Hancock Officers Seek Men Wanted for Many Thefts
North Iowa lawmen capture three suspects tied to a months long burglary spree. They confess 31 robberies across Kossuth, Hancock, Wright and surrounding counties, with loot including beer and clothing. Suspects face charges in Britt, Algona, and Fenton areas. one juvenile release noted.
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Iowa
al- Bond
Farmers Elevatory
Titonka
Tony
Kloster
Britt
John Kloster
Billy
Doerr
Wayne Wilson
Buffalo Center
North Town
Cerny Gordo
Humboldt
Kossuth
Webster
Worth
Hancock
Wright
Franklin
Winnebago
Faribault County
Minnesota
Kossach County
Algona
Billy Doerr
Zumach
Fenton
Rym
Thria
D. O. Bender
Dan Moines
Tony Kloster
Alther
Mankato
Minn
Wilson
Justice of Peace
P. A. Dawson
Kossuth Grand Jury
Midora
Anamosa
Thrus North Towans
Officera
Titonia
Clarion
Annette
Pfeffer
Carwith
Jensvald
Fullerton. Chumber
Algona Bowlers Visit Titonka in League Standings
A select Algona team will visit Titonka next Wednesday evening January 10 to play Titonka. Local bowlers posted solid scores recently with J L Intermill at 216 for three games the top mark. Darnest Hansen second with 611, George Bockalman and Al Young tied at 586. The league standings show ties for first and second and also for third and fourth.
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Algona
Titonkas
Wime
Titonka'a
J. L
Lowe to address PTA Monday eve
The Prient-Teacher Association will meet next Monday evening January 8 with Joe Lowe of Algona as speaker on conservation. He has an extensive study of the subject and will give an instructive educational talk. Several attendees have heard him before and praised his talk. the meeting will include usual attractions.
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Assopiathon
Joe Lowe
Algona
Lowe
Owe
Theft entries span October to December in multiple towns
A series of burglaries were reported across Clear Lake Liberty and surrounding towns from October through December. Targets included lumber yards, garages, grocery stores, cafes, hardware stores, a clothing shop, and other small businesses, with several entries noted in Humboldt Bancroft Fenton Trenton Woden Ventura and Winnebago Minnesota. Police investigations were ongoing with no arrests reported in the fragments available.
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Champlin
Humboldt
Duncombe
Whitman Garage
Dakota City
Bradley Cafe
Bancroft
Winnebago, Minn
Zumach’s
Fenton
Woden School Alumni Banquet Brings Class Histories Forward
Fifty Woden High School alumni gathered for their annual banquet at the community hall. Ernest Kramer opened the meeting, with class histories read by Arthur Smith of 1913, Helen Saathioff of 1988, and Florence Watson of 1083. Guests included the class of 1540. Officers elected: Ernest Kramer president, Helen Saathhoff secretary and treasurer. Catholic Ladies Guild served the banquet, ending with a public dance.
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Woden
Woden High School
Catholic Ladies Guild
Cold week records in Town as low as ten below zero
The past week brought persistent cold with temperatures dipping below zero townwide though no government thermometer registered more than ten below. State readings ran seven to ten below, with light to heavy snows in northern and southern Iowa and widespread light ice on northern pavements, not enough to disrupt traffic seriously.
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Towa
Veteran MaGregor assistant fire chief resigns after fifty years
Assistant fire chief William Hagengick resigns from MaGregor volunteer force after fifty years of service. The article recalls when Chief Hagansick first joined and notes the department’s early equipment, including a long ladder truck and a supply of buckets.
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William Hagengick
MaGregor
Hagansick
Kossuth Court News Highlights New Divorce in Algona Pair
In Kossuth district court a divorce was filed by Jean Marie Tjaden of Algona against Steven Tjaden on cruel and inhuman grounds. The couple wed in 1923 and she seeks her maiden name. deputies report 296 marriage licenses issued in the county last year, up from 256 the year before, with four licenses without returns. In justice court, several defendants received short jail terms for false making and uttering bank checks and intoxication, with sentences suspended on costs.
