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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
2
Local display and single column ads priced per inch per year in the Buffalo Center Tribune. Card of Thanks offered at 50 cents. Rates shown: 2 line display 10e per line. Publisher notes annual subscription at 52.00.
Miss Dorothy Hardin travels to Iowa City for summer school. Mrs. Patt Kalstrof of Chicago visits the Swenson home. Arkwright's Dept Store offers fresh cantaloupes peaches apricots and plums Friday and Saturday. John Patton of Wo den offers wall paper and phone service. Mrs. Oscar Halverson undergoes examination at Parks Hospital Mason City. Swenson DeVries and Lamb families in town. Beloved relatives visit from Estherville Belle Plaine and Ames. Koppen to drive home with them. Custom hatching offered at 2 cents per hen egg with duck goose and turkey eggs welcome. Arline Daum heads to Iowa City for summer school at the State University. Gertrude Dreesman visits from Lakota. Ruth Pritchard briefly visits before heading to Chicago for work. Buffalo Center residents fishing at Interlaken face a stiff $15 fine for two fish over the limit. Marvin Guyer returns from Salt Lake City to summers with parents. hired by Minneapolis. Walter Yahnke and family visit Garden City relatives. six year old sustains arm injury from a fall. arm broken and cracked bones set by Dr. Dolmage.
Swea City rendering works in Swea City Iowa advertises hogs horses and cattle removal at no charge. Frhd of charge. They offer to pay all phone charges. Contact Irg Hewitt age 51 at phone 127 in Swea City.
Mrs. Henry Heitland, a former city resident, is visiting relatives and old friends for two weeks. She stays with her daughter Mrs. Henry Richismeier in Adley, enjoys good health, and is joined by family members Harm Nordman, Mrs. A. Ter Veen, Mrs. John Sleper, Vino Heitland, and George Heitland nearby. Koppen on leave from Rock Island depot. Janice, graduate at Immaculate Conception Academy, returned from Dubuque with family. P. B. Mitchell of Melvin, relief operator, covers depot duties during Keppen's absence. The Keppens plan fishing at local lakes amid visits.
Sealed bids will be received by Henry Bruhns in Buffalo Center Iowa until July 9 1928 for the erection of a school house in Grant township Winnebago County District No 1. Plans may be viewed at Bruhns Midwest Lumber Co Buffalo Center or at Thompson Yards Woden Iowa. The Board reserves the right to reject any bids. A Kriever See.
The town council of Buffalo Center Iowa resolves to have streets in the town repaired at the cost to adjacent property owners. Work scheduled for the week of June 25 1928 with protests to be heard at the regular council session on June 19 1928.
Two Davey Tree Expert Company representatives from Kent, Ohio, are performing surgical work on centenarian trees surrounding the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Chickasaw county. The ancient trees make up the original wildwood tied to the world famous hymn.
Osceola County residents cheer as Sibley creamery butter gains prominence. W. W. Overholser notes shipments to New York in special refrigirator cars. One car spotted on Omaha tracks displayed a large ad for the Osceola County Co Op Creamery Assn Manufacturers of Sweet Cream Butter Sibley Iowa.
Des Moines led seven towns in 1927 with building permits totaling 2,884,500 dollars and Cedar Rapids followed at 2,602,700. Davenport, Sioux City, Waterloo, Dubuque, Mason City trailed with 2,299,500 1,876,000 1,375,200 1,288,000 791,900 respectively. Des Moines also reported more than 8,000,000 dollars of projects under construction or planned for this summer.
Americans consume more sugar than any nation making the U S sugar market highly valuable and sought after We produce about two-fifths of our sugar and import the rest A slight tariff aims to shield domestic producers from foreign flooding and preserve U S control over prices and industry
Magnus W. Alexander president of the National Industrial Conference Board argues mechanization and mass production raised living standards and wages. He notes unemployment in 1927 was not as severe as 1921, citing manufacturing employment fell 0.2% from June 1926 to November 1927 versus a 39% drop from 1920 to 1921, while wages held steady.
Unusual interest rises as Winnebago County farmers plan a July trip to Iowa State College Ames. County Agent H Aaberg notes many inquiries and reservations for the tour with over 200 participants last year. Delegates will meet campus guides, tour dairy and poultry farms, meat laboratory and agronomy facilities, and hear talks by agricultural leaders. The program includes a morning assembly, farm visits, and a campus picnic, with lodging available for weekend stays.
A detailed itinerary outlines each group’s timed activities at the college. Men tour meat lab and livestock exhibits, corn borer lecture, alfalfa plots, Argonony farm, and engineering, while women visit greenhouse, home economics building, library, and radio station with an engineering program in the engineering assembly.
Ad copy blends hardware paint coal and fencing offers with seasonal tips. It promotes Lowe Bros High Standard Paint, Dixie Gem coal, Red Cresent coal, and various building materials pricing. Customer humor and family dialogue appear between product lines and home improvement pitches.
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