M Benson Dead in This City After Lingering Illness
M Benson, long time resident of this city, died at home on a Tuesday night after a lingering illness. Born in Grant County Kentucky May 1869, he moved to Casey and later to Buffalo Center and Itiola Center. He was married twice, first to Anabelle Carter and then to Sulla Lamb, with seven children and many grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church led by Rev. C. H. Moore, with Psalm 23 and old gospel songs. He was remembered as an honest, hard working neighbor and loyal citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jbune
William A
Grant Co
Kentucky
May
Wudaire Center
Ken
Anabelle Carter
Waldron
Shelby Coun
Mr. Benson
Benji
C. H. Moore
V. C.H. Moore
Farm Bureau to Broadcast Program and County Picnic
Rixnebago County Farm Bureau plans a countywide broadcast program from Ames State College on June 28 between 6:00 AM and 1:00 PM. About 200 families will travel Saturday morning, arriving ~10:00 AM, with picnics and campus events including a saxophone quartet and a violin banjo duet. Local club members host the annual Farm Bureau picnic the same day with family potluck and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College
Ames
Stoday
Farm Bureau
Tle
Winnebago County
Marion Hugelen
Ito
Marvin McGreevey
Sylvan Hugelen
Arthur Hugelen
Axophone
Ting
Hanson
Acury
A. B. Hit
Fun Bureau
Altos
Centersatn Odette
Wedding at Little Brown Church in Yale Iowa
Miss Margaret Berg married Ray Manhing Bichorn at the Little Brown Church near Nashua Iowa last Wednesday noon June 1. Attendants were Miss Bertha Davis and Harl Hichorn. After the ceremony the bride rang the church bell eight times for guests. The couple will honeymoon in Owatonna and Minneapolis and start housekeeping on the Lyons farm near Himore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Brown
Yale
Nashua
Iowa
Margaret Berg
Ray Manhing B Hichorn
Bertha Davis
Harl Hichorn
Brite
Tom Berg
Himora
Dimore
C. L. Bichorn
Himore
Owatenna
Minneapolis
Bichorn
Lyons Farm
Bimore Dye
Two Boys Die In Cycle Crash Near Albert Lea
Victor McCall and Harding Jorge, both 15, died after a motorcycle crash on the Jefferson Highway near Hammer School north of Albert Lea. Witnesses Wivius Nelson and M Peterson, driving a car, could not stop and struck the bike, demolishing it. Coroner and funeral plans followed. drivers of the car were found blameless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor McCall
Harding Jorgeson
Hammer School
Jefferson Highway
Albert Lea
Victor
Harding
Wivius Nélson
M. Peterson
Coronier
Bonnerup
Sorenson
Trinity “Lutheran
Community Club Fundraising and Donations Noted
The Community Club reports $25.00 raised from a May 28 food sale and asks remaining donors to hand contributions to Secretary Mrs. R. Thiele promptly. Thanks extended to Mrs. McCool for donated books and to members for generosity. Also mentions water lilies planted in the park pool and a pay shelf of 87 books now available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunyan
Zangmill
Kipling
London
Clark
Cooper
Burroughs
McCool
Harold Bell Wright
Gene Stratton Porter
Mulford
Grace Richmond
Peter Iyne
Jane Grey
Albert Payson Teredune
Lst
Orphan Angel
Wyle
Mabel Barnes Grundy
Thompson
Brownfield
Angel
Heyward
Booth
Margaret, Wilson
Hildegarde
Kathleen Norris
Black Flemmings
Town Interiors
Ruth Suckow
Labels
A. H., Gibbs
the Man Nobody Knows
Bruce Barton
Mer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis
Ads Are Honor Pledges
A newspaper ad is as personal as a letter since merchants sign their names and pledge to back up promises. Ads use type and ink to reach all readers quickly, but their honesty mirrors that of written letters from merchants who advertise in this paper.
Britt C E Convention Debates Youth of Today
Five cars of the Congregational Christian Endeavor Society attended the Thirtieth District Christian Endeavor Convention at Britt on June 9. A judges decision favored the negative in a debate on whether today’s youth are better than twenty-five years ago. An extemporaneous five minute speech contest featured Buffalo Center’s Atta Zenor placing fourth. The convention drew good attendance and a pleasant program.
