Southern Minnesota land bank lists farms for sale near Norcross and Wendell
Local joint stock land bank advertises a portable mill and farm listings including Harslay and Frederickson farms. Describes farm sizes from 120 to 160 acres, black loam soils, outbuildings, fences, windmill, and gravel roads with prices around 6000 to 6400 dollars. Contact Lea O. Wolfe at the Topte and Topic offices for details.
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Southern
Minnesota
Joint Stock Land Bank Farms
VOR
Norcross
Minn
Harslay
Ses
Lee O. Walfe
Frederickson Farm
Wendell
Lea O. Wolfe
Wesely News Miscellany from Algona and East Moline
Wesley News reports Morand Persil recovering at home with pneumonia. Mrs Amanda Studer of East Moline dies at 76, stepmother to Alf and John, buried last Monday. A daughter Mrs Larry Delgetty attends funeral. Louis R Wingert parents a baby born at Kossuth hospital Algona. Travel prize won by Mrs Halvor Flom Jr. at bridge club. Paul Friberg appointed marshal by Mayor G Denning and town council. Mmil Wester named weed commissioner and Dr R K Richardson health officer. Goetz family visits Algona. Hildman family moves into Flom home. Frank Conley family from Livermore visit Gate Kennedy’s home. H D Barry starts as assistant to L T Root at Root Hardware. Emry L formerly with Koppen pool hall.
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Morand Persil
Amanda Studer
East Moline
Illinois
Alf
John
Larry Delgetty
Mason City
Louis R. Wingert
Kossuth
Algona
Thila
Halvor Flom Jr
Mra
W. Goslin
Paul Friberg
G. Dennig
Mmil Wester
R. K. .i Richardson
George Goetz
Mary Goetz
Dorothy
Anthony Hildman
Halvor Flomer
Frank Conley
Livermore
Gate Kennedy H. D. Barry
L. T. Root
Root Hardware
Emryl
Koppen
Sister Mary Nicoletta to End Teaching Duties This Year
Sister Mary Nicoletta seventh and eighth grade teacher at the parochial school is ill and confined to bed and will not resume duties this year. A Sister from St Traneis Convent Milwaukee will start Monday after Easter. The forty hours adoration closing was held at St Joseph's Church with Father Regan of Milwaukee. Miss Anna Johnson and Benjamin Josephson visited relatives here. Guy M. Butts returned from six weeks in Texas and Florida. The Ricke family of Williams visited Mroelich and Ricke. Mrs R B Hopkins was taken to Kossuth hospital for major surgery. The broader shed on the Henry Ricke farm burned. 502 two-week-old chicks perished. fire origin unknown. PTA to meet at Klempeter hall Monday. Frank Miles of Des Moines to speak at May 18 commencement on Whither America. Four high school one act plays at Kleinpeter hall. Mrs T A McMahon and infant Patricia Anti returned from Mercy hospital Mason City. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brockman of Britt visited her parents.
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Mary Nicoletta
St. Traneis
Milwaukee
St.Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Regan
Anna Johnson
Benjamin Josephson
Boone
Manon City
Henry Ricke
P.T.A
Klempeter Hall
Frank Miles
Des Moines
America
Kleinpeter Hall
Portland Area Social Notes Highlight Community Activity
Marion Putz has mumps. Families and friends visit at the Victor Appelgate, George Koestler, and George Graham homes. Local clubs meet. hospital trips include Fred Jennings and Chas Phalps home visits. Russell Shipler hosts a birthday party. numerous neighbors gather for family dinners and religious events across Burt, Algona, Sexton, and West Bend areas.
Ti tonka Farmers Elevator News No 20 positive about garden work
A Janitorial style note promotes gardening and home improvements at Ti tonka with tips on using International feed and mineralized yeast seed. It mentions clean stock, fair prices, and the value of water in gardens. A local anecdote recalls a burglar incident and a quip about footprints and time.
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Titoulka
Community notices from Burt and surrounding towns
Sunday gatherings feature Bob Fraser with Parenta near Sexton and many local families visiting homes and sharing meals as Port land and Burt townships rank high in county achievements. The Titonka dateline honors Geo Swyter with a military funeral, while local residents report illnesses, travel, and everyday visits across Britt, Lakota, and nearby farms.
Frock coats and beards mark era of statesmanship
The "nifty nineties" saw most U S senators in Prince Albert shirts and frock coats, symbols of maturity and substance. Beards were a sign of a seasoned man, while the style reflected political decorum of the time.
