Local Happenings in Titanica and Surrounding Towns
Virgil Miller tracked a tot of belongings to a farm ten miles east of Albert Lea that he rents. Several residents visited friends and family in Titonka and Garner. Ben Beyer, in the Navy, received care at Excel. Numerous people attended a 500 party at the Ernest Senne home and a surprise party at Armstrong. Multiple veterans, teachers, and family members were mentioned with hospital visits and travel between Mason City, Britt, and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Miller
Albert Lea
Howad Batt
Bill Batt
Titonkea
Navy
Ben A. Beyer
Excelsior
Homer Downs
Ons
Mason City
Carl Veer
Britt
Julius
Buffalo Center
Estherville
Lee Turner
Methodist Church Crusade for Relief Seeks $25 Million
W L Patterson pastor leads mission at 11 a.m. service and 4 p.m. Young People meeting. Wednesday 8 p.m. choir practice. Church-wide drive aims to raise 25 million dollars for relief and reconstruction overseas. Titania and Dean churches expect to meet quotas. coins, stickers for banks offered. no pressure, mere conscience. Fellowship meeting February 18 at the Struthers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
Young People's
Wena
Titania
Portland Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Birth
Portland residents share visits and dinners across Burt, Bancroft, Algona, and Mason City. Notable items include Leota Hamilton attending Hamilton School of Commerce, Cpl Pershing Marlow’s furlough from India, a baby girl born to Clifford and Abbas at Algona hospital, and local clubs sending a quilt to Burt Chapter. Memorial services are planned for Floyd Stott at Burt Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilsie Larsen
Gertrude Boekelman
Lloyd Bartlett
Marcella
Mary Ann
Merlyn
A. C. Hangen
Burt Presbyterian Church
Floyd Stott
Merwin Bristow
Co. L. Phelps
Levant Moore
L. ©. Sperring
Rockwell
Cpl. Marlow
India
Florida
Ray McWhorter
Rochester
St. Marys Hospital
John Keith
Joann McWhorter
Jim Shipler
Clifford Abbas
Algona Hospital
Local Visitors and Social Gatherings Noted in Mason City
Mr and Mrs Harold Ludeking of Waukon Iowa were business visitors here last Wednesday. A group of friends gathered Sunday at the Wm Collings home for Mrs Collins birthday. Mr and Mrs Wm Wood and Mr and Mrs Leon Gelner of Forest City shopped in Mason City Saturday afternoon. Miss Normagene Smith of Britt spent Sunday with her parents Hang and Mrs Smith. Mr and Mrs Wm Wood visited the John Thieben home last Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hauptly
Mason City
C. P. Matthews
Deming
New Mexico
Esther Askin
Arthur
Hawaii
Alok
O. K
Hsther
Ernest Senne
Irvin Schwartz
George Senne
Clarence Loats
New York
Tom Loata
United States
England
France
Bingham Champion
Bingham School No. 9
Paul Henderson
Charles Bird
Bingham No. 7
Burger Cafe
Lorraine Peterson
H. O. Barnett
Waterloo
Lorraine
George Peterson
George
Lincoln
Barnett
Happy) Peterson
Ft. Niagra
W. L. Patterson
Will Schram
GL. G
West Bend
Women's Society of Christian Service
John Boelts
Near Woden
Walter Ostermann
Walter
Edw. A. Sathoff
Song
Maurice
Maurice Kell
George Bonacker
Nellie Nelson
Mercy Hospital
Gerhard Bruns
New Liberty
Mary Brus
Henry
Ettena
Hang Beenikeen
Thomas Louts
Kenneth
Heiko Bruns
Betty Dreesman
Herman Dreesman
San Diego
Mary Burnette
Charles City
Geo. Schmidt
Ralph Anderson
Fort Myers
Florida
Joe Anderson
Dick Franzen
Titanka
Nancy Peters
Jake Kurtzlab
Charles Murr
Corwith
Mary Rudisill
Dale Rittenhouse
Fairmont
Minn
H. J. Orthel
Hilo Bridge Club
Harry Quinn
Frank Truesdell
C. W. Goslin
T. Ad Dunmire
Claus DeBoer
Wesley
Nancy
Albert Weishaar
Algona
Joe McGurk
Britt
Pritz T. Gerdes
Iver Brown
Alvin Hanna
Walt Haack
Beverly
Lloyd Bartlett
Robert Ditsworth
Bancroft
Herbert Nelson
Buffalo Center
George Kitchenreuther
Linda
Jim McColley
McColley
Vernon Larsen
Leila
Lucy Newville
Martin Larsen
Henry Nelson
Leota
Hamilton
School of Commerce
Rev. Patterson
George J.schutter
Harold Ludeking
Waukon
Iowa
Wm. Collings
Normagene Smith
Hang Smith
Wm. Wood
John Thieben
Bamboo’s Versatile Role Across Asian Life and Defense
The article highlights bamboo’s wide utility from food and clothing to shelters, weapons, furniture, and conduits. It notes bamboo books with 100,000 seal characters and a bamboo basket design used to shield Chinese buildings from Japanese air raids, describing three story bamboo frameworks and their role in detonation before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Asiatie
China
Washing Woolen Socks Care And Lame Duck Congress
Washing tips advise using larger half sizes for wool socks and gentle washing with lukewarm water. Dry on forms or flat to shape, avoid rubbing, and air dry. The piece defines a lame duck congress as defeated members serving until the new session begins, notes the 20th Amendment changed this, and traces the term’s origin to stock market parlance and Macaulay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Macaulay
Stock Exchange
Black light glows into peacetime reads and menus
After the war luminescent papers activated by black light will glow so people can read at close range. The change will apply to wall papers posters menus programs and signs with applications also extending to aeronautical charts and war maps, aiming to make life easier.
Foreign cotton and wool supplies rise impact U S markets
Foreign-grown cotton stocks and totals grow significantly across decades. From 1927-33 to 1948 world shares climb from about 42.6 percent to 66 percent as U S and domestic producers face stronger foreign competition. Aug 1 stocks rise from 5.4 million to over 14 million bales, signaling continued expansion and expected increases in 1945.
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Hatherville
Miter
Titanka Implement Company
Pet Uy Ee
Swan Furniture Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Swan
Ensbatmer
Titanics
Nichols
Buey
Eee
Renee
Font fenlSkens
Callies Bros
Polly
Blackburn
Uncle Sam
Pillsbury
Zanes
Vna
A. M. Petersen
Woden News
ST. John Lutheran Church
J. Knobloh
Brotherhood
Portland News
Intermill’s Store
Titonka, Iowa
Tri Valley
GWC
Clinton
Hoff
Willard
W. J. Denton
Bonacker
Lige
Pke
Watkins
A. C. Bierstedt Rural Watkins Man Dial
Lakota, Ia
Fred Hagen
Britt Rendering
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