Longtime Buffalo Center Mayor W Galagan Dies
W Galagan longtime Buffalo Center mayor and city leader died Friday night after a two month illness. Born 1852 in Minersville Pennsylvania he moved to Wisconsin then Iowa in 1896 where he served as marshal street commissioner and later mayor for many years. He was a civic pillar guiding Graceland Cemetery care and local affairs with a reputation for independent steady thinking. The funeral was held Monday at St Patrick's Church with Rev DeMuth officiating. He left behind a wife nine children and numerous relatives and friends across Iowa and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Galagan
Minersville
Penn
Wisconsin
On Leahy
Darlington
Lodge
Gee
Zeigler
California
Bernheld
Salt Lake City
Utah
Joy
Ace
Aligan
Aluagin
Rochester
la O
Balagan
Graceland
Ang Place
Flagan
Qwell
Cove Ft Bt. Patrick’s Church
Y. DeMuth
Finneral
Tate
Nelle Carey
Musting
Fort Dodge
Ben
Rockwell
Minnenceit Reilly
Hokab
Rita McDermott
Gar
Gatagan
Shullaburg
Wisfaker Gulagan
Ward
Tor Ger Torgerson Departs Mishen Tutheran Church
The pastor of Mishen Tutheran Church leaves after a farewell service last Sunday. He arrived about fourteen months ago and built strong friendships in the community. A successor will join next Sunday, with Benson assisting in the installation as local pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onin Vorgerson
Mishen Tutheran
Buttno
Tay
Morgerson
Torgerson
Jowa
Viele
Tila
Benson
Highest cream checks for November at Buffalo Center creamery
The Buffalo Center Creamery patrons receiving top checks for November include CM Smith, Watter Miller, Dick Steen, Thomas Berg, A M Gilbert, Waite, Win Abode, Hy Buckholt, Hippen, Harm Wessels, Joe Ford, Joe Smith, Julius Jensen, L Hippen, Joe Stenberg, Aug Winkleman, W H Patterson, Ralph Olson, John Meyering, Fred Witzleman. A total of 18662 pounds butter fat was refined and 16,885 pounds of butter produced, with $7,711.44 paid to patrons at 66 2/3 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center C
C-Operative Creamery
CM. Smith
Watter
Miller
Ralph. Olson
John’ Meyering
Fred Witkleman
RISIUS RIPPENTROP MARRIAGE AT LAKOTA CEREMONY
Jake Risius son of Mr and Mrs Toho Rising wed Anna Rippentrop second daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Rippentrop near Lakota on Wednesday December 21 at one o clock Rev Alec Russell officiated in the presence of witnesses. The couple will reside on the farm southwest of town now tenanted by the Wm Meyer family. Relatives and friends extend best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Risius
Toho
Anna Rippentrop
C.J. Rippentrop
Lakota
Alec Russell
Risius
Wm. Meyer
Balwance Johnson Wedding in Buffalo Center
The marriage of Balwance and Johnson occurred Wednesday morning December 21 at 10 o clock in Buffalo Center at the home of Rev Alec Fussell. They are Provenworth natives with plans for a bright future. The couple left for Parkersburg and other relatives visits before settling on the farm southeast of town where he and his father farm. A large circle of friends wishes them happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center
Alec Fussell
Provenworth
Johnson
Parkersburg
Iowa
Bethlehem Congregation bids farewell and welcomes pastor
On Christmas Day morning Rev. Torgerson delivered a farewell message after a fourteen month pastorate. The Bethlehem congregation consolidates with Zion at Rake and will be served by Rev. T H Benson from Rake. A New Year worship and the installation by Rev. C St Sletten are planned with best wishes for the parishioners.
