Community notices from Algona area clubs and events
The Womens Club entertained husbands at a seven o'clock dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs M B Craven but a blizzard prevented a planned theatre party at Algona. PTA County Council met in Algona with a theatre party and tea for attendees. Local groups reported bake bean sales for the Okoboji meeting, a pre nuptial shower for Miss Anna Harms, post nuptial shower for the Grays, and various social gatherings at homes of Faul, Hoon, and Pendergast.
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Womens Club
The
P.T.A
Algona
M. S. Craven
J .F. Fisher
R. C. Ball
Roy Budlong
Titonka
Howard French
Gordon French
Philadelphia
W. T. Peters
Burt
French
Cidney Laird
Marguerite Kenelfic
Potter
Delores Isebrand Visits Crystal Lake Grandparents
Delores Joan Isebrand of Crystal Lake is spending a few days with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Ben Isebrand.
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Delores
Joan Isebrand
Crystal Lake
Mr. and
Mre
Ben Isebrand
Evening Visit and Local Movements in Foreston Area
Miss Marjorie Anne Reikena stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Isebrand. F P and D D Sparks and wives, Hobarton beekeepers and farmers, reported business matters Monday. Foreston relatives attended Mrs. John Spear's funeral on Friday. Ronie Janssen visited his father R H Janssen from Lakota Friday. The Topic received a brief visit. Earl Stott family drove to Mason City to see sister Mrs. Marie Amesbury and meet the new baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Wagens
Chris Wagens
Kate Belberg
Foreston
John Spear
Ronie Janssen
Lakota
R. HA. Janssen
Earl Stott
Keith
Billy Amesbury
Mason City
Marie ‘Amesbury
Olaf Finnemark Calls on Swine Merchants During Visit
Olaf Finnemark stopped at the office for a few minutes Saturday on a business trip. He discussed a truckload of hogs he had sold to local swine merchants during the stop.
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Olaf Finnemark
Algona Visitors Reported In Town On Thursday
Mra Hitt Stohy and daughter were in Algona on business last Thursday. Mrs Albert Fritz, who has been on the sick list for some time, is up and about again.
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Mra
Hitt Stohy and Daughter
Algona
Albert. Fritz
Local visitors from Laurens and Cedar Falls exploits
Owen Hopkins of Laurens visited Miss Gladyce Bogges Craven. Mrs. Carl Kramer, who had stayed with Mr and Mrs Geo Sonnenberg, left for Cedar Falls. Miss Beryl Bogges traveled to Chicago to visit friend Ranny Bleich and will visit other MTitonke friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Hopkins
Laurens
Gladyce Bogges Craven
Carl Kramer
Geo. Sonnenberg
Cedar Falls
Beryl Bogges
Chicago
Ranny Bleich
Whittemore women visit Breen home. fox hunt postponed
Miss Margaret Priester of Whittemore and Miss Stella Mae Breen spent Sunday at the J. D. Breen home. Priester is a cousin of Mrs. George Breen. The fox hunt planned for next Sunday has been postponed due to a snow storm raging at noon.
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Margaret Priester
Whittemore
Stella Mae Breen
J. D. Breen
Miss Priester
George Breen
Local Residents Update and Bank Payouts
Misa Wdith Gardner visited Rev Fall home last week then returned to Graettinger and moved on to Missouri for employment. Mrs Frank Rakow came home from Kossuth hospital with her sister Miss Bertha Keuchenreuther a trained nurse assisting. First National Bank of Burt paid out over $34,000 to depositors last week, an 11 percent dividend, totaling 62 percent of all deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Wdith Gardner
Graettinger
Missouri
Frank Rakow
Kossuth Hospital
Bertha Keuchenreuther
First National Bank of Burt
Chris Sonnenberg and son visit relatives home
Chris Sonnenberg and his son Benjamin from Holland visited relatives a week ago on Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Geo Sonnenberg. He brought Miss Ann home after a ten day visit with home folks and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Sonnenberg
Benjamin
Holland
Geo. Sonnenberg
Ann
Leap Year bachelor Joe Mockry forecasts luck in 1936
East of town farmer Joe Mockry, a bachelor, believes happiness awaits him in 1936. He drives a fine limousine and is matrimonially inclined as Leap Year lends extra hope to his plans.
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Joe Mockry
Joe
Howard French Attends Lumber Convention in Minneapolis
Howard French attended a lumber convention in Minneapolis on Thursday and Friday last week. He returned with his brother Gordon and Gordon’s wife from Philadelphia, who had been vacationing in California.
