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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1931
Page
2
Buffalo Center residents and visitors share family visits across Garner Dumont Swea City and Decorah. Jake Frey, former local, to be ordained at Baptist church. birthday celebrations mark Barsness Mathson and Jensen. Christi n family secures living quarters near Galen Wise and Neimeyer homes amid construction plans.
The Prescott Adams County consolidated school board heard from Superintendent Kies who voluntarily proposed a five percent salary reduction for the next school year. Kies, re-hired at two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars annually, argued for general expense cuts under the 44th General Assembly.
Plans for Kossuth County Pair Association’s eighth annual Fourth of July event in Algona advance with top attractions. Oscar Babcock’s Death Trap Loop, a Chicago Stadium hit, debuts here, aided by a heavy rigging setup. Fireworks, a ball game on the new diamond, running races, and afternoon entertainment fill the program. Floral Hall dance floor, first class orchestra, Aladdin midway shows, and a newly painted Grandstand with modern sanitary facilities promise a full day of festivities for 1931.
The article praises Kossuth County Pair Grounds as an ideal family outing site for the Fourth of July. It notes heavy improvements and expenditures by the association, with hopes the celebration will ease obligations. The grounds are described as among the state's most beautiful, offering shade and ample picnic spots.
Regular meeting of the Town Council of Buffalo Center Iowa on Tuesday evening June 2 1931 called to order by Mayor Lohrbach. Present were G L Costigan T A Wilson I B Femrite. absent J C Koeppen H B Winter. Costigan named clerk pro tem and bills totaling several hundred dollars were approved for bond water drainage and park funds.
Route items report Lewis Olson of Thompson City ill with pneumonia. Howard Beaver of Baraboo pursued his wife and child visiting Lake Mills near Buffalo Center. Mrs Henry Sabin, aiding her daughter near Hinore, returned home. Rev. Welker, hospitalized in Mason City, is improving and plans to return home soon. Mrs F Elwood joined the Woman’s Society last Tuesday.
A series of local calls and visits detailed in area households includes Mr. and Mrs. C Tollagson and family north of Rake, Mrs. Edgar Farus and son from Arkceyl n visiting Mrs. B Beaver, and Mrs. N Winter and Wanda from Buffalo Center at the Grinzow home. Further hospitality extends to the Ner dig and Sickely households, with a Busy schedule across Buffalo Center Des Moines and Titonka connections. The Ellis Aid held at the B Stuart home with a good crowd, while Merle Gibson and children from Woden joined E Stuart for the Aid meeting.
A delegation of American mayors visited Paris with a goodwill mission, including John H. Porter, mayor of Los Angeles. At a banquet hosted by high state officials, Porter left in disgust after improper alcohol service, declaring his intent to stay loyal to certain principles.
The constitution of his country and his alleged rashness in leaving the room created a sensation in that country. Iowa takes interest since Mayor John H. Porter is a Leon native, Decatur county, son of a former minister in that city.
Clay County supervisors warned they would not sign further county bonds for road paving unless local labor was used. They secured promises from two construction firms to employ local workers where possible, upset by outside labor and a county that had rejected its own bond issue.
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