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Torgerson
Bethlehem
Christ
Jesus
Zion
Rake
Town
T. H. Benson
Benson
Thankful carrier thanks patrons for Christmas gifts
A Rural Route 3 carrier expresses appreciation for numerous Christmas presents from patrons. He notes gratitude for the tokens of good will and hopes for continued pleasant and helpful mail handling relations. Signed B. W. Mitchell, Carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Mitchell
Home for the holidays brings teachers, students home
Des Moines teachers Miss Starr, Miss Pritchard and Miss Glarfield return for the Christmas season. College and university students from Ames, Cedar Falls, Iowa City, Northfield, Dubuque, and Notre Dame join families for vacation. Local families welcome Harold Achoon, Harold Wessels, and others returning from teaching posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella.Olson
St. Olaf’s, College
Northfield
Minnesota
Art Olson
Des Moines University
Trap Shoot Yields Good Scores and Small Profits
The American Legion weekly notes a successful Christmas trap shoot with many near perfect scores and rivalries among shooters like Sickles and Shelby Stephens. Despite late crowds limiting profits, a large number of geese and ducks went to Christmas dinners. receipts total 100.99 with minor expenses and a small cash balance. Glen Curtis writes from Sanborn Post, reporting financial health and a growing Adjutant role, while post members log fifty signed for 1928 and list key contributors and flags, plus a request for old Legion weekly copies and appointment news across the 10th District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Stephens
Henry Davis
Merle Hong
Sam Schuler
Ben Bruhns
Gui Club
Blue Rocks
G. M. Carman
Glen Curtis
Sanborn
Legion
Legion News
Buffalo
Glen
Tillie
Adoo
Ry School
German Valley Oil
Fred
Westendorf
Lake Ating
Eahan
Lakota
Lloya Robinson
Ray Murray
Everet Hh
Sloper
Jake Lee
C. H. Galagan
EH. Rethwiseli
Loule
Kentucky
American Legion
John H. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Hart Hall
Mason, City Globe, Gazette
Ray
Iowa
10Th
Winnebago
Hancock
Kossuth
Emmet
Palo Alto
Nelmer Matson
Martin Behrends
Hyert’ Letcher
Harm Feldieck
Propeller Gift to Winnebago Post for War Effort
Frank Price presented Winnebago Post a 1918 aeroplane propeller made by his brother Oscar now at Oaks North Dakota. Oscar served as a sergeant with the BOB Arco Squadron during the war and sent the propeller to Indiana during training. The post plans to turn items like this into a war relief museum and invites more donations to expand their war collection.
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Frank Price
Oscar
Oaks
North Dakota
Aly ‘Service
BOB Arco
Frank
Air Plang
Indiana
Murray
Shelby
Stephens
Red Cross Funds Raised in Winnebago County
Report shows total contributions from Buffalo Center 47.00 Senovilla 10.00 Thompson 0.00 Lake Mills 143.00 Forest City 278.00, summing to 660.00 for the Red Cross drive in Winnebago County.
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Winnebago County
Buffalo Center
Senovilla
Mhompson
Lake Mills
Forest City
School Closed for One Week Vacation
A local school closes Friday for a week long vacation. Students leave for holidays and will resume classes next Monday January 2. Teachers depart to their homes after holiday programs and exchanges of Christmas gifts occur in lower grades.
Congregational Church Services Schedule
The notice lists Sunday School at 10 o'clock and Morning Service at 11 o'clock led by Pastor Alec Russell with Clarence Bond and others. Evening burning services follow at 8 o'clock conducted by William Slemens Bennett Bruhng and others.
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Alec Russell
Clarence Bond
Society
William “Slemens
Miss Kathleen O'Hearn Returns Home for Holidays
Miss Kathleen O'Hearn came home from Treynor where she teaches to spend the holidays. Miss Lois Yahnke Esther Kramer and Renna Siemens return home from Northwestern Bible School in Minneapolis for vacation. Miss Sadie Bravick teaching at Guttenberg Iowa is home for vacation. Jake Frey a student at the Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago arrived last week to spend Christmas.
