Waterworks work awarded to Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co
Town council awarded waterworks contracts after adjourned meeting. Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co gets the main 16,565.10 for mains pumps and tank etc. Iowa Machinery & Supply Co secures fire hose and nozzles at 618.50. Thorpe Well Co. to drill an 8 inch well estimated at 1,176.00. Des Moines, Iowa based firms awarded multiple items including 50 000 gallon tank and pump house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Des Moinés Steel Company
Iowa’ Machinery & Supply Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Co
Thorpe Well Co
Boy for the Van Hove family born at Buffalo Center hospital
A nine and a half pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Hove at Buffalo Center hospital. The baby, their first, weighed 9.5 pounds and was named in honor of family tradition as the child looked toward his father. Mrs. Van Hove, before marriage, was Dorothy Intermill.
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van. Hoves
Henry van Hove
Buffalo Center Hospital
van. Hove
Migs
Dorothy Intermill
Woodsmen Initiation Draws Members to Humboldt Camp
Twenty three new members joined the Humboldt camp of Modern Woodmen of America during a Monday evening initiation attended by the Jefferson drill team, touted as the U S championship unit. Names listed include George Petergen Ernest Petergen O B ier Wm Batt W J Denton Fred Hagen Frank D Fisher and Gordon Hansen, with visiting Woodmen from Tronka. Report says a fine time was had.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodmen’ of America
Humboldt
Jefferson
U. S
Tronka
Messrs
George and
Ernest ‘Petergen
O. Bier
Wm. Batt
Gordon Hansen
Yeport
Anniversary Service Clears Church Debt in MN
Last Sunday the Minnesota District A U S C observed a church anniversary with Rev. Welke and Rev. Reints preaching. Three offerings paid off the $2,000 debt from the old church built seven years ago, with choir music and a history reading. Preparations for Christmas Eve programs begin, and Sunday School meets at 10 a.m. followed by the 11 a.m. service.
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Welke
Minnesota
A.u.sc
Reints
Renwick
Jai
Hy Ww. Schoenlein
Town Coal for J W Swanson Furnished Day or Night
Coal shipments arranged for J. W. Swanson with delivery day or night. Price noted as 2 cents per ton or unit, quantity 5.0 unspecified.
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J. W. Swanson
County Conservation Meet at Burt December 17
Officers of the Texas South County Conservation League announce a county wide meeting at Burt on Tuesday evening December 17. Chapters will report on activities. plans for the coming year will be discussed. membership cards will be issued to chapters not yet receiving 1986 cards. The program includes talks, fusion pictures on conservation, and a reception after the program hosted by the Burt Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
tXosouth County Conservation League
Burt
County League
Mt Prospect
Community Notes From Wesley Area Social News
Wesley residents and guests share weekly happenings from visits to Davenport Forest City and Spencer to church events and funeral services. notable items include Rita Erdman infant funeral at St Joseph's, new members welcomed to Catholic Daughters, several births, and holiday school programs planned for December 17 and 20.
Townsend Plan draws large crowd at Coliseum meeting
Several hundred people heard Mr. Crowningshield Doa Moines state organizer of the Townsend Plan speak at a Mass meeting Thursday evening in the Coliseum. The turnout boosted local interest as Newville, the town organizer, reports over sixty voters pledged to the state headquarters for a growing club of hundreds. The meeting was a big success in numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowningshield
Doa
Six new scholars join Catechetical courses at Reformed Church
Six new scholars enrolled in Catechetical courses last Saturday bringing total enrollments to about sixty. A history of Christianity is taught in middle and senior classes alongside regular catechetical courses. Announcement urges subscriptions to daily meditation calendars in English and German with prices on request and invites nonmembers to attend Advent and Christmas services at Ramsey church.
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God
Ramsey
Brief History of Charles Monson
Charles J. Monson died at University hospital Iowa City after a long illness following gall bladder surgery. Born May 15, 1883 in Cassville Wisconsin, he moved with family to Wesley Iowa and married Mary Frances Weig October 38 1908. Surviving are thirteen children, four brothers, three sisters, and many relatives. Funeral at Woden Catholic church with Father Schmeetz officiating. Cemetery burial in Bingham Township.
