davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Lives Alone
and Likes It

A72-yeor-od womon hos found peoce and
happiness on q form otop mountoin in the
Blue Ridge 20 miles from AsheviIIe. N. c.
Mrs. Cordelio Ward hos lived oIone and moin-
toned herself in q crude 200 -yeor-oId log
Goblin for II yeors, living BY toth in God ond
hard work.
Mrs. Ward wos born on Word Mountoin in
onother Goblin z miles owoy. When she NOR
ried IS yeors oeo. her husbond took her to her
present home She hos not left it since. It
wos all the poir Of them could do to corn
livelihood, but when Mr.. Ward died II yeors
oeo the widow refused to Ieove-she wonted
to stoy where she could see out"
Although her neorest neiehbor lives mile
owoy, she hos never been ofroid. She trusts
in the Lord and q shotgun. which she keeps
loaded with buckshot. She proys twice doy
for heoIth ond guidance. but roreIy uses the
shotgun. and then only to shoot roidins
chicken howk
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Buffalo Lake Man
Dies During Visit
To Middle Creek
BY Irene Lueck

Middle Creek - John Fluck of
Buffalo Lake died at the home of
his son, Fred Fluck, Thursday
evening. Funeral services were
conducted at the Buffalo Lake
Evangelical church Monday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Rudolph Prodoehl and
family of Olivia spent several
days at the Fred Kuglin home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kuglin and
family visited Tuesday evening at
the Wilburt Jahnke home near
Danube.
The male quartet of Western
Union college of LIE Mars, Iowa
had charge of the morning service
at the Middle Creek church in the
absence of Rev. o. S. Monson
Sunday.
The school board of district 8
met with Miss Cam at the Ed
Lueck home Monday evening and
rehired her for another term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Moritz of
Buffalo Lake visited at the Fred
Fluck home Thursday evening.
Charles Zachow attended the
Walter Gerth sale at Sanborn Fri
day. .@
Steve Kurtz visited with his
brother George at Kimban Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Matzke of
Lamberton and Grace Fischer
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Ed Lueck home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Prodoehl
of Renville and Rose and Willard
Prodoehl visited with Ethel Pro-
doehl at the Montevideo hospital
Sunday.
Ethel Prodoehl underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the
Montevideo hospital Saturday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. ROLAND Gaffney,
Ralph Gaffney, Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Becker and Herman Draeger
of North Redwood were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
Draeger Sunday. g.
Mrs. Joe Fischer was confined
to her bed with the flu several
days last week. +
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Kurtz and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Schafer and family spent Friday
evening at the Vern Steinkamp
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
SONG LEADER
TRAINING TO
BE GIVEN HERE

Instruction in singing and song
leadership will be given members
of Redwood county All clubs,
farmers clubs, farm bureau units,
community clubs, Parent Teacher
associations, churches, schools and
similar groups, County Agent j. 1.
Swedberg announced this week.
The teacher, J. Carl Rhodes,
will be at the Wabasso school
house March 18 and 25 and April
l to meet delegates from the or
CARNATIONS. Hours for the school
are from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
A music instructor at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, Mr.. Rhodes
came from Texas where he had
considerable experience in lead
ing rural community singing and
arranging radio music programs.
One of the topics to be taken up
here is getting people to sing
A number of songs will be taught.
Only enrolled representatives of
organizations can be accepted and
all groups interested should send
the names of one or two persons
who will attend, to the county ex-
tension office by Thursday, March
IA.
Enrolment is limited to 40.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

home in Danube.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jahnke
and family visited at the Henry
Sommerfeld home Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sommers
spent Wednesday evening at the
w. M. Sommers home at North
Redwood.
Fred Prodoehl and son Alver
and Martin Prodoehl were bust
ness callers in Minneapolis Sat-
urday.
Friends surprised William
Kraft on his birthday Tuesday
evening.
Margaret and Iva Lueck of ST.
Paul spent the weekend at their
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Kurtz and
family attended the birthday
party of Mrs. William Kurtz at
Bird Island Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smila Fluck and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Fluck, Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Fluck
and family and Elmer Fluck of
Buffalo Lake visited at the Fred
Fluck home Wednesday evening.
Elmer Lueck of Danube was a
caller at the Ed Lueck home
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Kurtz of
Olivia were visitors at the Steve
Kurtz home Saturday evening.
Rose Prodoehl who is attending
Beauty Culture school in Man.
kato is spending this week at her
home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Card Without
Address Reaches
Its Destination

