Local notes from Sherburne and nearby communities
Sunday gatherings, visits and family news across Sherburne area towns. Messages detail guests at Sitcox, Johnson and Linder households. travels to Rockford, Rock County and California. medical events including Robert Applequist Jr. and Kermit Berscuit. local club and church activities. weathered fog incident. and a burglary notice at Paul Graves elevator with checks recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A. Linder
Bdairt
Womens
Mie
Slonsry Society
St. Paul
Robert Applequist Jr
Ketherville Clinic
C.G. Appelquist
Fine City
Swink
Fonda
Linder
Mathing
Ned
Sera
Burton Lund
Harold Anderson
West Coast
Black Hills
Yellowstone
Pokane
Wash
Kermit Berscuit
Los Angeles
Calif
Hewie Jnurt
Kerie
Bealy
Lake Fremont
Ray Janssen
Otto Peterson
Franz Redmid
Kimball
Redmans
Ernest Rowe
Lilly ‘Schubert
Fairmont
Otto Peteraoh
Mire
Peter Rose
Phuraday
Montara
Richard Lansman
St. Ignitias
Jat
Otto Petar
Ryin ‘Weller
Hill
Swenbeng Garage
Ivin Linder
Don
Caughey Ord
Athens
Josephine ‘Peterson
Thuracay
Frank
Hoftmeteter
Herburne
Sha
Imnate
Dunnell
Sherburne
H. C
H. Peterson
Daigher
Bohlins
Dorothy
Daniel Buck Hall
Mankato
What Generals Are Worth
During Far East operations one side captured a general. An envoy offered exchanges, first four colonels, then eight majors. Finally the accepting price was two dozen tins of condensed milk.
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Far East
News to Him Too
A salesman tries to persuade a store proprietor to see his sample line. The proprietor refuses, insisting he is not interested. The salesman concedes and asks to open the case himself, noting he has not seen the merchandise in three weeks.
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Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Conservatory of
Milan
Customer claims lamb sold as mutton
A customer accuses a butcher of selling mutton passed off as lamb. The exchange centers on mislabeling and customer dissatisfaction with the animal meat purchased. The brief quarrel reflects consumer protection issues likely to be reported in a local commerce notice.
Presence of Mind in Car Alarm Sparks Panic
An excited woman driver yells to her husband John as a car appears to roll away uncontrollably. The worried husband Mo urges action and the tale ends with a brisk, practical suggestion to aim for something inexpensive to stop the runaway vehicle.
Blushing boaster weighs in on summer fish tale
A playful exchange questions the weight of a fish in a summer story. The speaker teases whether the memory or the moment carried the larger measure, labeling the tale a clever boast and noting the humorous tension between recollection and reality.
Stubborn Virginia Macey and Merril Dana Defy arranged marriage
Virginia Macey and Merril Dana clash with parents over a family marriage plan. Merril resists paternal pressure to wed, insisting on choosing his own partner after years of closeted study and courtship. The families press for a union seen as a long-time dream, while the couple stands firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irginia Macey
Merril Dana
Merril
Virginia
Gin
Macey
Dana
Merilo
China
Young lovers defy elders in impromptu marriage
Merril and Virginia confess they wed secretly after resisting coercive plans by their fathers. The families clash over inheritance and control but ultimately share a lighthearted, reconciled conclusion as the youths affirm their love and independence.
Four Complexions a Day for Fashionable Women
A Clerkenwell court heard a beauty expert testify that a fashionably dressed woman uses at least four complexions daily to match changing outfits. She applies light makeup for luncheon, then shifts to darker tones for tea or cocktail hours, removing and reapplying powder lipstick and rouge as the day progresses. Hotels now offer up to 30 shade options in cosmetics for guests.
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Clerkenwell County Court
England
Daily Mall
Bond Street
Smuggled rubber seeds spurred global cultivation
The narrative notes how early explorers and entrepreneurs after Columbus kept hearing of a strange elastic substance from Indian tree juice. English traders smuggled rubber tree seeds from South America to Ceylon and planted them there. Cultivation then spread to nearby islands as reports spread.
