Local Happenings in Titonka and Nearby Towns
Local notes document visits and social gatherings across Hampton, Titonka, and surrounding areas. Carted guests include Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Loata, Clarence Loatg, and Jeanne Knight, with multiple family visits and transfers noted among Duluth, Fort Dodge, and Mason City. Wilbur Schram returns from Camp McCoy, others travel to Iowa City, Rapid City, and Chicago. several residents move or plan moves, with hospital, discharge, and home life details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Loata
Hampton
George Peterson
Thomas Loats
Clarence ‘Loatg
Jeanne Knight
University of
Joe
Wilbur Schram
Camp McCoy
Wis
Camp Grant
Chicago
Camp MccCoy
Wilbur
France
Louxembourg
Germany
Jean French
Iowa City
Howard French
Rapid City
Howard
Buck
Titonka
Bill Stott
Social dinners and bridge at the Herman Buns home
Woden area residents hosted guests Friday and over the weekend at multiple homes for dinners and bridge games. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Claus Smith, Luverne Smith and Marjorie Buns, with high bridge scores to the Smiths. Several visits occurred in Mason City, Burt, and Seneca with relatives from Minneapolis, Utica, Mankato, and Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull
Mary Michaelson
Don
Neal Michaelson
Gary
Peggy
James McColleey
James McColley
Algona F
Bob Pink
Oscar Wagner
Manly
M. Olaen
Wesley
John Pink
Mason City
John
Pannkuk
Alice
Minnie
Nevada
Ray Pannkuk
Webster City
Pannhuk
August Schroeder
Fred Hagen
Chicago
Fred
Homer Downs
Roy Budlong
Rochester
Hone Allis
Bancroft
Grandma Rippentrop
George Johnson
Myrtle
Titontea
Abel Limberg
Wayne Qostin
Alameda
Calif
Wayne
Navy
K. & H. Oil Company
Herb Carstens
Gertrude ‘Carstens
Millicent Roskilly
Isse Weinlick
Minneapolis
Jake Guettama
Grundy Center
Relatves
Parkersburg
Roland Baumann
Morrison
Ted Bode
Marilyn
Ceylon
Minn
Fritz T. Gerdes
Wilton Brown
Dells
Wis
Iver Brown
Myron Brown
Marjorie Buns
Herman Buns
Claus Smith
Luverne "Smith
Robert Buns
Luverne Smith
George Pommer
Henry Looft
Seneca
Pvt
Carl Weishaar
Utica
John Rudisill
Pfc. Weishaar
San Diego
Marjorie Dirksen
Virginia Mills
W. L. Tindall
Dewey Culver
Bernard
Bonnie
Donnie
Emogene Hill
Dickens
Frank True
Not Comfortable Place Adds Intriguing Snake Visit at Jensen Home
The Levi Jensen family near Griswold faced repeated visits by snakes after receiving a California fruit package. Mrs. Jensen found a small snake in the kitchen, a blue racer appeared, and the mate was killed. neighbors recall no prior sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Jensen
Griswold
Mount Eisenhower Renamed Peak in Alberta Landmarks
The Castle mountain area in southwest Alberta is renamed Mount Eisenhower in honor of the general. The region, near Lake Louise and Banff, features rugged promontories and a 4000 foot rise above the Bow River valley as Swiss guides assist climbers. The name shift adds to a list of peaks named after Allied leaders following earlier 9600-foot names for Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canada
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Churwhll
Stalin
Colorado
Franklin Roosevelt
National Geographic Society
Lake Louise
Ban
Banff National Peak
Bow River
Haiti and the Caribbean Island Nation Facts
A concise history note explains Haiti as the first Negro republic founded in 1820 and its tumult through 1911 to 1915 with U S Marines administering the country. It describes Haiti’s location across the Windward Passage from Cuba, its western third of Hispaniola, land area of 10 748 square miles, and a population of three million French speaking Black descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
United States
Hall
Uncle Sam
Cuba
Hispaniola
Maryland
Baltimore
Dominican Republic
Vacuuming Edges Leave Rugs Dirty After Vacuuming
The article explains edge cleaning issues with vacuum nozzles. Keeping the nozzle just inside the rug edge seals suction for dirt removal. running over the edge pulls air without rug contact. To handle lifted edges or fringes, lower the handle to tip the nozzle and break the seal. if fringes wind, stop the motor and loosen the fringe.
Blanket Warmth Based on Wool Content and Weave
The warmth of a blanket depends on wool percentage, nap, and weave closeness. Check the label for wool content, unfold to see weave light, and rub with the palm to test nap strength and fiber length. A thick nap may reduce fiber reinforcement if fibers are short.
Garfield’s Assassination by Guiteau in 1881
President James A. Garfield was shot twice on July 1 1881 at the Baltimore and Potomac depot in Washington. Secretary of State James Blaine accompanied him. Garfield died September 19 after treatment first at the White House then in New Jersey. Guiteau was later convicted and hanged in 1892 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
James G. Blaine
Baltimore and Potormac
6Th and
B Streets
N.W
Washington, D. C
Charles J. Guiteau
White House
Biberon
N. J
Capitol
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Guiteau
Hinton Family Faces Loss Then Recovery at Twin Lakes
After their summer cottage at Twin Lakes burned, Lester Hinton and Arthur Wolff were in a car accident near Rochester, Minnesota. They escaped injury, plan to replace the cottage and repair the Ford as the family resumes normal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Hintons
Rockwell City
Twin Lakes
Hinton
Arthur Wolff
Rochester
Minn
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Boekelmann
C. J.rippenstrop
Lakota
Mamie Speicher
William Speicher
Forth
Woden
Fairmont
Stanley Valley
Nora ‘Springs
Nora Springs
Stanley
Good Hope Lutheran Indies’ Aid
Htta Stecker
Fred Stecker
Martin Glecker
Virgil Heesch
Fannie
Alice Pannkul
WAVES
Great Lakes
Ill
Telko Stecker
Ben Pannkuk
Boyd Pannk
John Rolfaema
Des Moines
Carl i
Callies
Richard Lloyd
Dallas
Texas
Harry Read
Wm. Larsen
Mason City Hospital
Frank ‘Truesdell
W. L. Madall
Heman Buns
Sons Robet
Garner
Ahrends of
Osage
Presbyterian Church
Menno Limberg
Buffalo Canter Leat
August ‘Stohr
LeRoy, Minn
Merle Brown
Beverly Bode
Henry Bode
Drake University
Titonka Savings Bank
Callies Bros Store
Nash
Jar
Woden News
W. E. Ley
Lakota, Iowa
Intermill
Titanka, Iowa
Kellogg’s
Wright’s
Quaker Oats
Yank, Schultz & Burch
Tri-Valley
Priscilla Alden
Sige
Bonacker’s Food Market
FBI
Rea
Curtiss
Betty Crocker
Frank Starry
Frank Pealer
Wyoming
Pealer
Starry
Will
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Titonka, Towa
Smith's Barbey Shop
Titanka
Algona, Iowa
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