], Luverne - A postcard, post
marked San Francisco, California,
bearing only Miss Patty Koehn''
as an address, was received by
Miss Koehn here recently.
The card sent by Edward Lar
kin, also of Luverne, who was an
the west coast with the st. Thorn
as college debaters, was signed
ED L." and the correspondence
made no reference whatever to
Luverne. Postal employees were
at loss to explain how the card
traversed the $500 miles without
any indication whatsoever.
They said the only possible ex-
PLANTATION was that it might have
been among packages or letters
mailed to Luverne the same day
and thus had accidentally stuck
together with the rest of them I'M
til it was placed for local delivery
in Luverne.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
$l,573,97O PAID
HERE Since FALL
YEARS CORN LOANS
NEAR MILLION MARK,
80 DAYS TO GO

/ Friday marks the seventh ami
versary of the AAA program in
the United States-and in Red
wood county.
While some counties in the
country are planning dinners and
other festivities in observance of
the date, farmers and business
men of Redwood county will
participate by listening to a radio
program in which President
Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, secre-
tary of agriculture and Postmast-
er General James j. Farley, will
speak. The broadcast begins at
9 p. m. Friday over a nationwide
hookup.
Already this year the Triple A
has brought nearly a million dol
lars into Redwood county on 1889
corn loans alone. With sums for
soil conservation, parity returns
and wheat loans, returns from the
AAA total $1,573, 980.33 since last
October 1.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
HAPPENINGS IN
BECHYN REGION
By lydia Kodet

Thursday evening at his son, Fred
Fluck's home. Funeral services
were conducted in Buffalo Lake
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Rudy Prodoehl and chill
dren of Olivia recently spent
few days with her father, Fred
Kuglin and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Prodoehl were supper guests at
the Edward Kuglin home Sunday.
Rosetta Bartes, who is employ
ed at the Harold Zeismer home at
Olivia spent Sunday evening with
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Wohnoutka
and daughters and MIR. and Mrs.
Frank Wohnoutka were Sunday
dinner guests at the George Woh-
noutka home near RenVille.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Dahmes of
Morgan spent Sunday evening in
Bechyn.
Marie Frank spent last week
with her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Ridl
and son Larry near Renville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Sanger and
family of Lamberton spent Sun
day with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Malecek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Frank and
Wencel Frank were Sunday af-
ternoon visitors at the William
Frank home in Morton.
| TocorL Cob1yoiy, f., 0f Nori[,
Redwood, James Rejsek and Alois
Zetah returned Sunday afternoon
after a months trip through the
southern and western states. The
boys covered 5000 miles.
Harry and Freddie Kodet were
callers at the Henry Harazin
home near Olivia Monday after
| noon.
Rev. F. J. Tomek, Irving and
Alvin Zetah and Edward Herdina
made a business trip to Lonsdale
Wednesday. ...--. .
A town board meeting was held
Tuesday at the Lawrence Houdek
home.
Mrs. Edward Tersteeg and Lii
/ liam Houdek of Olivia visited
their parents here Sunday after
| noon.
Among those from Bechyn who
spent Monday at Olivia were: Mr..
and Mrs. Henry F. Frank and
| Wencel, Mr.. and Mrs. Alois E.
Kodet and Emil, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Serbus and Helen, Mr..
and Mrs. John Malecek, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Zetah and Alois and
Bernice Zetah, Joseph and Clar-
ence Serbus and Frank Trochlil.
| Rose Kahnke of Delhi was a
Wednesday overnight guest at the
John A. Kodet home.
! Rev. w. J. Jiracek of st. Paul
and Rev. Godfrey O'Sullivan of
Redwood Falls assisted Rev. F. j.
Tomek with services during mis-
sions at st. Mary's Catholic
church Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday.
Bernadine Jansen, teacher in
district 104, treated her pupils to
hot dinner at the school Friday
noon, celebrating her birthday.
j Clifford and Harry Molitor of
Lake Lillian were callers at the
Michael Kahout home Friday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Frantik and
Dolores of Olivia were visitors at
the Kasper Frantik home We'd
nesday and Thursday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John Bartes were
sponsors Sunday at the baptism
of Gordon Francis ZeiSmer, infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Zeis-
mer of Olivia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Frank
and children spent Thursday eve
ming at the Mike Brazil home
near Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Larson of
Minneapolis were Friday and Sat-
urday visitors at the John Mach
olda home.
il MIR. and Mrs. Frank Chan and
family of Renville were Sunday
afternoon visitors at the Edward
Wohnoutka home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
AAAs Seventh Birthday Finds 1920 Redwood County Formers Eroe

