Mrs Intermill Passes After Long Illness in Titonka
Anna Eliza Merrick Intermill died at her Titonka home August 20 1942 after a prolonged illness. She was born May 31 1875 in Madison Wisconsin and married Edward Intermill November 20 1901. Survived by three children two sisters two brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral service held at home then Titonka Methodist Church with Rev W L Patterson. Swan Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Intermill
Titonica
Titonia
W. L. Patterson
Carl F. Callies
R. C. Ball
Wilbur Schram
Maurice Bilsborough
W. A. Schram
Louis Bartlett
Ernest Peterson
Louis Huber
Oscar Norland
Herman Dreesman
Henry P. Harms
Swan Funeral Home
Anna Eliza Merrick
Madison
Wisconsin
Iowa
Edward Intermill
Lermond Intermill
Dorothy van Hove
Eleanor Intermill
Titonka
Humboldt
Bancroft
Intermill
Sadie Kelly
Jackson
Minnesota
Ada Merrick
Bereston
Oregon
Frank
Winfred Merrick
McHenry
North Dakota
Carroll
Keith
van Hove
Janice Fay
Methodist Church
Vincent
Town
Minn
J. P. Intermill
Carroll Christenson
Foster J. Roseen
James
Jim Sells
Gaylord
Harve Houck
John Meyers
Fort Dodge
O. F. Bastian
Reginald Bastian
Johnathan Bastian
Lloyd Saldow
Mary Intermill
C. H. Houck
Cleo Houck
Yvnone
Ervin Michaelson
A. C. Kramer
Dayton
Rose
John Houder
Clear Lake
A. B. DeVoe
Mason City
Elizabeth Kennedy
Paul Tienan
Garner
Henry Becker
Buffalo Center
John Badie
Rake
Wilbur Godfredson
Crystal Lake
Ambidextrous Iowa Falls bowler smashes scores
Fred Verink of Iowa Falls sets high marks with both hands. He scored 228 using his right hand and 200 with his left last winter, highlighting his ambidextrous bowling skill.
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Fred Verink
Iowa Falls
Verink
Titonka Bank to cambiar hours with 3 pm closing
Titonka Savings Bank will close at 3 oclock in the afternoon starting next Monday August 31. Management says the earlier closing will give more time for details and better service while opening hours remain efficient. The bank will also stay open mornings and from 7 to 9 on Saturday evenings.
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Titonka Bank
Titonka Savings Bank
Titonka School Set to Open Monday August 31
Titonka school plans a one half day start on Monday with assignments and seating arranged then full sessions begin Tuesday. High school at 8 30, tardy after 8 40. grades at 9 00. Wartime rules curb athletics. no regular coach this year. Mr Cheever leads boys basketball Miss Reigders girls. War Department fitness and government direction noted. changes possible as war needs arise.
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Titonka
Cheever
Democratic Women Meet in Algona Seek District Support
Mrs Mary D Cole of Manson sixth district chair calls Democratic Women from 15 counties to Algona for a September 3 luncheon at the Country Club. Ed Breen Miss Mary Fagan Lester Gillette and Frank Murray will speak in the afternoon. Reservations with Mrs Phil Kohlhaas requested by September 2.
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Mary D. Cole
Manson
Algona
Country Club
Ed Breen
Congress
Fort Dodge
Mary Fagan
Casey
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Frank Murray
Buffalo Center
Tim O’brien
Kossuth
Phil Kohlhaas
Historian hired to write Ida County history book
Charles L. Horn of Federal Cartridge Corp Minneapolis, longtime Ida County resident, hires A. Dean Hickok former Ida Grove Pioneer Record editor, to edit a county history. Hickok, a poet and historian, has published works on poetry, lyrics and regional history.
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Charles L. Horn
Federal Cartridge Corp
Minneapolis
Ida County
A. Dean Hickok
Ida Grove Pioneer Record
Hickok
War Bond and Stamp Sales Lagging in Kossuth County
The 1942 Kossuth County quota for War Bonds and Stamps was 1 807 200 dollars with 85 percent pledged. By August 1 the county had sold 928 740 dollars, 125 459 short of quota, ranking 47th in the state. Citizens are urged to buy bonds at local Post Office, Bank, or Theatre to boost credit.
