Wanted and For Sale Notices Mixed in Elgin Area
Classified items include WANTED- Rawleighs salesmen for North Fayette and South Winneshiek counties with 200 products on credit. FOR SALE- jack shaft and pulley for 10 dollars. FOR SALE- pump with pipe and cylinder. WANTED- pasture for 13 yearlings. Also WADENA NEWS notes about students and local residents, plus war-time army and family updates from Wadena area reflecting WWII service and local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawleigh
Fayette
Winneshiek
Freeport
John Winter
Oclwein
Iowa
Happy Birthday List by Date May 17 to May 23
Community birthday roster lists names by date from May 17 through May 23. It includes Amelia Hack mann Isabelle Larson Sarchet Ardith Olsen and others such as Charles Doty Fannie Frieden Clem Wilson Clarence Bush Helen Wenger Alma Berg and more among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Hackmann
Isabelle Larson Sarchet
Ardith Olsen
Charles Doty
Fannie M. Frieden
Clem Wilson
Clarence Bush
Helen Wenger
Alma Berg
Harry O. Larson
Tungsten use in toot steels noted as replaceable
The principal use of tungsten in tool steels may be replaced by molybdenum in many such steels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toois
Divorce Petition Filed in Naval Officer Case
Carlton E. Kidder sues Bernadine Kidder for divorce on cruelty grounds in a petition filed last week. They wed February 24, 1940, with the husband in naval service. The May 23 hearing in Washington, DC, accompanies officers training in the Navy. The wife is slated to specialize in physical therapy. Miss Schori directed the Curative Workshop for 2 1 2 years, part of the Minneapolis Community Health Service, after earlier work at Schriner's hospital for crippled children for 11 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar N. Dunn
Arnold Dunn
Wadena
Pacific
Wadena High School
Pearl Harbor
Warren
Maynard
Leathers
Southwest Pacific
Cpl
Leonard Roberts
George Jennings
Margaret Mayme
Ballyelaire
North Ireland
France
Belgium
Cpl. Roberts
Jefferson Barracks
Ino
C. R. Belknap
Leland
Iwo Jima
Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
John Tripp
Warren Tripp
Fayette
John
Philippines
Marianas
Siapan
Palau Islands
San Francisco
Raymond Felder
Francis Whittenbaugh
Raymond
Navy
Lola Gell
West Union
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Carlton E. Kidder
Bernadine Kidder
Washington, D. C
Local Registrants Cruelty Charged Induction Case Details
West area registrants face cruelty charges as Floyd V. Evans Jr seeks pre voice orders for Betty Baldwin Evans. Induction examination at Fort Snelling Minn is linked to crude inhuman treatment. Requests to restore maiden name appear alongside transfers and notices involving Donald I Lamphier and others from Wadena Elgin Canton Clermont and Fort Snelling related to a merger of names and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Floyd V. Evans, Jr
Betty Baldwin Evans
Fort Snelling
Minn
Donald I. Lamphier
Wadena
Jasper B. Mitts
Elgin
Canton
Gerald Y. Frieden
Daniel C. Rounds
Clermont
Howard E Helgerson
Ralph L.hotg
John E. Erickson
Harlan Blockhus
Leo R. Dennler
Troutman Divorce Granted For Cruel Treatment
Ruth Troutman is granted a divorce from Alfred T. Troutman on cruelty grounds. They wed December 6, 1933 in Independence and have one child, Marlene Ruth, age five, with Ruth awarded custody and Alfred ordered to pay child support. Marriage licenses issued in the past week include Henry A. Huber and Hilda B. Winter, Charles W. Woods and Frances Sherren, Archie E. Wood Jr. and Delores Damon, and Eugene C. Cousins and Nina Warnke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Troutman
Alfred T. Troutman
Independence
Marlene Ruth
Herbert D. Klammer
Henry A. Huber
Lawler
Hilda B. Winter
Waucoma
Charles W. Woods
Center Point
Frances Sherren
West Union
Archie E. Wood, Jr
Delores Damon
Oelwein
Eugene C. Cousins
Nina &. Warnke
Service Members and Families In Clermont Recount WWII Details
