Local social notes recount visits and family events
Mrs. A E Lauritzen and her son visit Loyd Pool home this week. Mrs. Maske Bocki of Kiemme visited Mrs. P W Thiel. Antone Speich and children visited the Hefty home. T A Nixon of Poeshontas was a business visitor. J Peer and daughter Carmen and Mrs Corwin Peer visited Jay Tanch. Edward Oppedahl family and Roger Oppedahl attended a picnic at Goldfield park. Bernice McPeak and Gloria McCaleb returned to Colorado Springs after weeks with Verni McPeak. Multiple families hosted or joined Sunday gatherings at various homes in Corwith Galt and Hardy. Walter Martin’s birthday and Chas Trask’s anniversary noted. Mimbach family mourns Charles Dewitt. funeral Friday. Later, Jene Nelson returns from California and picnics at Ledges State Park. Jeck Hefti family and Peter Hefti visit with local patients in Port Dodge. McGowan and Hefti families note recovery at home.
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A. E.lauritzen
Algona
Loyd Pool
Maske Bocki
Kiemme
P. W| Thiel
Mire
Antone Speich
Ottonen
8. B. Hefty
T. A Nixon
Poeshontas
J.peer
Carmen
Stanley McCurry
Thomas Gimer
Jeck Hefti
Peter Hefti
Monte Lee
John Zhmumerman
Edwin Hefti
James McGowen
Hens Medsop
Port Dodge
McGowan
Local Notices and Society Highlights From Goldfield Area
A smeared mix of notices from the Goldfield district notes piano pupils recital at Méthodiat church, area births, fishing trips, travel and visits, business hours, college outreach, and local residents’ comings and goings. Includes promotions, travel, and community announcements across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
D. J. Christenson
Méthodiat Church
Goldfield
Lerdal
St Paul Lutheran Church invites to missionary speaker
St Paul Lutheran Church invites members and the public to hear missionary A. C. Frerida who recently returned from the Mission Field in New Guinea. Services are held Sunday morning and Tuesday evening with a free will offering to defray expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Worship
Drine
Misionary A. CG. Frerida
New Guinea
Emmanuel Evangelical Church Services and Happenings
Emmanuel Evangelical Church led by Pastor Pieper invites worship at 8:00 p m and Sunday school at 11:00 a m with 10:00 a m service. P A meets at 3 30 p m with Bible study. Community notes mention visitors and visits in Eagle Grove Clinton Laverne and nearby homes.
Thriller novel ties murderer to English woman crime
Trial at the Old Bailey heard Reginald Buckfield a royal artillery gunner wrote a prison thriller The Mystery of Brompton Road that reconstructed Mrs Ellen Symes murder in Brompton Road Strood Kent evidence including a three year old boy's hint led to Buckfield's arrest and a 2000 civilian interrogations Buckfield known as Smiler Buckfield grinned as he was sentenced to death despite defense arguing fiction versus fact the jury found him guilty and the prosecution asserted the murderer authored the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reginald Buckfield
Smiler Buckfield
Old Bailey
Buckfield
Brompton Road
Ellen Ann Symes
Strood
Kent
Ity
Punch
Beckfeld
Three Yorkshire Sisters All Welcome Sons Within Day
In Redmire and Bolton a remarkable family event saw three sisters each give birth to a son within 24 hours. The first baby arrived at 1 30 a m Sunday, the third at 8 a m Monday, with mothers Mrs Tom Thwaite Mrs Stanley McGregor and Mrs R S Butner Castle of Bolton all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yorkshire
Tom Thwaite
Stanley McGregor
Redmire
R. S. Bunter Castle
Bolton
Diamonds buried after plane downed by Japanese
Three men face charges over theft of 80,000 dollars worth of diamonds from a cache valued at over 1.5 million found by a Dutch pilot after his plane carrying evacuees was shot down near Carnot Bay in northern Australia. Suspects include John Palmer and James A. Malgrue with Frank A. Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Java
Australia
Aneta
Netherlands
John Palmer
James A. Mulgrue
Frank A. Robinson
Ivan Smirnoff
Royal Dutch Airlines
Rede Broome
Carnot Bay
Smirnoff
Palmer
Perth
Beseh
Broome
Malgrue
Rabinson
New Electron Microscope Reveals Smoke Particles
London report on a new electron microscope designed by Prof. C. Mertin of the Imperial Institute of Science in collaboration with Metropolitan Vickers Electrical. The device, using two beams of electrons and electromagnetic fields, can break down smoke into previously indistinguishable particles and project images on a fluorescent screen or for photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prof
C. Mertin
Imperial
Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company
Jenses
Man Threatens With Ax Rampage as Police Take Cover
Police battled a man identified as Mudano who raged through a home breaking windows with an ax. Mrs Anthony and bystanders reported the husband, 55, had barricaded the kitchen, turned on gas jets, and begged officers for help. Tear gas was used as Mudano finally emerged.
