Montezuma’s fish by brown runners across the ages
A humorous recount of Montezuma ordering distant fish in ancient Mexico. It describes messengers carrying seafood from Acapulco to the palace in a relay, ending with the emperor dining on fried fish. The piece ends by inviting readers to imagine ordering exotic fish from faraway lands.
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Ontezuma
Montezuma
Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Acapulco Harbor
Alaska
Japan
Russia
Bremer County News Items From County Seat
Bremer county items note long time arrival from Germany, large family survivals, and funeral details. Clayton Cook dies of heart trouble near Waverly with survivors in Waverly Chicago and Manchester. Wartburg to merge with Clinton for a year. Vacation Bible School at St Marys Catholic church begins June 19 in Lincoln school run by Cedar Falls nuns. VFW picnic at Sauerbrei woods. The Calico Cat tea room opens at R V Leach home. Various local injuries and errands including arm fracture of Mrs Pfeffer and ankle sprain of Mrs Monahan. Barbara Jane Studier baptized at St Pauls Lutheran. Doctors Groening and Robinson attend Milwaukee meetings. Clyde Wahl named municipal lifeguard. City checker tournament ends with Howard Page and Fred Rewoldt tied. Des Moines Board of Review candidates named. Grand jury reconvenes after week’s adjournment due to juror illness.
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American Lutheran Church
Wartburg
Clinton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Lincoln School
Mary Josephina
Mary Norena
Mary Clarice
Mary Ellen
Sisters of Charity
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Sauerbrei’s Woods
R. V. Leach
Pfeffer
Leo Gorman
T. R. Collins
Dubuque
Columbia College
W. W. Clark
Tom Monahan
Paul Concannon
Fred Concannon
Fred Studier
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Barbara Jane
F. P. Hagemann
Maxine Heddons
Chicago
Studier
C. H. Groening
Milwaukee
American Medical Association
R. E. Robinson
Clyde Wahl
Howard Page
Fred Rewoldt
Arthur Kohlmann
Des Moines
Senator Murphy
Veterans
Boy Billy Mahan Returns Home After Severe Skull Fracture
Billy Mahan, badly injured three weeks ago when he fell from a swing at Lincoln school, has been brought home from Rochester hospital. He is making a rapid full recovery but must stay quiet for three weeks. Doctors said his skull fracture was one of the largest seen, and friends here are very pleased by his progress.
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Billy Mahan
Lincoln School
Rochester
St John’s Lutheran festival and orphan’s home picnic planned
In Waverly the annual mission festival at St John’s Lutheran drew a large crowd on Sunday. Rev L O Walper preached in the morning, Rev L Yockey led 2:30 services, and Rev Harold Wunderlich closed the day. The orphan’s home picnic is set for July 9 with speakers from Westgate Eldorado and Iowa State Teachers College. Wartburg merger talks say Wartburg Normal will stay closed for two more years. Gasoline contract awarded to C R Thompson at 6 1/2 cents per gallon plus tax. about 6,000 gallons needed.
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Lutheran Church
Westgate
C. Oltmann
Eldorado
C. R. Thompson
Wartburg College
Clinton
Wartburg Normal College
Hein
Looking Backward In the Leader's Files
Bremer county notes mark 1923 marriages and visits as residents and visitors travel from Ashley North Dakota to Petersburg Nebraska and beyond. Local figures like Lydia Garland Arthur Wolf and Clara Leverence join in weddings while families and neighbors discuss health visits and market prices from 25 years earlier.
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Herman Bockhaus
Ashley
North Dakota
H. J. Wynhoff
A. Winters
Petersburg
Neb
Chas. Fulcher
Leroy Township
Bremer County
Ray Farrow
Ira
Iowa
Henry Kahle
Dorchester
E. H. Ladage
John Warner
Janesville
Wis
O. W. LaPlaunt
Portage
D. Ladd
Carl Bahlman
South Haven
Mian
Bernard Struck
Dakotas
Chas. Leverence
Clara
Robert Kerr
John Kerr
Big Fourth of July Celebration at John property
A ten year old item notes plans for a large Fourth of July celebration at a John property, with expected festivities and community involvement. The readable fragment emphasizes a gathering and patriotic events to mark the holiday.
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The
Five Years Ago Notices and Local Vignettes
A June 13 1928 item notes Rose Pavelec lost a finger to a lawn mower while playing. Gladys Koch underwent appendectomy at Clasen hospital. Will Schultz Gus Plagens and Martha Plagens traveled to Canastota South Dakota to seek a specialist. A L Jacobson family visited Elma with Irene and Raymond. The column also quotes humorous exchanges about dictionaries exams and apologies with a tearful wife.
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Rose
Ed Pavelec
Gladys Koch
J. A. Koch
Clasen Hospital
Will Schultz
Gus Plagens
Martha Plagens
Canastota
South Dakota
A. L. Jacobson
Irene
Raymond
Gladys and Harold Talk Marriage in Runaway Banter
In a brief exchange Gladys says she will marry a man who counts. Harold replies he is the man she seeks, adding he is a cashier. The light chat centers on money and fit for a spouse.
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Gladys
Harold
Belgian Inventor Patents Electric Weld for Chromium Dental Steel
A Belgian inventor unveils a method of electric spot welding that allows chromium steel to be used in dental plates braces and other dental work including bridges. The breakthrough claims chromium steel can be soldered and bent for in-mouth use though not suitable for filling cavities and promises cheaper alternatives to gold steel alloys with promising durability and rust resistance.
Train speed record for streamlined German train
A streamlined German train set speed records on a Hamburg to Berlin trial covering 180 miles in 142 minutes. It averaged above 76 miles per hour with the first half run exceeding 64 miles per hour, marking a notable early record for motor and electric propulsion.
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Germany
Hamburg
Berlin
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