Hesperian Literary Society Program at Buffalo Consolidated
The Hesperian Literary Society of Buffalo Consolidated Schools hosts a program Friday evening April 4 at 8 30 in the school assembly room. All are invited to attend featuring songs readings debate on the League of Nations and musical numbers by Vera McElroy Della Beenken Doris Zwiefel and others with Mona Hefner Margaret Lawler and August Wellner participating.
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Hesperian Literary Society
Buffalo Consoldated
Buffalo Consolidated School
Sovasy Margaret Kirkpatrick
Ben” Pannkuk
Vera Medlar
Della Beenken
Doris Zwiefel
George
Bonacker
Margaret Lawler
Mona Hefner
August Wellner
Red Cross and Soldier Bonus Forms in Kossuth County Bulletin
Kossuth County Red Cross bulletin notes the $60 veteran bonus form availability for discharged soldiers and details on required discharge papers. It also urges clothing donations for the campaign and outlines plans for a county wartime honor roll and Liberty Loan information, requesting complete service histories and photos for county soldiers.
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Kossuth
American Red Cross
Ballic Terminal
New York Dock, Co
Brooklyn
N.Y
Local War History Request and Obituary List from Kossuth County
The note calls for chapter chairmen and secretaries to collect and preserve war service records and solicit committees if needed. It lists Kossuth county servicemen who died, across towns like Algona, Bancroft, Ledyard, LaVerne, St Benedict, Titonka, Wesley, and Whittemore, and instructs chapters to prepare a detailed Red Cross history following a formal outline.
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Kossuth
Algona—Christianson
Sloth
Harry Daley
Carl F. Hage
Christopher B. Kain
EB. J. Hodges
Wilson
Bancroft
Harold B. Hendricks
Ju Tus C. Green
Frank 3. Nemmers
Burt Fay L. Andrews
Knock
Glen B. McKinnon
Ledyard
W. Looft
August F. Krameremneier
LaVerne
Ernest F. Merkle
St. Benedict
Bernard Witte
Anton C. Fehr
Titonka
Leo C. Breen
R. B. Heiffner
Forest G. Jones
Edward Ss. Gross
William Huisman
Henry H. Harrenga
Germania
Clarence E. Scott
Wesley
Ed Richie
Studer
Whittemoree
Bert W. Seeley
Led A. Walsh
Red Cross
AL Falkenhainer
Algona
Towa
Will Move to Woden Personal Property Sale Highlights Peters Family
The Peters sale in which Okko Peters clerked Christian Peters managed. Clarence Humkae auctioneered for the Ackley, Iowa family. Nearly 700 dollars receipts. Sale aimed to fund moving to Woden as Er and Mrs Peters prepare to leave their Grundy county farm established since 1894. Nine Duroc sows bred to a registered boar offered by Nelson Broa Titonka.
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Er. O. Peters
Okko Peters
Christian Peters
Clarence Humkae
Ackley
Iowa
Mr. Peters
Kossuth
Mrs. Peters
News-World
Farrow
Nelson Broa
Titonka
Farmers Elevator Ad Promotes Cheap Twine and Barbed Wire
An old notice advertises twine at 2c per pound at the Farmers Elevator Co. It highlights availability of barbed wire and mentions pricing as part of a rural supply pitch.
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Farmers Elevator Co
Titanka to Welcome Second Doctor to Town
Dr. Clapsaddle of St. Louis plans to locate in Titanka, joining his brother already here. He rented space in the Topic office for an office, seeks a residence, and may build if parcels are found. A 28-year-old married father of one, he studied medicine in St. Louis and spent time in hospitals before serving in the military.
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Center School
C. Reichsamen
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
Burt
What the Preacher Said
A newspaper editor, briefly away, leaves the paper to a minister. A subscriber threatens to maul the editor, and the minister replies with a wry remark about the editor’s tenacious hold. The exchange ends with a boast about church members ready to intervene.
Memorial of George Frank Township Official and Family Man
George Frank served as a township school director and treasurer for years, noted for honest faithful service. A devoted husband and father, he left a wife, five children Albert Remer Minnesota Norma Ackley Iowa John Lillie and Gertie near Titonka, 23 grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral services were held at the German Lutheran church with Rev Muller, one of the oldest members, and burial followed in the church cemetery.
