Burdett Items of Interest
Mr and Mrs Glenn Simpson entertained several guests including Mrs James Rush and the Simsons family. Merl Jacques visited the Waggoner family. Ernest Reed plans to move to the Kennedy place. Waggoners move with others helping while more neighbors visit. Local visits include Wall, Nyce, Lawton, and Hartkopp families. School children and mothers held a farewell party for those leaving Ellingson district. Garden seeds hint at spring approaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Simpson
James Rush
Tom Simpson
Boyd Simpson
Merl Jacques
Waggoner
Frank Wall
Nyce
Harry Lawton
Wallace Thompson
Ernest Reed
Red Kennedy
Mary Moon
May Wall
Wm. Keller
Lawrence Keller
Iowa Falls
Emil Hastkopp
Frank Hartkopp
Luke Aswegan
Will Stubbings
Chas. Ries
Alden
Joe Waggoner
Spainhower
Chapin
South Alden Socials Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Priscilla Bigelow spent the weekend with the Duncan family. Burl Bawhite hosted a large gathering south of Alden on Saturday night. Roy Youngerman and son from Mason City visited the Blackmore home over the weekend. Chas Lyon and the Ed Lyon families were dinner guests in the Esslinger and Louire homes. Heney Smith hosted guests including the Lettows Lyon and Phelps Kellecey families. Gertrude Ellsworth spent Sunday in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Bigelow
Duncan
Burl Bawhite
Alden
Roy Youngerman
Mason City
Blackmore
Chas. Williams
Chas
Lyon
Esslinger
Louire
Heney Smith
John Lettow
Chas, Lyon
Phelps Kellecey
Gertrude Ellsworth
Dee Moines
Amys
Tha
Weekend Visitors Circulate Among Local Homes
Floyd Bardite hosts Priscilla Bigelow and Betty Ess linger as overnight guests in his Preston Duncan home. John Lyon joins Sunday dinner at Henry Harms to help Rudy celebrate a birthday. Howard Maine of Ledward visits Floyd Barhite's household Saturday and Sunday. Will Fisher and Mrs Woo dine Sunday at Godfrey home. Russell and Glen Kreamer stay with the Duncan clan Saturday. Tona Duncan stays with Godfrey Saturday and Sunday. Floyd Barhite family hosts an oyster supper in Will Neuenfeldt home Friday. Mrs Celia Godfrey Gertrude Elsworth Preston Duncan and Will Fischer spend Saturday in Webster City. Betty Esslinger is supper guest in D C Owens home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bardite
Priscilla Bigelow
Betty Esslinger
Preston Duncan
John Lyon
Henry Harms
Rudy
Howard Maine
Ledward
Floyd Barhite
Will Fisher
Woo
Godfrey
Russell
Glen Kreamer
Duncan
Tona Duncan
Will
Buckeye Court Handles Tractor Suit and Local Elections
A local court in Buckeye heard a suit by Bram Lumber of Garden City against Lawrence Heilscher over a $200 tractor payment, ruled for the lumber company. Jurors were W. Black, Frank Bessman, Otto Winter, Gust Kasischke, Floyd Ackerman, and Roy Howell. The community reported many social visits, school caucus plans, and widespread moving as farm families prepare new arrangements. Pearl Doud plans to sail March 22 for Africa as a missionary. Rev. C Hesse and Rev. A H Janke spoke at various gatherings, with six weeks tests set for the public school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye Depot
Justice of Peace
D. D. Walker
Bram Lumber Company
Garden City
Lawrence Heilscher
Near Hubbard
The
Lumber Company
W. Black
Frank Bessman
Otto Winter
Gust Kasischke
Floyd Ackerman
Roy Howell
Marguerite Robbie
Cedar Rapids
Grace Robbie
Harold VanPatter
Herman Hook
Lloyd Kumrow
Walter Bertog
Walter Sielaff
Gladys Sperger
Clyde Lindsley
Paul Porter
Helen Wadd
VanPatter
Miss Wadd
Town Hall
Ernest Gaston
Ernest Lettow
Chas Bertog
Buckeye
Fern Case
Alden
Buckeye Damon
J. Siefken
Rembrandt
Siefken
Mr. Siefken
Farmers Elevator Company
Herman Sielaff
Donald Madole
S. Bushman
Kinney
Fred Bertog
Benshoof
Herb Lettow
Bertogs
Clarence Kasischke
John Baker
Williams
United Farmers Meeting
Kidora
Iowa Falls
Pearl Doud
Eldora
Africa
P. Doud
Miss Robbie
Walther League
C. Hesse
League
A. H. Janke
Fort Dodge
Jack Smith
Grundy Center
Alden Church Notes and Community Events
A digest from Alden Lutheran and nearby churches lists services on March 5 with German and English Lenten sessions, Sunday school growth at Methodist Episcopal, Upworthy League, and world Day of Prayer events. Also notes chicken supper plans, Father and Son banquet, library meeting, Gleaners and Kings Heralds activities, and Christian Science study excerpts and citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakes’ Aid