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Anthony
Mudano
Portland man pays gas bill with Algerian francs
In Portland Oregon Henry D Iver of Montgomery Alabama trained at a nearby base and went to Africa where he sent 330 Algerian francs to cover a gas bill. George MacKenzie assistant treasurer of Portland Gas and Coke company resold the notes to employees for 10 dollars and mailed them to Ivey who had already paid the bill and forgotten it.
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Algeria
Portland
Obe
Cer
Henry D. Iver
Montgomery
Ala
Africa
George MacKenzie
Portland Gas and Coke Company
Ivey
Handbag Finder Returns Most of Lost Bag in Newark
In Newark New Jersey an unnamed writer who found Mrs Belle Bearison’s missing handbag kept $6 from the $25 inside and returned the rest. Mrs Bearison said she was fine with the restitution and that the finder would have been glad to keep the whole sum if the bag had not been returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Belle Bearison
Langston Bus Station Destroyed by Long-Distance Call
An excited call claimed a Guthrie bus station fire but firefighters found no blaze. The long-distance miscommunication originated from Langston, where the bus station was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Langston
Topeka Official Fails to Win Salary Debt from 1883
Col J W F Hughes of Topeka sought $289 as state guard officer salary dating to 1883 but legislature denied the claim. Unofficially, private funds quickly grew from lawmakers, with Rep Henry Buzich contributing $5 of postage, increasing donations to $172 in minutes and potentially $299.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topexa
J. W. F. Hughes
Topeka
Henry Buzich
Seventy-Three Of Every Eighty Seven Survive Torpedoed Vessels
Lord Leathers, minister of War Transport, told a Worshipful Company luncheon that eighty seven of every one hundred men aboard torpedoed vessels survive. He said most casualties come from enemy attack or from men fleeing a stricken ship. Lifeboat and raft losses are under two percent, and in five of six cases survivors are picked up within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Leathers
Tin Plate
Italian Air Defense Plea Draws Fascist Badges
In Genoa a dry fountain is used to collect coins for an air defense fund. After four heavy raids, police found the fountain brimful of Fascist badges rather than money, as freed British prisoners recount.
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Port Said
Egypt
Italy
Genoa
Theaters Looted for Rubber Arm Pads in London
London proprietors report rubber arm pads from seats are being cut off and stolen at an alarming rate amid a citywide rubber shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
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Bernice McPeak
Gloria McCaleb
Colorado Springs
Cols
Verni McPeak
Floyd Lane
Alfred Kleen
Malcolm
I. Ray Bonstetter
8. J. Packard
Corwith
Chas. Trask
Glenn Martin
Albert Moellering
Galt
Bert Martin
Walter Martin
Chas
Trask
Melvin Heggen
A. W. Gray
Bodeata
George Yeoman
Dick S_ety
Tae
Smith Pak
John Zimmerman
Albert Hefti
Will Hef #Zandson
Marshall Clancy
Hardy
Gilbert Hetti
Fangnters
Webster City
Walter Hefti
Laverne
Leo Mimbach
Leughier
Lola
West Bend
Mimbach
Charles Dewitt
W. H. Long
Renwick, Lows
L. R. Turner
Renwick Savings Bank
Renwick
Iowa
A. H. Stafford, D. W. M
F. M. Crawford
Des Moines Lunch Register
Daily Register
Donald
Richard
Hocker
Sherrill Oppedehl
Clarence Erwin
Keith McCurry
Lost Island
Waldorff College
Dhoor
A.D. Black
Betty
Ware
Doris Black
Nemaha
Jack Stoakes
Donald McGowan
Gus Vohs
Alegona
Flora Voss
Homer Thiel
Rosemary
Cumberland
P. H. Thiel
Abs. Chas. C. Smith
oNr
Chris Schneider
Henry Helmke
Garner
Fred Maier
Helmke
Harl Gimner
Clarence Johnson
Otto Swanson
Terry Mitchell
Creamery
Dairy Farmer
T. K. Barber
Burt
C. & N. W.despot
Mrs. Barber
Effie Lockwood
St. Paul Lutheran Church
RJ. Huck
Emmanuel Evangelical Ch. F
Helen’ Jensen
Floyd Anderson
Eagle Grove
John
A. R. Martin
Harold Amosson
Green’s Food Market
Renwick, Iowa
Jack Sprat
Penn Champ
Omar Wonder
Sen
Meat Department
Decker
Renwick Creamery
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