Garden City social notes and birth report
Sunday dinner guests at the Gifford Larson home included Robi Lee Irma Cyrus Thorson Michaelson Kearney and many Lee and Thorson relatives. A boy was born to Elmer and wife on February 2. Local travels included Beran at a lumbermen’s convention in Des Moines and visits to Webster City Shenandoah and Renwick. Busy Bees meet February 13 with Mrs G A Knutson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robi. Lee
Orva
Robert Lee
Fred Lee
Thorson
Irma
Cyrus Thorson
Mike Michaelson
John Kearney
Williams
Gifford Larson
Elmer Engelson
F. W. Beran
Virgil
Des Moines
Beran
Charlotte Michaelson
Radcliffe
Ed Michaelson
Roy Thorson
Leonard Johnson
Rex Tweet
Amos Friest
Pete Fosse
Omaha
Shenandoah
Sam Sampson
Webster City
Cecil Larson
Oelwein
Leslie Larson
K. I. Larson
G. A. Knutson
Agricultural Outlook Meeting Planned for Story County
County Agent H P Hanson announces an Agricultural Outlook meeting at the Nevada Court House on February 16. J C Galloway of Iowa State College will lead agricultural economists to present 1931 production and demand projections adapted from the National Outlook Conference. The session runs 10 am to 3 30 pm as part of a statewide series of 86 meetings from February 9 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County Agricultural Outlook
Court House
Nevada
H. P. Hanson
J. C. Galloway
Iowa State College
Washington
Iowa
Sale Dates Claimed Across Iowa Towns in 1931 Auction List
The notice lists sale dates from January to March 1931 with bidders and locations including Story City McCallsburg Ogden Slater Roland Roland Ames Ames Gilbert Nevada Cambridge Story City and others. Auctions are scheduled Feb 13 to Mar 11 led by C O Highland and Wm Merkel among others.
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C. O. Highland
Auct
Wm. Merkel
Story City
Lura & Wicks
McCallsburg
Earl Gates
Ogden
Ole Storing
Slater
O. O. Westre
Jewell
T. O. Savim
Roland
Harold Hougen
J. A. Christian
L. G. Egemo
Ames
Ed Peterson
Ben Morris
Gilbert
G. R. Gardner
Nevada
J. E. Quamn
Oscar Rugh
Lewis Omunds
Lands of Interest Seen by Visitors to Tropics
A tour of tropical locales highlights Curacao as a Dutch island with red roofs palm trees and heat. Martinique showcases French garb and vibrant costumes while St Pierre lies ruins at Mount Pelee. Trinidad shines as a flower laden city and home to Pitch Lake La Brea with Hindu communities and ornate jewelry traditions.
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Tropics
Curacao
Old Holland
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mount Velee
Trinidad
la Brea
Phrases and their origins traced in historical notes
In Golden Book Magazine the origins of phrases are traced. Examples include vetting the sack from seventeenth century mechanics carrying tools in a sack, and the sultan who cast wives in a sack to sea. Wumble pie and humbug are explained with language history. The piece links by hook or crook to feudal wood gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Golden Book Magazine
Iodine in Oysters Promises Better Medicine Delivery
Dr Rene Loubatie of Bordeaux reports success using iodine absorbed by oysters to deliver iodine with medicines. He immerses oysters to load iodine then serves them as food, claiming patients receive a stronger dose than ingestion as medicine due to stomach resistance.
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Rene Loubatie
Bordeaux
France
Doctor Loubatie
Greeks First to Invent Alphabet with Vowels and Consonants
The Greeks likely adapted their alphabet from a Phoenician consonantal system via Syria, introducing vowel signs alongside consonants. Some writers attribute the invention to Prometheus or Cadmus, but most scholars favor an adaptation of the Syrian consonantal script by the Greeks.
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Syria
Prometheus
Cadmus
Sudan Future Seen in Desert Mail and Irrigation Drive
A compilation of quotes reflects admiration for early Sudan development by optimistic settlers led by Kitchener in 1898. It highlights irrigation, cotton, river navigation, and the transformation of Sudan into a country with a future.
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Sudan
Nile
Kitchener
W. J. Luyton
New York Times
Death Notice of Mrs Anna K Olson of Story City Iowa
Mrs Anna K Olson born December 18 1853 in Ramsfjeld Norway died February 6 1931 in Story City Iowa at 77. She immigrated in 1884 and married Cleng Osmundson who died 1899 then Knut Olson who died 1926. Survived by stepchildren Inger Ose sister and others. funeral held February 9 at Ose home Story City then Zion church Hardin County with Rev H N Bakke. pallbearers listed. buried Zion cemetery.
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Anna K. Olson
Ramsfjeld
Hjelmeland
Stavanger
Norway
Story City
Iowa
Cleng Osmundson
Knut Olson
Ose
Zion Church
Hardin County
H. N. Bakke
Mr. R. Hatteberg
Staa
Ole Olson
Osmund L. Ose
Cornel Sampson
Otis Sampson
Clarence Osmundson
Oscar Osmundson
Zion Cemetery
McCallsburg Parish Activities and Talks Schedule
McCallsburg churches announce weekly Bible study prayer and choir rehearsals. Norwegian services February 15 with Rev Westphal speaking for Jewish mission work. Lectures February 16 Light on Russia by Rev Benthin. Ladies Aid meetings noted for February 12 and 18 with community talks and offerings.
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Bethany Lutheran Church
M. J. Westphal
Minneapolis
Luther League
Westphal
Catechumens
Russia
Benthin
Nevada
Ladies Aid Society
Charles
Zion Lutheran Church
Martha Swenson
Art Jacobs
Story City obituary and regional notices span several deaths
Mrs. 8S. R. Corneliussen 74 died of heart failure in Story City after 51 years there. Survived by daughter Mamie Schwendener and son Fred C. Corneliussen, funeral at Grace church. Also notes a birth in Ellsworth to Rev C J Naglestad and Mrs Naglestad, and funerals for W A Drake of Radcliffe and illness of Earle S. Smith in Ames after a Cheyenne trip.
Story City events include fatality and local figures
Ephraim Larson, 65, longtime Story City resident, died at home Wednesday of last week and was laid to rest at St. Petri church after a Friday funeral. Dr. H Haerem of Story City fell ill recently and remains in serious condition as a separate local note.
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Iowa
Story City
Extra copies of this week's Roland Record available
Extra copies of this week's issue may be obtained at the Record office for five cents per copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Record
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Garden City News
Indianapoliss News
Cleveland High School
McCallsburg News
Cian
Northwestern Freight Depot
Leon E. Joy
Thomas Larson
Ames, Iowa
Halverson & Humphrey
Snook the Cleaner
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Jack Mule
Farrow
John Deere
International
Great Western
Concord
Diebold
Roland Farmers Creamery
Col
M. M. Eggland
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