Bancroft Nine Defeats Lions in 2 to 1 Upset
The Buffalo Center Bison defeated Bancroft 2 to 1 to move into second place in the Kos th League standings while Swea City topped Wesley 10 to 2. Red Beaver pitched well for the visitors, and Bancroft’s only run came in the seventh inning on a sequence led by A Menke and a Becker error. Next Sunday, August 4, Wesley travels to Wesley. Results note: Swea City 10 Wesley 2. Fenlon 3 Titania 1. Lotts Creek 7 Algona 6.
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Bancroft
Buffalo Center Bison
Bancroft Ne
Swea City Pk
Wesley
Red” Beaver
Bison
Godferson
Eng
Johnson
Stean
Condon Peterson
Matson
Matson Sarme
Olson
Lions
A. Menke
Becker
Beaver
Winnebago County 4-H Fair Set for August 14 15
The Winnebago County 4-H Fair will be hosted by the Lake Mills Chamber of Commerce on August 14 and 15. Exhibits from 200 youths across 16 clubs will showcase 4-H club projects, with canned goods, Heart H displays, and team demonstrations aiming to earn spots at the Iowa State Fair and North Iowa Fair. Livestock, dairy calves, lambs, poultry, and draft costs compete, while Home Economics displays occupy the Moon Implement building and livestock areas lie south of the electric light plant. Public invited to all sessions.
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Winnebago County
Iowa
Moon Implement
Nothing More Let’s Be Fair to Mr Hoover Editorial
A Wal lace Idaho Miner editorial mockingly lists Hoover’s supposed failures and contrasts them with alleged foibles of others. It catalogues actions he did not take and praises unspoken deeds while lampooning critics and dismissing claims of vast debt or political sellouts. The piece portrays the Hoover family as a general failure in modern times.
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MR. Herbert Hoover
Wallace
Idaho
Hoovers
New Deal
Hoover
Treasury
Rapidan
Congress
Supreme Court
Europe
Girl Scouts of America
White House
Local and Personal News From Swea City Area
Mr and Mrs Vane Skoloda and Delores of Minneapolis arrived Saturday to visit in the parental Mr and Mrs Joe Matson home. Mrs Skoloda and Delores stayed two weeks. Mrs Chester Waterman of Des Moines visited with her mother and the Steinbergs. Mr Waterman came Saturday evening and on Sunday they left for Lake Okoboji for vacation. Mr and Mrs C E Barnes and daughters of Garner visited Friday evening in the Pritchard home. Barnes party were en route home from a motor trip to northern Minnesota. Mike Akkerman and Edith Eileen drove to Mason City Tuesday. Edith will visit in the Jack Whalen home for a few days. Mrs Akkerman, who had been visiting there, returned home Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs J J Guyer heard Mama Jean Goodrich arrived July 24 to live with Max Goodrich at Baton Rouge Louisiana. The little Miss is the second daughter of the Goodriches. Mr and Mrs Jerome Johnson entertained relatives and friends Sunday in honor of their son Bob who was confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran church that day.
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Vane Skoloda
Delores
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Joe Matson
Chester Waterman
Des Moines
Steinberg
Mr. Waterman
Lake Okoboji
C. E. Barnes
Garner
C. G. Pritchard
Mrs. Barnes
Mike Akkerman
Edith Eileen
Mason City
Edith
Jack Whalen
Mrs. Akkerman
Mr. Akkerman
J. J. Guyer
Mama Jean Goodrich
Max Goodrich
Baton Rogue
Louisiana
Little Miss
Mrs. Goodrich
Jerome Johnson
Martha Knutson
Oliver Euing
Buell Johnson
Phyllis
Swea City
Sanford Knutson
Lake Park
S. O. Sorlien
Rake
Harold Johnson
Titonka
C. L. Peterson
Lowell
Roy Johnson
Thomas Snell
Bob
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Dinner guests gathered at Harm Wessels home in Dumont
A long list of attendees from Blue Earth and nearby towns joined in Sunday dinner at Harm Wessels’s residence, including families of Wessels and Erdahl. Long distance sales professor Harold W Baltz, Cornell College Conservatory of Music director, on leave for study in New York, recently bought a Ford via long distance call from J F Cooper, with friends delivering the car in New York.
