunday School, morning worship at 11 with a Holy Ground theme, and 7 PM evening worship after Epworth League at 5 30. Next Tuesday the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets with Mrs Mark Timm and Mrs John Ludlow assisting. The Young Women’s Missionary Kensington meets with Mrs Nelson Brown Tuesday evening. Midweek services are Wednesday at 7 30 with Lent messages and Christian fellowship hour. The church invites all to attend.
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Holy Ground
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Mark Timm
John Ludlow
Young Women’s Missionary
Kensington
Nelson Brown
Christian Fellowship
Plan for Polk County Fair Feature Circus
The Polk County fair plans a three ring circus daily before the grand stand with tents and full acts including trapeze performers acrobats clowns riders and animals. If approved the circus would be free to fairgoers and funded by the committee hoping to boost attendance. The idea mirrors a trend at the state fair which has secured a large circus for afternoon and evening appearances.
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Jay Hastings
Shelby News Briefs Reflect Local Visits and Incidents
Mr and Mrs Henry Rood of Wahoo returned home after a week in Shelby. Tom Mickey dislocated his hip falling down stairs. Mrs Jennie Clabes owns a new Whippet car. Amon and Forest Sanders with children visited Charles Kuntzelman, others joined. Mrs Charles Anderson drove to Omaha for a sister visit. Mrs Kuhnel underwent appendectomy at Shelby hospital. Miss Anna Oberg weekend visit Osceola. Doris Day visited Gladys Watkins. M E League members attended an Epworth League rally in Rising City Sunday.
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Silver Creek
Lowell Finecy
Leland
Arcadia
E. E. Fineey
Hugo DeBeret
George Reed
Wm Lohr
Melvin VanAlstine
Columbus
Wm. Clark
Gothenburg
Wm Dake
Terry of
Havens
Walter
Cremeen
Hastings
Evangelist Hunter
Herman Maron
Lola Lunner
Lincoln
Evelyn
Ed Thompson
David City
Hopkins
Lloyd Wright
Kuni Shefferling
Wrights
Teslie Johnson
J. L. Hedbloom
Polk
Eielson
Carol Strong
University
Helen Strong
Thompson Hotel
Fred Lind
Rystrom Implement Co
Walter Lewis
Dibeaiee
MicCartney
R. L. Lafler
Benedict
Oscar Carlson
Nyquist
Lafler
Mra
Henry Rood
Wahoo
Tom Mickey
Jennie Clabes
Amon Sanders
Forest Sanders
Charles Kuntzelman
Charles Anderson
Omaha
Frank Kuhnel
Shelby Hospital
Anna Oberg
Osceola
Doris Day
Gladys Watkins
M. E. League
Rising City
Maple Leaf Club Meeting Report
The Maple Leaf Club met with Mrs. Emily Horst on February 9. Ten members and one visitor attended due to illness. After business, the achievement day program filled the time, with roll call answered by a poem. The next meeting will feature a demonstration led by Mrs. Addie Wieseman on March 1st.
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Maple Leaf Club
Emily Horst
Addie Wieseman
Nebraska Farm Bureau Auto Insurance Convenes in Bloomington
Chas Newcomer left for Bloomington Illinois at the week's start to attend a Nebraska Farm Bureau Automobile Insurance Company convention and plans to return later in the week. Kensington hosts Tuesday evening with Mrs N O Brown and assistant hostesses Mrs Luther Lindquist Mrs D B Hulquest and Miss Hattie Newcomer. Ford car incentive urged as subscription drive continues with F M Fox and wife in Osceola Nebraska.
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Chas
Newcomer
Bloomington
Ill
Nebraska Farm Bureau Automobile Insurance Company
Young Women’s Missionary
Kensington
N. O. Brown
Luther Lindquist
D. B. Hulquest
Hattie Newcomer
Omaha Bee News
F. M. Fox
Pharo
Osceola
Nebraska
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Tunghsien
Mr. Kettering
Lu Ho
Jefferson
Glee Club
Ore
Bergain
Christa
Mrs. Kettering
Andrew E. Nuquist
As Andy
United States
The
First National Bank
Mendelssohn
Beulah
George Buchta
Mina Buchta
Calmer Dunn
Happy Hour Club
Laverne Dake
State Agricultural School
Chas Bhazer
Sam Cadwell
Ings
Vance
Virgil Meacham
Gem
Kansas
Peterson Studio
Kenneth Johnson
Louise Frasier
John Oberg
Morgan
Phillips
York College
Samuelson
High Prairie
Q. P. BE
Legion
Israel
H. C. Duncan
Jasper Budd
Budd
Buddington
Penn
Art Herrmann
Mechi
Jasper
Leonora Alderson
Mary
Ruth Cornish
Terry Tucker
Dick Merrick
Black and Binue Insurance Company
Hobart Duncan
Pearl Var Hoosen
Art
Teller
Eleazor Mills
Zelda
New York
Bill Horst
Gardner
Pat Samuelson
Ann Humphrey
Lloyd Timm
Red Riding Hood
Fritz Schumann
Little Boy
Blue
Kenneth Cornish
Buster Brown
Judge Norton
Madame Levingofski Zvanskarloki
Daisy Dean
Fred Johnson
Eier Swanson
Olive Nelson
Emil S. F. Johnson
Chrysler
Lyons
P. J. Haas
Marengo
Low
Haases
Frieda
Lilly Boostrom
Wallace Scott
Washington
Our City
Duncan
Amco
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid Society
S. W. Calhoun
Epworth League
Polk County Fair
Ation
Father Washington
Mari
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