Woden News Briefs Describe Local Visits and Travel
Miss Cinta Kramer returns home from Armstrong where she visited her sister Mrs Kien Thompson. Mr and Mrs Thompson brought her home and hosted visitors at the Kramer home. Mr and Mrs Ben Atson returned from Des Moines after four days at the grain dealers convention. Mrs Atzen visited with Kenneth May. Mr and Mrs Fritz Gerdes and others mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinta Kramer
Armstrong
Kien Thompson
Mra
Thompson
Wershiel
Joe ‘Kramer
Ben, Ataon
Des Moines
Mr. Atzen
Atzen
Kenneth May Folly
Fritz Gerdes
Local Socials: Mason City Visitors and Weekend Gatherings
Mrs BU Gerdes and Mr and Mrs Ted Bode hosted and visited in Mason City on Thursday and Sunday. Fritz Gerdes family and Ruby Baack were called on Titonica Saturday. Tony Buns and August Brunsen with families visited Mason City Friday. Dinner guests included Dr Potter in Forest City and Mrs Ralph Smith Jr hosted others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerdes
Mason City
Ted Bode
Fritz Gerdes
Charles Baack
Ruby
Titonica
Tony Buns
Theo, Fredrickson
M. B. Ladies Aid
Woden
Dubby Christensen
Social notes from bridge party and church event
At Mrs W O L Tindall's home Thursday evening Mr and Mrs Claus Smith earned high honors and Dr Tindal and Mrs Martin Smith were second high. Dinner guests Saturday included Mr and Mrs John Mreecka. Presbyterian Ladies Aid plans an oyster supper in church basement on Wednesday Feb 2 and will hold annual business meeting and officer elections Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs John Rudisill and Dorothy Welsham were Mason City visitors Thursday. The Ritdisill family and Dorothy Weishaar attended the 21st wedding anniversary of August Helmeng at Luverne Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. OL. Tindall
Claus Smith
Tindal
Martin Smith
John Mreecka
Itainly
W. L. Tindall
Ald
John Rudisill
Dorothy Welsham
Mason City
John Ritdisill
Ana
Dorothy Weishaar
Portland quilting circle and social notices mix
Portland residents and neighbors frequent quilting gatherings and visits across Bancroft, Sexton, Algona, and Corwith. The item lists attendees Mrs Claude Sigsbea, Mrs Gee Lanning, Alfred Godfradson, Jenny Clifford, and many others. Several families attended creamery meetings, dinners, and suppers, with illness noted for Marideth Appelgate and pneu monia. Funeral services were held for a sister near Dexter, Iowa.
Mussman Family Attend Funeral in Zumbrota Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Harry Mussman attended a funeral in Zumbrota Minnesota on Monday of last week for the father of Mrs Devera Kiester sister in law of Mia Mussman Mr and Mrs Peter Bruer and daughter Loia were present at the Wade Ball home Wednesday evening celebrating his birth and helping Mr Ball celebrate his birth date
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mussman
Zumbrota
Min
Nesota
Devera Kiester
Mia. Mussman
Peter Bruer
Loia Grant
Wade Ball Home Help
Ball
Death of Mrs. H. D. Mushman and local visits noted
Mrs H D Mushman aged 78 died Thursday after a stroke. Funeral at MHB church Sunday, Maple Hill Cemetery burial beside her husband who died eleven months ago. Survived by four children Harry Lakota George Ellsworth Minn Mrs George Kempf Riceville and Mrs Elmer Dow Sheffield, plus eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Algona visitors included day’s travelers A Sys Mr and Mra, and family members from Hugh Gordon moving to Boona for employment. Catherine Powers and Beulah Locft attended county basketball tournament then returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sys
Mra
P. Powers
Algona
Hugh Gordon
Boona
M. HB
Maple Hill Cemetery
Harry
Lakota
George
Ellsworth
Minn
George Kempf
Riceville
Iowa
Elmer Dow
Sheffield
Wesley News: Local births and meetings in February