OF that amount 1884,, 506.83 for
1889 soil conservation payments
has not yet arrived but will 'be
here any day." according to Fay
Starr, county soil conservation
committee chairman.
Up to the first of March,
1,589,601 bushels of 1889 corn
were sealed on county farms
and S905,776 has been distri-
buted in loans on that corn.
The loan figure should soar
over the million dollar mark
this year as farmers have 80
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

YES the parish in Birch Coulee
township. .
Besides redecorating, the Frank
lin parishioners have built a full
basement under the church, re-
singled the building and bought
home for their pastor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
English Lutheran
Mems Club Formed

r. o. Svare was elected presi-
dent of the Mems club of the Eng
lish Lutheran church, organized
at an oyster stew supper Wednes-
day. Other officers are: C., 0.
Halvorson, vice president; L. w.
Fosshage, secretary and G.. N.
Nelson, treasurer.
The group will meet once each
month, inviting others who are
interested IN club activities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Franklin Church
Being Decorated

Franklin-Work of redecorating
the interior of the Catholic church
mere got under way last week.
Rev. Henry J. Byrne is the resi-
dent pastor of the parish and SER
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
cent in 1888.

cent in 1888.
Participation in the 1889 pro-
gram brought Redwood county
farmers $685., 204.33, in addition to
the corn loan. OF this $192,040.76
represents parity payments; ST.
0l3.76, sugar beet payments; SIS
166. 46, wheat loans and $458, $685.
35 conservation payments which
included returns for keeping corn,
wheat and ether soil-depleting
crops within the allotted acreage
and planting grasses and other
soil-building crops.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
more days in which to apply
for corn loans.

That the program grows in po-
pularity here year by year is in
Dictated in sign-up figures.
Since January l total of LISA
Redwood county farmers have
signed to participate in the 1910
program while ZIG of those con-
tacted have refused to take part.
This represents cooperation by
SO per cent Of farmers asked to
join in the program, compared to
70 per cent in 1889 and 80 per
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

The highest recorded gust of
wind in this country was at the
rate of 231 miles an hour, atop
Mount Washington, N. H, on
April II, 1884.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

United States dairy production
is highly stabilized, the per capita
output of milk products having
varied no more than 6 per cent IN
Is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
No Rebuke Intended,
Cudahy
Told by Roosevelt
Incident Is Closed,
WeIIes Announces
After Conference

