We Americans and the Taxed Free Nation
A letter rails against high taxes while praising freedoms in the United States. It contrasts British taxation with American liberty and notes recent state actions raising teachers certificate fees from one to two dollars, with proceeds split between county teachers institutes and the state. The piece also mentions Lulu Haglund experimenting with maple sugar in Swea City.
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Great Britain
Lulu Haglund
Swea City
Veterans Picnic Set for August 15 at Kos south county fairgrounds
The Swea City Herald notes the 62nd Regiment Spanish American War veterans will hold their annual picnic at Kos south county fair grounds on August 15. The article mentions prior tree planting along the Des Moines River at Algona by Ohd and Robert Hagluta and a veteran named Harvey.
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Hh. Harvey
Dipar Camps
Maryland
Ohd
Robert Hagluta
Des Moines
Algona
Swea City Herald
62Nd Regiment
Kossauth County Fair Grounds
Lakota News Briefs Include Visits and a Fatality
Betty and Harold Jonson and others spent the weekend at Belmond with Harvey Johnson, Mrs. Johnson bringing them back Sunday. Mary Jane Lewis visited Minneapolis. J P Schissel and A O Schissel from Minneapolis visited. Ed Thaves of Burt called on relatives and business. Hanne Beenken, hospitalized in Buffalo Center, recovering from blood poisoning. Rey and Mrs Gerald Ukena and son from Jessup arrived for a visit. Carl Paulson injured his arm playing with drilling machinery, arm broken in two places. Presbyterian Ladies Aid to meet Thursday at the church basement. Claus Steenhard, age 1M, died at home. funeral at Presbyterian church. Rev Frerking officiated. Survived by wife, mother, three brothers, four sisters and many relatives. Burial at Maple Hill Cemetery east of town.
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Betty
Harold Jonson
Betty Ley
Paul Ukena
Harvey Johnson
Belmond
Mrs. Johnson
Mary Jane Lewis
Minneapolis
J. P. Schissel
A. O. Schissel
Ed Thaves
Burt
Hanne Beenken
Buffalo Center
Rey
Gerald Ukena
Jessup
Carl Paulson
Guy Beemer
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Claus Steenhard
Presbyterian Church
Rev
O. H. Frerking
Maple Hill Cemetery
Description Sec NEY and NWU: cryptic legal notation
A compact notice appears with scattered legal abbreviations and numeric codes. It mentions sections and directions, likely a shorthand land or property reference, including values like 120A and an amount resembling eight dollars and ninety eight cents.
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Nwu
Legal notice and May Day traditions from 1937 issue
Notice from Joy Budlong as President and Mathilda Falk as Secretary renewing and amending the Titonka Telephone Company charter for twenty years, detailing stock, officers, and governance. The document also reviews May Day origins from Druids to English and American customs with notes on legends, rituals, and folk beliefs.
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Pitonka Tatephone Company
Pjtonka Telephone Company
Titonka
Iowa
Ita
Sntes
Joy Budlong
Mathilda Falk
Bel
Maurice
India
Taurus
Hogland
Phere
Movies Shape Child Learning and Behavior, Iowa Study Says
A Iowa study funded by the University of Iowa cautions parents and teachers that films strongly influence children. Movies teach both information and values, with vivid scenes in sports crime and drama leaving lasting impressions. Proper choices by guardians can steer children toward accurate, beneficial depictions and away from distortion.
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China
Towa Child Welfare Research Station
University of Iowa
Mule Parmer Seliloquy Published for Editor
Seliloquy by a rural farmer posted from Sioux City laments a partnership with a mule. It questions who labors harder, the man or the animal, and uses humor to critique shared toil and value. The piece blends rural dialect with reflections on work and dignity.
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Mule Parmer
Sioux City
Dixie
Bill
A Humorous Colonial Argument Over Work and Wages
A rustic dialogue exposes a farm couple’s quarrel about crop division and labor. One requests a fair share, while the other laments taxes, mortgage, and a meddling preacher. The speaker laments politics, marriage, and mortality, asking how to keep a straight face.
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Wien
Granny
Goto
Bill
William
Honor Roll Items From Small-Town Iowa Notices
Brief clippings list names and dates including Higgins Whittemore Harkness Titonka Peterson Hansen Stecker Stroebel and others with dates in 1937 1938 and locations such as Whittemore Titonka Yorkville and Titonka Iowa. The fragmented OCR suggests community notices or obituary-like entries honoring individuals with dated references.
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Con Higgins
Whittemore
Iowa
Peter Govern
Titonka
Geo. Harkness
Yorkville
Ill
Bruno Stecker
Arthur O'Connor Dies in Rochester Hospital
Arthur O'Connor, formerly from the Swea City area near Titonka, died Friday at a Rochester hospital after several weeks there. He was about forty five and leaves a wife and eight children, five of whom are hers. His oldest child is around sixteen and the youngest about three. Funeral services were held Monday morning at the Catholic church in Armstrong, with several neighbors in attendance.
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Arthur O'Connor
Arthur
O’connor
vSwea City
Craven Hstats
Titonka
Rochester
Minnesota
O'Connor
Armstrong
Fragmentary report on Bethy ramp and family dispute
Incomplete OCR text mentions Bethy ramp issues, a person named Hmintty, and a reference to a mother and her children. Details are unclear and names are partially garbled, preventing a full reconstruction of events. The readable elements indicate a family conflict or incident involving a mother and children, but specifics are not discernible.
Portland News Briefs From Cruising Socials and Illness
Portland society notes list visits and family gatherings from Burt to Ames including Phelps and Stewart families. Ed Bartlett suffers pneumonia with Irene Haynes caring for him. Darlene Brayton elected as delegate to Ames at a Portland Peppy Pats club meeting with about 20 girls attending. Wills Phelps preaches in Whittemore and Good Hope churches. Several dinners and visits recorded across Algona, Titonka, Sexton, and Thompson area communities.
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Wills
Phelps
Soux City
Waek
Bid Stewart
Cedar Falla
My Stewart
Chas
J. P. Stowoy
Burt
Ed Bartlett
Pheumonia
Irene Haynes
Wesleys
Portland
Darlene Brayton
Ames
Haupert
Jim Shipier
W. 2
Grover
OL. J. Fairbanks
R. M. Wallace
Algona
Maria Grover
Bob
Eleanor Fraser
Sexton
Roy Clark
Geo. Grahams
Jed Jennings
Largen
H. A. Jennings
Titonka
Mravic
W. Fisher
Mrs. Sperring
Thompson
Bernard Phelps
Wills Phelps
Whittemore
Good Hope
W. J. Stewart
BM Stewart
Earl Shipler
Mary Lou
Mra
Roscoe Stewart
D. M. Stewarts
Bernard. Phelps
Lester Hacker
J. H. Bartlett
Mary ‘Ann
Ae ‘Geo
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Travelers Ins. Co
Enwin J
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Board of Supervisors
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E. S. Kinsey
Charlotte
Giesking
Myrtle, Clifford
Robert Ringsdort
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Towa
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G. D. Welhousen
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Matilda Walk
Titanka
Mary Tay
Morry Christmian
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S. B. French Lumber Co
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