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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-21
Sheridan & SeafOrth

E. A. Olson of Hector was bust
ness visitor in Seaforth on Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. Alexander and son
of Vesta attended the Ladies Aid din
ner and bazaar, which was held ON
Thursday at the Workman hall.
Mrs. Clarences Johnson of Milaca
was guest at the home of her hus-
bands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C.
johnson for the past couple of weeks.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Smetak on Thursday,
November 18th.
Victor Bernardy, youngest son of
Mr.. and. Mrs. Nick Bernardy was
married to Miss Louise Veit at Mil
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-21

Company in connection with the Corn
Grain and Poultry Show to be helt
November 20, 81, and %. a
The only purpose of the meeting:
will be to discuss, from purely edu
cation standpoint, important pro
blems Of the farm and home. Where,
ever they have been held these meet
ings have been exceedingly helpful
and inspiring to both farm folks ant
town folks.
For further particulars address Z
H. Fudge, secretary, Tracy, Mimi
Entries close at 6 p. NJ, Tuesday
November Goth. Also All Club HOG
Show, with a sale-of IL to Is boars
on Thursday afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-21
Gales

Paul Olson arrived Friday evening
from Cleveland, Ohio for a visit a
the home of his brother and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb Olson, enrouts
here he spent Thursday with his sis
ter, Ruth Olson at Chicago.
Miss Elsie Zwach and friend from
New Ulm visited last Sunday at the
parental Joe Zwach home.
Mrs. Phil Reynolds and children
visited Saturday afternoon with hel
sister, Mrs. Caleb Olson.
Fred Stump recently purchased {
new Chevrolet car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Serr went to
the cities Friday morning on bust.
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rawlings from
Tracy visited Friday evening at the
Charlie Nelson home.
The Mothers Circle of Nettiew-
yynntt will hold it's annual supper
Tuesday evening, November 81 at the
Heye Flesner home.
Mrs. Otto Larson and Mrs. Chris
Peterson visited last Wednesday at
the Ed. Nelson home near Redwood
Falls.
Mrs. Edward Schafer was caller
Friday at the Van Dorsten home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Loavald went to
Rochester week ago Saturday where
Mrs. Loavald went through the Mayo
clinic. She is to have her tonsils re-
moved.
Rob Nelson's new Ford car which
was ordered some time ago was deliv-
cred last Tuesday.
Rev. C. V. Hamrin and Rev. Kahn
were guests to dinner last Thursday
at the Heye Flesner home.
Albert Setsvold and lady friend
from Oddin visited Sunday at the
Elmer Setsvold home.
Miss Mary Anne Zueg had the mis-
fortune to break her arm last week.
Isabelle Michigan spent Tuesday
night with her school chum Martha
Sooch.
Mrs. Rob. Nelson received word
that her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II
Brown of Walnut Grove had arrived
safely at Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Glen Johnson and Miss Ruby
johnson were shoppers in Tracy last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Phil Reynolds and Mrs. Frank
Reynolds were callers last Tuesday at
the Clifford Farber home in Walnut
Grove.
Mrs. Earl Reed called Sunday at the
Heye Flesner home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Kinney, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. G. Pyles and Mrs. G. p. Fitz-
gerald spent Sunday at the Will
Kinney home near Bird Island.
The Muetzel children from Red
wood Falls spent Sunday with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. L.
Breckenridge.
The eighth grade are enjoying the
study of "Evangeline" by Longfel-
low, for their reading this month.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-21

SHORT COURSE AT TRACY
Tracy has arranged for a Short
Agricultural Course to be given by
the Agricultural Extension Depart
ment of the International Harvester
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
Glen Echo Rules For
Amusement Seeker S
Comfort

L. B. Schloss, managing direc-
tor of Glen Echo Park, is also a
director Of the National Associa-
ton of Amusement Parks. These
parks must operate on the most
ethical basis at all times, and it
is interesting to note the creed of
Glen Echo:
/. Provide clean, safe, whole
some outdoor recreation.
2. Fill the hearts of children
with joy while spending their
hours of play in the sunshine and
fresh air.
8. Treat patrons as guests, and
by courteous manner make of
them friends who will look upon
this amusement center with pride
and
4. Send all home feeling that
the time spent in outdoor enjoy
ment was well spent.
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
FL NJ STUDIOS
FEATURED in
THIS PLAY