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Howard French
Minneapolis
Gordon
Philadelphia
California
5,000 Autos in Kossuth County Already Owned
In Kossuth County farmers and business men own 5000 autos. One thousand were purchased during 1935. A potential market exists for four thousand more new cars in 1986 if every owner buys an up to date machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Farm sales draw strong bidding at St Benedict auction
The locality reports well attended farm sales with stock and machinery bringing good prices. At the Mrs Studer sale near St Benedict a team sold for nearly 400 dollars and prices at all sales often exceeded market value.
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Mrs. Studer
St. Benedict
Baby girl born to Amesbury widow in Mason City
Mrs. Marie Amesbury gave birth to a baby girl Saturday at a Mason City hospital. Her husband Wm. Amesbury died suddenly last fall at their Carroll Iowa home. Since his death she has been living with her mother-in-law Elizabeth Amesbury in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Marie Amesbury
Wm. ‘Amesbury
Carroll, Iowa
Wesley Mobilizes Bersongs for National Union Program
The town of Wesley forms a large backing group of one hundred or more bersongs for the four teen point program of the National Union, headquartered at Royal Oak Michigan. Fifty members met last Sunday to advance the organization under national leader Walher Charles BE Conghiin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
National Union
Royal Oak
Michigan
Walher Charles BE
Conghiin
Pannhuk Family Visits Beenken Estate Farms
Mr and Mrs Fred Pannhuk and family of Lakota visited Thursday with Mrs Lena Beenken and daughter to discuss business matters. Fred paid a pleasant profitable visit and the family lives on a 240 acre Beenken estate farm in Ramsey township where they are prospering.
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Fred Pannhuk
Lena Beenken
Fred
Beenken
Ramsey Township
Longtime Topic Subscriber Remains Loyal for 85 Subscriptions
John K. Rippentrop, possibly the paper’s oldest subscriber, paid his 85th consecutive subscription visit on Thursday. He began with the paper when it was the family’s only daily, and now fifteen relatives including Belf receive the Topic, reflecting the family’s enduring connection to the publication.
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John K. Rippentrop
Mr. Rippentrop
Pim- Belf
Local Terra plane auto rep assigned in community
L. B. Larsen named local representative to sell the Terra plane automobile in the town. Frank D. Fisher handles the Chevrolet of General Motors. With 1995 auto purchases leading in Kogauth County, there is talk of establishing Ford, Studebaker and Rolls Royce agencies.
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L. B. Larsen
Frank D. Fisher
Chevrolet
General Motors
Kogauth County
Ford
Studebaker
Rolls Royce
Frank Hauptley Wins Another Year In Advance
Frank Hauptley of the Kunz farm south of the Win Larsen ranch visited town Friday and renewed his topic for another year. He is described as a steady beetle and doing well on the artisan project.
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Frank Hauptley
Kunz Farm
Win
Larsen
Briday
Prank
Artis
Radios on sale at Gamble Stores
Price markdowns offer electric or farm radios with batteries included. Farm sets drop to 19.46, foreign wave consoles to 34.95, Mantel sets at 28.95. Gamble Stores promote low prices across radio models.
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Mantel
Gamble
Sale Postponed At Drake Farm Auction
High drift piled on the Drake farm where Arch Burger farmed last year caused the sale planned for last Thursday to be indefinitely postponed. The new sale date will appear in the Topic later.
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Drake
Arch Burger
Claus Ristue and sons in soggy land seek farming future
Claus Ristue of Lakota called Friday to pay another year to the great weekly. Early notes recall him with his sons in the field, then boys in their teens, laboring to make a good farm from the wet, soggy land, twenty five years ago.
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Claus Ristue
Claus
Sievers Family Visits With Ricklesses In Algona
Mr and Mrs Max Sievers and family of Algona visited Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Wm Rickless and family. Max works for a New York lawyer operating a large well located farm with good buildings and handy facilities for feeding cattle and hogs, a business he is interested in.
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Max Sievers
Algona
Wm. Rickless
Max
New York
Ed Limberg Visits Woden Topic Office Briefly
Ed Limberg paid a brief visit to the Topic office on Friday. Less than a year ago he married a Woden girl and now lives on the old home farm just over the Hancock county line. His parents were pioneers in the area and known as fine farmers and citizens. He has training to excel in his field.
