Whittemore Notes on Local Happenings and Visitors
Whittemore residents plan city and countryside outings with Bloomers tours, hail insurance reforms, and new cement sidewalks. Local figures like Dullard, Meinlke, Metzger, Brunner, Carmody, and Elbert are active in church projects, threshing, and machinery deals while townsfolk prepare crops, telephone lines, and community events for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Liddy
West Bend
Fenton
Algona
Chicago
White
Mrs. White
Thomas
Wolfe
H. J. Thompson
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Okoboji
Great Weekly
Allison
Congress
Whittemore
Father Dullard
A. H. Bixby
Spirit Lake
Hello
Central
Gideon
Jas. Markle
Iowa
August Meinlke
Sioux City
Brunner
Carmody
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Jona Agin
Theo
Elbert
St Benedict News brief local incidents and social notes
Last Tuesday Jos Neuman was thrown from a wagon while trying to stop frightened team. he suffered neck and shoulder injuries as the horses bolted into trees. A Monday telephone meeting discussed future line wiring for the St Benedict area. Leonard Newman and Mrs Henry Seiler returned from the Newman Doeat wedding in Dell Rapids South Dakota. A well attended dance at the Arn Lorfer home Wednesday evening, a telegram announced the death of Bernard Werberg of New Vienna, and a party for local youths at the J B Weiner home. The stork visited Jos Neuman, delivering a baby girl. Nick Groh arrived from Irvington to supervise tiling work on his farm. Socials at the Ceo Ferst home and the Frank Arndorfer home Were noted. Chas Caspari left for Mangano North Dakota for a new position. Painters work on the Peoples Savings Bank exterior. Emma Ludwig of Bancroft visiting the Greg Studer home. Magie Spangler of Wealey attended a gathering at the Frank Arndorfer home. Hane Carlson of Sexton was here Saturday.
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Jos
Neuman
Sexton
Eckles
Nora Springs
St. Benedict
Leonard Newman
Henry Seiler
Newman-Doeat
Dell Rapids
F. H. ‘Arn Lorfer
J. B. Werberg
Bernard
New Vienna
J. B. Weiner
Stork
Nick Groh
Irvington
Ferst
Chas, Caspari
Manango
N. I
Peoples’ Savinga Bank
Misa Emma Ludwig
Bancroft
Greg , Studer Homer
Migs Magie Spangler
Wealey
Giather
Frank Arndorfer
Hane Carlaon
Sexton Waaa
Bancroft News Highlights From The State Row
State Superintendent John F. Riggs refuses to issue certificates to five Kossuth county teachers amid fraud suspicions over nearly identical exam answers. Bancroft reports all five are graduates of St. John's Parochial High School, with 97 to 99 marks on papers, sparking debate on integrity and training. The issue follows local marriages, visits, and community notes across Bancroft including Ringsdorf-Inman nuptials, town visits, and miscellaneous updates.
Festive farewell events in Swea City honor Mr Kruse
A series of community gatherings in Swea City marked farewell events for Mrs H N Kruse and Mr H N Kruse. The Thursday club gave a rose jar, Masons a banquet and gold watch, and the azidag club a silver meat fork. A combined banquet and festival at the opera house honored the couple with a gold Signet ring from the commercial club. Music accompanied the celebrations as neighbors visited and shared news of local residents and travelers.
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Thursday Club
H. N. Kruse
C. Wallaces
Masons
Kruse
W.R. Jacobs
Commercial Club
The
Baptist Church
Opera House
J. M. Dye
J. Iva Moats
Oscar Berggren
John Erickson
W. F
Burt
Bancroft
Frank Stockton
Hawarden
J. P. Frakes
Minna Casebern
Waterloo
Rampton
P. J. Heiken
John Lugard
Haglund
West
Benjamin Rhodes
Dakota
M. P. Strand
North Dakota
Bicycle accident injures woman near Ledyard bridge
While fishing Monday evening near the town bridge, Ross Colemann riding a bicycle went over the embankment and struck Mrs. Wm Kau in the back, causing severe injuries. A team was needed to bring her home and she later rested easy.