Mr and Mrs Harry Mathaha welcomed a baby boy Sunday evening. Mrs Irene Studer tends mother and child. Two cooperative associations schedule February meetings in Kampeter hall. The Farmers Cooperative Creamery meet on February 5 and the Farmers Cooperative Battery on February 7. Schools closed Tuesday due to storm with early recess. 13th annual firemen’s ball drew a large crowd at Kleinpeter hall last Thursday. Mr and Mrs eo Hanig welcomed a baby boy Friday night, their fourth child. Mrs Anthony Johnson caring for mother and son. Mr and Mrs J T Meurer returned Friday from a business trip to Ollie Iowa. Mrs Cecelia Hauptmann resigned as Wesley post office assistant after 3.5 years. Mr Gordon Loebig begins duties as assistant to postmaster Hazel Gerdes. Gordon is a Wesley High School graduate. Mrs Anthony Johnson and William with Martel B D Long and Hiram Ackerman of Lone Rock visited Mason City on Friday. FP Cruise to hold an auction on his farm three miles north of Wesley on Thursday February 15 moving to an 0 acre farm north of Britt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mathaha
Irene Studer
Wesley
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Sth
Farmers Cooperative Battery A
Kampeter Hall
Nneither
Kleinpeter Hall
Mia
Eo Hanig
Anthony Johnson
J. T. Meurer
Ollie
Iowa
Cecelia Hauptmann
Weeley
William
Martel BD. Long
Hiram Ackerman
Lone Rock
Mason City
Cruise
Milea
Britt
Interesting Letter From Eskimo Land Narrates Alaska Visit
A letter from Cape Halkett Alaska recounted by Mr and Mrs John Renn and their niece Mrs Oliver Morris describes life at the remote Arctic outpost. The family white residents near Barrow traveled by boat to visit white neighbors, faced mail delays, and joked about Santa Claus in a humorous hometown tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Halkett
Arctic
Alanla
Nora
John
Barrow
Mall
Halkett
Ollie
Sears Roebuck
Santa Claus
Farmers Elevator News Adopts Seasonal Prompting and Local Pride
The Titania Iowa Farmers Elevator Co. preview promotes seed and feed products, urging customers to shop early for seed and try International 33 percent feed. It touts honest coal options Dixie No Ash and Virglon, and applauds Titania boys’ strong basketball showing in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Arctic Night and Barrow Rescue Impressions Abroad
A Barrow diary recounts a tense Arctic night as a Russian flight search bogged down by ice and wind, with Sergeant Morgan at the local radio station handling hours of messages while a relief mission finally arrived. The writer details supplies, cooking, and a fragile barter system, life with Eskimo neighbors, and the stark daylight of the polar day, ending with Christmas plans and a note on family and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrow
Cleo
Pole
U. S
Morgan
Jimmie Mattern
Civilization
Mr. Morgan
Ollie
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Woden News
Henry H. Huisinga
Ocontractors & Builders
Titonka, Iowa
Hoff
Keil Building
A. W. Amunson
Borchardt
Calla
Titonka, Ja
D. O. Opateopathic
Town
Horace S. Beemer J. GC. Penny
L. A. Matern General Auctioneer
Col. C
Riddle General
Parm Sales & Specialty
Lee
Wolfe
Titontka
W. F. Hamstreet
M. D
Iowan
Pierre Sartor, M. D
Titonka
H. I. Torgersen
Hamstreet Bldg
Roy C. Ball
Gus Frederickson
Bank of Woden Woden
Jowa
Nest of
New York
Rossuth County
A. J. Berens
Bancroft
Titonia
Algona Rendering Co
Fred Hagen
Mgr
Boughton’s Funeral Home
Bennet Bruens
Buffalo Center
Kossuth County
J. L. Bonar
Iowa State Bank Building
Algona, Towa
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ia
van Ness & Stillman
Helge
Maurice C. McMahon
County Savings Building
E. C. McMahon
P. A. Dawson
Iowa State Bank
Quarton & Miller
County Savings Bank Bldg
Jeon, Jawa
Portland News
Claude Sigsbea
G. C. Hood
G. O. McFarland
Cecil Long
Ivan Long
Grover
Wait Waltman
Hoscoe Stewart
Chester Fitch
Sexton
Rose Pitch
D. BE
Donald Ringsdorf
Gene
Wm. Ringsdorf
Ralph Roberts
Henry Smith
Portland
Burt
Merle Woltz
Alfred Godfredden
Chas
Phelps
Lloyd Bartlett
Raymond Bartlett
Hk.be
Appelgate
Sylvia Nall
Corwith
Weter Appelgate
Bobbie
Marideth
Lakota News
Guy Beemer Lakota
Wesley News
Vol. I
Farmers Elevator News
Titanica
Pigayo
F. E. Hagen, Mgr
Seal of Minnesota
Titania
Algona Boys
Titanka
Ags
Charmaine
Arctic Ocean
Barrow Sq
Alicea
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