Kunz Heads Fair Association In Algona Meeting
The Kossuth County Fair Board elected Julius Kunz as president with W T Peters as vice president P P Zerfass as secretary Myron Schenck as treasurer and John Frazer J A Raney Geo Morton as directors. A committee was named to study a new grandstand and multi county fair plan with Hancock and Winnebago counties. A state architect will review blueprints for the stand to be built on the west grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County Fair Board
Court House
Algona
Joins Kunz
W. T. Peters
P. P. Zerfass
Myron Schenck
John Frazer
J. A. Raney
Geo. Morton
Kossuth
Hancock
Winnebago
Olaf Finnemark
W. £. McDonald
Theodore Chrischilles
A . Corey
Algona Fair
Big Postal Biz At Swea City Postoffice
The Swea City post office reports annual business of 115000 dollars, the largest in the county aside from Algona. Figures not handled at Whittemore, Champton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City
Algona
Sweat
Fur Farm Expansion Near Crystal Lake
The Weslay News World notes a fur farm near Crystal Lake covering a quarter section. It is stocked with hundreds of muskrats behind a light woven wire fence and fed sugar beets for prime fur production. Plans include large herds of fur rabbits and a line of foxes next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matitle
Garnbtahit
Trea Ger
Crystal Lake
Weslay
Titonka Lodge Officers Installed at Wesley Meeting
The Titonka lodge installed officers at Wesley last Friday night with District Deputy Grand Master Andrew Peterson and District Deputy President Mrs Edith Fisher presiding. The Titonia district installing team aided. 368 short talks on lodge work followed before a bountiful oyster supper and social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka Lodge
Wesley
Wesley Odd Fellows
Rebekais
Andrew Peterson
Edith Fisher
Titonka
Titonia Lodges
Wesley Lodge
A Vision of a Better Town with Work and Opportunity
An editorial calls for a future town where every citizen earns a living, gains fair opportunity for children, and lives in a clean, just community. It emphasizes educated, productive people, reduced crime, and respect for workers, imagining a town bloom with students and merit above population growth.
Blizzard Looms as Snow Falls Across Day
Snow continues to fall today with forecasts indicating a stronger blizzard ahead. Weather officials warn of heavy accumulation and hazardous travel conditions across the region.
Annual Creamery Meeting Called for Titonka Co operative
Stockholders of Titonka Co operative Creamery are scheduled for January 26 at Hagen's Hall to elect officers and discuss business. Meeting set for 1 PM with E P Hansen as secretary. Local baby news reports a girl born at the Vin cent Heitner home in Hobarton on January date. Grandpa John Carlson is described with a broad smile as he shares the reason, noting he grows younger the more he is called grandpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagen's Hall
Titonka Co- Operative Creamery
Vincent Heitner
Hobarton
Jamar
Fth
John Carlson
John
Wesley
Titonka Woman's Club Hosts Good Will Program
Children of club members enjoyed a party at Mrs. H A French home presenting a Good Will program under Mrs J F Fisher. The club studied International Relations and met at Mrs A M Petersen's home with Mrs B E Hansen honored for her upcoming departure. Mrs Charles Ball of Monroe Wisconsin attended as a guest led by Mrs C H Downs and Mrs Roy Budlong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka Woman's Club
H. A. French
J. F. Fisher
A. M. Petersen
BE. L. Hansen
Charles Ball
Monroe
Wisconsin
C. H. Downs
Roy Budlong
P T A Meeting Adds Coffee Pot Purchase
The P T A met at the high school last Monday and heard a program featuring community singing led by Miss Hartman folk dancing from Mrs Crissey’s room a Good Will player by seventeen children and The Old Maids Tea Party by several members. About six dollars was collected for lunch after adjournment. A large crowd attended showing community interest in the association and the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Parent-Teachers Association
Hartman
T. A
Lakota farmer Olthoff touts 28 years swine health record
W C Olthoff of Lakota says his herd has suffered no hog cholera in 28 years while yielding 50 to 80 hogs annually. He credits feeding with corn and oats slop salt and air stacked lime kept in front of the herd and black salt always available. Previously he farmed ten years in German township Banerolt Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. C. Olthoff
Lakota
Register
Sas V
Olthoff
German Township
Garner M E Pastor Burial Notices Honor Minnie Honken
Funeral services set for Mrs. Minnie Honken at 2 PM Tuesday at the M E church conducted by Rev. Chas H Van Metra. She died January 11 in Minneapolis from flu pneumonia. oldest daughter of George Blank, former Bingham Township resident, with ties to Garner and nearby farms. Interment in Concord Cemetery. Britt News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Minnie Blank-Honken
Chas. H. van Metra
German Christian Reformed Church
Bingham Township
Minnesota
Grace Lemb
Garnet
Cencord
Britt News
Swea City High to Host Friday Double Header Basketball
Swedes prep to host a boys and girls double header Friday night at the gym. The first game pitted will feature Swea City teams against Thtonka with both sides aiming for wins as the season advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City High School
Sehor Udiding
Ap. Pais
