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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
7
A crowded page lists visitors and hosts from Lakota and surrounding towns, with entries for Jensvald, Jena Glorfeld, Dick Betels, and others visiting relatives. The notes mention Mrs. Sophie Wilkens, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fleming, and trips to Minnesota, Ames, Chicago, and New York. A hardware ad promotes an electric fan and fridge deals while several residents plan trips, visits, and home improvements.
A series of local visits and travels around Buffalo Center includes K H Elman family reunion in Terrill. Addie Arlew from Des Moines and Addie Arkwright with others visited over the weekend. Abbe Winter moved to a new south part home. J E Smith family and others spent the weekend in Minneapolis. F A Kayser of Webster City toured Buffalo Center on business. Mike Akkerman visited Mason City to see his daughter. Alfred Johnson and two sons from Rowan visited E Abbas’s home. G Pritchards hosted visitors from Long Beach California and the area. The Ice Cream Shop promotes It’s The Taste That Tells.
Mrs. Nelle Grothaus learned by telegram that Lieut and Mrs Donald Grothaus welcomed a daughter on July 24. Visitors over the weekend included Ralph Mastin and family from Blue Earth Minnesota Tom Bosma Jr and family from Stevens and others from Forest City. Jane Schaefer celebrated her tenth birthday with twenty friends and her mother provided refreshments.
Buffalo Center Lumber Co quotes a shippers letter predicting Bituminous Coal Division price increases between August 1 and 15 and new car rules. Mines must ship today’s coal, railcars will be diverted for war use, urging buyers to stock fall and winter coal now to avoid shortages and save money.
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