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Ledyard
Ross Colemann
Wm Kau
Sam Drake remembered for lake patrol and life insurance work
Sam Drake of Clear Lake receives public thanks for a scenic lake patrol by motor boat nicknamed the naptha launch. He balances policy writing with hobbies, collecting “whales” as brain fodder, while plans include real estate and community notices about fairs and excursions to the Twin Cities with low round trip rates and sleeper reservations.
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Sam
Britt: Tribune
Sam Drake
Clear Lake
Twin Cities
Town Central
Minneapolis
St Paul
Algona
Sturday
Minneapolis Sur
St. Paul
Mingenpolis
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American Bankers Association
American Surety Company of
New York
Jesse L. Bonar
Atty
Algeng State Bank Bldg
Alwota
Jon &. Cullen
Tone Brothers
Tone Bros
Spices
Ofs mMointe
J. P. Byson
Phang No
A. Vincent
I, G. Vincent Vincent Bros
Sannacsgrs
Stack & Vincent Meat Market
Hugh Norwood
Algona Rendering Works
Pbighest
Worthern
Algona Milling and Grain Co
Barcorn
Janperson & McMurray
Geo. Boyle
Golumn
Whittemore News and Comment
St. Benedict News
Bancroft News
State Register and Leader
John F. Riggs
Kossuth County
St. John’s Parochial High School
Johnny
Dixi
H. L. Inman
Frank Ringsdorf
Myrtle Inman
G. F. Barslou
Pierre Barslou
Hale Inman
Leslie Inman
Titonka
H. S. Inman
N. Tilmoney
Gertie
Grace
Helen Winkel
Sudmeier and
Winkel
Jeanette
Lillie Lundstrom
Elmore
Ethel Saunders
Hall
Allemania
Wis
Rosa
Henry Froehie
Creton
Daota
Gertrude Finney
Rochester
Don Kennedy
Thorn Lee
Waukon
John Jacobs
Jac. Heiertz
N. Dakota
John
Jac
Greenwood
Evergreen Farm
J. P. Mousel
Sartor
Maurice
John Bernhard
Dr. Sartor
Win Stahl
Will Kerr
Seneca
Swea City
Benny Bollig
Carl
Rodman
J. C. Klein
Rhodemeyer
Lone Rock
EB. A. Baker
M. E. Church
Walker
Maynard
Fanny Beard
Mason City
Silby Richardson
Armatrong
McQuirk
Mike Kaufmann
Matt Kremer
Rusticate
Elizabeth Kennedy
Misa Martha McCarty
Math Rieder
John Sheridan
Denver
Colo
Underkofter
Sheridan
C. J. Lenander
Thomps
Busse
Sherlit
McDermott
Pheunix Hotel
BS Lattimer
Brook Food
Sam Adolphson
Ryder
N.D
Biss Ida Swinson
Mya
Enis
Roy, Harris
Bwen City
Iyder
Edward
No Schitts
West Dawn
Joseph
Clarence Bolster
Victoria Johnson
New York City
Prof Doderer
Aleh Shoal
Mario Kelley
Sloaux Falls
M. D
S10
Kennedy
Matt Noltabater
Andrew Hatch
Joe Sherman
Misa B Raunin
Winnebago City
Minn
Swea City News
D. F. Mullins
Taylor
Kossuth County Fair
J. A. Corey
J. M. Varley
Northwestern Realty Co
A. D. Langsworthy
Algona Markets
James Patterson
Prop
J. E. Crane
Algona, Iowa
Kingsford
Oswego
T. Kingsford & Son
N. Y
National Starch Company
Successors
E. H. Reaser
Story & Clark
Montsey Parmesis In
Dastren
Tohn
Algona Music Store
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