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Ed, Limberg
Woden
Mr. Limberg
Hancock County
Annual meeting of National Farm Loan Association held at Algona
The annual meeting convened last week Tuesday at Algona. $919,000 was loaned to 169 farmers at 4 percent. Henry Weber was elected president replacing George W. Brown who is moving to Minnesota next spring. Directors re-elected existing officials for another year.
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National Farm Loan Association
Algona
Officialg
Henry Weber
George W. Brown
Minnesota
RH. A. Wortman
Morris
Wade Ball
George Hestland
Bridge
Heyo Boekelman
Titonka
A Gon
Guy Beemer
Dolmage Hospital
RR. L. Williams
Buffalo Center
I. B. Wortman
Harry Mussman Jr
Earl Goodnow
The
Legion Auxiliary
Fenton
Florence Roelfsema
Vera Williams
Elizabeth Johnson
Bertha Underdahl
J. R. Heetland
Des Moines
Arms Bureau
Brown
A. L. Brown
Edward Thaves
Harry Boekelman
Earnest Wort- Man
Mra. C. K. Rippentrop
Titanic
John Rippentrop
Andrew Harrenga Plans Big Implement Business Year
Andrew Harrenga of Buffalo Center and partner Mr Heitland renewed allegiance to the Topic for another year. They recently opened an implement business at Thompson with Mr Sprecker in charge and report fine business last year. They anticipate a greatly increased implement business in 1936.
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Andrew iHarenga
Buffalo Center
Great Weekly
Andrew
Heitland
Thompson
Sprecker
Harrenga
Bernice Isebrand Fetes Bridal Shower at Home
About fifty five friends and relatives gathered Thursday evening at Mr and Mrs Ben Isebrand home to honor Bernice Isebrand on her engagement to Herman C Tjarks. A short program followed by opening gifts in a blue and white decorated basket. Marjorie Ann Riekena arranged the basket. The evening included games, music, and lunch served by Grace Isebrand, Mrs John Isebrand, and Mrs Ben Reikena.
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Anna Harms
Henry P. Harms
Invests
Miss Harms
John A. Harms
Fred Gray
Ben Isebrand
Bernice
Herman C. Tjarks
Marjorie Ann Riekena
Petersen and Torgergen Couples Visit Fort Dodge
Mr and Mrs Andrew Petersen Dr H I Torgergen and Rev and Mrs Fremont Paul drove to Fort Dodge Monday morning where Mrs Faul and Mr Petersen had dentist work done.
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Andrew Petersen
H. I. Torgergen
Fremont Paul
Fort Dodge
Faul
Mr. Petersen
Sleds and Sleighs Dominate Roadways Then and Now
A brief historical note recalls sparse sleighs and sleds on today’s streets, contrasting with thirty years ago when buggies and autos were absent and only sleighs and sleds moved about.
Koestler’s Twenty-Fifth January Visit Highlight Topic Reader
John N. Koestler, already a payer and reader of the Topic, called Saturday marking his twenty-fifth visit in January and in as many years, a notable streak for the longtime subscriber.
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John N. Koestler
Alleady
Busy Farmer Keeps Harvest Pace This Season
A local farmer, like many others, remains constantly active during the busiest season. He tends fields, cares for livestock, and coordinates harvest tasks to meet deadlines and market demands.
Legion Meet Rescheduled at Burt with State Commander
The County Legion meeting originally planned for Burt last Thursday was postponed due to stormy weather and will now be held this Thursday at Burt. State Commander W. H. Henke of Charles City will be the principal speaker.
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Legion
Burt
W. H. Henke
Charles City
Babson Predicts Surging Business Next Year
Economist Roger W. Babson says plans can be laid on the basis of better business for the coming year, with the tide running in and nothing to stop it, despite the elections. He notes no sign of a downturn since the late twenties and expects continued growth for merchants.
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Roger W. Babson
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Thrift
Benjamin Franklin
Titonka Savings Bank
Fremont Faul
Arabia
Beth Miller
Queen Leather Circle
Caroll Resser
R. L. Krantz
Bridge Club
Homer Downs
A. M. Peterson Low
Claude Rose
C. A. Hoon
Rev. Faul
Ohn Isebrand
Garner
Zwiefel
Kossuth
WPA
Marjorie Anne Reikena
D. Sparks
Hobarton
Atwood Coffee
W. H. Stott
Zic
Lakota News
Bonacker Bros
Maxwell House
First National Bank of
Iowa
Comptroller’s Office
Washington
E. G. McGrevey
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