Two-Year-Old Rides Car Running Board. Various Local Anecdotes
A two year old girl from Crystal Lake rode on the running board of Calvin Hansmeier’s car for three blocks before falling off, suffering minor head cuts. In Mt Vernon the Border family found 20 dead sparrows under plum trees after a wind storm, with no lightning sign. Elmer Meyers’ Milford pig shows two heads with dual snouts and three central eyes. Ed Shultz near Churchtown built a large poultry house from self-sourced lumber costing 224.07 dollars, housing 240 hens. David Brier Smith, 84, returned to Marion for a visit and learned old friends and Daniels hotel had vanished years ago. Kelley community exceeded its war bond quota by about 60 percent. F E Kuehn Ida Grove had a stolen watch returned tied to his shop door. Ross E Kier Newton Illinois paid 600 dollars for three prairie chickens, 200 dollars per bird. Forest Pulchder Anamosa displayed a 20 inch Golden Delicious branch with 29 apples. Total federal tax on a pack of 20 cigarettes is six and a half cents.
Kin Singer L G Born On Farm Moves To Marshalltown Home
Seventy two years after birth on the Grundy Center farm, L G Kin singer moves with Mrs. Kinsinger to a newly purchased home in Marshalltown. Their son Bert and his wife move to the farm home. The birthplace house remains on the farm with modern improvements added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Kinsinger
Grundy Center
Mrs. Kinsinger
Marshalltown
Bert
Mr. Kinsinger
Estherville Graettinger Hometown News Highlights
Local notes recount visits and calls across Estherville Graettinger and surrounding towns. Residents attend sales and auctions, visit relatives in St Paul Seattle and Des Moines, and welcome new births while others move homes or welcome relatives.
Pig with Five Feet Sits On Sigourney Farm
A two month old pig on Geo Bakehouse farm near Sigourney has five feet with two perfect feet on one front leg. Mr Bakehouse reports others as normal and notes the unusual condition in the litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Bakehouse
Sigourney
Ration Calendar Chronicles Wartime Food and Tire Rules
Wartime calendar outlines Class A to C tire inspections through 1944 and limits on commercial vehicles. Gasoline A coupons allow three gallons per person, with B and C coupons valid for two gallons. Fuel oil, sugar, processed foods, meats, fats, and miscellaneous stamps set seasonally through late 1940s. Shoes and airplane stamps noted with exchanges allowed among household members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Shipmans Visit Bud Craven Family in Waterloo
Mr and Mrs Ed Shipman of Waterloo spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs Shipmans brother Bud Craven and family. Mrs Shipman was the former Miss Ann Craven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Shipman
Waterloo
Osgood Community Notes Hear from Visiting Families
Local column lists visitors to Osgood and nearby towns. Lloyd Enger and family joined by Mrs J B Moffitt Nina at Clarence Moffitt home. Al Derner and family visited Stiles home. Anna Rothermel of Madison Wisconsin stayed with Arthur Richardson and Hankey families. James Evans Cooney Jr born Sept 26 1948 during WWII while Lt. James D. Cooney served overseas.
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Lloyd Enger
Ole Olesen
Ed Storm
Oak Park
Minn
Osgood
J. B. Moffit
Nina
Clarence Moffitt
Anna Rothermel
Madison
Wisconsin
Arthur Richardson
A. C. Hankey
Corydon
Judge Evans
Hiram Evans
General Grant
James Evans Cooney, Jr
James D. Cooney
Army Air Corps
Notable social visits across Clinton and West Bend
Monday from a visit with his sister in Clinton Minn. He was accompanied home by his brother in law Robin Shoquist. Miss Helen Stiles spent Tuesday evening at the Leo Frieden home in West Bend. Mr. and Mrs. R F Laabs of Fenton were callers at the Leo Kinneta home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hester
Estherville
Francis McCarty
Dakota City
Ben I. Reeves
Graettinger
C. H. Brown
St. Paul
Emmet Harris
Sberville
Hilmer Larsen
Wallingford
Veilder
Myron Fogde
A. H. Mills
Alice Ploghoft
J. J., Sullivan
Mary
D. FE. McCarty
Emmetsburg
A. H. Henningsen
Highway Commission
Grachtinger
J. P. McManus
J. B. Lambe
S. E. Landing Estate
Margaret Gilbaugh
Des Moines
Roy Gilbaugh
Seattle
Washington
Homer Young
Waterloo
Blanche Young
Charles City
Alfred Johnson
the Times
Doris Henningsen
Manning
Town
A.ti. Henningsen
J. A. Rothermel
Madison
Wisconsin
Frank Briggs
Co. E. Norris
Charles
Logan
Harrison County
Palo Alto County
Lavonne Paulsen
Floyd Christiansen
Fairview Clinic
Lars C. Petersen
Coleman Hospital
Dorothy Herke
Frank Herke
Ned Brown
Weinholzer
Leo Downs
Floyd Brobst
Lamont
Jaws
Shorty
Brobst
Usn
Pacific
Clinton
Minn
Robin Shoquist
Helen Stiles
Leo Frieden
West Bend
R. F. Laabs
Fenton
Leo Kinneta
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Anderson’s Grocery
Prunes
Millers
Thrifty
Per Duzen
Standly
Penick
Joyce Helm
Crystal Lake
Calvin Hansmeier
Calvin
Clarence Border
Mt. Vernon
Elmer Meyers
Milford
Myers
Ed Shultz
Churchtown
David Brier Smith
Marion
Kansas
Daniels Hotel
F. E. Kuehn
Ida Grove
Ross E. Kier
Newton
Illinois
Clinton Herald
Justice Court
Anamosa
Cresse
Graettinger State Bank
Iowa
Graettingar
Palo Alto
United States
U. S
Total Resources
Capital Stock Surplus
State of
County of
C.A. Jensen
H. A. Elsenbast
C. A. Jensen
C. A.jengen
A. A. Elsenbast
Mary McManus
Mike, Weinholzer
Geo
M. “Grasttinger
Sara L. Hall
Chicago
Montezuma
Remsen
J. C. Day
Mr. Day
Day
Louis F. Weaver
Gardner
Heinz
Grodland & Reeves
Elmer Masters
James Hansen
University Hospital
Iowa City
Hansen
Hollywood
Bacon
Chicago Herald-American
Mother Hubbard
Lighthouse Cleanser
Osgood News
Mrs
al Derner
Auburn
Stiles
Mittchell’s Food Market
Pascal Celery
Wheaties
The
Bologna
Per
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