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Nita Glarfield
Holstein
Iowa
Lois Hum
Kellogg
Mae Christensen
Climbing Hill
Muriel Buggy
Mt. Mercy ’Déadlemy
Cedar Rapids
Ais
Say
Mon- Cedar Falls
Janice Koppen
Dubuque
Immaculate Conception ‘Academy
Mae Slaba
Armstrong
Margaretta Johnston
Selma Stenerson
Moville
Owa
Kathleen. O'Hearn
Treynor
Lois Yahnke
Esther Kramer
Renna Siemens
Northwestern Bible School
Minneapolis
Sadie Bravick
Guttenberg
Jake Frey
Northern‘Baptist ‘Seminary
Chicago
Frome
Christmas Programs Delight Buffalo Center Churches
Churches in Buffalo Center filled with Sunday school children presenting instrumental and vocal music and speaking. The Christmas observance ended in a cheerful mood with winter weather noted as favorable, signaling a successful community event for all ages.
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Buffalo Center
Charley Wessels Dies After Illness At Home
Charley Wessels died Sunday afternoon at one o clock at his home north of town after a brief illness of pneumonia. He was sixty five and left a wife and six children. oldest daughter Kate works at Gratefield Minnesota, two sons Ralph and John in Wheaton, Minnesota, youngest girl taken in by Jim Malarkey near Lakota. Funeral at Reformed Church today at 1 30 conducted by Rev J H Schoon with interment in Graceland Cemetery. Community offers sympathy to the family.
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Charley Wessels
Towwn
John ‘Wessels
Johnson
Minnesota
Mr. Wessels
Aittle Girl
Jim Malarkey
Lakota
Ralph
John
Wheaton
Kate
Gratefield
Minn
Carr
Bertha
Reformed Church
J. H. Schoon
Graceland Cemetery
Peter Kramer Sentenced for Check Written to Kohlhaas Brothers
Peter Kramer from near Buffalo Center was sentenced to fifteen days in the county jail by Justice Dawson this week. He wrote a check drawn on a Buffalo Center bank to Kohlhaas Brothers that was returned. He is described as an old offender with no business at that bank. Upper Des Moines Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter. Kramer
Buffalo Center
Dawson
Kramer
Kohlhaas Brothers
Upper
Des Moines
Trap Shooters Win Honors from Amateur Association
According to a report issued by the Amateur Trapshooting Association R. A. Metagar of Council Bluffs has a record of 06 percent. Sportsmen at Pubuque are enthusiastic over the record made by FP. W. Boyd of that city. Out of 4345 clay birds he broke 4077 for an average of 93.48, which places him only a short distance behind the champion.
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R. A. Metagar
Council Bluffs
Pubuque
FP. W. Boyd
Emmetsburg Murderer Denied New Trial by Iowa Supreme Court
Blake McMackin, the Emmetsburg killer who shot and killed William Laughlin and William Bob lit, was refused a new trial by the Iowa Supreme Court and must serve his sentence. The victims were two Emmetsburg men driving past the McMackin farm when they stopped at a call from Mrs. William McMack in, wife of the murderer's brother. The notice appears in the Upper Des Moines Republican, with an advertisement from R. T. DeVries of Buffalo Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake McMackin
Emmetsburg
Wm. Laughlin
William Boblitt
Suspreme Court of Iowa
Laughlin
Boblit
McMackin
William McMackin
Des Moines
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Lor
W. Galigan
Rippentrop
Balwance-Johnson
Bethlehem Congregation
Pete
Starr
Ruth Pritchard
Helen Thiele
Ames College
John Biel
Osage
Merrill Biel
LaCrosse
Wis
H. E. Biel
Bernice Tutton
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teacher's College
Harold Achoon
David Grimes
Homer Russ
Ruth Bond
Iowa City
The
State University
Howard ‘Dolmage
University At Notre Dame, Ind
Arline Dauni
Iowa’ Falls
Fr. M. Daum
Lawwence
Mrs. I
Femrite
Cora’ ‘Shuttle
Nashua
Mabel Tutton
Bertha Davis
Titonka
Martha Grimes
Harold Wessels
Toledo
Herm Wessels
Wm. Fahlendorf
Gloriela
Carl Folkerbs
Mountain Range
Harold Tiele
American Legion News
RED Cross
Congregational Church
Emmi
Esburg
R. T. DeVries
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