While it may. be true that the
stage does not, and is not sup
posed to, actually mirror life.
there are opera. Of course. which
do turn . searching inquiry into.
phases Of such angles .of life ~
particularly interest the man who
is doing the writing.
We have our realists and our
fictionists in the playwriting
game. Harry Leon Wilson,
author Of the book Merton Of
the Movies which the National
Players will submit for the new
week, is q composite Of both. His
play is just as informative on
the inner workings Of the film
studio as it il entertainingly re-
alistic as to the norm" Of many
people who try to crash onto the
lots for a career.
True enough, Mr.. Wilson and
his collaborators who adapted the
book to play form. have taken
certain license for entertain
ment's sake. This improves the
PLAYS value as a piece of amuse.
ment but it doesn't detract an
iota from the truthfulness with
which the studio interior Is de-
picted; along with its types-the
llot-house hero. the gruff director,
the blase camermen and the
hangers-on. The Montagu Girl,
too, is distinctly sincere por-
trayal OF that studio character
who arrives in Hollywood with
ideals and illusions and remains,
modestIy successful, to philoso-
phize about it all and take the
bad breaks and the good ones as
they come.
On the speaking stage the pub.
lie seldom gets q glimps Of life
behind the scenes. Merton"
owes its two-season New York
run, in part to the trick of letting
people peep behind the gates at
Hollywood and see there the
things that are never developed
into films for public bemusement.
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
DOORS OPENED
AT GLEN ECHO
TODAY

Amid colorful scenes and great
enthusiasm on the part of its
guests, Glen Echo was officially
open for the season today. The
great crowd found much to whtt
its appetite for fun and frolic,
and ample facilities for complete
enjoyment.
The new airplane swing is a
feature. This is one of the most
spectacular amusement devices
ever brought to Washington: in
fact. there are few in the country
This structure, 80 feet in height.
accommodates six planes, and
each plane holds six persons.
Another amusing device, max
ing a first appearance this year
is the Ringing Sisters Cat Cir
Gus" This feature appealed to
the small boy especially, who
found opportunity to take a pot
shot at tabby as she prowled over
the back fence.
All in all the opening of Glen
Echo Park is something to be
remembered, for despite the large
crowds, everything from the
street car service to the smallest
detail of arrangement gives the
impression of outdoor amusement
park efficiency.
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
THE MASKS TO
GIVE PLAY AT
CENTRAL

The delightful comedy, Captain
Applejack, by Walter Hackett.
has been chosen by The Masks.
a dramatic club composed OF Gen.
trail High School alumni, and will
be presented in the auditorium of
the school on May "a
The performance is for the pur
pose of aiding the fund for the
medal in memory of Elizabeth r.
Walton. dramatic coach OF Cen.
trail, which is awarded annually 70
the student who shows most Inn
provement in first year dramatic
work.
The cast is headed By Yvonne
Levy, who has just returned from
professional stage work under
David Belasco where she appeared
in THE Dove
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
GILDA GPAY'S
NEW DANCE
IS SHOWN

Bringing something new, some.
thing altogether different to the
screen, has earned the following
comment on Samuel Goldwyn from
one Of the leading critics of Los
Angeles: He IS an adventures
soul-a man who likes tost'y the
unusual and watch the effects"
In his latest undertaking, The
Devil Dancer starring Gilda
Gray, now playing at Loew's Pal.
ace, is q new exotic and appealing
dance, created by the same Gilda
Gray who shook the seductive
"Shimmy" into national popu.
larity.
The Goldwyn lot was hedged off
from the curiosity of strangers by
more than the unusually high
fences az this new dance was be"
ing created. But through cracks
in the fences and from the bub-
bling over enthusiasm OF Miss
Gray and her co.workers came a
hint OF what the successor to the
Charleston and Black Bottom will
be.
Ted Shawn. associated with Ruth
st. Denis, who had just returned
from Tibet, worked hard perfect
ing the execution Of the various
steps for the native dancers.
With such gathering Of talent,
the public may well anticipate a
terpsichorean masterpiece. In the
production the dance Becomes q
motive for the exotic loneliness of
an English girl, brought up by the
Black Lamas of Tibet. devil wor-
shipping sect, who offer the vestal
virgin symbolically, as bride 10
their devil-god.
From this sensuous and wierd
ritual dance, Miss Gray created a
modern counterpart, with Give
Brook. her leading man, in the pro-
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
@ABIE'S' EARLY
DAYS W ERE
STRUGGLE

