Portland Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and a New Baby
Mr and Mrs Robi Dittsworth of Bancroft visited the Herbert Nelson home on Sunday evening. Donald Ringsdorf and family shared Sunday dinner at the Will Ringsdorf home. Mayme Speicher spent Saturday with Harvey Graham. Glenn Parcel and family welcomed a son named James Hugene, their first boy among three girls. Nelsons, McColleys, Michaelsons, and others gathered for oyster suppers and visits at multiple local homes, including Henry Nelson and G J Gutknecht households.
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Robi. Dittsworth
Bancroft
Herbert Nelson
Donald Ringsdorf
Will Ringsdorf
Mayme Speicher
Harvey Graham
Glenn Parcel
James Hugene
Andrew
Linda
James McColley
Glenda
Lavenne
Jerome and Dean
Neal Michaelson
Gary
Mary Michaelson
Henry Nelson
Roy Clark
Graham Brothers
Chas
Phelps
Cora Stowe
Lloyd Bartlett
Marcella
Algona
Mary
Marlyn
W. J. Stewart
Oyster
G. J. Gutknecht
Worm-Eater and the Worm Mine Family Saga
A comic tale in a rural setting follows Lucia Cartright and her kin as long buried family feuds resurface. John Furbush Jr. defends the Furbush name while Uncle Dan’s worm mine scheme and a traveling sideshow collide with pride, romance, and small town scandal. A circus worm-eater act climaxes in a chaotic yard scene.
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Tricia Purbush
Allan Cartright
Allan
Lucia
Furbushes
Cartrights
Cartright
Furbush
John Furbush Jr
Pao
Jack Ward
Mrs. Tucker
Dan Furbush
John Furbush
Dan
John
P.S
John Dr
Simpy's
Health officials urge tighter home measures to curb scarlet fever
The state health department urged stricter home isolation for children at first sign of sore throat to halt a mild rise in scarlet fever. It noted many cases occur early and can spread before a rash appears, advising parents to keep children home and watch for fever headache or upset stomach.
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State Health Department
Long Hunting Trip Involving Hondo Men Near Sioux City
Three men from Hondo Texas traveled to Sioux City air base for a proficiency flight then visited C. T. Glade home at Ocheye dan to pheasant hunt. The group included Captain Julian Massie Jr Lieutenant B W Glade and Lt Roger E Batzel. Coincidence ballots cast weeks apart by Capt C A Trueblood and wife counted consecutively. Mrs Trueblood stood at registrants table in Indianola to provide her name just as the board finished recording her husband's soldier voter entry.
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Hondo
Texas
Sioux City Air Base Field
C.T. Glade
Ocheyedan
Julian Massie, Jr
B. W. Glade
Roger E. Batzel
C. A. Trueblood
Fruit cake sent to Sgt Collins returns to U S
A fruit cake from Mrs Harold Collins of Fonda arrived back in the United States in good condition after being sent to her husband in Italy last June and finally reaching Springfield Missouri where Sgt Collins is now stationed. War bonds promote tomorrow’s security with purchase today.
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Harald Collins
Fonda
Italy
States
Sgt. Collins
Springfield
Rationing Calendar Updates and Local News
Certificates no longer required for recapping tires but required for new tires and used truck tires. Regular vehicle inspections and various fuel and ration coupons listed with validity through 1945. A blue goose, a rare species, shot near National. locals discuss entering business districts as lights are repaired. Have YOU Bought Your Bonds?
Deer in Road Collision Near Canton Averts Injury
Neal Boersma of Inwood drives on a South Dakota highway when a deer strikes his car near Canton. Both Boersmas escape injury as the deer dies. a Minnesota man later outbid Boersma for the animal, leaving them with little evidence of a purchase. A Sioux Falls game warden disposed of the carcass. In Montgomery County, Dave Morgan reports a hog from his 150 pound herd was found under a hog house after a long disappearance, weighing only 50 pounds after malnourishment and isolation.
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Neal Boersma
Inwood
Boersma
Canton
South Dakota
Montgomery County
Dave RB. Morgan
Kind Hearted Inman Visit to Phoenixville Hero
Kind hearted Mr and Mrs Ed Inman visited their son Cpl Byron Inman at Phoenixville Pa The trip expenses were paid by a millionaire resident of Phoenixville who previously gifted happiness to others This year the man visited the hospital where the corporal is confined after being blinded in combat on Aitape Island
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Ed Inman
Cpl
Byron Inman
Phoenixville
Seymour
Cpl. Inman
Aitape Island
Laundry mix up worries Mrs Eunice Clough
Mrs Eunice Clough of Stork Lake wonders where her laundry bundle is after leaving it on the porch for the laundryman and arranging pickup by the Sioux City Salvation Army. The Salvation Army truck arrived first and she still possesses the old clothing she wished to donate, while the family washing remains missing.
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Eunice Clough
Stork Lake
Sioux City
Epidemic Strikes Corwith Area. 160 Affected
Last report found no cause for the illness that hit Corwith and nearby areas. About 160 people were affected, including fifty school children who became ill in a single day.
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Corwith
Two Trials Run Simultaneously in Waverly Courthouse
For the first time in Waverly memory two cases were tried before two judges in different rooms of Bremer county courthouse at the same time. The trials required extra effort transporting law books up and down the stairs but otherwise went off like a top.
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Waverly
Bremer County Court House
Stitches and More Stitches Quilt Completed by Rosella Voigt
Rosella Voigt of Algona finished a quilt titled a trip around the world made of 7,902 postage stamp sized pieces. The project used 900 yards of thread and took six years to complete.
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Rosella Voigt
Algona
Rosella
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