Local Happenings From Algona Area Notes and Births
Mrs Clarence J Molitor and her daughter visited from Sheldon to spend a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs W H Stott. A note from Mrs Bernard J Kirk of Brentwood Maryland, former Ruth Miller, says spring has arrived there and she enjoys reading the Topic. Mrs Mary Michaelson and Mia James McColley and family were visitors at Algona Saturday. Intermill's trip to Minneapolis included business and pleasure and Lermond bowled in a tournament. Mr and Mrs John M Hamilton welcomed a healthy boy born last Wednesday at Fort Dodge Lutheran Hospital. Mrs Hamilton had measles and was hospitalized.
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Clarence J. Molitor
Ittle
Sheldon
Bernard J. Kirk
Brentwood
Maryland
Ruth Miller
Oscar Miller
I'Korka
Mary Michaelson
Mia
James McColley
Algona
Intermill
Minneapolis
Lermond
John M. Hamilton
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Hamilton
Local notes from Titonka and surroundings update readers
Community life spans illness and visits with Miss Gladya Geerdes ill with measles. Neighbors and relatives stop by at homes of Krantz, Falk, Budlong, Hamstreet, Clark, and others. Fire damages a wall at the Krominga home. Post office window shattered. Women’s club meets April 11 with program on sports and social life. Students visit colleges and plan future nursing. Gordon Swan leaves Hamilton Hatchery for own produce business. Bonacker sisters tour Chicago and hospital, with President Truman and Eisenhower seen by Mrs. Bonacker. A list of visits, illnesses, and small town happenings across Titonka area.
Algona Mother Dies Rites Held For Mrs J A Harig
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs. J. A. Harig 45 mother of four who died Sunday at her home after a long illness. Rites were at St. Cecelia's church and burial followed in Calvary cemetery. Helen McMahon born Feb 2 1901, daughter of late S B McMahon Algona attorney and Mrs McMahon attended a girls' school in Dubuque two years later graduated from Town University and taught before marriage. She married Joseph A Harig in May 1930 and the children Betty Gene David and Patty survive with the husband and mother Mrs E McMahon Maurice of Minneapolis and sisters Mrs Ralph Carpenter Des Moines and Mrs Richard Schmitz Storm Lake.
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Algona
J. A. Harig
St. Cecelia’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Helen McMahon
S. B. McMahon
Town University
Joseph A. Harig
Betty
Gene
David
Patty
E. McMahon
Maurice
Minneapolis
Ralph Carpenter
Des Moines
Richard Schmitz
Storm Lake
Brooder House Warmth Crucial For Chicks Arrival
Iowa farms prepare for baby chicks with warm clean brooder houses says W R Whitfield Iowa State College poultry specialist. Cleanliness and proper heat are essential. test stoves days before chicks arrive to maintain 95 degrees. Use a deep litter about 3 inches thick across the floor with crushed corncobs shavings sawdust or chopped straw and do not remove until birds are sold.
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Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College
Whitfield
Oat sowing rates limit yield says Iowa tests
Since 1942 Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station tests show sowing more than 3 bushels per acre of high germination oats wastes seed and yields gain little beyond 3 bushels. Burning suggests 3 bushels per acre maximizes yield for those seeking the largest harvest.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
L. C. Burnett
Iowa State College Agronomist
Burnett
Optimal Oats Seeding Rates Under Clinton Varieties
Agricultural trials show sowing at 1 to 3 bushels per acre with Clinton oats yields 62 to 74 bushels. Early sowing in April boosts bushel weight and prevents weed competition. Delays after April 16 reduce yields by over 6 bushels, and May sowing cuts reach by 22 bushels. trials include Clinton, Marion, Tama, Osage and CI 4327.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Burnett
Marion
Tama
Osage
Every Farm Needs A Clean Up Week
Kossuth County farms should hold a spring cleanup before heavy field work begins. The effort will let more family members help, improve appearance, and reduce hazards from glass nails and scrap. Clearing loose wire and scrap heaps also cuts rat and fly problems and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Elderly constable winner's long service in Virginia township
In 1876 S D McClintic appeared on the Republican ballot for constable in Warren County's Virginia township and was elected. Now 90, he has served as constable for much of 70 years and still tends a livery stable in New Virginia though horse and rig have not been used for two decades. He did not run this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. McClintic
Virginia Township
Warren County
New Virginia
McClintic
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Robert Livingston
Jenifer Jones
Joseph Cotton
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Stooge Comedy and Sport Reel
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Fleur
Gladya Geerdes
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Hampton
J. J. Budlong
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Allis
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Aplington
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Grinnell College
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W. C. Clark
Chicago
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R. ©. Ball
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H. A. French
Jean
Mason City
Chris Brandt
Walter Miller
Thursday Bridge Club
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Roy Budlong
Swanson
Amos Krominga Jr
Titonka Woman's Club
Ethel Downs
America
Mary Sartor
Mary Oesterreicher
Louis Oesterreicher
Kenneth Barringer
Graettinger
Northfield
Minn
Drake University
Grinnells College
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Vernon Ricklefs
Magon City Hospital
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Fred Stow
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Laura Paine
Pasadena
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Ruth
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Dick A. Beenken
Buffalo Center Reformed Church
Mrs. Warner Smith
Rochester
Gordon Swan
Hamilton Hatchery
Eleanor Sachau
Gordon
Joyce
Janice Bonacker
Wesleyan Hospital
Northwestern University
Arnold Brandt
Pullorum
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Swea City
Devries Auction Company
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Tri-Valley
Gladbrook
Ohio
Triumph
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Ney
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FBI
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Zwieback
Pke- Prunes
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Reg
Harlan News- Advertiser
Dick Miller
G. F. Hanstein
Craig
Fred Hagen
Britt Rendering Co
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Town
Smith's Barber Shop
Titanka
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