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Baptisms and honors for Iowa students noted in Decorah and Osage
In Decorah Winneshiek county baptisms used Jordan River water brought by Dr Otto Soebakker. Osage freshman Evelyn Hartwig earned top state honors in a National Meat Story contest for “Use of the Internal Organs,” placing fourth district and first in the central district. Agnes Spurgin won a $50 university scholarship. Ardis Wilden named national champion. Henderson Johnson farm near Colfax noted for postwar settlement and lineage to Andrew Jolson, linked to a US president succession.
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Decorah
Winniehiek
Jordan
Palestine
Otto O. Soebakker
Evelyn Hartwig
Osage
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Agnes Spurgin
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ardis Wilden
el Paso
Texas
Natonal Champon
Iowa High
Henderson Johnson
Colfax
Jasper Conn
Skunk River
Henderson Jolson
Tennessee
Bisther
Southland
Andrew Jolson
Abraham Tine
Goly Ani
United States
Linn