Subscriptions and duties mix in a 1942 local note
In New Guinea foreign subscribers lend newspapers to natives who use them for cigarette rolling, praised by native women for better tobacco flavor. In Eldora a 6000 penny payment covers baby delivery costs at the hospital. Eugene Huisman and wife of Wellsburg parent Romer Troxel, a 385 Eldora Training School boy, now a sergeant in the army, youngest to hold that rank at 18. A miscellaneous calendar section lists church and social events for 1942 with many names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Waverly Independent
Waverly Democrat
Home News
Waverly
Eldora Hospital
Eugene Huisman
Wellsburg
Romer Troxel
Eldora Training School
Richard O'Leary
Grinnell
Local Names and Dates Listed in Community Bazaar
A fragment lists October 22 with Jones, Baumgartner, Garber, Clayton. October 29 entries. Bazaar on November 19 with Jensen, Harringe, Johnson, White side. December 17 entries including Glenn Shaver, DeVries, Lee Robinson, Bud Hamilton, Winnette Vasey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
Powers
Cceereegeeree
Jones
Baumgartner
Garber
Clayton
Bazaar
Jensen
Harringe
Johnson
Whiteside
Glenn Shaver
DeVries
Lee Robinson
Bud Hamilton
Winnette Vasey
Local News Items From Algona Area Goings On
Antone Johnson and Charley Jensen visited Graettinger on business calls Saturday and this afternoon respectively. Judy Thoreson visited West Bend with her grandparents for ten days. Ted McCarty returned home from Owaha for a semester break to his mother. Margaret O Connor visits Mrs Phillip O Connor in Emmetsburg for a few days. A H Henningsen of the Iowa Highway Commission spent the weekend with family in Graettinger. T J Hendrickson returns from Spencer after a month with his son P J Hendrickson and family. Ed Bear and wife of Decorah own 63 pieces of souvener spoons, a varied 50 year United States Canada and Europe collection. For the first time in 41 years Fages Dairy Eldora failed one day of milk delivery during the blizzard. horses could not complete the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone F. Johnson
Algona
Graettinger
Charley Jensen
Milford
Judy Thoreson
West Bend
Ted McCarty
Owaha
D. Be, McCarty
Margaret O’connor
Emmetsburg
Phillip O'Connor
A. H. Henningsen
Iowa Highway Commission
Grachtinger
T. J. Hendrickson
Spencer
P. J. Hendrickson
Ed Bear
Decorah
United States
Canada
Europe
Fage’s
Eldora
Round of Des Moines and area social calls across week
Community notes list visits and travels among residents of Des Moines Emmetsburg Graettinger Estherville and nearby towns. Names include Dr B E Dappen Attorney Edward Kelly Miss Margaret Stiles Howard J Girsch Rollie Livingston and many local families with weekend trips birthday announcements and social gatherings. The column also mentions a birth in Humboldt and several card parties and visits to relatives in Minnesota Illinois and Iowa.
Local notices from Twelve Mile Lake area
Twelve Mile Lake residents and relatives are mentioned in a series of social notices. Mrs. John Jackson remains poorly as Alice Newton assists at the Jackson residence. Several families visit, travel plans, and enlistments are noted including navy enlistments for Henry Jensen and a pending army induction for Victor Mortenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Jensen
Spencer
Navy
Great Lakes
Victor Mortenson
Omaha
Glendon Thu
Ruthven
E. B. Osher
Gilbert Ness
Wallingford
Ariin Eugene
Twelve Mile Lake
Shiley
Mesdames
Elmer Nelson
Kenneth Starkey
Albert Zelinsky
Hans Jensen
LeRoy Schacherer
Lewis Larson
Charles Jackson
Ingval Linn
Bert Rolfson
Gilbert Osher
Ed Osher
Oliver Osher
C. H. Brown
Leonard Ness
Fostoria
Leonard Cole
Coles
Minnesota
Everett Anderson
Tacoma
Washington
Inlaw
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hawkeyee Theater
Heard Arlen
Clark Gable
Tana Turner
Red Skelton
Fred Astaire
Rita Hayworth
R. T. Nase
Thoreson
Wolfe
B. Craven
Sidney Snythher
Jens Rasmussen
F. Graettinger
Th. T. Nase
Elmer May G
Elmer Feldman
Wm. Olson
Julius Sevdy
Goodwin Thoreson
Jorgen Anderson
J. Reeves
H. Hors
Wm. Rasmussen
Bisgard
Win
Herke
L. Birkland
Jacobson
Paul Peton
Max Baumgartner
Anderson
B.thoreson
Bert Niferson
M. Bratrud
Myron Fogde
A. R. Maurstad
R. Rasmussen
Chas
Louis Sandvig
Myhre
Iverson
Ole Wicks
Wesley Sevdywell
Lloyd Nane
Z. Knutson
Arnold
Tom Hampson
John
Anna Herrem
Lyle
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
McWilliams
Suss
Jackman
Firrickson
Cameron
Lancaster
Hurlburt
Maas
Farmer
Ee Bohr
Nichtern
McCombs
Singer
Lovejoy
Weeeses Lindgren
Huntley
Zitterich
Mittchell’s Food Market
Pillsbury’s
Igc
Carrots
Calif
Nash
Aan
Glags
Pillsbury Flour
Pillsbury
Cheercoats
B. E. Dappen
Des Moines
Edward Kelly
Margaret Stiles
Howard J. Girsch
Thos. Girsch
Waterloo
Rollie Livingston
Bedford
Iowa
Maxine Hood
Kay Groettinger
Herbert McKenna
Chicago
Frederickson
Estherville
Hy HL Fink
Glenn Piper
Clinton
Asa Hankey
Osgood
Piper
Hankey
John Brekke
Sherburne
Jacob Brekke
John Mills
Belvidere
Illinois
Kenneth Reeves
A. H.thompson
Wilma Wikert
Spences
C. C. Wikert
Orville Masters
Humboldt
St. Paul
Minneapolis
WCCO
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Ben Nichtern
University Hospital
the Times
Ben
Osgood News
Geo. Laubenthal
Albert Schealler
Walt Bart
Jerry Smith
Smith
Lester Stigman
Leo Kinnetsz
Lovie Lammers
Baby
Jim Mahan
Mary Schumacher
Elbert Powers
Elmer Powers
Alfred Lammers
Betty
Harry Wikert
Ernest Mitchell
Ione
Lena Zubler
Ed Bradley
Aubler
Frank Orwip
Duane Kiner
Scranton
Kate Mahan
Paul
Alice Newton
C. P. Jackson
John Jackson
Kenneth Bryan
Norfolk
Virginia
South America
Lewis Larson, Jr
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Marvin
Lewia Larson
J. L. Omundson
Lawrence Swift
HC Corn
Hi-lex
Anderson Grocery
McCarty’s Grocery
Prunes
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