Local residents busy with visits and town business
Geo and Ailts of Lakota attended business in town Tuesday. Wilbur Fisher and Wesley called on Titania friends Sunday. John Eden Wesley visited old cronies Saturday. Ralph Smith of Woden transacted business Monday evening. George Higgins visited his brother Joe at Armstrong last week. Emma Smith Lakota visited daughter Mrs Clemans Sunday. German Valley fell to Burt 4 to 8 on the local diamond last Sunday. Mrs Don Bacon returned Thursday from Kemme to visit home folks. Mr and Mrs Benden drove to Lennox Friday to visit relatives, returning Sunday. Jean Higgins Whittemore is ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Higgins
Joe
Armstrong
Mrs. Benden
Lennox
Don Higgins
Whittemore
Geo. Higgins
Family and visitors mingle in regional notes
Visiting her uncle Mr and Mrs George Higgins until after Indian Day Mr and Mrs John Goordes and family of Stout Iowa were visitors at the B S Pannkuk home Sun Supervisor Wm Cosgrove has been released from the hospital at Algona and is now at home recuperating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. George Higgins
John Goordes
Stout, Iowa
B. S. Pannkuk
Wm. Cosgrove
Algona
Emma Moore
Jrg
Harley BH
Hanson
Gus ‘Richter
Mary Warthan Visits Brother at Mark Bacon Home
Mary Warthan of Popejoy visited her brother Howard Warthan at the Mark Bacon home after Indian Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Warthan
Popejoy
Howard Warthan
Mark Bacon
Stohr Family Reunion Attended by Bruns Sonnenberg and Limberg
H. H. Bruns Georges Sonnenberg and Herman Limberg and families attended the Stohr family reunion at Mason City Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Bruns
Georges Sonnenberg
Herman Limberg
Stohr
Mason City
Hart Trenary Visits Gilmore City Relative Circle
Mra Hart Trenary of Hart Trenary is visiting this week with sister Mrs Chester Lamoreux and family in Gilmore City and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Hart Trenary
Gilmore City
Chester Lamoreux
Ten-day vacation trip and regional notices
Mr and Mrs Nick Helen drive to Town City for a ten day vacation with relatives and a piano ad from Baldwin Piano Factory Cincinnati Ohio. Robert Clemans attends a Bancroft field meet with twenty five clan members. Des Moines business tied to New Tyke Theatre grand opening. Various local travels, births, hospital reports, and farming notes across Lakota, Rochester, Des Moines, and Shannon Illinois. Numerous visits, medical updates, harvest yields, and community events reflect a busy regional snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Helen
Town City
Lewis Bartlett
Des Moines
Tyke Theatre
Mr and Mrs Alvin Honken Visit Lake Mills Relatives
Mr and Mrs Alvin Honken spent Sunday with relatives at Lake Mills in Iowa, sharing time with family members and enjoying a local countryside visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Honken
Lake Mills
Iowa
Lawrence Recovers After Surgery Mention From Two Weeks Ago
The subject, who was operated on two weeks earlier, is reported to be feeling fine again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrences
Ada Greathouse Visits Relatives in Minneapolis
Ada Greathouse of Minneapolis visited last Thursday with relatives Ben A Pannhuk SeVer and John Pannhuk. Her father died many years ago and her mother resides in Grand Forks North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Minneapolis
Ben A., SeVer
John Pannhuk
Grand Forks N. D
Hoff Family Visits Mrs Hoff in Rochester
Hoff and children Keith Ted and Janat with Mrs H W Schoenlein visited Mrs Hoff in Rochester on Sunday. Mrs Hoff has been in the Rochester hospital for seven weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Keith
Ted
Janat
H. W. Schoenlein
Final dividend declared on Buffalo Center bank failure
The receiver of the defunct First National Bank of Buffalo Center pays a final dividend of 17 percent, completing 84 percent total after 67 percent previously. Miss Clara Sterenberg of Bowen Illinois, visiting with Mr and Mrs Albert Loeschen, is on her annual Chicago vacation break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Buffalo Center
Clara Sterenberg
Bowen
Ill
Carthage
Albert Loeschen
Sterenberg
Chicago
Faribault County Farmers Set Bids for Weis Power Plant
