Olson Weds Miss Fern Potter in Glidden Ceremony
Olson, youngest son of G. Olson, and Miss Fern Potter of Glidden united in marriage at Clix on Saturday January 26. The groom, educated in Buffalo and Des Moines, teaches at Mar Town High School. The bride, once employed by F. W. Fitch Co. in Des Moines, is described as noble and charming. A simple home ahead, with many friends in Wing wishing them a long, prosperous life.
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Potter
Glidden
Clix
G. Olson
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Des Moines
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Licenses Bring In 65 680 50 In 1928 County Gas Tax
Winnebago County reports 1928 license fees from gas tax totaling 65 680 50 with 26 179 78 remitted to state funds. Distribution to township and county funds based on miles within each area. Debate continues on related bills, with opposition noted but taxes framed as necessities for modern pursuits.
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Uhago County
Winnebago Iy
Secrecf
Community Club to Sponsor Two Moving Pictures at Library
Weoman's Community Club plans two film showings at the City Library under special sponsor arrangements with G. TerVeer, manager of the Regent. Sunrise 49 screens Saturday with advance tickets sold by club members, while Mothers Best will be shown later, with advance sale emphasized.
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Weoman
G. TerVeer
Regent Ttt
Smuise
Skutle’s Store Stock Sale Begins Across Towns
A two page poster from Tome office announces Skutle’s Store stock sale to run until all stock is disposed. Posters mailed to post offices and town outlets advertise the sale. A dozen notes have been engaged and the event has begun with posters urging customers to act quickly.
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Tome
Guy Sobbers
Wales
Business Men's Club Discusses Band and Baseball Plans
The Buffalo Center Business Men's Club met at city hall with twenty one members. They discussed forming a summer band but concluded financing and effort were too great. A baseball committee was formed to explore grounds and equipment. Plans for a 1920 community calendar were proposed to save costs. An article on the credit system by J J Kopp impressed attendees. A rabbit hunt report showed three cottontails and a jack rabbit were shipped to Chicago for a 94 cent payment. The next meeting is February 18 with 100 percent attendance hoped.
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Heigth
Hy Sowers
K. H. Olman
Buffalo Center
J. J. Kopp
Chicago
Mrs Fred Miller Honored At City Club Farewell
The Woman's Community Club held a farewell for Mrs Fred Miller president of the club last Saturday evening. About twenty ladies attended, gathered at the city library then walked to the Miller home for a surprise visit and lunch. Mrs Miller departs the city and the group presented a fountain pedant as a token of esteem while Mrs M D Huntbery gave a speech of appreciation.
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Woman's Community Club
Fred Mill
City
Miller
Congregational Church Service Changes
Alec Russell pastor absent, C E Bond to lead morning service at eleven with Sunday school at ten. There is no preaching at night and Young People's Societies meet at seven.
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Alec Russell
Young People’s Societies
C. E. Bond
Bethlehem Luth Church Rummage and League Notices
Bethlehem Lutheran Church holds service next Sunday at 11. Luther League meets the following Sunday at 7 30. Daughters of Reformation entertained Friday evening by Ryther and Evelyn Stenerson. Pastor H. Benson.
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Luther League
Daughters of Reformation Society
Ryther
Evelyn Stenerson
Q. H. Benson
Convexing Booze in Air Plane Proves Disastrous
Milo Hilton was convicted of violating the prohibition amendment after illegal transport on a plane. He received the maximum penalty, one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, by Judge B. P. Cummings of Marshalltown. Teon ard Carothers, Cedar Rapids pilot, was freed by the county court and fined $500 in federal court in Des Moines for being an innocent bystander.
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Transporta
Milo Hilton
B. PT Cummings
Marshalltown
Teonard Carothers
Cedar Rapids
Hilton
Des Moines
Hquor
Library Week Celebrated By Woman's Community Club
The Woman's Community Club of Buffalo Center stages Library Week from February 18 for one week. The city library, funded privately, will host daily programs with music, local speakers, library reports, a tea and food sale, and a moving picture show titled Sunrise on Saturday. The effort aims to raise funds for good literature for all residents and to showcase library work to the public.