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Prince Alberts
United States
First Scottish Glass Maker Found In a Cave
George Hay born 1566 and died 1625 established the first glass making in Scotland by using a naturally formed cave at Wemyss in Fife to set up his furnace leveraging the cave's peculiar geometry for his glass work.
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Scotland
George Hay
Wemyss
Fife
First Plows of Tree Branches Farm Tool History
The first farm plows were made from crooked tree branches and operated by human labor, reflecting early manual farming methods.
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Schwon
Henry H. Huisinga
Titonka, Iowa
Hoff’s Harness and Shoe Repair Shop
Bhoy
Gant Balding
A. W. Amunson
Borchardt
Towa
J. E. Keil Funeral Home
Unita
Titonka
W. L. Tindall
D. O
Horace S. Beemer J
Penny Building
L. A. Matern
Wesley
Iowa
C. O. Riddle
Bart, IA
A. Schram
Titonia
LEED
WOLFE
Notary Public
Ulsonia
Pierre Sartor, M. D
Tytonica
H. L. Torgersen
Hamatreet
Titonka, la
Roy C. Ball
Titonka, In
Gus Frederickson
Bank of Woden Wopen
Jawa
Kossuth County
J. L. Bonar
Towa State Bank Building
Algona, Towa
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ia
van Ness & Stillman
Attorneys-at
Hesse
Maurice C. McMahon
County Savings Building
E. C. McMahon
P. A. Dawson
LAW
Quarton & Miller
County Savings Bank Bldg
H. J. Schuster & Son Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Buffalo Center
Poland
Henry van Have
E. A. Mechler
F. Ll. Thorpe
Reynolds
H. Rickless
B. A. Pannhuk
Zwietel Farm
Weeq Reasonable
Orla FE
Zwietel
Harry Karghin
Crystal Lake
Tanvilac
Ted Hindera
Woden
Cosgrove
Schram
Titonka, Ja
Algona Federal Savings & Loan Association
Gale
H. K. McCall
Richard Helmars
New Yorker
Walbert Bruns
Ed Zwatfel
Ben W. Panukuk
Nick Heesch
W. J. Denton
John A. Sleper
Sef
Wesley News
Boughton - Swan Funeral Directors
Lermond
Eleanor Intermill
Portable Milling
Servich
Bennet Bruhns
T. A. McMaon
Patricia Anti
Mercy
Portland News
Marion Putz
Patsy
Nedra Wolfe
VictorAppelgate
Sylvia Nall
Art Iggard
Gorwith
Victor Appelgate
Teenie Leech
Albert Metzgar
Metzgar
Darrel
Claude Gigshee
Alice Lowhig
Ray Black
Near Burt
Robert Gogadill
John Koentler
George Koestler
N Burt
George
Victor Fitch
Guetta
Rosa Fitch
Sexton
Clel Miller
Mildred
Northwood
Town
Harvey Graham
George Graham
L. R. Daniels
Burt
Chas. Phalps
Duvis Jain
Portland
Elk Mound
Wisconsin
Roy Clark
Lloyd Bartlett
Art. Tietz
Henry Teiman
Jack
Gladys
Fred Jennings
Algong
Jennings
Glenn Larsen
Fairmont
Fred
Lewis Speicher
Raymond Schiltz
Baby
Bancroft
Donald Ringsdort
W. J. Stewart
J. M. Trunkhill
Trunkhill
Jacob Godden
John Promising
West Bend
Russell Shipler
Russell
Herbert Nelson
Son Arden
Magon City
Farmers Elevator News
Mtonke
Lews
Titonka House
Fowa
F. EB. Hagen, Mgr
Ed. Howe
Bob Fraser
Jim Shipler
W. E. Grover
Hart Shipler
Doris of
W. E. Grovers
Ki. J. Fairbanks
Kansas City
Olle Michaelson
Neil
Donald
Martin Larson
Velma
Elsie
Henry Nelson
Lou Hansen
Lakota
Ivan Long
Cecil Long
Martin Larsen
Iowa Legionaire
Geo. Swyter
Titonka Legionaires
George Swyter
Swyter
Ameritang
William
Dick Spear
Phyllis
Ramsey Reformed
Raymond Ricklefs
Clark Armstrong
Britt
Tutankg
Harry Reed
Charles
din‘Nar
Ross Buffington
Theatre
Titonea
Louis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Hardy
Tyke Theatre
Jimmy Durante
Three Stooges
Walter Connolly
Emile Zola
Paul Muni
Gale Sondergard
Tonka High School
Joan Crawford
Spencey Tracy
Titania
Algona Rendering Co. Titonka
L-1
Fred Hagen
Mgr
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