Municipal Christmas Festivities Planned With Santa Claus
City unveils a large Christmas tree in the park south of the library with decorations and a candy distribution for children. About 500 country children will receive free tickets to the Grand Theatre show. over two thousand boxes of candy will be handed out Friday afternoon from a fire truck. Donations and toy drives are organized for needy families, while church activities mark a year of growth and upcoming events led by Rev. Wilbur L. Clapp and the Laymen’s Missionary Movement.
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Etto
Grand Theatre
Santa Claus
Motherville
Good Fellowship Club
Laws Ban Killing Munkrate As Iowa Road Stats Noted
Ayashire men fined in Ayrahira for killing munkrate under a new law with fines of ten dollars per rat. Capure Game Warden Pullen and Chris Schroeder seized four hundred hides. offenders were arrested and fined. Iowa ranks high in road spending but low in surfaced roads, per a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin cited by the Sioux City Tribune, highlighting disparity between funding and road quality.
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Ayrahira
Muogkrata
Anaeon
Munkrate
Capure
Pullen
Chris Schroeder
Costa
Kinmetaburg
Towa
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Qobic Ban
Indiana
Ita
Wiaconglu
Michigan
Missouri
Sioux City Tribune
Old customs fade as housewives seek better baking aids
Time changes traditions in kitchens as mothers and daughters move beyond brand loyalty to results. The article notes shifts from wood stoves to electric heat and from old fireplaces to modern heating, with millions of homemakers adopting Calumet Baking Powder for consistently good baking results.
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Thoas
Musical Event of the Season at Morningside College Glee Club
The Morningside College Glee Club, a twenty man choir from Estherville, will perform at M. E. Church on Wednesday December 29. The program includes three parts: selections from major masters, lively college songs, and a burlesque sketch with its own scenery. Admission 35 cents. children under twelve pay 26 cents.
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Morningside College Gloe Club
M. E. Church
Middle-west
Morningside Collee
Estharville
Land tract sale plan for Arcadia area described
Paxson and Hough of Cedar Rapids report the west Arcadia tract once owned by Hillsborough and Bird has passed to Mr. Hird and will be sold through the winter for Mr. Bird. They claim plans to develop the land and promise profits to investors. Mr. Scott seeks a mill if 160 acres are planted to bourbon paper Cal. Mr. Billsborough in Bradenton offers land viewings by appointment.
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W. BE. Deming
Town City
Forest City
H. A. Plummer
Tour Gallen
Paxson & Hough
Cedar Rapids
Arcadia
Florida
Hillsborough & Bird
Hird
Bird
Scott
Billsborough
Bradentown
Manatee County
Christmas Activities at Christian Church Program and Election
The Christian Church outlines a Christmas tree with a program on Friday night and an evangelistic sermon at night. It will hold its annual officers election after the morning service next Sunday, with all members urged to attend. The morning sermon theme is The Advent of Christ An Event of History, and the young people will present a Christmas program at the endeavor meeting. Bible school is at ten o'clock. Minister J. S. Coffin.
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S. 5
Wilbur L. Clapp
Clapp
Estherville
Ladies’ Aid Society
Aid Society
J. Frederic Callin
Coftin
Christmas candy from Kunkel's Bakery in olden times
A fragment recalls buying Christmas candies from Kunkel's Bakery and Confectionery, noting it as a source of purest and best confections. The passage frames healthier choices for children and highlights the bakery as a historic headquarters for holiday sweets.
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Kunkel
Alcohol Prevents Freezing Antifreeze Mixtures Advised
An engineering extension note from Lawn State College outlines alcohol based antifreeze mixes for winter engine protection. It warns 20 percent alcohol freezes and can cause pump damage, advising water mixtures as safer, non evaporating options and cautioning against chloride of lime additives.
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Lawn State College
Christmas Day Post Office Hours Announced
On Saturday December 26 the post office will operate one delivery run at 3 30 AM for all city routes AIL parcel post arriving on morning trains will be delivered during the day General delivery and stamp windows open 9740 to 1 00 PM and 6 00 to 6 00 PM City carriers open 650 to 6 00 Rural carriers begin equal delivery Merchants with stores closed and residents away should notify their carrier to leave mail at the office Frank Carpenter Postmaster Ralph's fudge and caramels advertised with a 60 cent price"}
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AIL Parcel Post
Vyhe
Frank Carpenter
Whitlock Homebound in Overland Six Touring Car
United States ambassador to Belgium Whitlock returned from Washington to Toledo in an Overland Six Touring car accompanied by Mrs Whitlock and a small party. Despite cold, snowy roads and four days of travel over 200 miles of mountainous terrain, the party enjoyed privacy and rest, praising the trip as restorative and rejuvenating.
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Brand Whitlock
United States
Belgium
Washington
Toledo
Blue Ridge
Allegheny Mountains
Whitlock
Christmas services at Methodist church feature Mrs Turner
A Christ as vantate concert titled His Harth day will be presented by the fall chorus Saturday evening. The Morningside College Glee Club of twenty anen will sing Wednesday December 20 at the Methodist church with admission 35 cents, children under twelve two cents. Mrs Turner of Omaha will sing The Prince of Peace at the Sunday service. A sermon How Old Art Whoa will close the year Sunday evening with special music. Children of the M B K church and Sunday School are invited to a Christmas party Friday at 7 o'clock. Found a pillow slip call the office to claim. Ralph’s caramels can be made until you cry.
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Christas Vantate
Harthday
Morningside College
Methodist Ohurely
Adiingston
Prince of Peace
Mra. Beulah ‘Turver
Omaha
Nebraska
M. BK
Buy Them All in Estherville Shopping Surge
In Estherville the city boasts a shopping boom with merchants well stocked for Christmas and beyond. The Vindicator and Republican ads promise bargains from hair pins to coal carloads, reflecting a thriving up-to-date market as residents prepare for holidays and winter.
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Estherville
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