Quaker Meeting at the Court House Criticizes Highway Authority
A protest at the court house highlights local discontent with the highway commission’s autocratic control over arterial routes. The piece laments Iowa’s centralized power and Algona’s limited influence as residents compare decisions to Mussolini era authority and mourn lost local auto mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mussolini
Highway Commission
Iowa
Algona
Court House
H Club Announces First Annual Meeting With Four H Club
The German township Four H Club will meet Saturday afternoon at the home of Violet Meyers for its first yearly gathering. All members are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Clu
German Township
Violet Meyers
Tobacco grows as profit in Minnesota farming
Central Minnesota farmers eye tobacco as a money making crop. The St. Cloud Times notes yields of 223 dollars per acre with last year’s crop in the county valued at about 100 000 dollars. Farmers may request tobacco culture bulletins from Congressman Dickinson in Washington and order supplies from Fly by pulling a plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Cong
Jinson
Washington
Bert Hudson Seeks New Location After Restaurant Sale
Mrs. Bert Hudson has stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Squire Hudson as they were ill. Bert Hudson sold his restaurant at Lennox Town and is seeking a new site. Mrs. Hudson visited her parents at Wesley before coming to Burt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Hudson
Squire Hudson
Lennox Town
Hudson
Wesley
Burt
Burt Monitor
Farewell Held For Hansen Couple Before Move to Swea City
A large crowd gathered at the hall last night to bid Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hansen farewell as they prepare to move to Swea City by February to start a grocery business. The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows joined in the sendoff for the longtime active members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansen's
Rebekahs
B. L. Hansen
Swea Clty
Miss Magdalene Mueller Practices Nursing in Midwest Wyoming
In Midwest Wyoming Miss Magdalene Mueller daughter of Rev P Mueller now works as a nurse. A letter notes Midwest is dominated by Rockefeller interests with the hospital as its best building. The surrounding country is sandy and sparsely scenic, with a smallpox scare and about 5 000 people vaccinated at the hospital. Magdalene has shown notable career progress since graduating from St John’s Hospital in St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Magdalene
Mueller
Rev
P. Mueller
Titan~ka
Midwest
Wyo
Nurdsing
Rockefaller
St. John's Hospital At
St. Paul
Pond Demonstration Shows Balanced Ration Benefits
North Grain Company manager Wright led a Friday demonstration at Gold Fellows hall in Major City. Representatives explained hog, dairy, and poultry rations to seventy five attending farmers, followed by a coffee and doughnut reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wriday
K.O. Wright
North “One Grain Company
Qold Fellows Hall
Mr. Wrig
Douguts
Coffer
Wright
Two Ledyard Doubleheaders Postponed By Storm
Storm forces postponement of Tuesday night basketball doubleheaders with Ledyard and reschedule set for Saturday night. Wesley area updates note local barber shop sale as Kleinpeter shop bought by Harry Maathas who will run the business from Monday and plans to move his family soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledyard
Wesley
Harry Maathas
Hartshorn Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
The fifty first anniversary of Mr and Mrs J W Hartshorn was observed last Sunday with guests including the Leroy Hartshorn family of Sweat City the Colemans of Algona and the Austins with son Rex of Titanica A general good time was reported and well wishes sent for many more happy occasions by the Register and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hartshorn
Leroy ‘Hartshorn
Sweat City
Ross Coleman
Algona
Austin
Rex
Titanica
Register
Nike
Dad Jenks
Local notes face births, marriages, and travels in area
Twenty years ago Carl Carlson traveled to Chicago with stock consignment. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ward. Several locals move or plan moves to farms near Bancroft and Brownsville. Rev. Lacks visits Platville Wisconsin and Mrs. Dittmer dies of paralysis. Marriages include Julia Nelson and Lewis Larsen at Algona. Government and legal notes mention tax law revisions and a church revival continues at M. B. church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Carlson
Chicago
Atock
Norman Ward
Bachelor
Jake Wolfe
Wesley
Bancroft
Platville
Wisconsin
Hd Dittmer
Severa
Burt
Alice Cunningham
Midland
Ora Simmons
Ora
Bob Young
M. B. Church
U. K. Mayland
C. B. Mitchell
August Meyer
Brownsville
Texas
Oestercamp
Woden
Bleich
Albert J. Bleich
George Lamoreux
Lst. L. G
Helfer
Hisvyace
Martin Swanson
Julia. A. Nelson
Titonka
Lewis ‘Larsen
Algona
Presbyterian Church
Harding
Wm.Winter
German
Walsh
Harden County
Linn Trimble
Chas
Sutherland
Story County
Mish
Pearl Gross
Rav
Allen H. Wood
Sam Gross
Henry
Ole Solberg
Ramsey Township
Wm. Parraw
Ole
Prof
Welty
Ruthven Sehoo
Togk Jay T
Funeral Rites for Former Titonea Boy Heine Henken