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Jean Marie Tjaden
Steven Tjaden
Algona
Kossuth
Couna
Jean Marie Satchett
Tessie Florence Mitchell
Plum Creek
Waa
Binan Mitchell
G. W. Stillman
Dina Mitchell Va
Olive Harland
George M. Purvis
Anna Purvis
Ernest Hones
John Gafeney
Irvingbon
Ervin Brass
Menton
Justice IP
A. Danson
Court House
Immanuel Lutheran sermon urges God centered new year
The note from Pastor Adolph Kilian at Immanuel Lutheran in Titonia area emphasizes starting the new year with the Lord for true success. It urges faithful prayer and faith driven deeds, cites biblical lines, and lists announcements like Garman services on January 7, Sunday school, Ladies Aid, Luther League meeting, and a comment on horse exports.
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Garman
Ladies Aid
Hermann Franzen
Luther League
Skating Park Built on Krantz Land for All Ages
A skating park on the Krantz land behind the OUM Krantz home has been created after prior rough conditions. Flooding began promptly and workers hope the area will be ready for use by winter afternoons and evenings, offering a place for children and others to skate.
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Krantz
Marriage Licenses Listed for December End
December marriage licenses include John Carroll 39 and Hazel Albright 26 of Algona, John Nowak 36 of Guekeen, Louise Hurd 17 of Winnebago, Richard Wickwire and Hunice Burliniggine both of Algona, listed as legal.
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John Carroll
Hazel Albright
Batt
Algona
John Nowak
Grand and Petit Jurors Named for January Term
Grand jurors for the coming year were selected for the January term of the Kansas district court in Algona. They report January 23 after Judge F C Davidson opens court. jurors include Julius Baas H J A Bates Eugene Murtagh Sim Bemis J M Kollasch Kasper Kohlhaas Charles Hanselman Severt Holm Henry M Larson Henry Reimers Walter Vaud Henry Wolfe and others from Algona Sexton Lakota Swea City West Bend Penton Whittemore and nearby towns. The petit jury also lists many Algona Burt West Bend Lakota Fenton Titonka Wesley Ledyard Bancroft and other communities for the January 30 session.
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Kasper Kohlhaas
Livermore
Charles Hanselman
Laverne
Severt Holm
Henry M.larson
Swea City
Henry’ Reimers
Penton
Walter Vaud
Whittemore
Henry Wolfe
West Bend
Petit Jury
Chris Alt
Burt
Patline Black
Dan Beevers
Chet Cook
Frances Basor
Anna Wisden
M. H.ralkenhamer
Genéva Hunt
Nels
Jensen
John Johnson
Zelda McGuire
Harry Sabin
Algona
Sam Lovstad
Ester Bannart
Andrew Boekelman
Lorena O'Keefe
Lakota
John Dixon
Ione Rock
Nick Fisch
Ottosen
Alvina Fuhr
Charles Newel
Fenton
J. L. Intermill
Doris Sathoff
Titanka
Vincent Kleinpeter
Wesley
Arthur D. Larson
Maude Nelson
Warren Lloyd
John Walterman
Ledyard
Arthur Rosenmeyer
SL. Benedict
Mra
William Tustemeier
Bancroft
Tony Schmitt
John Zoller
Bade
Four Highway Fatalities Recorded in Kossuth County in 1989
In 1989 Kossuth County logged four highway fatalities, the same as the prior year, marking an eight life drop from 1987’s twelve deaths. Notable victims included Phillip Aman of Sexton, Donald Johnson of St Benedict, Helen Meier of Burt, and Lesther Oppendahl of Ottosen, with causes ranging from sideswipes to a car overturn and suffocation.
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Donald Johnson
St. Benedict
Algona
Helen Meier
Burt
Almopa
Plum Creek
Hsther Oppendahl
Ottosen
Miles Booth
Ottogen
Good Hope Lutheran Service Schedule and Notices
Good Hope Lutheran invites worship in German next Sunday January 7 at 10 30 with Sunday school at 0 30. Choir practice Thursday January 4 at the usual time and confirmation instruction Saturday January 6 from 9 am to 3 90 pm. Please send children regularly to confirmation. church may vary class times.
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Good Hope Lutheran
M. A. Schulz
Uule
Keeping Home Accounts Guides Dau Schmidt Family Spending
The Vern Van Schmidt family of Dinsdale Tama county use annual farm and home account books to plan budgeting. Mrs Dau Schmidt notes that careful records show net farm income after living costs can be small, so they rent rather than buy, and they track expenses from food to clothing and farm produce. They compare their records with other similar families through Iowa State College Extension Service to guide future spending.
