County News Chatter Club at Paul Anderson Home
The Chatter Club met at the Paul Anderson home with Ruth Cayler as hostess. Members planned games and quilt blocks were worked on. numerous area residents attended including Violet Oswalt and Ruth Cayler. Other social events included ministerial guests and a school board banquet with a Valentine themed setting and multiple senior community activities.
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Paul Anderson
Ruth Cayler
Ingvard Jessen
Miram Griese
Mesdames W. L. Pope
Geo. McKean
John Kong
A. J. Oswalt
Joe Horral
Ed Reinhardt
I. Jessen
H. R. Hansen
Harry H. Hansen
Frances Stech
Board of Education
Lee Miller
Marie Sorum
Estherville
Wm. Maron
Marcella
H. A. Tvedte
James H. Smith
Stephanie Cowling
Marjorie Harkness
Ora Thompson
Eveline Reid
Ellabel Johnson
Vern Robinson
Stech
Valentine
Fire Siren Used As Summons to Breakfast
Fire alarm sounded at five a m in Glenwood as volunteers gathered at the station and found three members had prepared a hearty ham and eggs breakfast. A separate note recalls Chick Homan walking to Hespers after being left on a prior call.
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Glenwood
Alton
Chick Homan
Hespers
How to Help The Finns How to Help The Finns
Spirit Lake readers propose a controversial Open Forum idea to aid unemployment by sending drunk drivers against opponents in Finland. The letter argues liquor profits fund state programs and patrols, notes liquor waste and nonproductive spending, and cites Secretary Wilson on liquor’s economic impact while praising manufacturing jobs linked to durable goods.
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Spirit Lake Beacon
Open Forum
Finland
Abby Smith
Spirit Lake
Sunday Register
Wilson
American Business Men’s Research Foundation
United States
Stage Set for Bigger Soybean Acreage in ’40
Iowa expert Eugene Hamilton in the Iowa Farm Economist says prices and demand point to higher soybean acreage in 1940 but a full boom is unlikely. Growth since 1924 owed to better cultivation, varieties, small all crop combine, and soybean versatility amid rising industrial use and food applications.
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Ames
Eugene Hamilton
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
Hamilton
Spencer Residents Weigh Community Building Plan
Spencer residents discuss a community building proposal similar to Estherville. They examine WPA project potential, National Guard organization, and related ideas. The Legion and Chamber of Commerce promote the effort amid local civic interest.
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Spencer
Estherville
National Guard
The
Legion and Chamber of ‘Commerce
Ford Exhibit Wing Rises at 1940 New York World’s Fair
Progress on the Ford Exposition auditorium shows a major 1940 World’s Fair project. Walter Teague redesigned the facade for a glass front and Mercury statue. crews install new exhibits and structural changes as preparations for May 11 gate opening proceed.
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River Rouge
Ringsted Pancake Day Planned by Community Group
Ringsted Community Club set a Pancake Day for two to three weeks hence with a committee including Kermit Christiansen Elmer Christensen John Andreasen Wm Olson and Thorvald Petersen to handle arrangements and sponsors. Local manufacturers expected to provide flour syrup coffee and essentials. pancakes and coffee will be free. A March open house may follow moving completion. $700 to be placed on time deposit from club funds, about $200 left in checking.
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L. Day
F. W. Ortmeyer
Estherville
Bush
Armstrong
Broberg
Swen City
Waterman
Fenton
Bohi
Graettinger
Buthman
Algona
Henry Brinkman
Austin
Minn
H. A. Tvedte
T. B. Richards
Zephyrs
Esther
Ament
James Stillmans
Ringsted
Wm. Ross
Russells
Vance Music Co
Mason City
Ringsted Community Club
Kermit Christiansen
Elmer Christensen
John Andreasen
Wm. Olson
Thorvald Petersen
Uusually
Community Club Treasury
Ringsted Dispatch
WO Wave-lights Schedule for Week of February 26
Radio listings show daily and weekly programs across channels 640 On Your Dial. Notable slots include Matins Daily at 7 10, Adventures in Science Monday 11 15, Public Affairs Tuesday 11 25, Of Men and Books Wednesday 2 15, Democracy in Action Thursday 4 00, Kaffeeklatsch Friday 4 00, Young Ideas Saturday 4 00, and Farm Facts multiple times daily. Aimed at informing listeners of program times and offerings.
Train auto service expands Rock Island routes nationwide
Effective May 1 Rock Island passengers can use train auto service to 45 key midwest cities with five passenger sedans interchanging at stations. Ticket agents arrange auto reservations, passengers show ID or cash deposit, and rent cars at 8 cents per mile with gas insurance and maintenance included. Cars must be returned where secured.
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Rock Island Railroad
Middle West
A. D. Martin
Rock Island Lines
Chicago
Railway Extension Incorporated
Rock Island
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Ark
Colorado Springs
Denver
Colo
Joliet
LaSalle
Moline
Ottawa
Peoria
Peru
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Des Moines
Iowa City
Keokuk
Mason City
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
Iowa
Hutchinson
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
Kans
Monroe
Albert Lea
Faribault
Minneapolis
St. Paul, Minn
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Lincoln
Omaha
Neb
Enid
Oklahoma City
Okla
Sioux Falls
So. Dak
Memphis, Tenn
Amarillo
Dallas, Ft. Worth
Galveston
Texas
Milk In the Diet Keeps Adults Young and Kids Growing
An era of milk as a perfect food is reinforced with advice to involve children in making fruit milk shakes and to pair milk with meals. It stresses milk as a chief calcium source supporting bones, heart function, muscles, and blood clotting, while noting adults should drink daily.
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God
Grandma’s gift swaps cookies for a play corner
In a familiar home scene Grandma refuses more cookies for Mary and Kenneth. Sue intervenes, and Grandma offers a creative play corner with blocks clay a grandpa made table and the promise of a storybook. The children leave happier and Grandma’s house becomes a preferred play space.
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Kenneth
Grandma
Sue
Grandpa
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W. G. Mcllwraith
George Eliot
Hollywood
Good Housekeeping Bureau
A. J. Anderson
High Lake
Wallingford
Gracttinger
Hansen
Palo Alto
Angus
Lambert
W.R
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Walter Darwin Teague
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Claude Ooh
Sumpter
Elmer
Lindell
Iversee
Hartman
James
Hendrickson
Oscar Hoganson
Carol
P. F
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Frank
Brinkman
Joe Bent
G. R
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J. W
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C. E. Champine
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Iverson
Ressell
O. N
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F. J
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W. L
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Theo
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Jensen
J. P
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Bertha
Jorgen Anderson
Carrison
W. D
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C. Vases
Schader
Wm. Peterson
Oscar
Ramsey
Darling
John
Seneca
V.R
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Het
Iowa State College Home Economists
Tomorrrow
Thos. Carlyle
Mary
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