Methodist Episcopal
Upworth League
Ellis Church
Brotherhood
Comrades
Ellis
John
Cecil Lyon
Gleaners
Leland Murphy
Spe
Kings’ Heralds
Nudist crackdown in Anwali shocks island morals
In Anwali nudists are arrested as police clamp down on public decency. The remark implies Hawaiians are progressing morally while other nations linger in vice, reflecting a colonial era view of civilization and behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islands
The Press as Public Protector and Critic
Newspaper criticism serves as a check on government and officials shielding taxpayers from excess and corruption. It argues fearless reporting reveals facts citizens must know to keep the body politic healthy, warn of abuses, and prevent law from becoming a mere farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Budget Keeps Rising And Falling In Washington
A weary short essay argues the budget's constant rise and fail to balance terrifies officials. Repeated revenue plans emerge, are revised, dropped, or killed by powerful interests. The piece laments the ongoing cycle harming the country and asks what ails the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Looking Backward Ten Years Ago and More in Alden
A compilation of local notes recalls ten years past with deaths of Mrs. Wilhelmina Pingel and Joseph Thompson, ill health of Mrs. Ethel Long, travels of Mrs. Will Alden and Nina to Innisfall Canada, and visits by Mrs. J N Balentine. Also, twenty and thirty year items cover weddings, farm changes, school and church events, sales, and local travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Pingel
John Harms
Joseph Thompson
Ethel Long
Will Alden
Nina
Innisfall
Canada
J. N. Balentine
Wichita
Kansas
Edith
George Hurst
A. D. Pettenger
R. A. Schmedika
Buckeye
Wim. Jass
Augusta Stielow
Pildora
C. W. Sheaffer
I. E. Lawton
Eldora
Hap” Colt
J. B. Huston
Waterloo
F. S. Wood
Goose That Lays the Golden Egg Lays South
An editorial argues the United States should shift focus from European trade to strengthening reciprocal relations with Latin American nations. It laments slow efforts by statesmen and diplomats to build regional markets while China and Japan influence global trade. The piece urges a closer continental approach to keep trade within North and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central and
South America
Europe
League of Nations
China
Japan
Mirthful Festival Dinner Marks Rorenstein Will Anniversary
In fulfillment of Fer dinand Rorenstein of Newark New Jersey's will a mirthful festival dinner was held on the first anniversary of his death with 300 relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Rorenstein
Newark
N. J
Court fines Newton man for drunken driving after testimony
Thomas R Falon of Newton Massachusetts was fined $100 for drunken driving after he testified he drank a bottle of brandy to hide it from police following a collision. In a divorce case Mildred F Richardson of Boston testified her husband is a cave man claiming he dragged her, threw a telephone, and poured coffee on her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Falon
Newton
Mass
Mildred F. Richardson
Boston
Mt. Rainier
United States
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South Alden News
Kreso Dip Nol
M. W. Ries
News OF
S. S
Christian Science Churches
Eneiat
Mary Baker Eddy
Israel
Gilbert Ellingson
Clara J. Johnson
George Tordoff
A. G. Wood
Roy Ridout
A. F. Bushman
John Kreamer
L. J. Donelson
W. J. Thomas Aylward
Sioux City
Mabel Whitney
Clementine Rummel
Domestic Science Club
S. W. Benshoof
Fred Evert
George Fuller
A. Edwin Smith
Vera Lighthall
Bartlesville
Okla
Earl Carey
Burdette
Fiske
Earl Bolden
John Heinzeroth
L. C. Brock
Poland
Lee Sing
John Tomilinson
Arkansas
Texas
J. H. Shriner
D. Kane
C. I
Joan Furry
Kansas City
Tommy Aylwards
Maria
Helen Walsh
Ed Pritchard
Chicago
Hoskin & Pritchard
Wm. Jass
S. A. Tisher
Christina Christenson
Times
Jurgensen
Gener
Ter
Ceomical States Electric Company
Iowa
Tifa
Women's World
Household Magazine
Good Stories
Gentlewoman Magazine
the County Home
Ie Farm Jounal
Pictorial Review
Woman's World
Town and Stete
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