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Vern van Schmidts
Dinsdale
Tama County
Dan Schmidt
Dau Schmidt
Dau- Schmidt
Iowa State Collage Extension Service
Hather
Glenn
Bather
Dau Schmidts
Methodist Sunday Schedule and Ladies Aid Notices
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school at 10 30 a m morning worship at 11 00 Ha worth League at 7 00 p m Ladies aid society Wednesday January 10 Hostesses Mrs Patterson Mrs Alana Intermill and Mrs J L Miller DOAN Ladies aid society at the home of Mrs Ross Buffington Thursday January 4
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Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Haworth League
Ladies Aid Society
Patterson
Alana Intermill
J. L. Miller
California and Titonka Topic Warm Remarks in Holiday Letter
A letter from Albert Meyer of Los Angeles praises California and Titonka, sharing fishing tales and mild weather. He notes no frost, blooming flowers, and many new homes under construction while acknowledging unemployment and wartime hardship. He offers New Year wishes and gratitude for liberty and freedom.
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Itonica
Prida
Albert Meyer
Los Angeles
California
Condemnation Sought for Union Slough Land Purchase
United States seeks to condemn 43.10 acres in Kossuth County for a migratory waterfowl refuge. Lands owned by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and others, including Peter Govern estate and Chris Godfredson, affected. valuations prepared for sale to the government.
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Edward G. Dun
Mason City
United States
Iowa
Eis Pendis
Kossuth
Algona
United States of America
Kossuth County
United States Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
Union Slough
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Town
Tthe
Peter Govern
Chris and
Martha Godfredson
Ash Damned
Velma Baack Marries Elgin Man in Woden Church Ceremony
Velma Irene Baack of Marshalltown wed Wizard Moler of Elgin Illinois in a candlelit single ring ceremony at St Johns Lutheran Woden. Rev J H Kolberg Britt officiated. Attendants Ruby Baack Kathleen Ringsdart. Guests from Dows Mapleton Forest City and Marshalltown. They will reside in Elgin Illinois.
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Woddn
Charles Baack
Velma Irene
Marshalltown
Wizard
Higin
St. Fohn's Lutheran
Woden
J. H. Kolberg
Britt
W.L. Dameroy
Fred Saathor
Cyril Halvorson
Forest City
Iter
Ted Boda
Gordon Volding
Woden High School
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown High School
Molersharber College
Chicago
Qlgin
Ramsey Reformed Church Service Schedule Note
The notice lists Pastor Calvin Schnucker at Ramsey Reformed with church school at 9 30 and communion at 10 30. It mentions both languages will be fed and no service to the church school auditorium with a quarterly mission offering. Read the Want Ads.
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Ramsey Reformed
Calvin Schnucker
Wallace Farmer Editor to Speak at Kossuth Farm Bureau Meeting
Clifford Gregor editor from Des Moines will address the Kossuth county Farm Bureau annual meeting on Wednesday January 6 at the Tibonka theatre. The all day event starts at 10 am with reports by A L Brown and Ruth Hicks, 4 H leaders, and farm bureau committees. About 200 members expected. 28 members have 20 years tenure.
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Clifford Gregor
Es Moines
Wallace Armor
Iowa Homestead
Kossuth County Farm Bureau
Gregor
Phe
A. L. Brown
Ruth Hicks
Farm Bureau Organization
Inagurancs
Chatua
Farm Bureau
Kossuth
Resolutions Committee
Five Point American Legion Program Backed by Auxiliary News
The American Legion and Auxiliary will back the five point legislative program. Key aims include universal service, stronger national defense, protection for widows and orphans of veterans, veterans employment and civil service preference, and tighter immigration laws. The group urges Congress to act this year and seek adequate defense funding and deportation measures.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Cleo Nelson
Congress
Legion
National Executive Committee
Legian
Auxiliary
Nelson
America
Farm Women's Chorus Set for Friday Appearance at Titanica
The Farm Women's Chorus, after diligent practice, will debut at Titanica on January 5 for the annual Kossuth County Farm Bureau meeting. They will perform two numbers, "Thanks As To Gog?" in three parts and "Lullaby" by Schubert in two parts, during the afternoon program.
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Titanica
Kossuth
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Woden School
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Immanuel Lutheran
Adolph Kilian
Velma Irene Baack
Elgin, Illinois
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Farm Women's Chorus
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