Farmers in Faribault county Minnesota plan to bid on an electrification project featuring a power plant at Weis Minnesota. A number of Towa projects are in the works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faribault County
Minnesota
Weis
Mrs Grace Jackman Visits Lonerock Friends
Mrs Grace Cruickshank Jackman of Lone Rock visited last week with Mrs Frances Budlong Nellie and Julia Nelson and other relatives. The trip was made specially to visit Mrs Budlong who had been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cruickshank Jackman
Lone Rock
Frances Budlong
Nellie
Julia Nelson
Mrs. Rode Jr. Visits Daughter After Illness
Mrs. John Rode Jr. is spending a few days with her daughter Mrs. Ben Franzen and family. She is reported to be improving nicely after a several days illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rode Jr
Jill
Ben Franzen
Harm Wibben Family Visit Looks Set in Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Harm Wibben traveled to Austin Minnesota on Sunday to spend time with his brother Henry Wibben and Henrys family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harm Wibben
Austin
Minnesota
Henry Wibben
Social visits greet Algonian families in town
Miss Margaret Callies returned last Wednesday from St. Louis where she visited with Miss Arcice Kelly. Little Helen Rachut of Burt came Saturday for a week at the home of Mr and Mrs J D Breen and other friends. Mr and Mrs John Wibben and family and Miss Dorothy Norman of Algona were visitors at the F R Wibben home Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Grotthouse
Rochester, Minn
B. S. Pannkuk
Rochester
St. Paul
Miss Margaret Callies
St. Louis
Arcice Kelly
Helen Rachut
Burt
J. D. Breen
John Wibben
Dorothy Norman
Algona
F. R. Wibben
Supervisor Cosgrove Returns After Hospital Stay
Cosgrove, a town supervisor, appeared Tuesday looking tired after a two week hospital stay due to a long influenza illness with complications but said he is feeling fine and expects to resume duties soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosgrove
Mrs Florence Reasor Recovers After Hospital Stay
Mrs Florence Reasor returned home Thursday from Kossuth hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks for acute appendicitis. She is making a good recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbe Winter
Kossuth Hospital
Florence Reasor
Pendergast Couple Welcome Stillborn Son in Forest City
Mr and Mrs Milton Pendergast welcomed a stillborn baby boy on Thursday at Forest City. The infant was buried the day of birth. The couple has another son about three years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Pendergast
Pendergasts
Forest City
Visit to Gerhard Bruns at New Liberty Bank Iowa
Mrs Onno Bruns and her children Henry and Ettena drove to Marshalltown on Sunday to visit Gerhard Bruns, who met them there for a day together. Gerhard Bruns is cashier of the New Liberty Trust and Savings Bank in New Liberty, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onno Bruns
Henry
Ettena
Marshalltown
Gerhard
New Liberty Trust and Savings ‘Bank
New Liberty
Iowa
Miss Margaret Mooney Visits Grandparents in Trenton MO
Miss Margaret Mooney, visiting grandparents in Trenton Missouri, arrived Sunday to spend the rest of the summer with her parents. Her father serves as superintendent of the PWA project in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mooney
Trenton
Missouri
Mrs Amos Bonacker Hosts Nevada Guests At Family Visiting Day
Mrs Amos Bonacker entertained her aunt Mrs Martha Peterson and cousins Mrs Olga Stearns Martha and William of Nevada Iowa on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Bonacker
Martha Peterson
Olga Stearns
Martha and
William
Nevada
Iowa
Eliminate disease in your poultry by culling your flock now
Local poultry health advisory urges immediate action to remove diseased birds. Contact Hiram Buckholdt and arrange a call on the 23rd of the 42nd month, with reference 24 tf a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Buckholdt
Day trip details from Milwaukee to the Dells travel onward
A fragment notes a party traveling from Milwaukee Wisconsin to the Dells and continuing their journey. The brief mentions their stops and intent but lacks clear names or dates.