The Clermont area airs memories of World War II service with Sgt. Boley recalling Africa days and gas provisions. Cpl. Kloster and families await new assignments while Harold Halverson's medical corps duty in the Philippines continues. Mother's Day greetings arrive from Walter Becker and letters from James Anderson and Charles Shipton signal postwar leave and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Boley
Beley
Stockport
Army
Ft. George Wright
Wash
Earl A. Kloster
Eagle Pass
Texas
Pass
Kearns
Utah
Kloster
Andrew L. Kloster
Ossian
Harold Halverson
Albert Halverson
Philippines
Harry Becker
Clermont
Walter
San Diego
Calif
Charles Shipton
Lavern Stumme
Great Lakes
Ill
Chanute Field
James C. Anderson
G. C. Anderson
Georgia M. Schuri
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Schuri
Elgin
Farm Bureau Membership Reaches 1527 in 1945 Report
The 1945 Winnyton County Farm Bureau membership stands at 1,527, says H A Butch Wickler in his final report. About 75 members remain to reach the 1,600 goal for the year. He urges unpaid 1944 members to remit dues or visit the Farm Bureau office in Elkader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winyton County
Farm Bureau
H. A
Butch” Wickler
Butch
Elkader
Canada Declares War on Japan Ahead of Unite
A brief dispatch notes that Canada declared war on Japan a few hours before the United Nations declaration, signaling a broader wartime alignment. Key figures and precise timing are not specified in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Japan
Community Notices from Grand Meadow Area
Local residents shared visits and hospitality through Sunday and weekend gatherings. Families such as the Martins, Olsons, Nessets, and Holdens hosted guests while others attended services, a banquet, and a silver wedding celebration at West Clermont Church honoring Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavon Casten
Clara
Myrtle Peterson
Decorah
Hilda Aanes
Clarence Olson
Ames Olson
Arthur Olsen
Clermont
Hag Many
West Glermont
Martin Nelson
Heating Iron Care for Safe Ironing Practices
If your iron heats slowly it may be plugged into a light socket or extension cord. For best results connect the iron directly to a wall outlet. After ironing, coil the cord around the iron. Heat can injure the cord and shorten its life.
Dialog about direct object and good grades
A classroom exchange features Donald claiming the teacher is beautiful and defines the direct object as a good grade. The joke hinges on grammar over politeness as the teacher presses for the grammatical role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Finder
Donald Little
Glen E. Yates
National Farm Loan Association
Barney Larson
the Avalon
Elgin, Torkelson Bros
R. P. Strauch
Elgin Echo
Dick Powell & Claire
Trevor
My Sweet
John Schneider
The
Echo
Sound
Veil
Harold Meisner
Klingman Cafe
Vern Ward
Jessie Loftsgard
Roy A. Halverson
Dat
Frank Greenley
Kenneth Mark
Wadena News
Jacquline Konichek
Evelyn Voshell
Darlene Peterson
Jean Hall
Vera Konichek
Lindy Frey
Charles Corbin
Vida Fox
Dolorus DeWald
Virginia Cline
Paul Crandall
Robert Clark
Irene Scholbreck
Richard Benesh
Chet Hall
Anna M. Crowe
Chute
Chester Ainsworth
Cedar Rapids
Leo Ainsworth
Wesley Barker
Fremont Clark
Cecil ‘Everett
Frank Everett
Clair Everett
Presbyterian Church
Dubuque
Richart Benesa
Frerking
Dicey Leonhart
Clayton County
Sperry Township
U. B
St. Joseph's Catholic
Durrance Noonan
Wilkie
Ular Blood
Funk
Severn Blockhus
Oneill Drug Company
Ardent
O'Neill Drug
Cargill
Independence Produce
C. Fy
Mulford
Cai ‘Lattord
Sanju
Michael O'Shea
Lloyd Clermont
Keffier
Uncle Sun
Torkelson Bros. Dail
LEO Y. Boleyn
CL Ai Tmoo
Maynard Lantz
Courf
Meh Woomeh
Torkelson Bros
MoorMan
Moorman Mfg. Co
Quincy
MoorMan Deater
B. H. Brackin
Grand Meadow News
Alton
Willard Martin
Carrie Thorson
Leona Lyngens
Vernon Anderson
Geraldine Olson
Evelyn Erickson
A. O. Nesset
Clarmont
Minnie Kist
Wilma Martin
Fern Burass
Des Moines
Animal By-Products CO
Ker
Bill
Grampaw
Martin Senour
Schori
Kuster
Nt AU
Cap’s
Elgin Cooperative
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