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Woman's Community Club
Buffalo Center
Aaske
Emerson
Forest City Man Rescues Traveler From Freezing Death
Forest City resident Henry Kreeze braved a deep snow drift on Kroess road to reach a man near Lake Ha west. He carried the exhausted, frostbitten traveler to a nearby house and kept him warmed until help arrived, refusing to keep the gun offered as thanks. The tale ends with the rescuer noting the stranger would have likely frozen without aid.
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Kroess
Henry
Lake Hawest
Forest City
Joice
Notice of Probate of Will for Theo Albers
State of Iowa Winnebago County you are notified that an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Theo Albers deceased dated December 28 1928 has been filed and is set for hearing of proof of sane at the Court House Forest City on the 18th day of February 1920 at 2:00 PM before the district court or clerk of said county Interested parties must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be probated and allowed as the last will Forest City Iowa January 19 1929 LYNG Clerk County 413
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State of Iowa
Winnebago Co
Theo Albers
Forest City
Town
Fancy poultry chicks and hatching services offered
John J. Van Gerpen advertises White Leghorn chicks at 398.50 per 1000 with other breeds priced higher. Custom hatching is available at 80.00 per 1000 eyes. Orders invited.
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John J. van Gerpen
Purple and White To Invade Lake Mills Tomorrow Night
Buffalo Center will travel to Lake Mills Friday February 8 aiming to avenge a 22 to 10 defeat from three weeks earlier. Britt leads the North Town Conference with eleven straight wins after an upset of the locals 17 to 14. Clear Lake beat Buffalo Center 24 to 19, while the Frosh beat the Sophs 10 to 7 in Tuesday action. The next home game is Saturday February 16 with Algona, and Britt will host the Eighth District Tournament with a list of Class A and B teams.
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Lake Mills
Norrow
Riday
Althe
Buffalo Center
Britt
Clear Lake
Buffalo
Clear Lake Lions
Tnck
Algona
Buffalo Boys
Spirie Lake
Funcroft
Hayfield
Kanawha
Klow Me
Livermore
LaVerne
Renwick
Seneca
Thompson
Titonia
Ventura
Alexander
Forest City
Garner
Belmond
Second Childhood comedy at Wildorf College Friday
Wildorf College freshmen present a three act comedy Second Childhood at Peres Theatre on Friday February 15. Reserved tickets go on sale Tuesday at 9 o clock from Mungan's Drug Store. Cast includes Prof Fredrick Relger Raymond Stinaker Esther Kleppe Sylvia Relyea Mary Barret Phillip Stanton and several others. directed by Biss Gladys Lindberg. The plot follows Prof Relyea who after twenty five years of chemical experiments seeks the Elixir of Youth.
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Wildorf College
Peres Theatre
Mungan
Fredrick Relger
Raymond Stin- Aker
Wellsmiller
Esther Kleppe
Sylvia Relyea
Mary Barret
Phillip Stanton
Spencer Bridge
General Burbeck
Donald Anderson
Marcella Burbeck
Gladys Opheim
Vivgert
Wesley Man Shoots Self Five Times Near Wesley
Prairie township farmer George Uunly fired a five shot revolver at himself last Sunday near Wesley. The shooter and two youths, Joseph Fremmel and Robert Muebe, were later taken to Algona for questioning amid a series of petty robberies in the Fremmel vicinity. Hanig, injured but not critically, was committed to the Cherokee state hospital after humane examinations.
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George Uunly
Prairie Township
Wesley
Kim
Hanig
C. F. Fremmel
Joseph
Robert Muebe
Algona
Fremmel
Muebe
Hlanig
Muehe
Trommel
Wm. Bkuight
Wesley Marshal
Sheriff Hovey
Hainig
Cherokee
Insane Commission
Bremmel
Robert Muéhe
Hover
Algona Uppen Des. Moines
Small Town Stuff in Granite Falls Tribune
The piece discusses what constitutes small town life, contrasting it with big city dynamics. It notes community acts such as charity showers for a sick child, support during marriages, baby gifts, sickness, and funerals, highlighting neighbors’ readiness to help and attend, defining unique small town behavior.
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Granite Falls Tribune
Stall Town
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Business Men's Club
Fred Miller
Congregational Church
Bethlehem Luth
M. A. Johnson
Taflor
Woman’s Community Club
Forest City Man
Hunter
Lake Miels
Wesley Man
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