County Buys 80 Acres for Gravel and Drainage
The county supervisors through Supervisor Finnemann bought the south eighty acres near Center schoolhouse four miles south of Titonka on the Titonka-Wesley gravel. The land, once taxed by Kruse and tied to Fillensworth, will be drained by the county. Twelve feet of gravel underlay part of the property will supply public roads. remaining land will be sold after gravel is removed. A residence and outbuildings will be relocated when gravel needs arise. tests will map further deposits by the county engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funnemark
Center School House
Titonka
Finnemann
Obituary of Henry Janssen Headlined in Local Notice
Henry Ralph Janssen of Titonka born December 20 1897 in German township Kossuth County Iowa died February 21 1923 at age 2 years 1 month 1 day married to Gertie B Sleper one daughter survived by wife parents Ralph H Janssen and Mia of Titonka two brothers Ronie and Andrew Janssen Crystal Lake Mrs Reika Cordes Mrs Gesema Heyer Titonka Mrs Beng H Gerdes Buffalo Center and many other relatives Funeral services conducted Sunday by Rev Haken pastor of the Reformed church at 1 pm at home and 2 pm at church burial in church cemetery Topic extends sympathy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ralph Janssen
German Township
Kossuth County
Iowa
Gertie B. Sleper
Janssen
Hite
Mia
Ralph H. Jans
Titonka
Wiater
Ronie Janssen
la- Kola
Andrew
Crystal Lake
Gertie
Reika
Cordes
Gesema-Heyer
Beng H. Gerdes
Buffalo Center
The
Reformed Church
Rey Haken
Fish Fry Recalled After Northern Minne Voyage
Donald Weisbrod writes of plans for a fishing trip in northern Minnesota with Supervisor Temark and spouses joining a post trip fish fry. After returning with walleyes and wall-eyed bass, a large banquet is described as hosted by Mrs Weisbrod with generous fare. A future September gathering is proposed if bites remain good and families consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Weisbrod
Minneoto
Fua
Temark
Donald
Dead Lake
Pritemark
Lakota Youth Fined for Speeding in Titanka
A Lakota man was fined $5 plus costs by Titanka Mayor for speeding under the Sneed ordinance issued Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakota
Titanka
Entertainer Grady Smith Hosts Birthday Party
Grady Smith entertained guests at Besnaay mi ng ad Ging Sualth celebrating a July birthday. Ames were played and refreshments served at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besnaay
Grady Smith
Esle Suly
Biemesend
New Ford Purchases For Peterson And Benhey Cet
Peterson and H C Benhey Cet recently bought new Fords just before the Fourth. The articles note the purchases as part of local Ford dealership activity and mention the names of the buyers and the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gover Peterson
H. C. Benheycet
Honor Roll Items and Dates from Early 20th Century
Fragmented listings show names such as JW Swanson and Lamoreux with dates Jan 1 1021 and Jan 1 1934, plus Dr P Sartor and associations in towns like Titonka and Orvilla. The text also references Montana, Tab 1 1988 and other garbled entries including 1941 and 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JW. Swanson
Titonka
Towa
Lamoreux
Orvallla
Montana
P. Sartor
Honka
Etta
Holm Fined Twenty Dollars for Obscene Language
William Holm was fined 20 dollars and costs before Justice Jennings Monday for using profane and obscene language at the county pit Sunday afternoon. The fine and costs were paid in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Jennings
Will Holm
Robert Fisher Visit Over Holiday in Milwaukee
Robert Fisher and his female companion from Milwaukee spent the Fourth with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Fisher and family. They left for home Monday morning after a two or three day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fisher
Friend
Milwaukee
Wis
J. Fisher
Titonka Drops Three at County Fairgrounds Bancroft and West Bend
Titonka lost three straight ball games against Corwith Bancroft and West Bend. At the fairgrounds on the Fourth Corwith beat Titonka 7 to 3, in Bancroft on Saturday Bancroft won 5 to 1, and on Sunday West Bend defeated Titonka 7 to 2 on local grounds. The team plans to change approach in future games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Corwith
Bancroft
West Bend
Indiana
French Family Reunion Held at Call's State Park
The Had Family Reunion of the French clan from Algona Titania Oregon and California gathered at Call's State Park in Algona yesterday for an annual family picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Titania
Oregon
California
5. B. French
Call’s State Park
Titonka Tops Bancroft In Tight Tuesday Game
Titonka defeated Bancroft 2 to 1 in a standout Tuesday afternoon baseball clash. The win marked one of the season’s best efforts, with a closely contested finish that echoed Titonka’s earlier strong showing against Woden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indians
Bancroft
Titonka
Woden
Birthday Party for Mildred Krantz with Friends
Mildred Krantz hosted seven of her girl friends Monday for a birthday anniversary gathering. Games were played and refreshments served in a simple informal party setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Krantz
Missals Leave for Illinois Visit with Relatives
Mr and Mrs Adolph Missal and son Albert depart for Minonk Illinois and other immediate points for a two week visit with relatives.