BY the Associated Press.
John Cudahy, Ambassador to Bel
GUM, has been told by President
Roosevelt that there was no inten-
ton to reprimand him for his re-
cent statementsFin London on condi-
tions in German-occupied Belgium.
After a talk with the President
yesterday, Mr.. Cudahy said he had
been authorized to say he received
mo rebuke and none was intended"
He added there was mo question
Of my resigning" from the diplo-
matte service.
Acting Secretary of State Sumner
Weiles, who said last week Mr..
Cudahy had violated standing in
structions" Of the State Department
in permitting the London interview.
announced, after the Ambassador
had reported to him, that the Incl
dent was closed and that no rebuke
had been administered.
Misguided, Cudahy Says.
Mr.. Welles said Mr.. Cudahy told
him some press accounts of his Lon
don interview had misquoted him
in many important particulars.
In the Associated Press report of
his interview in London, which, Mr.
Cudahy described as fair state
ment," he was quoted as saying Bel
GUM faced a condition CLOSE to
famine" by mid-September unless
food supplies reached there from the
United States.
The British press criticized this
as an implied plea for relaxation of
the blockade to permit American
food supplies to go to Belgium.
No Reflection Intended.
Also, Mr.. Cudahy was quoted as
saying German soldiers in Belgium
behaved possibly better than Ameri-
can soldiers would have under SINH
lar circumstances.
Mr.. Cudahy reiterated his views
here yesterday regarding conditions
An Belgium, and emphasized he had
intended no reflections on American
soldiers by his remarks about the
conduct of the German troops.
He said he would leave soon for
New York to discuss Belgium prob
lens and then go to his Milwaukee
home for vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Gerald |. 0xenburg, 80,
D. T.. Attorney, Dead

Gerald I. Oxenburg, 80. Washing
ton attorney, died yesterday after
a short illness.
Mr. Oxenburg was a native of
the District and received A. B. and
law degrees from George Washing
ton University. He had been prac-
ticing law for about eight years and
at the time of his death was asso-
ciated with the firm of WEIGH, DAILY
& WEIGH.
He was a member of Samuel
GomperS Lodge of the Masons, of
the Epsilon Lambda Phi Fraternity
and Argo Lodge of B'nai Birth.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Oxenburg, with
whom he lived at 1925 Seventeenth
street NV, and two sisters, Mrs.
Aaron Deitz of Hyattsville, Md
and Mrs. Alfred Abramson of Alex
andria, Va.
Funeral services were arranged
for pm. today at the Danzansky
chapel, 1901 Fourteenth street NV.
Members of the Bar Association OF
the District who planned to attend
the services are H. Mason WEIGH,
Henry j. DAILY, j. Harry WEIGH,
Al Philip Kane, Philip Goldstein
and Isadore Brill. Burial will be
in the Adas Israel Congregation
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

tons OF bombs on Chinese bases in
Szechwan Province.
1t said 1000 tons were unloaded
on Chungking, Chinese provisional
capital.
During the period the Japanese
claimed to have shot down IS Chi
nese pursuit planes in air battles
and destroyed 81 on the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

scription or forced labor" during
peacetime constituted an abroga-
ton Of civil rights and said demo-
cratic institutions of the Nation
were fully adequate to deal with
the present situation"
Another resolution approved yes
terday advocated national prohibi-
ton Of the manufacture of alco-
holic liquors as part Of the defense
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
British Ads Adopt
Wartime Caution
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON.-In these days when
every one is warned not to display
any geographical information that
might be of military value, even ad-
vertising boards have been brought
up to date. An example seen at
a southern resort under the head
ing, Wartime Bargain:
Beautiful detached house sit
uated on the main road from
(blank) to (blank) overlooking
(blank) bay and (blank) harbor.
Five minutes walk from the (blank)
bus route, the (blanD shopping
center and the (blank) railway sta
tion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

RETIRED BROKER DIES
Oliver Hartman, IT, Promi-
nent as a New York broker
until his retirement. in 1888,
died yesterday at his home,
701 Woodside parkway, Silver
Spring, Md, after an illness
of two months. He was
brother-in-laW of Mrs. J. Bor-
den Hartman, United States
Minister to Norway. Funeral
services will be in White
Plains, N. Y.
Underwood & Underwood
Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

Among the four-year scholarships
given to seven members of the
freshman class at Union College,
Schenectady, N. Y, was $500
award to a graduate Of Mckinley
High School. Andrew L. Comrey OF
Charleston, w. Va, for study In
science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Opposes Droft
As Peucetime Measure

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-An anti,
CONSUMPTION resolution was adopted
by the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union at closing sessions
OF its seth national convention.
The measure asserted that con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Bomb Tonnage in Raids
Listed by japanese
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, Aug. 15.-A Japa-
nese Navy statement today said $500
Japanese warplanes operating on 38
of the last 80 days dumped $500
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29