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George Frank
Albert
Remer
Minn
Norma
Ackley
Iowa
John
Lillie
Gertie
Jive
Titonka
Mueller
Dettingen
Oberant
Kircheim
Wurtenberg
Deutchland
United States
Mineraville
Penn
Mary Feltman
Minersville
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
German Township
Julius Kunz
Wesley
Frank Post
Hy. Adams
Algona
North Dakota
E. L. Hangen
German Township Couple Wed in Garden Ceremony
William Boehm and Gertie Janssen were married Thursday in German Township. Rev. Haken officiated at the German Reformed Church with relatives present. The couple, well known locally, will reside on a farm near Germania and begin housekeeping there.
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Wm. Cr. Boehm
Fred Boehm
Gertie Janssen
Aggo Janssen
Haken
German Reformed Church
Germania
Obituary of George Frank and tubercular free cattle tests
Obituary details the life of George Frank born 1845 in Dettingen Germany who immigrated to the United States in 1854, married Mary Feltman, raised a large family, and became a farmer and inventor in Iowa. The second article reports on Federal tests in Kossuth County showing tubercular free cattle herds at 2.95 percent with several large herds entirely free, indicating extensive disease control progress.
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A.P. Abendschein
Federal Bureau of Animal ‘Industry
Kossuth
Hereford
TP. W. Reece
Wilmore
Leroy McWhorter
Burt
Guernsey
H. J. Brown
W. B. Quarton
Adams & Swain
Algona
A. A. Dreyer
Fenton
W. H. King
J. F. Nurre
Jerseys
Bant Jerett
Bert McCorkle & Son
L.N
St Benedict Rancher Robbed of Eight Thousand Five Hundred
St Benedict Iowa rancher Dan Froelich, wintering in California, lost $8500 in an oil stock swindle in San Diego. He described the elaborate setup to Captain George Home, naming associates Nolan and Derrick who allegedly lost $16,000 and $20,000. Froelich remains convinced he may recover his savings as telegrams, a forged firm, and fake exchange chairs appeared during the scam.
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Dan Froelich
West Second Street
St. Benedict
Iowa
California
San Diego
George K. Home
Captain Home
Froelich
San Nolan
Joe Derrick
New York Stock Exchange of
Nolan
Derrick
Banko
Froehlich
Stock Exchange
Portland
Ore
Ife
Imperial Hotel
Lin
Jones
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ome
Capt. Home
Hig Town Farm
Seed potatoes treated in two minutes
Seed potatoes can be treated to prevent rots such as scab, black scar, and blackleg by dipping in a hot formaldehyde solution. The Iowa State College Ames method uses two minutes at 118 to 122 degrees F, with 2 pints of 40 percent formaldehyde to 30 gallons water, then drying.
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Iowa
Ames
Local News Notes on Veterans and Community Events
Henry Isebrand returns home from Camp Dodge after overseas service near the front when armistice arrived. Becomes popular with locals. local ads show advertising effectiveness for farm posts and huts in beet weeders season. Upcoming Algona meeting to form a six-member county board of education and notes on local hog farming, a killed ambulance driver in Italy, and a theater showing The Naughty Bride at the Opera House.
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Henry Isebrand
Camp Dodge
France
Henry
G. B. French
Algona
Ed Hammond
Morehouse
Chas, Morehouse
Bancroft
Italy
Opera House
Rica
Farmers’ Elevator Co
Woven Wire Fence Yard Sighted at Lambe
A fragment notes a yard containing woven wire fence at a Lambe location. Details are incomplete but suggest nearby property fencing work. No dates or names are clearly readable. Further text needed for full event context.
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Ile Lambe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kossuth County
Ross Bulletin
Pe Swarestiene
Lemon Bldg
Washington
DB. C
Liberty Loan
Fach Precinct
Red Cros Headquar
Seine Sombie
Harlan
Jachudinga
Cooplete
Berap
Beryice
Woden
Ly “Hansen
Titanka
William Boehm
County
Fred Stecker
B. A. Panakul
Thonka
Rhode Island
Bernard "Phelps
Algons
Bunke
Fortune
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