Funeral services are set for Heine Henken 24 of 510 Bludlstreat Sioux City who died of pneumonia in a Sioux City hospital. The rites will be at 2 30 Wednesday at Westcott chapel with Rev G Franklin Koch officiating and burial in Graceland Park Cemetery. Heine born in South Dakota December 2 1904 lived in Titonka and Sioux City five years survived by mother Mrs Margaret Henken and brothers Ed and Gerhard of Sioux City and Fred Henry and William and sister Mrs Mary Hurley of Ft Dodge Iowa. Heine attended Titonka school and was a bookkeeper. The Henken family moved to Sioux City in 1919 and Heine was remembered by local classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westcott
Heine Henken
Bludlstreat
Sioux City
G. Franklin Koch
Trinity Lutheran Church
Graceland Park
Henken
South Dakota
Margaret Henken
Gerhard
Fred
Titonka
Iowa
Henry
Bridgewater
Chicago
Mary Hurley
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City Tribue
Heine
Thanks to neighbors and friends for support during illness
The Giesking family expresses sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends for help during the illness of their wife and mother and for flowers and assistance with music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Giesking
Married 68 Years Mr and Mrs August Ogren
Lakota Record notes the couple’s 68th wedding anniversary on January 1 1928 Married in Sweden they lived in Sibles County since 1848 and for twenty years in Lakota Mr Ogren 90 and Mrs Ogren 83. She has been ill part of the year he still visits town for mail and groceries The community congratulates them and hopes they will reach their diamond jubilee and century years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Ogren
Sweden
Konsuth
Lakota
Ogren
Former Bancroft Resident Merritt Turner Dies in Longville
Merritt Turner, longtime Bancroft resident and former assistant Postmaster under Sam Mayne, died in Longville Minnesota on January 3. Funeral services were held January 6. He remained connected to Bancroft through Mason Lodge and advised local fishermen from cottages on the lake at Longville. His sister is Mrs Grace Worrall of Mt Vernon Town.
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Bancroft
Merritt Turner
Longville
Minnesota
Turner
Sam Mayne
Grace Worrall
Mt. Vernon
Maude Worrall
Altho
Bancroft Register
Railroad Bus Rate War Reaches Iowa March First
Railroads plan a March fifteenth to April thirtieth one way rate of 44.05 from Des Moines to California Oregon and Washington. Bus lines may drop to about 37.50 to compete with rail rates. Des Moines passengers can ride coast to coast with daytime meal stops and through service to California.
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California
Iowa
West Coast
Des Moines
Oregon
Washington
Caltarnia Oay
County Fair Expansion Effort Aimed at Kossuth
The Advance reports a proposal to include Winnebago and Hancock counties in the Kossuth fair efforts. Laws prevent a district name change, and since both counties have no fair this season the plan seeks to attract them to join the Kossuth fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago
Hancock
Indians Overpowers Britt Second Team In Camp Tilt
Titonka high school's first quarter pace overwhelmed Britt. final score 18 to 4 as Titonka's second team added a few points in the last period. The article suggests Britt should send their first team for tougher practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britt
Britt High School
Titonka
Banking Banks in Clare Prove Depositors Safe Despite Closures
The Fort Dodge Messenger notes two Clare banks closed recently but depositors lost no money as receivers paid 100 percent. The piece argues mass public opinion harms banks, highlighting cycles of confidence and the wrongness of judging banks by rumors rather than facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge Massenger
Clare
Caesar
Too Strong For Britt's Titanka Team Faces High School
Britt seconds aim to win as Titanka yet faces a strong high school squad Friday night. The article notes uncertainty about Titanka strength but emphasizes Britt's determination to triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOR
Titanka
Britt
Britt News
German Township Bid Notice for 1929 Patrol and Road Work
Trustees invite sealed bids until noon February 11, 1929 for patrol men and road work in German township for 1929, bids by day with man and team or one man, township divided into two parts. Also bids for a cemetery caretaker. Trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids. John Boekelman, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Township
Germay
John Boekelman
Bee
Loyal patron renews fourteen Journal subscriptions
William H. Andregg called at the office and renewed fourteen Journal subscriptions. He sends every issue to his sons and daughters and values home news. The West Bend Journal notes he pays more for subscriptions than any other person and praises him as a citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Anderegg
Anderegt
West Bend Journal
Methodist Church Teaches Service Incentive and League Talks
Morning worship at 11:00 with the sermon The Incentive to Christian Service. Attendance by boys and girls rising. Sunday School classes compete for a measuring cup based on attendance. Epworth League meets Sunday 7:00 PM with a sermon Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Weekly events include Sub District Rally at Guverne and Ladies Aid Society meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Guverne
Wolfe
Ladies Aid Society
Ray Oésterreicher
B. Thompson
Dean Ladies Aid Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Julius Kunz
Winnebigo
Kossuth County
Thi-County
Tems
W. C. Olthoff
Garner M. E
Titonea
Heine Henten
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