Rural Iowa notes lively with visits and events
Mrs Roe and Ewing party travel to Wisconsin and Illinois. Dr Atkins of Jackson previously visited town. Culture club met at Herb Olson home and school children won wild flower and bird house prizes. Local guests Burt Roberts Verna Harris and teachers shared talks on birds and flowers. Supt McKenzie and faculty thanked the visitors. Community events included a weiner roast at the school and a funeral in Peterson. Various residents visited Rochester Des Moines and Spirit Lake with health, teaching and church news throughout.
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Roe
Ewing
Spirit Lake
Pointe In
Wisconsin
Illinois
Atkins
Jackkson
Culture Club
Herb Olson
Mesdames Burt and Roberts
McKenzie
Mable Lambert
Hattie Bringle
Louis Fo
Town
Falls
Neilson
M. G. Ostheimer
Louis Garling
Rochester
Larson
Jones
First Lake
D. F. Given
Ruby Briggs
Peterson
Givens
Rob Brown
Clarksville
Alvester Conlon
Ayrshire
Elmer Meikle
Graceton
Minn
B. A. Wilkinson
Green
Sion City
W. Henry Olsher
Dolph
Hannah Wade
Sioux City
Walter Eads
Leslie
Arden
Howard
Lakefield
Sue Tucl
Esther Hanson
Absolutely No Hurry About It
A jail story from IRVIN COBE about a death row prisoner offered any vocation before execution. The man chooses to learn Chinese, amid tales of a Tennessee sheriffs’ final meal offer to a condemned man who asks for a ripe watermelons, a request the sheriff doubts possible.
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Tennessee
cJaim
Gabe
Luting
Straight Talks with Aunt Emmy Warns of Dodgy Stock Deal
Maud seeks Aunt Emmy’s advice on a radio stock scam tied to a bond gift for a wedding. A salesman, Mr Brown, promises guaranteed dividends and a stock buyback. Aunt Emmy warns that such guarantees are unsafe and urges meeting at the bank. They uncover the company is no good and escape with money intact.
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Maud
Aunt Emmy
Tom
Mr. Brown
Emmy
Mand
Aymes
Cooperative marketing lessons for better farming yields
The piece outlines how cooperative marketing could lift returns by standardizing production and grading, stabilizing supply, improving distribution, and expanding markets. It notes limits, including price setting, middlemen, costs, member responsibilities, risk sharing, and outsider benefits, with quotes from H Erdman of California College of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. &. Erdman
California College of Agriculture
Keeping Well Ben Franklin on Vegetarianism
Dr Frederick 5 Green editor discusses Franklin and his shift from vegetarianism to eating cod. The piece quotes his Autobiography and argues moderation in diet, noting meat once common and today less essential, with a stance against extremes. Also mentions rent cottages on West Okoboji lake.
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Ben Franklin
Frederick 5
Green
HEA Sabedinatedied
Thn
Enjamin Franklin
United States
France
Franklin
Boston
Western Newspaper Union
Reath
West Okoboji Lake
Rent a Lock Box for Bonds and Papers
First and Savings Bank offers a lock box rental for bonds and papers with F H Rhodes as president. The notice promotes secure storage services and emphasizes trust and convenience for customers needing safekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First & & Savings Bank
F. H. Rhodes
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Oscar’ Flygare
Peter McCarron
Sherburn
Dan Johnson
Clara
Mae
P.M. Jackson
Ceylon
Dunnell
Robert Lyons
Swansons
Lillian Johnson
Roy Swenberg
Des Moines
Johanna Peterson
Emil Stenstrum
J. A. Linder
Lutheran State Missionary Meeting
Dunne
Rev. Walker
M. E
Ceyton
Dumell
Ralph Honnette
Mrs. McNeal
Estherville
Irvin
Cobe
Huntington Savings Bank
H i
Emmet
Pia
Cscgsceecyngeen Banking House
Sheeoevet Owen
Tae
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State of Iowa
Emmet County
We, Inc
Kirby
Wilson Small
Pee Wilson Small
A. G. Ebys
Ier
Isi
Knight
Pawel Eal
Arnolds Park
Old Faithful
A. T. Fillenworth
Iowa
Alaska
Lipton
Cherries
Gee
Howard & Trevett
Chiropractors
I Os
Ourth
Tandar
Il Station
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