Local Appenings Highlights and Local Events
The Presbyterian ladies at Fonda raised 365 dollars at a bazaar. Zete gathians beat Irvings in inter-society debates at State University Town City with Vernon Sharp of Rolfe on the winning team. Philomathians to debate next. Mrs Dolliver Kent and Donna Jean from Des Moines visit Rolfe relatives until after Christmas. A C Tyler from Chicago checks farming locally. Cobbs Bootery opening in Emmetsburg. Stevens garage in West Bend sustained 7000 dollars fire damage last Wednesday, some on stored cars. Government added 35000 bass to Lost Island Lake to aid a troubled fishing area. Wilson Grain Co of Spencer seeks receiver appointment. Mike Banwart of West Bend dies after appendicitis operation at Iowa City. Jonda residents oppose paving share prompting new assessment. Miss Anna Matteson visits Ayrshire with her parents. Coral Ritgers teaching near Fonda spends weekend with her parents. Rev Bryan and family visit Fort Dodge for sights and Christmas shopping. Islea Olerich and Flos sie Kauffman visit Fort Dodge Saturday. P A McCray returns from Morris Minnesota on land interests business.
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Presbyterian
Fonda
State University
Town City
Zetegathians
Irvings
Vernon’ Sharp
Rolfe
Philomathians
Wilson Grain Co
Spencer
Mike Banwart
Wm. Banwart
West Bend
Iowa City
Sunset Hill Club Hosts Seven O Clock Dinner
The Sunset Hill club hosted a Thursday evening at Fred Nelsons home with Mrs Nelson and Mrs T E Patterson as hostesses. A seven o clock dinner followed by a lively evening of Somerset games ended with guests hoping for future invitations. Local notes mention shoppers, visitors, and upcoming Farm and Home Week in Ames.
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Fred Nelson
Nelson
T. E. Patterson
Somerset
Two Train Loads of Hens Sent to Market in Iowa
Poultry extension workers at Iowa State College report 450000 nonproducing chickens were culled from Iowa flocks and shipped. Experts handled over a million birds and saved farmers about $850000 in feed by removing slackers.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
British student Virgil Hancher comments on Oxford peers
American Rhodes scholar Virgil M. Hancher of Rolfe Iowa now at Oxford University weighs English and American students. He argues the English pick are highly capable but not necessarily superior to top U.S. peers noting Cambridge Oxford are national imperial universities and Harvard Yale seem more provincial.
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Des Moines
Virgil Hancher
Virgil
Oxford University
Rolfe
University of Iowa
Hancher
Hamilton Club
Iowa
Don‘ehano
England
United States
America
Cambridge
Oxford
Harvard
Yale
Edinburgh
London
Minnesota
Town
Wisconsin
State University
Iowa City
Zetagathian Literary Society
Forensic Council
Sigma ,Nu
Phi Betta Kappa
Phi, Alpha Delta
Delta Sigma
German Emigration Expected To Rise From Population Pressure
A German authority says one third of Germanys population will migrate to North and South America in the coming years as the country can no longer provide a living for its growing people. The Bureau of Public Roads reports forty six states spent 400 million dollars on rural roads and bridges in 1919, one third more than in 1918.
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Germany
North America
South America
States of the Union
Bureau of Public Roads
American South America trade relations deranged by exchange paralysis
American business relations with South America have been practically paralyzed by the derangement of the exchanges, reflecting strains in international commerce and financial systems.
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South
America
Old notion of bearing a chip on the shoulder fades
The old practice of going about with a chip on one's shoulder has declined, as profiteers exploit the chips and raise risks.
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Cobbs Bootery
Emmetsburg
Stevens
Lost Island Lake
Lost Island
Jonda
Anna Matteson
Ayrshire
Wm. Matteson
Coral Ritgers
B. F. Ritgers
Bryan
Fort Dodge
Islea Olerich
Flossie Kauffman
P. A. McCray
Morris, Minn
Ivan Dayton
Bradgate
Peterson’s
Anna
Carrie Junkman
Clarion
Joyce “Clarke
Gladysi Obrecht
Havelock
E. H.’ Clarke
Ernest Vaughn
Illinois Central Railway
Melvin, Holland
Donald Turner
Laurens
Miss Mildred
Dean of
Ames
H. A. Hille
Oskaloosa
Rolfe Implement Company
Henry Wiegman
Esther Hauck
Prt Dodge
A. V. Graeber
Swea City
Edgar Cornell
J.W. Bowers
I. F. Fisher
R. W. Maxson
Ft. Dodge
Extension Department
M. Hancher
National Fidelity Life
J. A.carroll & Son
Nacke’s Pharmacy
Rolfe, Iow
Brunswick Phonographs
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