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Juling Kunz
Davenport
Matt Erdmann
North Dakota
Rita Sherman
Roman Riche
Ben Studert
Ben
Chicago
Leo Goetz
A. J. Johnson
J. P. Studer
Omaha
Fred Dieckman
W.F.M.S
John Amesury
Martha Haynes
Alzong
Furst
James Ormsby
Forest City
Emma Hadappe
Pocahontas
Iowa
Charles Kraus
Spencer
K. R. Rowley
Vincent Kleinpeter
Helen Reimer
John Hauptmann
J. T. Meurer
Cheryll Ann
Jimmie
Josephine Meurer
Whittemore
Susan Lease
Braley
Vee Mullin
Gordon
Carpenter
Emmetsburg
Prank Conley
Livermore
Rita Jean Erdman
Alfred Erdman
B. M. Olson
L. A. Nattress
Roman Ricke
Ben Ringham
J. H. Lloyd
Emma Studer
Ringham
Ben G. Studer
Kleinpeter Hall
Oracle
Josephine Ormsby
Yice Oracle
Kate S Kennedy
Myrtle Mullin
Eunice Nelson
Martha Welter
Matilda Losbig
Outer Sentinel
Jesse Ward
Inner Sentinel
Anna Hirner
Alice Hirner
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
A. J. Wagoner
John Weig
Jenaz Schuler
Wm. Lloyd
Harold
Fred
Joe Weig
Guy M. Butts
Manson
Iowa City Hospital
Charles J. Monson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Monson
Cassville
Wisconsin
Charles Monson
Wesley
Marcella
Alfred
Clear Lake
Herbert
Leonard
Ten Year Old Dolorfg Peterson Hosts Birthday Party
Dolorfg Peterson entertained friends and classmates Sunday afternoon from two thirty to five at her home for her tenth birthday. Guests included Ayligh Hamstreet Lavina Jandl Hida Jandl Marjorie Peterson Maxine Lindhorst Carol Daege and Wilbur Daege. They played games and enjoyed a four o clock lunch before departing with birthday wishes.
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Miss Dolorfg Peterson
Pastor Hopkinson's March to Fame
Thompson and Hillis churches in Titanica marked Hopkinson’s rise from coal miner to ordained Methodist minister. Born in Chesterfield England, he worked in mines from age 12, pursued night study, earned a BA and STM, and after emigrating to the US led churches in Thompson Fitchburg and Hyerett, gaining annual salary boosts before saving a church from mortgage auction.
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A. Hopkinson
Titonia
Thompson
Iowa
Thompson Courier
Titanica
America
Aaid
New England
United States
Fitchburg
Mass
New York
England
Arthur Hopkinson
Oliver Street
Thompson Methodist Church
Thompson and Hillis
First Methodist Church
Church of All Nations
Boston
WHDH
Hobkinson
Hopkinsons
Chesterfield
Mansfield
Pressman
Wesleyan Methodist Church of England
Wesleyan Church
Hopkinson
Land of Opportunity
Lyceum Theatre
Mase
Massachusetts
Lynn
Everett
Hyerett
Herbert Winter Accepts New Position Amid Unclear Report
Herbert Winter has accepted a new role, though the report contains garbled wording and missing details about the position, organization, or location. The fragmentary text prevents precise identification of the role or its context.
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Herbert Winter
Bathersee
Wank Am Qn
District Court News In Brief Hying up to its peaceable record
Kossuth County district court reported few hotly contested cases with Judge James DeLand presiding. Jury was dismissed for the term after Monday through Thursday with no work. Cases included Albert Davis liquor possession continued by agreement, J Logan embezzlement continued by agreement, Champlin Refining Co. vs Ernest Punke foreclosure decree and others. Webster charged with threatening public offense held for grand jury. probate filed for Pan ning Willemssen will.
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Kossuth County
James DeLand
State
Albert Davis
J. Logan
Haquitable Life
Ralph Schumacher
Des ‘Moines
F. Specht
Pannin J. Willemssen
Rites Held For Mrs Hanna Oleo
Mrs Ole O Hanna died at Forest City hospital on Saturday December 7 at 1 30 pm from pneumonia and complications. Born June 2 1871 in Norway she came to the United States and settled in Winnebago County where she married Ole O Hanna in 1884. Survived by husband five children Alma Lemme Thompson Indianapolis Hunice Thompson Woden Clarence and Gilman Woden two sisters and one brother. Funeral at Hauge Lutheran church northeast of Woden with Rev Gjerde Elmore Minn buried Grant Township cemetery.
