Silent Night’s origins reimagined by mice and a church
An old clipping recounts how Silent Night was born in Oberndorf Austria when mice damaged Saint Nikolaus Church organ. Father Mohr and schoolteacher Gruber composed the carol for Christmas Eve, sung at midnight mass with Mohr’s guitar. The tune spread as an organ builder copied it during repairs.
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Carol
Oberndorf
Austria
U.P
Gruber
Father Mohr
Qberndorf
Warning on Carbon Monoxide Dangers In Cold Iowa Weather
Frank B. Ulish, field director of the state safety education division, warns Iowa drivers about carbon monoxide poisoning from starting cars in garages with doors closed. The odorless colorless gas can kill quickly in places with poor ventilation.
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Iowa
Frank B. Ulish
State Safety Education Division
Alish
Carbon monoxide hazards from car exhaust warned
A health official cautions CO poisoning from car exhaust can occur through leaking manifolds mufflers and tailpipe connections and even from running engines in enclosed spaces. Symptoms include headaches nausea and dizziness and victims should move to fresh air and seek medical help immediately. Two Iowa deaths have occurred from starting cars in closed garages.
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Ulish
Iova
Pocahontas News Briefs Include Visits and a Funeral
Local notices report Miss Zelle Pattee undergoing major surgery at St. Marys Rochester. Several visitors arrive or depart, including George Storr from England and Miss Janice Sinek from Des Moines. Other items cover hospital staff movements and a funeral for Mrs Otto J Hallman.
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Zelle Pattee
St.Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
George Storr
England
Carl Storr
Higland
Pocahontas Catholic High School
Frank Sinek
Social Security Administration
High Point
N. C
Barbara Sinek
University of Iowa
Janice Sinek
Des. Moines
Miss
Pocahontas News Roundup Drifts From Service to Fire
Obituary notes honor a Pocahontas county resident born 1884 near Varina and married in 1914 at St. Columbkille's. The account covers family survivors in Des Moines, Fairmont, and Sioux City, plus church missions, marriage licenses, a basketball game, local weddings, travel, farm life, and a haystack fire near Pocahontas with 800 bales burned. Also mentions Alan Stearns recovering from a heart attack and a community effort to harvest 30 acres of corn at his farm.
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Calvary Cemetery
McMahon Funeral Home
Clarence Groff
Thomas Gannon
D. A. Mitchell
Robert Kemmer
George Schott
Francis Kelly
Pocahontas County
Varina
Patrick
Mary Fitzgerald
Otto Hallman
St. Columbkille’s
Coume
St. Mary's
Remsen
Dick Yocum
Pocahontas
Neil Peterson
Paul Roder
Eagles
Jerald Moulton
Jeannine M. Dessonville
Douglas
Nebr
Clair R. Swan
Ruth Ann Goddard
Linn
Richard V. Penn
Manchester
Rosemarie Storr
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Alban Hickson
C. P
Simon Herbers
H. B. Karhoff
Cynthia Denise
Buena Vista County Hospital
Storm Lake
Barry Waters
St. Peter's Cathedral
Jefferson City
Rita Didtman
Jack Alig
George Alig, Jr
Fonda
Whitman Air Force Base
al Vodraska
Friday Schott
Wettersdorf
Germany
Caroline
Meidel
New York
Amsterdam
London
Boston
William Bunda
SS. Peter and Paul’s
Darlene Bunda
Marjorie Bunda
Kermit Kirby
Lester Bunda
Kirby
Marilyn Bunda
J. J. Ryan
Elder Peterson
Rita Schreier
Bunda
Laura Schott
William Schott
W. James Bunda
Josephine Bunda
Sacred Heart Church
George Wessling
Lester
James
Robert
William
Kermit
Josephine) Kirby
Marilyn
Marjorie
Darlene
Lorraine
Denise Bunda
Walter Bruch
Dale Johnston
Alan Stearns
Mercy
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Rolfe Arrow
Robert Swan
Marion Bruce
Molfe
Pational Editorial
Asspeagng
Pocahontas News
Otto J. Hallman
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Pocahontas Catholic Eagles
State OF
Standard
Young’s Standard Service
Dial
Rolfe, Iowa
Webb
Girls Joyce Ann Baade Bernadette Baker
Cindy Bennett
Denise Beuchle Geri Bond
Jean Brinkman
Candy Carlson
Glenda Gustafson
Christine Hacker
Nancy Halsrud
Kathy Herbranson
Marcia Hood
Norma Hopkins
Susan Howland
Penny Hudson
Barbara Hulgan
Tracy Jones
Judy Keeble
Kathy Lawton
Nancy Leadley
Therese Majorowicz
Mary Dawn Martin
Theresa Nolte
Patricia Orwig
Linda Pedersen
Mary Richter
Cheryl Ann Rickard
Jane Rickard
Connie Ricklers
Laura Ripperger
Kristy Landvig
Jonelle Sennett
Jane Shimon
Becky Smith
Geri Smith
Boys Douglas Baade
John Beckord
Butch Behrendsen
Lee Floyd: Bendixen
Kris Benedict
Stephen Buck Dwayne Buske
Todd Fisher
Tom Ham Allen Henderson
Douglas Hilton
Dale Holtorf
Kurt Kaiser
Todd Kipfer
Robbie Land
Mike Mann
Mike Marine Gayle Minkler
Larry Nielson
Dennis O’donnell Tom Olerich
Douglas Page
Burton Sanden
David Landvig
David Schoon
Ronald Schoon
Kirk Schott
James Schrieber
Pat Shimon
Tom Shimon
Mike Spencer
Philip Tange
Bill Tutt
Tommy Underwood
Steven Westerman
Johnny Witt
Curt Woods
Harold Young, Jr
Jeffrey Young
Jimmy Zeman
Stu Webb
Webb's Drug Store
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