This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
2
Advertising rates listed for single column inch displays and classified notes include local advertising at 10 cents per inch and card of thanks at 50 cents. The brief rates reflect standard newspaper pricing for small ad space and personal notices.
Local records report on loans from Inland Finance Corp in Algona and first deer North Iowa State Bank. Beverly Tamen of Lakota visited grandparents and relatives, plus ongoing family visits involving Kuchenreuther and Hertig families. A Winsome Federated Clubs picnic at Rice Lake is planned, with a noon meal and program. Also noted are beauty shop specials, traveling relatives from Seattle, a Mason City arrival, and a Kossuth County Farm Bureau picnic. Births, marriages, and a surprise birthday gathering for Wubie DeBoer are mentioned amid community updates.
Mrs. Etta Folkerts returns from Albert Lea where her son Carl Folkerts taught commercial subjects at the high school. She plans a four week stay visiting Steamboat Rock with relatives while Carl attends summer school at Iowa City and is slated to return to Albert Lea next year.
Ted A Weaver states his Buffalo center shop will open Saturday June 20 with modern machinery. He guarantees all work and invites the public to bring in any shoe or harness repair needs.
The local Legion Junior baseball squad lost at Thompson by a score of 6 to 5. O. Thorshelm of Thompson starred with a single double and triple in the sixth as the game tied 6 apiece. Russell Peterson pitched for Buffalo Center. The juniors travel to Bancroft on Sunday June 21. A Titonka Buffalo Center game was postponed by rain and will be rescheduled.
Sunday School at 9 80 a m baptismal service at 10 30 a m Junior and Senior C H at 7 16 Miss Lillian Kiewiet and Franklin Bent teach Acts 2 Evening service at 8 p m topic Do We Need Another Gospel for This New Age Our Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 2 30 p m Mrs Evert Letcher and Mrs W Kiewiet hostesses Choir rehearsal Thursday evening Prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday Friends and strangers welcome Father s Day service planned at evening service Epworth League at 7 15 p m Sunday School at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m Keep time and stay for the sermon
Mary Divan and Edwin Lewis wed in a Yuma Arizona ceremony. The bride, a Buffalo Center high school graduate in 1980, lived with her aunt while attending school. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H L Divan, reside south of Thompson.
The children of the parochial school will give a program next Sunday evening at o'clock. Services one week from Sunday at T1 o'clock. The Envelope System is the most convenient way of meeting the local budget. Bring your envelope at the test service. T. H. Benson, Pastor.
Vacation Bible School program rendered at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Sunday evening June 21 features songs such as We Gather and Beautiful Savior, poems including The World's Bible and The Young Christian, Bible readings on Psalms and Tabernacle, a Passover paper, Births, Baptism, Sermon by Pastor, and closing doxology and benediction with Miss Selma Henryson as instructor.
The Rev. Harry Nelson of Klemme and a Morningside College junior will deliver the message at Ellis Point M E Church Belden with the theme The Idea of God His talk follows a church school session led by Henry A Her dig supt Griffin asst supt live lesson discussion Everyone is invited The pastor has returned from Park Hospital Mason City and shows improvement The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs Carl Christiansen next Thursday June 25.
Marguerite Budlong, a Titonka 16 year old who fell 85 feet from a tree two years ago, suffered a fractured spine and was paralyzed for months. She recovered enough to use crutches, then recently reportedly discarded a cane during a stay in California with an aunt, signaling ongoing improvement.
The third annual Methodist Picnic will be at the Fair Grounds in Algona next Tuesday June 28. In the forenoon kittenball games start the big parade through the business district and back to the grounds for a picnic dinner. The afternoon features music speeches and games with church departments represented by floats.
In the season best game Stevens baseball team beat Silver Lake 6 to 5 Sunday. Goeke and Saunders paired as battery for Stevens. Next Sunday June 21 Stevens plays at Ledyard, June 28 Pilot Grove visits Stevens Park. Stevens has six wins in seven games.
Buffalo Center Epworth League attended the 1932 district convention held in Fenton on Tuesday with Rev Raymond Grant of Vinton Iowa delivering two main inspirational addresses. Over 180 delegates were present as the local chapter extended an invitation to host next year despite Laurens and Corwith also inviting the event.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.