Local News Notes Read Like a Social Roundup
Des Moines visitor miss Virginia Bisgard spends weekend with relatives in Des Moines. Pomeroy visitors to Graettinger. Sullivan Coan and Miss Jeanne Coan visit Fort Dodge for several days. Wayne Masters and family visit Sioux City relatives. A son born to Mrs Wayne Knutsen at Holy Family hospital. congratulations extended. Ronnie Jensen and Kent Kischer return from Council Bluffs for summer at home while attending school there. Shirley Mills plans to work in St Paul summer. her mother to join later. Alvin and Mrs Davis of George Town visit Graettinger. later Spencer trip to see Davis' mother. Mrs Margaret Johnson of Graettinger and Miss Esther Simonsen of Emmetsburg attend World Book training in Forest City. Mr and Mrs Bart Battles visit Center Junction. Memorial Day gravesides at Tipp plot, then Okoboji trip. Palmer Cody and family visit Graettinger. Cody foreman at Emmetsburg Publishing Co. Duane Johnson and children visit from Seaside, Oregon. Duane to resume summer school in Eugene for master's degree. Hopalong Cassidy feature noted in The American Weekly. Ashcan column quotes on Calves, pastures, and American life with varied observations.
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Virginia Bisgard
Des Moines
Francis McCarty
Pomeroy
Graettinger
Sullivan Coan
Jeanne Coan
Fort Dodge
Wayne Masters
Sioux City
Fred Masters
Wayne Knutsen
Holy Family Hospital
the Times
Ronnie Jensen
Kent Kischer
Council Bluffs
Shirley Mills
St. Paul
Frances Mills
St. Pau
Alvin Davis
George
Town
Tom Luitjens
Spencer
Davis
Margaret Johnson
Esther Simonsen
Emmetsburg
Forest City
Stevenson
Bart Battles
Center Junction
Iowa
Philip Johnson
Cody
C. W. Howard
Emmetsburg Publshing Co
Duane Johnson
Linda
Barbara
Bob
Seaside
Oregon
John McDonald
Duane
Eugene
Johnaan
Over The County Farm Bureau History And A Tiny Post Office
John Madsen writes of Palo Alto County Farm Bureau origins dating to 1893 with a February 1, 1898 farmer led event. The piece highlights Ralph Ashby’s role, the first long hand constitution, and notes Luther Boone County’s small post office at 10 by 11 feet with postmistress Mrs. Clarence Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Farm Bureau
Ralph Ashby
Farmer Organization
Luther
Boone County
Iowa
Clarence Barton
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Graettinger Block & Tile Co
Hopalong Cassidy
American Weekly
Great Color
Chicago Herald - American
America
Chicago Herald-American
R. W. Ashby
Towa
John, Madsen
Wm. Leduc, Grachtinger
R. J. Larson
Hamilton
Carl Spies
Hay Lander
Wayne Hamilton
Cnree Richard
Witherville
Apt
Dain
Woodstock Typewriter
Geo. T. Geersema
Tive Brood Sows
Farrow
Maxwell Jamison
Rm House
Floyd Christiansen
Avon Cosmetics
Beverly McNally
West Coast
Fred Wolfe
Bug. Dist
H. A Elsenbast
J.J. Skow
Martin Norriz
LeRoy Wikert
Osgood
E. C. Phipps
Jesse Anderson
Donahue Tire
J Collect
Gus D. Rath
East 10Th St
Hamilton Hatchery
Bancroft
Owa
Cooperative Grain and Product Co
E. B. Burg
Wallingford
Holy Family
Hospital
Mohn
Swift
Porky
Amoss
Manilla
Carnation
Hershey Krackel
California
Pascal Celery
Rinso
Jensen’s
C. A. Jensen & Son
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