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Ole
Hanna
Forest City Hospital
Norway
Hric Olson
United States
Winnebago County
Ole O. Hanna
Alma Lemme
Thompson
Ruby Dickenson
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hunice Thompson
Forest City
Clarence and Gilman
Woden
John Olson
H. O. Swingen
M. L. Tweedt
Hauge Lutheran Church
Gjerde
Elmore
Minn
Grant Township
Basket Social Dec 18 at District No 4 School
A basket social and Christmas program will be held at District No 4 School in Orthel Township, two miles east and two miles north of Wesley, on Wednesday night December 18. Ladies are asked to bring baskets. Anna Welhousen is the teacher in charge.
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Orthel Township
Wesley
Anna Welhousen
Titonka Library Charges Nonresidents 50 Cents Yearly
Beginning January 1, 1936, nonresidents who borrow from Titonka Public Library must pay 50 cents per family annually unless they pay property tax to Titonka town. The library board says the fee helps support the library maintained by Titonka taxpayers. All are invited to borrow books.
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Titonka Public Library
Titonka
Library Board
Roma Budlong
Methodist Church Notes Prepares for Christmas Services
Two Sundays remain before Christmas as the program committee organizes the season. Sunday includes Sunday School at ten, Morning Worship at eleven, and Worth League at seven thirty. A social gathering for young people and younger married couples is planned.
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Wpworth League
Adult Amateur Night at the school house
An Adult Amateur Night is planned for next Tuesday at the school house. Entries, limited to fifteen and open to high school entrants, must be recorded with Supt. Hoon by Friday. Prizes include a live turkey, a white duck, and a chicken. A basket social follows.
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Hoon
Titonka Routs Lakota In Conference Wins
Titonka high school basketball teams swept Lakota with the first team 36 to 23 and second team 19 to 9, also defeating LuVerne junior high 16 to 14 in a tight curtain raiser. Bancroft High visits Titonka Thursday for two close conference tests.
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Lakota
Bancroft High
Bancroft
Sixth Grade News and Classroom Activities
In Arithmetic Drill Book a seven rating noted. Penmanship practice continues with studious work on numbers and symbols. Twelve students earned gold stars for perfect spelling papers. Doloris Peterson celebrated her tenth birthday by sharing treats with classmates. Alicea Wandling joined the class. Fifteen girls and seven boys attend. Phyllis Andrews Rosella Schroader and Junior Blakley were absent due to illness. Christmas decorations are in progress and gift making has begun. Walter Damrosch program enjoyed last Friday morning.
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Doloris
Peterson
Walter Damrosch
Alicea Wandling
Phyllis Andrews
Rosella Schroader
Junior Blakley
Junior High Basketball Scores and New Students
The Junior High beat Woden 11 to 10 and 28 to 14 in two games Wednesday. Friday night they defeated Laverne Junior High 15 to 14. Two new eighth graders, Mabel Wandling and Mildred Wandling, joined district No. 9. An eighth grade science class tests plant needs with five bean plants under varying conditions to show the effects of moisture light and warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior High News
Woden
Laverne Junior High
Mabel Wandling
Mildred Wandling
Honor Roll Entries From Iowa and Minnesota Figures
A list of individuals with birth or memorial dates across small towns in Iowa Minnesota and Montana includes H J Van Ness Abbe Winter J A Husinga F W Schram Winona Monument Co Jayence Mechler and John Sleper with dates ranging from 1920 to 1997 linked to towns such as Algona Titonka Buffalo Center Corvallis Woden and Winona. The fragmentary notice items names and places without clear context or event type.
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H. J. van Ness
Algona
Towa
Abbe Winter
Titonka
Iowa
J. A. Husinga
Woden
C. Badje
John Badja
Buffalo Center
H. A. Hansen
Bricelyn
Minn
Hen
H. Geerdes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Wesley News
Townsend
Pastor Hopkinson
District Court News
iChamplin
Ernest Punke
Mrs. Oleo
Methodist Church
Bancroft Thurs
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