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Congregational Christian Endeavor Society
Christian Endeavor
Britt
Buffalo Center
Atta Zenor
Congregational Church Services and Bible Study Schedule
Alec Russell, Pastor. Sunday School 10. Morning service 11. Sermon Gossip The tongue. Evening service 7. Sermon What is the new birth. Bible study Thursday 8 using Scoffield Bible. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at Mrs Fenno Bruhns home hosted by Mrs Drake and Mrs Grothaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Russell
Clagsey
Kingdom of God
Scoffield
Scofield
America
Greaest
Ald
Fenno Bruhns
Lestar ‘Drake
Carl Grothaus
Methodist Notes Buffalo Center Sunday Schedule
Sunday School at ten. No preaching at Buffalo Center church on June 19. Rev and Mrs Moore plan a Thursday trip to Prince Nebraska for a short vacation. They have two married sons in Prince and will celebrate the youngest son's birthday with a family reunion that day. A visit to a sister near Elgin is planned, about thirty five miles from Prince. They expect to return by the end of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Buffalo
Center
Prince
Elgin
Moore
Buffalo Center
Buffalo Township Farmers Adopt Pioneer Fire Extinguishers
Progressive Buffalo township farmers install Pioneer Fire Extinguishers to speed neighbor aid. They rely on telephone roads and autos to reach fires quickly, replacing the old jacket brigade. Names of installing residents listed for Buffalo Township including Jed Weaver Henry Nerdig Mike Akkerman W. Galagan and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Township
Old Jacket
Jed Weaver
Henry Nerdig
In Mitterer
Mike Akkerman
Oltman Akkerman
W. Galagan
C. Wessels
Jen Steinberg
R. W. Siemens
Frank Weaver
Guy Beaver
Will Awe
Andy Wallace
Erna Sickels
Fred Brass
Knutson Bros
Fred Schaper
Frank Banta
Tom Fosma
Joe Collins
Jack Koppen
Nels Rank
R. Pomeroy
Claassen
Martin An
New Ferris Wheel at Bayside Park Opens Sunday
Bayside Amusement Park in Clear Lake installs a 455 foot ferris wheel and a kiddie aeroplane this week for the season. Next Sunday features band concerts vaudeville and a Bayside ball game against Dows with Vet ter pitching. The park boasts a rebuilt grandstand fine ball park and free picnic grounds. July 4th celebration includes races free attractions and fireworks drawing 2000 visitors from twelve Iowa counties and beyond.
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Bayside
Clear Lake
Gallagher
O-P
Mason City
Dows
Vetter
Bayside Ball Park
White Pier
Bayside Park
Ladies Farm Bureau Club Organizes Work for 1927
The Ladies of the Farm Bureau Nutrition Clubs of Grant Buffalo and Lincoln townships met at Liberty Hall to organize for 1927. Officers were elected across districts, followed by a playlet by 4-H girls and a talk by Dr H H Murray on nutrition’s role in dental health and overall disease prevention.
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Farm Bureau Nutrition Clubs
Grant
Buffalo
Lincoln Townships
Liberty Hall
Buffalo Township
C. Finelaggon
John Murray
Harl
Grant Township
John Johnson
John Jordal
H. H. Murray
Lakota
Murray
Farm Bureau
Girls Club Rally Day Planned for June in Thompson
The county Girls Clubs schedule a Rally Day on Friday June 17 at the Princess Theater Thompson with a 1 15 pm address by Mrs Adda Oldham and a daylong program including 4 H Club demonstrations, games, and a prize for the club with the highest attendance and parent participation.
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Thompson
Princess Theater
Adda
Oldham
State Club Department
Isabel Leith
Roy Wallace
Linden Busy
Jensine Kioppen
Buffalo
Olsie DeVries
Ida Storby
Helen
Ada Siem
Forest Hustlers
R. J. Myrland
Forest Willing Workers
Leyi Olson
Grant Peppy
Mingle Liyferen
H. C. Aaberg
Lincoln
Aber Halverson
Logan Joly Workers
Nor Engebretson
Mount Valley
Lillian Olson
Newton
Fy Dunbar
Betty
Beware of the Wormer Scams in Livestock Remedies
A warning against mineral salesmen selling worm remedies with fake veterinary services. Cases cited include a hog owner losing almost all hogs after bungled treatment and a South Dakota guardian losing foaled colts from unsafe capsule use. Experts say pregnant animals should never receive strong worm medicines. The piece urges farmers to beware and rely on qualified vets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Protective Association
South Dakota
Wormers
Bethlehem Congregation S Song and Prayer Program
Morning worship at 11 in Bethlehem Congregation S appears with midweek services Thursday at 8. A Grant church Song concert and League program is scheduled Sunday evening June 19 at 5. Names of performers include Milton Holland, Ruth Swingen, Alice Johnson, Nora Hanna, Gladys Gunderson, Ernest Kung, Sylvan Hanna, Clarence Torgen, and others. A sale on cultivator shovels is announced. About thirty young people from the Baptist church traveled to Steamboat Rock for the state convention of the young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant-Chole
Ruth Swingen
Alice Johnson
Nora Hanne
Gladys Gjerde
Grant
Nora
Hanna
Alita Kung
Mate Quartette
Ernest Kung
Nora Hanna
Alta Kans
Jesus
Alta “Kuna
Eroest Kung
Galilee
Nora Hunes
Sylvan Hanne
Vera Kuns
Kuns
Oloying
Sylvan Hanna
Clarence Torgen
Steamboat Rock
Young Peoples’ Society
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M. Benson
Rixnebago CO
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Wot
Tancoty Ladies Farm Bureau Club
Tullug Tengen
Little Brown Church
Ray Hichorn
M. A. Johnson
Congregational Church
Methodist Notes
Nebraska
Indiana
Illinois
United States Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Fort Des Moines Band
Aninille
Thixtéen Bulls
the Hospital
Ladies Farm Bureau Club
Bethlehem Congregation
BE. McQoak
John Ludwig
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