When "Abie's Irish Rose" the
original New York company of
which opens a farewell Washing
ton engagement at Polls Theater
tomorrow night, with matinees on
Thursday and Saturday, first
opened in New York in 1922. the
box office attendants of the the
ster in which it was playing had
an easy time of it for about four
months. During that trying Pc
Rod the public just refused to re-
spond. Anne Nichols, the author
and producer, had engaged a
notable cast, and had given each
good contracts, despite the fact
that the theater owner in which
the play was housed, and her
friends, had declared it would
not last.
She felt, however, that she had
a success and her strong belief
in it was carried on to the cast
in what has been called 1.-THE
Gospel of Able" Receipts were
small, being just about sufficient
to pay expenses. The cast of
players-Andrew Mack, Bernard
Gorcey, Alfred White, Ida Kramer,
Jack Berth, Harry Bradley, Har-
old Shubert, and Patricia Quinn
held a meeting back stage one
day and voluntarily agreed to cut
their salaries until such time as
the business showed an improve
ment.
At the end of four months the
standing Room Only" sign was
being displayed in front of the
theater at every performance. and
shortly thereafter Anne Nichols
repaid to the cast every cent they
lost through their voluntary cut
in salaries.
In a recent interview, she said
1t was a tremendous task to put
it over and she was the happiest
woman in New York when the
tide turned. 1t was great thing,
she said, to be able to convince
the cast and the others con-
nected with the show that Able"
would be eventually accepted by
the theater- going public, Is just
what happened.
The Washington times., 1928-05-12

the monograph and the film reel.
bination of voice and screen. Then
the Vitaphone. Movietone and
other modern improvements on
the idea. Now we are told SHOW
boat" will be filmed by Universal
with Magnolia s" songs heard,
steamboat whistles, the noise of
street parades and some dialogue.
Lionel Barrymore predicted yes.
terday that the silver sheet Is in
direct competition with the spoken
stage and will soon stifie it com.
pletely He may be something
of a prophet.
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
Versatile Band

Loew's Palace Syncopators
changed from college boys to
Southern gentlemen last week in
a hurry. While the college unit
was here, several of the BOYS
had a chance to disport them.
selves in the role of actors. They
marched down the aisle with the
unit band. Last week they par.
ticipated by clapping hands, a
very difficult role. This week
they go back to their childhood.
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
Brand New Salute

That there is nothing new un.
der the sun" is being challenged
In "The Devil Dancer" now play.
ing at Loew's Palace. The Tibe-
tan substitute for the American
handshake, the Latin kiss on the
hand, the Fascist salute, the
Japanese rubbing Of noses, is
sticking the tongue out. In the
very best Of Tibstan circles, this
is considered proper etiquette. So
do not be surprised wnen you see
Gilda Gray do IL in The Devil
Dancer
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
Refugee Is Actor

Serge Temoff, dancer and Rus
sian refugee, makes his first
screen appearance in 1.-THE Devil
Dancer" Gilda Gray's latest film,
now playing at Loew's Palace.
Telnoff comes from Tomsk,
Siberia, where his father was in
the mining and fur trading bust
ness
The Washington times., 1928-05-12
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There came this desk Thursday the irascibe pro-
test of an estimable Washington with accompanying
influence to stop further performance 1.-The Road to
Rome in our fair city.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
Pumpkin Put to Many
Uses in New England

Long ago. when vegetables were
scarce, even in summer, and not to be
had at all in winter, the pumpkin was
put to extraordinarily diversified uses.
With 1t New England housewives made
pumpkin bread, now lost art. Pump
kin was also used in the making of
beer, custard, molasses, vinegar and
pies.
Small wonder the early New Eng
landers, as It is related in Peters Gen.
eral History of Connecticut, consid-
cred the pumpkin lone of the greatest
blessings and held very sacred in New
England"
Since earliest Colonial days the
pumpkin has been the homely symbol
in America of that season of mellow
fruitfulness that separate summer
from winter Although its name is
of French origin the pumpkin has be-
come an Institution typically Amer
lean.
The etymonogy of the word can be
traced from the French "pompon" In
use before the colonization of America,
through the stages of ''pompion" and
"pumpion" to pumpkin" And except
in print and among precise speakers
one today will encounter the colloquial
"punkin" oftener than the literary
pumpkin"
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
Singing Insects Bred
as Pets by Japanese