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Geo. Hanson
Dumont
Carl Wessels
Everett Wessels
John Wessels
Blue Earth
Minnesota
Heiko Meyering
Pearl Wessels
John Harms
Harm Wessels
Harold W. Baltz
Cornell College Conservatory of Music
Columbia University
New York
J. F. Cooper
Vernon
Baltz
Olson and Swanson Reunite After 41 Years
Mr Olson and his sons Everett and John from Chicago IL visited Sunday evening in the Ben Swan son home. The two men were school chums in Sweden and had not seen each other for 41 years.
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Mr. Olson
Everett and
John
Chicago
Illinois
Ben Swanson
Mr. Swanson
Sweden
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
Mrs John G Daum and Mildred Mr and Mrs F Arnold Daum express gratitude to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their beloved husband and father.
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John G. Daum
Mildred
F. Arnold Daum
Mrs Vera Olson Installed as County Auxiliary President
The Forest City American Legion and Auxiliary hosted Posts and Units from Winnebago county Garner Britt and Wadena for a public installation of local Post and Unit officers. New county Auxiliary officers were installed by Miss Maud Otis Forest City as County President Mrs A L Olson Buffalo Center as County President Mrs Cy Holland Thompson as County Vice-President and Mrs Frank Schleifer Buffalo Center as Secretary and Treasurer Hinev Soderling Forest City led the evening program with guest speakers Leo Laird Rockwell City 8th District Commander and District Secretary. Special music came from Mrs Hans Thompson Lake Mills and the Forest City Post quartet. Launch served by the Forest City Unit.
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Forest City
Buffalo Center
Hinev Soderling
Leo Laird
Rockwell City
Hans Thompson
Lake Mills
Election of Officers Tonight at Winnebago Legion Post
The Winnebago Post No. 21 of The American Legion will meet in the Post room tonight, Thursday, August 1, to elect officers for the upcoming year. Commander John Ennen urged a large turnout for the session.
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Winnebago Post No. 21
American Legion
John Ennen
Auxiliary to Hold Picnic Meeting at Tourist Park
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting as a picnic on Monday evening August 5 at 7 PM. Members should bring a covered dish and sandwiches for themselves and their dishes. Junior members are especially invited.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Dolmage Hospital News Briefs
Harley Willmert of Elmore was admitted for a major operation. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Maynard Rake was born July 27 weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces. Doris Jean Heitland was admitted for a minor operation. He was dismissed Wednesday.
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Harley Willmert
Elmore
Minnesota
Thomas Wilson, Jr
Larry Lappe
Swea City
Elwood Ralph
Maynard Rake
Elgin Haugen
Rake
Ray Pehrson
Donald Wilson
Verla Janet
Woden
Doris Jean Heitland
The Wealth of Health and a Des Moines Visit
A humorous verse by Ray Murray argues health is wealth and bad health spoils fortune. Miss Marjorie Arkwright of Des Moines visited relatives here last week and departed Saturday for Washington DC to take a Civil Service job.
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Midas
Ray Murray
Marjorie Arkwright
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
U. S. Civil Service
Program Complete for Buffalo Day Buffalo Center plans big celebration
Buffalo Center announces its annual Buffalo Day for August 7 and 8. Concessions operate Wednesday evening ahead of the main events Thursday, including a 3:00 PM ball game with Rake and Buffalo Center. Free lunch replaced by a free motion picture “Til We Meet Again” at Iowa Theatre both evenings. Gambling banned. midway expanded. ballpark revenge game, bowery dance on maple floor, and rain contingency to Friday.
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Buffalo Center
Pat O’brien
Merle Oberon
George Brent
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Iowa Theatre
Rake
Bison
Budding Apples Demonstration Near Leland August 7
In Winnebago County on August 7, Clark Mechem announces a budding demonstration. Dr. L C Grove will show grafting top working on semihardy apples like Jonathan Delicious Grimes onto hardy stocks such as Hibernal Virginia Crab Hawkeye Joan. The session starts 1 30 PM at the H N Miller farm 1 1/2 miles NW from Leland. Attendees are asked to bring orchard insects diseases and cultural problems for discussion.
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Winnebago County
Clark Mechem
L. C. Grove
Jonathan
Delicious
Grimes
Hawkeye
Joan
H. N. Miller
Leland
Mechem
Celebration at Lake Mills Two Day Jamboree Opens
A two day Lake Mills jamboree starts today and runs through Friday. The event features the Art B and Thomas Bombshell shows as the main program. It is sponsored by the American Legion Post of Lake Mills. A caravan of Legionaires toured Buffalo Center last week broadcasting the event.
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Lake Mills
Art B
Thomas Bombshell
American Legion Post
Buffalo Center
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