Local News Briefs from Buffalo Center and Surroundings
Local notices report residents visiting family in Bri celyn and Euthoven, Christmas gatherings at Grandpa Smiths, and a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Blackstead of Minot. Buffalo Center Tigers to host Armstrong Independents in a Friday Regent Theatre basketball clash. H. H. Sapp begins as new high school janitor. Community updates cover Altrona Class activities, family moves to Eagle Grove, and farm sale retirements of Mr. Siemens and family.
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H. H. Sapp
Buffalo Center *N High School
Ole Prette
Mr. Sapp
Ole Blackstead
Minot
North Dakota
Blackstead
Hilda Glorfeld
Armstrong Independent
Buffalo Center Tigers
Tigers
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Siemens
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Stemdhs
Druy and Transfer Company
Jaka Lee
Myr
Local Notices From Mason City Area Items
Guy Hum of Mason City was a Buffalo Center visitor the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Jake Johnson have returned home from their wedding trip to Parkersburg. A 5 gallon tractor filling can between Bolsingers and Fred Brass was found and reported to Beat Thompson. John Dorenbush son of Mr and Mrs Harm Dorenbush will leave today for Ackley Iowa to visit relatives.
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Guy Hum
Mason
City
Buffalo Center
Mr. and
Ags
Jake Johnson
Parkersburg
Bolsingers
Fred Brass
Beat Thompson
John Dorenbush
Harm Dorenbush
Ackley
Iowa
Marriage in Forest City and Holiday Travels
News from twenty years ago notes Mr and Mrs Fred Brass and Claus Brass leaving for Iowa Falls for two weeks visit. Joe Steenblock returns home for Christmas from Mason City. Cliftford Collins wed Miss Pearl Wentworth in Forest City on December 28 and heads to Eldora for holidays. A large crowd watched a wrestling match at the opera house as John Carlson defeated Galen Wise after Wise was injured.
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Fred Brass
Claus Brass
Iowa Falls
Joe Steenblock
Mason City
Forest City
Cliftford Collins
Miss Pearl Wentworth
Eldorh
the Opera House
Galen Wise
John Carlson
Carlson
Wise
Sugar Beets Yield Report From Northern Iowa Farms
Northern Iowa beet growers harvested strong yields this season. From Hayfield in Hancock County 88 cars were shipped to the Mason City factory, totaling about 4000 tons. Growers earned roughly 25000 dollars, with Mexican labor used in many cases as the season ended and workers returned home.
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Iowa
Hayfield
Hancock County
Mason City
Father and Two Sons Echo Old Testaments of Charity
A father admonishes his two sons amid a town tale of wealth and labor. The first born Merchant debates sharing his riches with his unemployed brother, while the second son, a Laborer at Homan the Printer, seeks work. The tale pivots on questions of charity and responsibility across a family dispute.
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Cain
Homan
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