World Middleweight title win by Marcel Cerdan in 1948
The 1948 World Middleweight title went to Marcel Cerdan after defeating Tony Zale in Jersey City. A side note advertises buying or selling old fight memorabilia with references to champions like Stanley Ketchel and Mickey Walker and locations in New York.
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Marcel Cerdan
E.O
Tony Zale
Jersey City
Walker
Jim Jacobs
East 40 St. New York
Stanley Ketchel
Mickey N.Y
Titans Care Center Day Activities and Birthday Wishes
The United Methodist Church ladies hosted a Wednesday program with juice and cookies followed by slides of Colorado. Genie Potter celebrated her 85th birthday on Thursday, July 29, with family outings. A Friday morning showing of He is Risen entertained residents with popcorn. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Erikson left to return home in Wesley. Special thanks to Bernard Phelps for flowers in the dining room.
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United Methodist Church
Colorado
Genie Potter
Genie
Renwick
Oscar Erikson
Wesley
Bernard Phelps
Hope Chest Drive Starts in Titonka for MS research
Titonka volunteers join door to door canvassing as 154 National Multiple Sclerosis Society chapters launch the August MS Hope Chest drive. Nashua’s Mrs Doris Archer names Mrs Keith Hofbauer area chairman and stresses the drive's urgent role in funding research toward a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
United States
National
Local drive seeks volunteers to aid MS patients
MS patients nationwide face a crippling disease and need volunteers for this year’s campaign. The text explains MS as a central nervous system disease, common in adults 20 to 40, with attacks and remissions leading to disability. Sixty percent of funds stay locally for patient services, while forty percent supports national research.
State Funds Available for Farm Conservation Work in Kossuth
State cost sharing offers farmers in Kossuth County up to 50 percent for terraces erosion control dams and waterways. Claude Seely chair of the Soil Conservation District says $23 000 in state funds are available through district cooperators starting this summer. Applications at the Soil Conservation District Office North Main Algona with landowners signing requests for maintenance. Next district meeting August 24 at 8 00 p m. Terraces reduce erosion and include straight construction with underground intakes to discharge water and benches between zones.
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Kossuth Couty
Claude Seely
Kossuth Co
Soil Conservation District
Seely
North Main St
Algona
Lyle Rn Riedinger
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Evangelistic Crusade At Community Chapel Lakota
Aubrey McGann, noted speaker and singer from Kingston Jamaica, leads a five day evangelistic crusade at Community Chapel Lakota August 8 to 12 with nightly 8:00 PM services and 9:30 AM Bible seminars for women. Mulberry church hosts youth nights Monday and Wednesday and nursery care is provided.
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Aubrey McGann
Kingston
Jamaica
Community Chapel of
Lakota
McGann
Youth Dance at Kossuth County Fair
The Kossuth County 4-H officers sponsor a Youth Dance after a free Beef Barbeque. Show Case a six member band from Mason City will perform from 9:00 to 12:00 in the south end of the show ring. Admission is $2.00. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Kossuth County 4-H
Mason City
Feed Requirements Pamphlet in Iowa Livestock
A new publication from the Kossuth County Extension Office details feed totals for beef and dairy cattle swine sheep horses and poultry. It guides matching livestock numbers to feed supplies budgeting profitability planning feed storage and credit programs. The AS 415 pamphlet is available from the Publications Distribution Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Kossuth
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Social Security Rep Visits Algona for Claims Help
A Fo Dodge Social Security representative will meet residents at the Algona Court House on August 12, 1976 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon to assist with Social Security claims. The Fort Dodge office notes that Social Security funds support retirement disability and survivor benefits, plus Medicare hospital insurance through the trust funds and premiums.
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Social Security
Algona
Fo Dodge Social Security Office
Court House
Fort Dodge
Social Security Office
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Co-Op
Titania Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Titanka
Laamland
Titanica Care Center
He Is
Risen
Hope Chest
Bancroft, Iowa
Ubiburres
Mera Puter
Colony Paints
Titonka Lumber Company
Itonka
Lowa
U. S. Savings Bonds
Keaek Ws
Kemna Motor CO
Bancroft
Ford Ltd
Malibu
Nice
Plymouth
P.B
P.S
Harold W. Erickson
East State Street
John J. Lesiak
Buffalo Center
Veterinary Clinic
David Grimes
Wes Post Titonka
Stockholders Meeting
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