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Kossuth County
Kossuth
Iowa
Titania
Chairman Announces Increases in Farm Loan and Soybean Prices
Robert M. Loss, chairman of the Kossuth County AAA Committee, reports a 2c per bushel rise in storage allowances for soybeans on farms under loans, lifting the loan value from $1.65 to $1.67. Soybean purchase program price rises to 140 per bushel monthly from January to June 1943, to encourage on farm holding until processing plants can absorb, per USDA. USDA notes cattle on feed in the corn belt 19 percent lower than last year, aided by good range grass. Iowa August feed wheat price range 74c to 80c boosts farm wheat demand. CCC branches in Kansas City and Minneapolis speed shipments. State War Board urges Boone Tama Marion and Control oat varieties for 1943 seed stock and advises farmers to hold seed. War boards and distributors push new combines to urgent areas. buyers must sign to do custom work with the machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Loss
Kossuth County
AAA Committee
USDA
Corn
Iowa
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Loss
State War Board
Boone
Marion
Algona Man Ends Life By Taking Strychnine
John William Schmidt, 62, of Algona reportedly took about 15 grains of strychnine in his basement early Wednesday morning last week and told his wife before collapsing. He died after being rushed to Kossuth hospital at about 1 PM Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
John William Schmidt
Kossuth
Good Hope Lutheran Church Sunday Services Schedule
Good Hope Lutheran Church plans Sunday worship with Sunday School at 10:00 AM and Divine Service at 8:00 PM. Rev. Hauselmann of Wykoff Minnesota or Rev. Langholz of Lakota will conduct the services. Good Hope invites all to worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Hauselmann
Wykoff
Minnesota
Langholz
Lakota
Good Hope
Titonka Ball Team Ends Season With Final Defeat
Titonka lost to Wesley 5 to 1 at the county fair Sunday marking the end of the regular season. Monday St. Joe beat Bancroft 4 to 3. The championship tournament will be at Lone Rock next Sunday with Algona Bancroft Lone Rock and St. Joe the top four. Bancroft and Algona meet at 1:30 and Lone Rock and St. Joe at 3:30. The two victors will then clash the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Wesley
St. Joe
Bancroft
Lone Rock
Algona
Lakota Man Held as Draft Evader
Ernest Edward Hich enberger 23 Lakota was arrested by FBI agents and is in U S marshal custody. He was charged with failing to report for induction under the Selective Service Act after declining to bear arms, claiming conscientious objector status but offering to serve in a work camp. He lives on a farm with his parents.
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Algona
Ernest Edward Hichenberger
Lakota
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Kossuth County Selective Service Board
Ralph Harmon
Des Moines
Eichenberger
United States Commissioner
Selective Service and Training Act
Son of Dr Adams James Adams Dead in Auto Crash
Dr. F L Adams of Wesley reports the death of his only child Dr James Adams 37 of Akron Ohio in an auto accident. A Wesley High School and University of Town medical graduate he leaves his wife and a small son.
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Wesley
F. L. Adams
James Adams
Akron
Ohio
Adams
Wesley High School
Medical Department
University of Town
Woden Man Ralph Murr Weds Joyce Capp in Burlington
Relatives report the marriage of Ralph Murr formerly of Woden to Miss Joyce Capp of Burlington. The ceremony occurred on August 16. Mr. Murr is employed as a guard at a defense plant in Burlington for several months.
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Ralph Murr
Woden
Burlington
Iowa
Joyce Capp
Murr
Livestock Rise Despite Large Feed Grain Supply
The supply of feed grain for use in 1942 1948 in the United States will be nearly as large as in 1941 1942, but livestock numbers are increasing greatly.
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United States
Runchey Divorce Filed in Kossuth Court
Rheena Elizabeth Runchey of Algona sues for divorce from Charlie Runchey on cruel and inhuman treatment. She seeks custody of two minor children, support, and property settlement. Married October 6, 1927, in Algona. Other new cases include quiet title suit and probate filing. Several defendants fined in Justice Ostwinkle's court for improper registration and license violations. one five day jail term for driving without a license.
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Algona
Rheena
Elizabeth Runchey
Kossuth
Charlie Runchey
Donald R. Mitchell
Mareta French
C. H. Cretzmeyer
Henry Juchem
Frank Franzen
C. H. Ostwinkle
Donald R. Warmbier
Laverne
Milton Thompson
Earl Bowman
Peter J. Hennings
Leo Palmer
Milton Dettman
Willis Spurgeon
Justice of Peace Della Welter
Six Kossuth Men Enlist and Report for Service
Six men from Kossuth county volunteered and left Monday for Army examination and induction. The group includes Joseph P. Hanig Wesley Charles C. Reefer Ivie N. Gross and Edwin H. Lloyd from Algona, Denton B. Thaves from Burt, and Kenneth L. Kluger from Swea City.
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Algona
Kossuth County
Kossuth
Immanuel Lutheran Pastor To Visit St Michael’s Minn
On Sunday August 30 the 138th Sunday after Trinity Immanuel Lutheran pastor Rev Wm Plant and his family will join St Michael’s congregation in Waltham Minnesota. The two congregations will dedicate their new house of worship and the pastor will deliver a brief greeting at evening services. The note expresses joy and blessing for St Michael’s and references the Psalmist sentiment that a day in God’s courts is better than a thousand.