In the last issue of the Golden
dale Sentinel an editorial strongly
urges the voters in that district to
give support only to candidates from
Klickitat county. We can appre-
ciate the motives back of this senti-
ment and feel that all things being
equal, it would be good for this dis
trict, which is very large and di-
versified in its interests, to have
representatives from both sections.
However, divisional support, re-
gardless of the qualifications of the
candidate, does not follow sound
reasoning. After all any candidate
elected to legislative post is OBJ
ligated to support the best interests
of all parts of the district, and the
more fitted he is for the post the
more he is apt to do just that.
There is distinct danger in elect
ing any man to the legislature from
this district who feels particularly
bound to support one end Of the
district at the expense of the other.
IF Klickitat county is to adopt that
principle in voting, it behoves
Franklin and Benton counties to
give increased support to the candi-
dates from this end of the district,
lest we suddenly awaken after cleo
ton to find all representation from
the other end of the district.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29

Most all the busy men we know
expect to ease up one of these days
and take a vacation. Come to think
of it, most of the funerals of men
that we have attended were men
who were planning to take little
time off before the y died and take
a vacation. Somehow they just
never got around to it.
Fifty years ago there were no au-
tomobiles. Operations were rare.
There were no radios or picture
shows. There was no grape fruit.
Milk shakes were the common drink.
Farmers came to town for their
mail. The popular diversion Sun
day afternoon was to go down to the
depot to see the train come in. Wo-
men wore tight shoes and tighter
corsets. Skirts dragged the side
walks. No one swatted flies. Few
houses had screens on the windows.
For a nickle one could put a pair
of tubes to his ears and hear a
photograph record. Milk was five
cents quart Or six quarts for a
4uoI GC1. oICdo W1S 1.-Two SCAAeo o. 1OoA
or six loaves for a quarter. There
was no relief program. Every man
supported his own family and made
provisions for his own old age. Fore
closures were rare. Nearly everyone
walked to church and all children
walked to school. Perhaps this is
the reason there were fewer fore
closures. Gasoline was used only
for cooking. The butcher thought
nothing of throwing in, without cost,
a liberal chunk of liver. Women's
bathing suits had long skirts and
the bathers wore cotton stockings.
Women wore high top button shoes.
Men wore congress shoes. Women
wore knee length shorts in the pep
piest chorus shows only.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
A SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY

A SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY
During the year 1910 is being cele-
brated internationally the 500th
anniversary of the invention of
printing by Johan Gutenberg.
why" no doubt many of us are
disposed to ask, should we concern
ourselves about the origin of any,
thing so commonplace as printing!"
It is indeed fact that printing
has become so familiar factor in
our everyday lives that we take it
almost as much for granted as the
air we breathe. We see printed mat
ter everywhere every day.
It takes only an instant's thought
to reveal how indispensable printing
is to all of us, in every aspect of our
lives. We have learned almost
everything we know from printed
books. The printed word is source
of inspiration and SuStenance for
our spiritual life, and also provides
amusement and recreation for our
leisure hours.
Printed newSpaperS--such as this
one-bring us each day comprehens-
i've reports of happenings local, ma
tional, and interna tional. Com
merce and industry constantly tell
us in word and pictures, and in an
infinite variety of printed forms, of
products and services which con-
tribute 20 the efficiency, comfort
and pleasure of living.
The story of how printing has in
fluenced every form of human en-
terprise, and of how it has liberat-
ed mankind from the letters of ig-
norance and superstition is an
amazing saga of human history.
The power of the printed word to
influence human thought and &C
ton, according to Douglas c. Nc
Murtrie, chairman of the Invention
of Printing Anniversary Committee
of the International Association of
Printing House Craftsmen, has sell
dom been more impressively demon
strated than at just the present
time, when we see governments in
Europe enforcing rigorous control
Of the press in order to control. the
thinking as well as the conduct of
their peoples.
To retain our own representative
government we must maintain in
violate the freedom of our press
the heritage passed on to us 500
years ago as a fruit of the inventive
genius of Johann Gutenberg. Here
in America, more than in any other
country on earth, we have reason to
celebrate the 500th anniversary of
the invention of printing.