Christmas News From Wesley and Surrounding Towns
Christmas visits fill Wesley area as families host relatives from Sibley Shakopee and Garner. Numerous local dinners and dances mark the holiday season with travelers from Mason City Des Moines and Des Moines noting long weekends. A public sale of Dr. Adams household goods is reported along with baby Richard William Heinen born and baptized at St Josephs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. Hl
Marco
Gary
Sibley
Thayer Mullin
Shakopee
Minn
Nia
Vee Mullin
Vincent Hisenbacher
Albert Lickteig
Alf Studer
George Kelch
Kanawha
Ed Downs
Titonka
Leo Young
Garner
Gerald
Rose Studer
F. L. Adams
Ruth Mary Goetz
Bernadine Johnson
Anton Goetz
Jack Haag
Milwaukee
George Hauptmann
Charles City
Loretta Lloyd
Stella
Mike and Jerry
Mason City
Leo Goetz
Lou Licktelg
Kleinpeter Hall
Sam Anne
Lewiston
Arabella McPherson
Leota
DeEtta
Rodney Hall
Betty Riggs
Rochester
Rev
Riggs
Mike
Jerry
A. M. Lease
Burrell
Lester Lease
Loren
Grandma Lease
Maurice Studer
Albert Kleinpeter
Leo Smith
Fort Dodge
Delmar Pommerening
Ed Hildmans
Pommerenings
St. Paul
Studer
Charles Heinen
Richard William
St. Joseph’s Church
William Foertsch
Florine Heinen
Dale Silbaugh
Scranton
Jim
Ole K. Flom
Julius Kelch
Gloria
Algona
3. L. Studer
Walter West
Des Moines
Maxine Kirschbaum
Leo West
Bernadette Studer
Ben Studer
Catholic Missionary Society
C. D. of A. Lodge
George Goetz
Agnes
Grandma Matern
Adium
Ray Ricke
Kevin Hitdman
Camp Bowie
Texas
George Hildman
Ann Lickteig
Gertrude Otis
John Lickteig
Mary Otis
Leroy Beebe
Renwick
Christmas Visits Across Clear Lake Area
Wodden News notes Christmas gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gerdes and sons visit from Clear Lake, Dick Hart and son stay with Brass family, Burdella Giesking returns from Chicago, Nick Wilson and son with Frank Smith and Ralph Tjaden families, and many others share Christmas dinners and visits with relatives in Britt Charles City and Armstrong. several family members travel from Detroit Joliet and Des Moines to spend the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Gerdes
Clear Lake
Fred Gerdes
Dale Rittenhouse
Dick Hart
Have Beers
Brass
Burdella Giesking
Chicago
Ernest Giesking
Nick Wilson
Bobby
Frank Smith
Ralph Tjaden
Claus DeBoer
Herman
Morris
Forrest Eckelg
Bonnie
Nancy Peters
Ed Wood
Hidora
Marshalltown
Herman Buns
Robert Turner
Charles City
Jake Schleuger
Lewis Schleuger
Britt
Joan E. Buns
Caroline
Henry
Harold
Cyril Halvorsen
Keith
Martin Smith
Henry Schleuger
Miller
Virginia Lee
JoAnn Tindall
August Stohr
Signal Corp
Des Moines
Forrest Lackore
Forest City
Florence Missman
Joliet, Til
Edith Missman
Melvin Wood
Detroit
W. L. Tindall
G. Lt. Peterson
Joe Kramer
Henry Meyer
Glen Thompson
Armstrong
Adlerika Stool Remedy Ad Claims Patience Pleasant Action
An advertisement from W. J. Denton Druggist touts Adlerika as a gentle laxative. It promotes quick bowel clearance, relief from gas pains, and recommends use over ten years for constipation spells. Get it today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Denton
Weekend visitors from multiple towns visit local households
The article lists numerous weekend visitors to homes in the area including Mr. and Mia, Al Hutchinson Were My, and Mrs. Tommy Mc Names of Waterloo, Mrs. Clifford Butta of Cedar Falls, Mavis Bird of Columbus Ohio, plus visits to Hane Smith and Clarence Bird homes. It notes Mrs. William Dorsey Sr remains seriously ill, Allegra Swingen returns to Mason City duties after Christmas, and several families spent Christmas with relatives in Rose Creek Minnesota Algona Sexton Des Moines and Bancroft. Red Cross kits for soldiers prepared with sixty kits by local workers John Rudisill family. Other visits include Set J Tjarks Chico Field California Nancy Peters and families, and multiple Christmas gatherings at Rudisill, Marr, Cushman, and Wood households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