Carlson Family Heads to Iowa Visit
Mr and Mrs Joan Carlson and their son Glen left Tuesday for Pathileid Iowa for a ten day visit with relatives and old friends. Mr Carlson will discuss local crops and the political situation in the vicinity during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Carlson
Glen
Pathileid
Iowa
Samuel Trenary Dies. Interment Planned in Derby Indiana
Samuel Trenary father of Tom Trenary and Herb Trenary died at Herb Trenary's home in Sherburn Minnesota last Monday. He was aged BIT years. Interment is planned in Derby Indiana, the former home of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Trenary
Tom Trenary
Portland
Herb’ Trenary
Sherburn
Minn
Derby
Indiana
Local Farm Ads and Family Visit Noted in Rochester
Miller Produce Algona Iowa advertises Raleigh Red Liniment 80c and Raleigh House Ply Spray 492 per quart with honey 21 pd new comb and extracted ready. Gartner's Apiaries Titouka Iowa offers services. Geo N Graham, nearly 81, with his sons, visited his wife in Rochester hospital last week. He has made town trips since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Raleigh House
Miller Produce
Algona
Gartner's Apiaries
Titouka
Iowa
Geo. N. Graham
Rochester
Mr. Graham
Welhousens and Claus Marks Drive Visit Regions and Farmers Display
Mr and Mrs Willie Welhousen and Mr and Mrs Claus Tlarks Wesley drove to Spirit Lake Thursday to visit Jack Boehm and family and then Hartley to see Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson and family. Samples of corn from Ben Franzen farm and Mark Bacon ranch are on display at the Topic office for inspection. The crop is uneven with low flat land fair and high land not as good. A number of old time friends of Dr Peters attended his funeral service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Welhousen
Claus .Tlarks
Wesley
Spirit Lake
Jack Boehm
Hartley
Fred Johnson
Ben Franzen
Mark Bacon Ranch
Topic Office
Dr. Peters
Ser
Social Circle Notices From Algona Area Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Homer Downs hosted a family dinner with relatives including B F Bowker and Edna Britt, Iona, Wm Oglesby, Frank Thomas of Crystal Lake, and J D Breen with guest Helen Rachut of Burt. Jean Hagen's sixth birthday party featured Lois Schram Janice Julie Dawn Bonacker and Marlon Lamoreux with popsicles lunch and cake. Bridge clubs met with H C Downs and Hart Stott hosting, high and low scores recorded. Visitors included Mrs Homer Downs, Leon Layton and son from West Union, and schoolmates seen by Mrs J H Bleich Mary Oesterreicher Earl Stott Maree Ames bury and others from Algona Forest City and Eagle Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Downs
B. F. Bowker
Edna
Britt
Iona
Wm.Oglesby
Frank Thomas
Crystal Lake
Jean Hagen
Lois Schram
Janice
Julie
Dawn Bonacker
Marlon Lamoreux
Jean
Leon Layton
Small Son
West Union
Gordon Hansen
J. H. Bleich
Mary Oesterreicher
Earl Stott
Maree Amesbury
Algona
George Bonacker
H. I. Torgersen
L. D. Prewitt
Forest City
Harry McIlroy
Eagle Grove
Vera Ringsdorf
Largest Burt funeral draws near nine hundred mourners
Rev. Allan Wood led the service for the doctor amid a massive crowd in Burt. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mechler and H. J. Klenk traveled to Iowa City for hospital visits. Clarence’s report says he is improving and not needing further treatment soon. Farmers anticipate a corn crop despite expected rain shortages, likening this year to 1894 in heat and dryness with little harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Allan Wood of
Good Hope
Kossuth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Titonka
Titonka Savings Bank
Geo, Ailts
Wilbur Fisher
Titania Friends
John Eden
Ralph Smith
Woden
Emma Smith Lakota
Robert Clemans
German Valley
Don Bacon
Kemme
Mis
Jean Higgins, Whittemore
Baldwin ‘Piano Factory
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bancroft
R. C. Ball
Miss Patty
Walter Whitcomb
Mrs
Orville Buffington
Lakota
Geo. Graham
A. Schram
Missey Kathryn
Harriet Schram
Butler County
H. J. Klenk
Iowa City
University Hospital
Gerald Wolding
Wirtjes
Chris Wirtjes
Shannon
Henr Franzen Jr
Aland
Geo
Nelson
Misa Katie Wabben
Buffalo Center
Mrs. Risius
Court Michaelson
Leroy
Tacoma
Washington
Oleg Mchaelson
J. P. Kelley
Jackson, Minn
R. Intermill
Fort Dodge
C. G. Cunningham
Viva
G. W. Powell
Boone
Boone Biblical College
Elmore Bye
Lawrence Miller
Mrs. Lute Miller
Titanka Cafe
Co. A. Lamoreux, Prop
Jay
McFadden
Sonnenberg’s Store
Schwen
T. A. Dunmire
Hamilton Hatchery
Bancroft, Ja
Topic
McCormick Deering
J. R. Thompson
Town
Ted Hinders
Critchett Plano Co
Lee O. Wolfe
Topte
Milwaukee
Wieconsin
Dells
Hottie
H. C. Downs
Harry Reed
J. B. Bleich
Mesdames Bleich
Hart Stott
Wm. Boyken
R. L. Krantz
L. B. Larson
Rinso
Quaker Oats
Bonacker. Bros
Clarence Mechler
Mr. Klenk
Clarence
Lux
Atwood
W. H. Stott
Zic
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