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Christmas notices from Woden and surrounding towns
Local column records a infant death of Cyril Halvorsen’s son in Forest City hospital on December 26, with funeral at Bing ham township cemetery. It lists numerous Christmas visits, weddings, teaching jobs, and family gatherings across Woden, Ames, Britt, Mason City, Algona, and nearby communities, detailing holiday travel, hospital stays, school closure, and social events through late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Halvorsen
Forest City
H. Beyer
Bingham Township
Mary Ann Eisenmann
Anna Tjaden
Virginia Missman
Charles City
May Goslin
Bob
Fred Goslin
M. L. Goslin
Amen
Julius Bilyeu
Ames
Chicago
Jelle Tjaden
Ralph Tjaden
Wesley
Bonnie Schutter
Titonka
Florence Schutter
Maple Hill
Ruth Ann Kramer
Toledo
Alma Tjaden
Glenn
Buffalo Center
George Traden
Hoopeston
C. J. Kramer
Woden
Fritz T. Gerdes
George Tjaden
Grace VanHoorn
Deaconness ‘Hospital
Marstalltown
Richard Vankooorn
Taining
Dorothy
Melinda Giesking
Mason City
Ernest Giesking
Bernard Ludeking
Dale Rittenhouse
Ted Gerdes
Clear Lake
Lenora Schmidt
Cedar Falls
Geo. Schmidt
Herbert Carsatens
Minneapolis
Glencoe
Minn
Myr
Donald Wood
Wm. Wood
Chas. Murr
Gon Charles
John, Radisill
Pete. Grunewald
Masson City
Mary Radisill
Leon Gilner
Lillian VanLaven
Christ