al Hutchinson
Tommy McNames
Waterloo
Clifford Butta
Cedar Falls
Mavis Bird
Columbus
Ohio
Hane Smith
Clarence Bird
William Dorsey Sr
Allegra Swingen
Mason City
H. O. Swingen
D. C Dana
Chris Anderson
Rose Creek
Minn
William Wood
Oscar Hammond
Red Cross
John
Rudisill
Albert Weishaar
Algona
Gladys Weishaar
Carol Mae Goslin
Ankeny
Des Moines
James Tjarks
Chico Field
California
Nancy Peters
Geo. F. Pommer
Richard van Hoorn
Merle Cushman
Bancroft
John Smith
John Rudisill
Charles Marr
Corwith
Mary Rudisill
Mrs Lorraine Guernsey Visits Kin and Friends for Christmas
Miss Lorraine Guernsey D. A. from Signoury, Tows, spends holiday with parents A R Guernsey and others. Ted Bode home at Ceylon Minnesota hosts Christmas guests including John Bode Henry Bode Harold Jacobson Britt. Clear Lake relatives visit Mrs Fred Gerdes Dale Rittenhouse Christmas. Ray Valley family from Forest City joins Crystal Lake and Meyer households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Guernsey
Signourney
Tows
Mra
A. R. Guernisayy
John Bode
Henry Bode
Harold Jacobson
Britt
Ted Bode
Ceylon
Minn
Ted Gerdes
Clear Lake
Fred Gerdes
Dale Rittenhouse
Ray Valley
Floyd Valley
Forest City
Herbert Hanson
A Daugther
Crystal Lake
Ed Meyer
FOR SALE and Local Notices Fragment
FOR SALE Team Bay Geldings seven and years old well matched Shorthorn Bull old enough for service Purebred Berkshire Boars Geo Schmidt FOR SALE Model A Ford Whit Face Bull 8 mos old Coal Parlor Furnace Alfred Swingen Woden 52-63p Feed Grinding Oats and Clover H jiling Tanyilpc Sales and Ser vice Murphy's Feeds For Prompt and Efficient Service Call Ted Hinders 2 on 14 Woden Moagr Flanagan's Boys Town in Omaha receives $10000 sailor's insurance for Bobby Paradise killed in the Battle of Bataan to help build a war memorial at Boys Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Team Bay
Berkshire Boars
Geo. Schmidt
Alfred Swingen
Woden
Jiling
Tanyilpc
Murphy's
Ted Hinders
Moagr
Flanagan
Omaha
Bobby Paradise
Boys' Town
Bataan
Tom Quinlan
Pocahontas
Boys’ ‘Town
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Mr. and
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Heather
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Acaphen
W. F. Hamstreet
Creetings
Mrs. Claus Krull
Sherman Meyer
Sawyer Building
Phone
Iowa
Wesley News
George Werling
Maurice Page
Oskaloosa
Leo Hildman
Gayte Studer
Martin Monson
Sophia Fritsch
Josep Hauptmann
Wallace Benton
Albert Johnson
Johnsons
Herman DeBoer
Pella
Woden News
Alvin Hanna
Ray Roach
Jake Thieben
Mrs. James
John von Laven
Oelwein Chemical Co
Occo Minerals
Woden, Lows
Drs
Colby and
Hayden Forest City
Polka Dot Beauty Shop
Smith’s
Titanka
Algona, Iowa
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Small
Algona Rendering Co
Dick B
Earl Stott and
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Angus Bull
Catermann
Shropshire Ewes
Conrad Schmidt
H. C. Snyder
C. W. Nicoulin
Algona, Ia
Heed's Hardware
Leo Orthel
M. P Haggird
Algona, W
Weden
Lowe
Richland Soy Bean
Lowe Seed Co
Aroma Park, Nl
H. W. Mayland
Titonka, Iowa
Markstop Hog
Hamilton Hatchery
America
K. & H. Co-Op. Oil Co
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