Death Calls Mrs. Byrnes of Brookings at 69
Mrs. Margaret Byrnes longtime Brookings resident died at her daughter’s Brookings home on May 19 at age 69 from heart trouble. Born Margaret Foley in Louisville Kentucky on May 25 1872 she married Edward Byrnes in 1890 and lived on a farm before moving to South Dakota in 1902. Survived by two sons and nine grandchildren, funeral held May 21 at St Thomas Catholic Church Brookings with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Margaret Byrnes
Brookings County
Lester Leibbert
Brookings
Margaret Foley
Louisville
Kentucky
Edward Byrnes
South Dakota
Carl Weidenfeller
Michael Foley
Lawrence
Edward
Sioux Falls
Leonard Jornin
North Brookings
Edward O’leary
Elkton
Alfred Eivernd
Celman
Akron
al. Thomas
St. Thomas’ Catholic Church
M. D
F. X. Dooley
Greenwood Cemetery
James Foley
James Gale
Robert
Elizabeth Welch
Jeese
Emmett
William
Tess Foley
Sam Claassen
Thomas
Local letters from Camp Claiborne and county notices
Private Arnold Nall reports training at Camp Claiborne Louisiana with draftees and guard boys learning faster. reunions with home folks and names of fellow soldiers mentioned. Also reported are 4-H club camp in Lake Odin Lake near Madison South Dakota a drowning of Leone Theis and her sister, weed commissioners named in Plymouth County, a death of Lars Quail, stockholders gathering at Alcester for REA meeting with Miss Oliver Ringsrud as guest speaker and notes on Union County rural affairs.
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The
Register-Tribune
Arnold Nall
Akron
Camp Claiborne
National Guard
Fania
Harold Scott
Kenneth Zierath
Ray McNamara
Jay Robertson
Herbert Ross
Harley Caskey
Marvin Morehead
Herbert
Marvin Arg
M Company
135Th Infantry
Harley
136Th Med
133Rd Inf
Lincoln-Union Electric Company
Alcenter
REA
Oliver Ringsrud
South Dakota
Ringsrud
Here
Union County
Akron seeks bids for gravel and asphalt street project
Notice to contractors seeks sealed proposals for a major street improvement in Akron Iowa with 100000 square yards of gravel base and 100000 square yards of wearing surface. Bids due June 25 1941 with 10 percent bid bond. Plans from Town Clerk and Currie Engineering. Award set for council meeting. June 5 and 12 1941 published.
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Akron
Plymouth County
Iowa
Iown
Haskell
Mill
Reed
Dakota
Main
Sargent, Hardy
Depot
Council For Cause
Currie Engineering Company
Webster City
Currie Engineering Co
Towa
Alvin Manning
Preston Township Notes and Alfalfa Harvest Timing
Community reminders cover a June 4 Ta dies Aid meeting, visits, and confirmations of anniversaries. An Iowa State College agronomist notes alfalfa should be cut around June 10 to 15 for best hay quality, with three cuttings yearly preferred over two or four.
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Town State College Agronomists
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Alfalfa cutting times and Union County eighth grade event
The article notes hay cutting timing with two and three harvests and weather effects on moisture and drying. It reports 143 students at Union County eighth grade commencement in Elk Point with EL Martin of Brookings delivering the address. Graduates listed include Richland Dist. 2 David Blanchard, Holden George Lingle, Eugeno Holden.
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Union County
Elk Point
EL Martin
Brookings
Schoola
Eastern Union
Richland, Dist
David Blanchard
Ddsel. Holden
George Lingle
Eugeno
City route change eyed to ease danger and protect institutions
Eastward to westward realignment of a main road near LeMar gon would shift the new route one block west, reducing curves and diverting traffic away from a Catholic hospital, school and church. Bids open June 24 with work possible this summer, including 1000 feet of cement paving and several culverts, original plans show.
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LeMarg
LeMars City Council, State Highway Pact Redirects Route No 5
LeMars city leaders have struck an agreement with the state highway commission to alter the approach of Highway No 5 into the city. The pact aims to improve traffic flow and safety by rerouting the main thoroughfare away from crowded streets and into a designated corridor project.
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LeMars
State Highway Commission
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Lake Odin
Madison
Leone Theis
Alcester
Jernnette
Board of Supervisors
Charles Croston
Hinton
Leon R. Ogden
John Bohlke
Remsen
Henry Schut
Richard Tindall
Emory C. Klemme
Alcester Union
Lars Quall
Sanator
Cal Philco
Philco Kitchen
Philco
Eseged
W.L. Mitchell
Marion Rhodes
Preston
Preston Township
Luther League
LeMara Park
Theo. Meyer
Preston Township Lutheran Church
W. Harry Christy Funeral Home
W. Harry Christy
NORKA
Hugh Herbert
Johnny Mack Brown
Joan Blondel
Dick Powell
Lionel Barrymore
Edward Arnold
Cheyenne
Sis Hopekins
Abbott & Costello
the Navy
L. K. Burret, Jeweler
Akron Bakery
Akron Ia
Midwest
Aviators
Red
National Credit Car
HIWAY
Adams & Wilcox
Rusty’s
Pecha
Sayles
Betty Harkness
Lawrence Maynard
Spring Crevik
Robert Duntum
West Union
Bernice Anderson
Eldon Seely
Shirley Slinehart
Hoyt
Lowell Hesehler
Arton Hrieson
Jean Claussen
Marian Mickbohm
Mount Hope
WwWilma Dedager
Phyllis Dewey
Pleasant Till
Martin Jean Greenwood
North Spink
Joyce Abraham
Big Springs
Wendell Johannsen
Ray T Lawrence Anderton
Dwight Wetroskey
Hanna Anderson
Harlan Bergdale
LeMars Abstract and Title Co
Central Ave
W. LE Mars
Maude Buckley
Mer
Ross Funeral Home
Harley C. Lewison
Rev
Mgr
Dak
Plymouth County Abstract
Court House
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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