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Columbus
New World
East
South America
Ceylon
Snake rattles age myth debunked by Detroit News writer
A Detroit News columnist says counting rattles is unreliable as rattles grow about three per year. Vibration at the tip often breaks segments and many specimens have more buttons than their size would suggest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Detroit News
Roosevelt travels Northwest to assess New Deal impact
Franklin D Roosevelt undertook a twelve day cross country tour from Hyde Park to the Northwest, visiting Seattle and Yellowstone Park to gather impressions on how the West views the New Deal and to meet officials and constituents. The trip drew attention from Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana Senators amid political maneuvering.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Northwest
Seattle
Franklin Roosevelt
Secret Service
Roosevelt Supreme Court
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Nebraska
Edward Raymond Burke
Montana
Burton Kendall Wheeler
O'Mahoney
Citizens’ Welcoming Committee
Chicago
Senator O'Mahoney
Casper
Wye
Burke
Wheeler
California
Yellowstone Park
Anna
John Boettiger
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Listle & Buzale
Dall
Who'd Own a Dog Like This World’s Champion Yorkie
A lively captioned feature introduces a Yorkshire terrier hailed as a world champion. The piece notes the dog’s fame and hints at a broader, whimsical Picture Parade showcasing queer animals, customs, and people including firefighters described as snowmen amid a blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Sawyer
Industrious WPA Worker Seeks Shovel From Foreman
A WPA worker complains he lacks a shovel while his gang has tools. The foreman notes the rule that those without tools need not dig, leaving the man to stand with nothing to lean on. An Annapolis Log item preserves the exchange.
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WPA
Foreman
Annapolis
Gnu Steaks Stir Talk On African Expedition
An African explorer enjoys a fine steak served by his native cook. The guide quips that it is not a gnu but as good as one, highlighting a humorous exchange during the day’s journeys through savannahs and a meal in camp.
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Atlanta Constitution
Silent Comedy Duel Between Mrs and Mr Gay
Dialogue joke sequence shows Mrs Gay asking where she was last night and Mr Gay answering about staying with a sick friend. The exchange ends with a punch line about there not being any limit. It reads as a light humorous sketch typical of a comic page.
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Grover
Halfa
Alfred Myhre
Waterloo
Harry Weber
Roy Wedoo
Mason City
Wallingford
Wedoo
Rochester
Mrs. Gay
Apartment Dweller and The Ether Question
A teacher asks what pervades all space that walls cannot shut out. The class wit replies that it is the smell of boiled cabbage, forming a quick humorous exchange about unseen forces in daily life.
Irresistible Customer-L Buy Triggers on Wife Influence
A customer returns to purchase the same car after discussing the decision with his wife. The salesman notes the wife’s influence as the decisive factor in the sale, highlighting how family opinion swayed the final commitment.
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Wall Street Journal
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Dunnele
Ruth Mae Anderson
Harold
Violet ‘Swanson
Harold Lund
Ruth
Esther Oseling
Thyra Hangon
Mildred: Peterson, Meas
Harold Thulien
Burton
Victor Matthies
Everett Hubbert
Crawford
Luther League
Silverthorne
Henry B. Kolb
Fairfax
Carver
Kolb
Frank Sandin
George Morgan
Butterfield
A. F. Anderson
Willia Sandin
Willis
Frank. Sandin
Philip Bredberg
Bredberg
Dorothy Ziemer
Mesdames C. A. Bredberg
0. G. Appelquist
R. I. Appelquist
Heyman
C. W. Appelquist
Ethel Appelquist
Matt Anderson
V.pi
Ladies League
Mildred
Alice Shultz
Ernest Proghaska
Wyanet
Loyd Dalhke
Rathman
Fergus Falls
Minn
Dania & Son
Father
Mr. Macey
Merri
Vieners i Time
Foxy
New York
Fortuto
U. S
Southwest
Fortune
Denver
Colorado
Labor
American Federation of Labor
William Green
John. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F
A. F. of
C. I. O. Unione
AGP
John L. Lewis
A. I. of L
Atlantic City
Green
Mr. Green
Nanking
Walla
Peking
Kiyoshi
Knatchbull-Hugesson
Warmen
Shanghai
Britain
R. G. Hows
Nelson T. Johnson
Washington
U.S
Luzon
Guam
Yangtze River
Lo City
Johnson
Japan
Red Cross
Paoting
Inner Mongolia
Outer Mongolia
International Settlement
Hankow
Shankhai
Picture Parade
Johnny
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