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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
7
A crowded page lists residents visiting relatives, farm work, and social events from Ledyard and nearby towns. Mentioned are Helen Keisters and Mrs. Gain ethilte Tina, Janice Koppen from Clarke college, Mrs. Price visiting from Worth Dodge, a new daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hinderson, and Mrs. Ord Curtis ill after a stroke.
A string of Memorial Day visits and weekend gatherings centered in Buffalo Center and surrounding areas. Local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Aug Winkleman Jr and families, honored relatives, with Miss Susie Jurgens and Joan Titting picnicking at Wood's Lake. Several residents traveled to George and Burt for events and socializing with extended kin.
Miscellaneous notices include sales of white Pekin ducks and other ads. Mrs Geo Smith thanks the party who returned her lawnmower. Visits spread between Monona and Parkersburg. Local travel to Cedar Falls for farm equipment. Community church services and Memorial Day observances noted with names, towns, and small-town ties.
The passage reflects on how quickly people adjust to altering conditions, recalling six shooters and two male buckboards as familiar sights. It notes a shift toward a home less wagon as the default sight, illustrating mobility and lifestyle changes familiar to many readers.
A collage of vintage ads and snippet jokes from 1942 includes an Efficient Garden Raiser promise, sewing scraps turned pen wipers, a nose basket item for a time, odd Marriage Ad offers, a boastful money friend without coin, a colored doctor joke about a Tusban, and a Kitchen-Kook Gun Stove showcase.
Ada Berryhill returns from Webster City to Thompson with relatives. Anna Stohr visits aunt Mrs Harringa in Lakota and returns home. Free program at W. O. U. Institute in Congregational church Friday includes 15 cent lunch served at noon. Local notices mention heating and drilling prices and varying expressions about climate in a small Iowa community.
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