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God
St. Michael's
Waltham, Minn
Methodist Church Service Schedule and Song Duo
Pastor Rev W L Patterson leads Sunday School at 10:00 a m and Morning Worship at 11:00 a m Elsie and Velma Larsen perform a morning service duet. Doan church holds Morning Worship at 9:30 a m and Sunday School at 10:30 a m.
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Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
Elsie
Velma Larsen
DOAN
Salvage drive urged in Titania for war effort
Mayor H A French pledges full support to a local scrap and metal collection drive urging every resident to turn in scrap iron steel copper brass aluminum rubber rope burlap and more to boost national victory. Citizens can phone Dr R C Ball at No 49 to arrange collection and donation of scrap with payment offered.
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Titania
H. Aa. French
America
R. C. Ball
West Bend Boys Hurt In Tractor Car Crash
West Bend 13 year old Marvin Bonnstetter suffered burns to face and neck when a tractor collided with a car on highway 44 north of town. Paul Bonnstetter was thrown from the tractor as Marvin hit a hot exhaust. Car occupant Leo Palmer of Algona and Milton Dettman escaped injuries. Palmer and Dettman later fined for no driver's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bend
Marvin Bonnstetter
Leo Palmer
Algona
Clay Bonnstetter
Marvin
Paul Bonnstetter
Cloy
Paul
Milton Dettman
Palmer
Bonnstetter
Baling Hay
Dettman Hay
Des Moines Woman Named County Overseer of the Poor
Miss Mary Kuhne of Des Moines will begin duties as Kossuth county overseer of the poor on September 1, succeeding Lyle Petticord who has enlisted in the Army. Kuhne brings several years relief work experience in Polk County.
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Mary Kuhne
Des Moines
Kossuth
Lyle Petticord
Miss Kuhne
Polk County
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kossuth County
Licenses issued in Kossuth County last week include John Braxton Walden 24 and Betty June Brown 20 of Algona Fred Johnson 25 of Swea City and Annetta Karels 30 of Led Yard Francis L. Schriber 25 and Doris Mae Jensen 27 of Algona Claire J. Wermersen 26 and Amelda M. Laurenz 29 of Algona.
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Kossuth County
John Braxton Walden
Betty June Brown
Algona
Fred Johnson
Swea City
Annetta Karels
Ledyard
Francis L. Schriber
Doris Mae Jensen
Claire J. Wermersen
Amelda M. Laurenz
Crowds at 84th Kossuth County Fair Algona
Opening day crowds filled the Kossuth County Fairgrounds in Algona for the 84th annual exhibition. The Algona Municipal Band played, Greyhound races showcased dogs from multiple towns, and a patriotic pageant by Campfire Girls featured UN flags. Judging began in most departments, with 4-H entries dominating showmanship and livestock classes.
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Kossuth County Agricultural Association
Kossuth County Fairgrounds
Algona
Riceville
Waterloo
Avoca
Spencer
Jessup
Lone Rock
Thor
Fairmont
Minn
Amaser
J. Leopold
Avoka
Algona Fire Department
Algona Police Department
D. P. Smith
United Nations
George Merriam
Luverne Boys
Leo Elmore
Whittemore Club
Kenneth Johnson
Fenton Club
Genevieve Thomson
Harold Winkel
Robert Kirsch
Irvington Club
John Govern
Lakota
Laverne Schroeder
Lone Rock Club
Robert Mayer
Wayne Barr
Ross Inman
Gerald Soderberg
Bancroft Club
Paul and
Lee Schenck
Dick Weber
Irvington
Luverne
Robert Detrick
Wayne Warmbier
Cyclone Jim Duryea, famed pitcher, dies at 83
Funeral services were held last Friday in Algona for James N. Duryea 83 a once famous big league pitcher who died at his home after a lingering illness The two major leagues issued him a lifetime pass for meritorious service During his career he was the high average pitcher in the United States While with the Cincinnati Reds he was known as Cyclone Jim for speed and accuracy Survivors include two sisters Mary and Nina both of Algona
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Algona
James N. Duryea
National
American Association
Baseball
United States
Jim’ Duryea
Cincinnati Reds
Cyclone Jim
Mary
Nina
Four-Year-Old Wesley Girl Recovering From Burns
Kathryn Goetz, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goetz, who suffered severe burns from playing with matches five weeks earlier, returned home from Kossuth hospital in Algona and will remain bedridden for five to six more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Kathryn Goetz
Henry Goetz
Kossuth Hospital
Algona
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Titonka School
M. F. Cheever
Democratic Women In
Dr. Adams
Kossuth District and Justice Court
Immanuel Lutheran
Wm. Plant
Guy Bruns
American Legion Post
Kossuth County Fair
Jim Duryea
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