1t is in the summer that Japan's
traffic in singing insects becomes most
brisk. The largest wholesale insect
store in the country offers its Gus
toners a rich variety of little singing
friends.
The emmna-korogi, or cricket, can
be had for the equivalent of dime,
but the kutsuwamushi, noisier crea-
ture, fetches a quarter. During the
early summer season frefiies cost
about a cent apiece, but the price
drops as summer advances and 100
of the merry fellows can be purchased
for as little as 70 cents.
The chief insect store in Japan
maintains three breeding stations in
the suburbs of Tokyo, and it prides
itself on supplying the imperial
house with is indispensable bugs.
A really fine insect cage sells for
as much as 500. occupants and all.
Protection of the insects eggs calls
for the highest skill, and under no
circumstances are visitors allowed to
enter the breeding grounds, whose
pampered occupants live on mulberry
leaves.-Living Age.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
Historians Unable to
Place Queen of Sheba

The nationality of the queen Of
Sheba, mentioned In the Bible in con-
nection with visit to King Solomon,
is unknown for certain. 1t Is supposed,
however, that "Sheba," Is merely
variation of the word "Saba," which
was the name of country on the
Red sea In southwestern Arabia. This
region Is now known as Yemen. The
Sabeans were rk-complexioned white
people and belonged to the same gen.
eral family of mankind as the He
brews. They had extensive colonies
In Africa, where they mingled with
the Philippians, with whom they are
sometimes confused. The Abyssinians
have tradition that the queen of
iSheba who visited Solomon was a
monarch of their country and their
royal family claims descent from Men
elek, an alleged son of the queen of
Sheba by King Solomon. The queen
who made herself famous by her spec
tacular visit to King Solomon was
very likely the same person known in
history as Queen Balkis of the Sa-
beans.-Pathfnde Magazine.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
SP OR is and
ADJUSTMENTS

the hero of the game. Coming into
the game when his team was trailing
by one point, he booted a perfect
placement kic kafter touchdown and
tied the score.
Along with WI Fang's feat was a
dash of 81 yards by Mcconnell of
West Virginia for touchdown, in
the thir dquarter. The half had end
ed, West Virginia z, Wherefore 6.
At the offset Wilberforce started a
drive down the field to the three
yard line. After three tries, Lucas
shot a pass toward Tynes, but Nc
Cornell intercepted it an dstepped
off the necessary 81 yards for a
touchdown.
Wilberforce, however, was not
through yet. Their blood was up
and Immediately following Neon
nelPs run, Frank Galloway blocked
a West Virginia punt and raced 20
yards for touchdown. 1t was here
that WI Fang, who had been re-
moved from the game on account of
injuries was sent in to make the
kick which tied the score.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
Sun Long Worshiped
in Egypt and India

Since nothing was known of the ro-
tation of the earth in the days of long
ago, one can easily imagine how very
real yet mysterious the movement of
the sun must have seemed and how
naturally 1t was an object of wonder
and reverence. The suns daily jour-
ney, its contest with the darkness and
Its final victory at the dawn of the
new day are ideas which have led to
endless stories.
Ra, the great sun god of the Egyp-
tians, was thought to travel In a ship
across the waters Of the sky by day
and return during the night through
the kingdom of the dead. This god
was always represented either as
hawk or as a man with hawks head
in accordance with the belief that the
hawk always flies toward the sun.
In India the sun was worshiped as
the god Agni, who rode In a shining
chariot drawn by blood-red horses. In
ancient Hindu art this golden-haired
god was portrayed as having a double
face, seven tongues and seven arms.
The number seven was held sacred by
the Hindus and was thus employed to
symbolic the numerous and varied
duties performed by Agni.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
Ear of City Dweller
Has No Rest Period

