Community Through the Years in Hancock County
Local residents attend church services and social events across Britt and Wesley as families travel to Des Moines and California for relatives and duties. Guests include Rev. and Mrs. Riggs, Grace Burnett Jr, and many neighbors, with notes on medical visits, barn fire, fishing trips, and military furloughs amid wartime service and postwar plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Riggs
Grace Burnett Jr
Fred Neuhring
Crystal Lake
St. Benedict
Thno Gerdes
Sylvia Ann
Des Moines
Richard Mayer
Suzanne
Dallas
Texas
St. Mayer
California
Bob Goetz
Leo Goetz
Hancock ‘County
Minnesota
Anne Larstang
Norway
America
Merchant Marine
United States
H. H. Flom
Floms
Edmund Otis
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Hol Meyer
Navy Takes Over On A Heaving Transports Deck
Corporal Ted Boone endures a rough Pacific voyage where a salty sailor Tarzan taunts him. Boone recalls his wife Betsy, their upcoming honeymoon funded by his allotment, and a longing to return home. A letter from Betsy foreshadows a distant West Indies honeymoon after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Boones
Magellan
Pacific
Ted
Boone
Corporal Boone
Soldier
Tyler
Tarzan
Navy
Frisco
Us Navy
Betsy
West Indies
Algona Ice Cream Factory Image Ad Appreciation
A nostalgic Algona newspaper blurb extols the Algona Ice Cream and Candy Factory. It highlights a sanitary plant, fresh cream, finest flavors, and modern machinery ensuring pure, healthful, creamy ice cream for the community. The piece lauds quality, service, and national dessert status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Algona Ice Cream and
America
Woden Produce Co expands poultry and egg services
Woden Produce Co of Woden Iowa led by Yom Lackore promotes a broad poultry and egg business with high market prices and full weights. The firm supports local farming, offers a complete line of feeds, and encourages farmers to consult on feeding problems to boost 1945 production and farm prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WODEN
Iowa
Yom Lackore
Mgr
Thia
Woden Produce Co
Woden Farmers
Bjustrom Furniture Co. promotes home furnishings in Algona
The Bjustrom Furniture Co. of Algona founded in 1925 offers complete home outfitting with gas washing machines radios ranges and heaters refrigerators and floor coverings. It markets itself on low prices reliable service liberal trade in allowances and easy credit terms while fostering long standing community relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjustrom Furniture CO
Algona
Bjustrom's
Bjustrom
Home Furnisking
Poultry Feed firm Ellsworth ODUCE promotes balanced rations
Lakota Dean Ellsworth, proprietor, markets a full line of poultry and stock feeds at his farm. The ad touts scientifically balanced rations, reduced waste, and cash benefits to farmers. It emphasizes quality, customer service, and industry leadership in the local poultry sector.
Bradley Bros Farm Implement Establishment Earns Regional Farewell
Bradley Bros operates a well known farm implements dealer in this territory under owner directorship. The firm has built a large trade across rural areas and is regarded as one of the foremost dealers in parts and service. They stock dependable machinery and tractors and invite farmers to visit to see the latest models and developments. The firm thanks friends for patronage and hopes to continue serving the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Bros
Cowan Building & Supply promotes rock wool insulation for fuel conservation
Cowan Building and Supply of Algona highlights rock wool insulation as a post war fuel saving measure. The firm explains the blanket like insulation inside walls and attics reduces heat loss and notes government urges to insulate now. They offer complete service with term payments and free estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Iowa
Minnesota
Cowan Building & Supply
Crystal Lake Produce Co boosts local farmer market
Frank Haan manager of Crystal Lake Produce Co promotes a free pickup service and top produce prices for poultry eggs and hides. The firm invites producers to call for market quotations assures courteous service and seeks to boost county progress and community welfare through direct or indirect sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tna
Crystal Lake Produce CO
Frank Haan
Mgr
Golden Sun
Welp
For Greater Farm Profits in 1045 Use Better Farm Equipment
Algona Implement Company offers McCormick Deering, International Harvester, Pontiac and Farmall tractors with repair and supply service. Oil and grease and used machinery deals target farmers in Algona and surrounding areas seeking reliable equipment and support from a long established dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona Implement Company
Algona McCormick Deering
Pontiac
McCormick-Deering
Great International Harvester Company
Algona
Algona Implement Co
Local repair shop promises quick service and replacement parts
The shop invites customers to visit and see improvements in machinery. It offers repairs on short notice and stocks a large supply of replacement parts. This dependable service has proven valuable during breakdowns and positions the shop as a headquarters for its line.
Ted Hinders Feed Mill Promotes Fresh Local Feeds
An industrial review highlights Ted Hinders Feed Mill as a community valued source of freshly ground poultry and livestock feeds. It notes high quality laying mash and dairy feeds, the importance of balanced rations, and offers expert help in properly mixing seeds for farmers and dairymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Hinders
Reefor Amend
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. P. Haggard
Argonatt
Ing. Murphy
Titanka Implement Co. On
Arnold Brandt
John Schutter
Nick Heesch
Gartner
Allis Chalmers
McCormick- Deering
Titania Implement Co
Fred Adamen
Wesley News
LEY Ford
Mercury
Ford Tractor
Complete Auto Service
Phone
Lakota
Maurice Kell
S. M. Nelson
Kimball Plany
Armstrong Plano C
Spencer, Towa
W. E. Ley
Dimond
Wesley Fire Department
Bernice Johnson
Sareek
Charlotte
Ardean Monson
Paul Friberg
Chicago
George Kelch Sr
Corwith
Minnie Christian
Peoria
Welch
Irene Studer
J. T. Meurer
Cheryll and
Jimmie
Misa Lois Hildman
A. J. Hildman
Eeith Wells
Clinton
Margaret
Harold Carlson
Katherine Schrauth
Cedar, Falls
Mary Lou
Dickie McMahon
Louis Kent
Burt
Ruth Mary Vitzthum
Mason ‘City
Ruth Mary
Park Inn
Jean Goetz
Pfc
Paul ‘Lorenz
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Lorenz
Nora Henderson
Ida Grove
Mark Sullivan
Lawler
Otis Henderson
Edward Lorenz
Julius Lorenz
Teresa
Santa Ana
Calif
Elmore Nursery
Elmore, Minnesota
Gertrude Tewalt
McClura Neweparett Syndicate
Algona Ice Cream Factory
Ellsworth
Dean Ellsworth
Algona Bradley Bros
Massey-Harris
Oliver Lines
DeEaval
Firestone
F.S. Norton & Son
No. Moore
Algona, Iowa
Percival Motors
Dodge
Plymouth
Chrysler
H. D. Hutchins Farm Loans
L. R. DeBolt
John Dreesman
Mer
Harm
C, C, Shierk
Murphy’s
Harold D. Meyer
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