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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
7
Local items report Baker’s town birthday this month, new threshing machine purchase, a dress social, and multiple community happenings. While rainfall affects crops, prairie chicken yields look promising. Governors, railroads, and farmers face routine concerns and regional events across Thompson, Rake, and Dows.
Frank Milbrandt dies suddenly at his mother's home Thursday morning July 28 at 8:30 from heart failure after a day spent in hayfield labor. He suffered a prior bowel illness but it is not linked to the death. Funeral services Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at home and 1 p.m. at Congregational church with Rev. Mether of Alta Vista and Rev. Knoll of Britt. burial in Graceland Cemetery beside his father. He was born in Mitchell County Town November 22 1800, age about eighteen. A fuller obituary will appear next week. The community offers deepest sympathy. Also advertising notes on meal prices and local property for sale and drainage engineering services.
Buffalo Center Driving Park and District Fair Association announces the eleventh annual fair to run Tuesday through Thursday September 15 16 and 17 with premium lists to be issued next week. Directors urge farmers stockraisers and business men to cooperate and boost the exhibits and improve the community event. The notice also covers weed cutting requirements and upcoming teacher examinations in Forest City.
A lightning strike at the Albert Becker home nine miles southeast of town during a thunderstorm killed three year old Minnie Becker who slept on the floor near the stove. Her five year old brother was burned and stunned, while Mrs. Becker was badly burned but recovering. The hour was about 1 am. Funeral services were held at the Becker home with burial in Germania cemetery. The family had just lost a seventeen year old son three weeks earlier.
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