Between beats the heart rests, and
between breaths the lungs and dia-
phragm have an instant's respite. ALI
the nerves and muscles of the body
have some time when they are re-
lieved of duty except those of the
ear in the noisy city. This is pointed
out by ear specialists, who say some
thing must be done about it to lower
the amount of deafness.
City noises going on day and night
keep the ear drum and the tiny bones
about ii in a constant state of vibra-
ton. People accustomed to them sleep
comfortably through normal night
sounds because the nerves are adapted
to something like temporary discon-
nection with the brain centers
Nocturnal periods of rest for the
ears seem as remote for the average
city dweller as the pot of gold at the
foot of the rainbow. His days and
nights are bedlam of motor ex-
hausts and horns, the footsteps and
voices of passersby and the thousand
and one other noises of the city street.
Lebanon Reporter.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
HOWARD DEFEATS LINCOLN
1910 BEFORE BIG CROWD

Washington, D. c., Dec. Ia.
N. P.)-Some twenty thousand rabid
football fans, gathered from all sec
tions of these United States, saw a
superior Howard team down a re-
juvenated and determined Lincoln
eleven here Thursday afternoon in
the American league park. The
score board read Howard IL, Lin
coin O. Again, for the fourth con-
secutive time, the Lions had been
forced to concede that the Bisons
were superior.
The game was thrilling from be-
ginning to end and those who came
expecting to see a rout were in for
rude awakening and those who
remained away from the game be-
cause they thought Howard would
run roughshod over the Pennsylvan-
ians missed one of the best games of
the season.
1t was a real football game with
two well coached elevens displaying
brand of football of the highest
type. Brilliant and deceptive run
ming attacks were shown by each
team, mixed with a whole lot of I'M
canny and accurate passing. 1t was
in the latter that Howard showed de-
cided superiority, completing ten
passes for more than 100 yards. In
fact, it was the passing of the Bisons
that spelled the undoing of the Lions.
Omaha monitor., 1928-12-07
MARRIAGE BY MAIL ERROR,
VERDICT OF PARTICIPANTS
Husband Cost Price of Postage Stamp
and Is Not Worth It.
Says Wife.

Kansas City, MOTOR a paltry
2-cent stamp Uncle Sam transports a
letter and thereby changes the desd-
MES of perhaps a score of persons.
No one knows what store of trag-
edy, romance. happiness, or anxiety
is packed into a half dozen envelopes
in a letter carriers hands. Surely
Nellie Wallace of Tchula, Mich, and
Deacon Joel Sect of Ell Paso had no
idea how they were shaping their fu-
lures when they addressed their en-
velopes to the sect Acquainted" col
umn of western newspaper.
It's getting ahead of the story to
mention II at this time. but-Nellie
later reflected after Joe became her
husband:
HE cost me the price of 2-cent
stamp. and, believe me. he's not worth
it to mel"
Joe's and Nellie's was literally
"mail-order courtship." Nellie's first
letter was printed In the magazines
column:
I'm not a f1apper, but would like to
correspond with men and women be-
tween the ages of twenty-five and
thirty-two."
Out of an avalanche of replies Nell
lie singled out Joe Sleet's as the most
interesting, and there ensued a cor
respondence that. within a north. be-
haved like a thermometer on an Au-
gust day. "Dear Nellie" became
Sweetheart" Photographs and locks
of hair accompanied statistical de-
scriptions. Letters we're signed with
multiple ks" and pictures of bleed
ing hearts, until Nellie found herself
aboard Texas-bound train to become
the bride of the ardent deacon.
The wedding took place in the home
of Joe and his mother. Joyous in
their new-found love and in their es-
cape from the boredom If single life
leach had been married before), the
couple felt that a Cupid in letter car
rier's uniform certainly had functioned
WELL
Then the mother-in-law trouble be-
gan; the young Mrs. Sleet and the ell
der Mrs SIeet found they had moth
ing in common except their last name.
Next the blissful bridegroom discov-
cred he had failed to make sure of his
wife's cooking ability. 1t was mega
tive Finally Deacon Joe Sleet staged
a fadeout.
The disIlusioned bride moved to
neighbours house and planned a d.
vorce suit on grounds of desertion.
al IN frd her husband had filed
petition charging che not only had
nfuse 10 prepare his meals but had
de-,e~ I'D that his mothe' lie i've their
home. and even had threatened her.