Newville Party Heads for Minnesota Fishing Trip
Newville and Mrs I Newville with Will H Newville and Madnes leave Thursday for northern Minnesota on a fishing tour. They plan a ten day to two week trip, traveling toward the Iron Range and ending at Rush Lake to catch large fish before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newville
Minnesota
Will H Newville
Madnes
Iron Range
Rush Lake
Rochester trip for Mayo Clinic visit notable
Warner Schmidt and B S Pann huk drove to Rochester with Mr Schmidt and his oldest daughter on Monday. The young woman will undergo treatment at the Mayo Clinic where she is reported to be suffering rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Warner Schmidt
B. S. Pannhuk
Crowd floods Algony fair gates on Independence Day
Zerlass of the county fair association reports about 10,000 adults passed through the gates on July 4. A large number of children were admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algony
Zerlass
County Fair Association
Budlong Celebrated Waterloo Fourth With Budlong Family
Budlong family members including Dr. M. B. Budlong and Miss Hazel Budlong joined in a Waterloo Fourth of July celebration. Betty, Donald, and Edith Budlong accompanied the group as they spent the holiday with relatives and friends in Cedar Falls vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budlong
Waterloo
Roy Budlong
Betty
Donald
Edith
M. B. Budlong
Hazel Budlong
Cedar Falls
Wrights Visit Town Renewal of Old Acquaintances
Mr and Mrs C Wright and family arrived Saturday and stayed until Sunday evening visiting and renewing old Titania friends. They returned to Colo Iowa Sunday evening. The Wrights made many regional friends while citizens of our town and their friends were glad to renew old acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
C. Wright
Old Titania
Colo
Wrights
Titonka Farmer Saves 200 Pigs From 203 Born
George Schmidt, a young progressive farmer in Titonka, reports saving 200 pigs from a total of 203 born, a remarkable record with no small pigs among the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Schmidt
Titonka
George
Cravens Visit Buffalo Wyoming For Ten Day Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. M S Craven left Saturday for Buffalo Wyoming for a ten day visit and vacation with Mr Craven's sister there. He planned to fish the mountain streams near Buffalo for trout and would visit relatives in Seneca South Dakota for a day en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cravens
Wyoming
M.S. Craven
Buffalo
Mr. Craven
4-H Club Notes Hostesses Named For Thursday Meeting
The next 4-H Club meeting will be held Thursday with Marie Brandt and Caroline Hadler as hostesses. The previous gathering was well attended, with visitor Lela May Adamson noting attendance. Loraina and Phydelis Petersen were also listed as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Brandt
Caroline Hadler
Lela May Adamnon
Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Tonyue
The stork delivered a fine baby girl last week on Thursday to Mr and Mrs Tonyue four miles south on the Titonka Wesley road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorensons
Stork
Tonyue
Titonka-Wesley Road
Arthur D Lathan wed Dagny Tallaksen in New York
A notice reports the marriage of Arthur D Lathan to Dagny Tallaksen on Saturday June 24 in Unabilla New York. The couple plan to reside there after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acthue Lathan
Arthur D. Lathan
Dagny. Tallaksen
Unabilla
New York
Viola Keagle Marries Storm Lake Man
The marriage of Miss Viola Keagle of Titonka to Mr. Carl Wright of Storm Lake took place Saturday at 11 a.m. in Sac City, officiated by Rev. B. D. Lister. The couple will reside at 6211 Cayuga Street with plans to continue schooling. Wright formerly worked at the Princess theatre and is well known in Sac City and Storm Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wright
Storm Lake
Viola Keagle
Titonka
Sac City
H. J Wilcox
B. DB. Lister
Christian Church
Wright
8. G., Keagle
Titonica
Buena Vista College
Buena Vista
E. B. ‘Wright
Princess Theatre
Boys 4-H Camp Reports Camp Foster Session Highlights
District 4-H youth from Kossuth County attended Camp Foster near Oko tbojl from July 3 to 6. Participants included Eugene Zeimer Alvin Erpelding Arthur Plathe Richard Thul Bode Eldon Shaw Verl Patterson Algona Edward Finnemark Richard Kent Wesley Jack Fivans Clayton Roalding and Harry Linn. The program featured boating baseball races rope work dairy and beef instruction with experts Carl Oldsen I T Bode and Ernest Wright. A ten person staff ran four days at a cost of 375 per day. Beef Producers Association will visit baby beef club members on July 12. Carl Oldsen tour date postponed. Club meetings set for Ledyard and Wesley. calf club tour planned for Lakota on Friday July 11. John L Thorngren is Co Club Agt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Foster
East Okotbojl
Eugene Zeimer
Alvin Erpelding
Arthur Plathe
Richard Thul
Bode
Eldon Shaw
Verl” Patterson
Algona
Edward Finnemark
Richard Kent
Wesley
Jack Fivans
Clayton
Harry Linn
The
Iowa
Horss and Mule Breeders Association
Ernest Wright
Carl Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers ’Association
I. T. Bode
Beef Producers Association
Baby Beaf
Ledyard
Lakota
John L. Thorngren
Club Agt
Hitchhiker Trip Ends Near Marshalltown Visit
Miss Bonita Reibsamen of Marshalltown and two schoolmates traveled by hitchhiking to Manly Minneapolis Bilm ors Titonka and planned to return home after an outing to celebrate with her aunt Mrs Vera Keagle at the Petersen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Reibsamen
Marshall- Town
Manly
Minneapolis
Bimors
Titonka
West Bang
Marshalltown
Paterson Party Enjoys Northern Minnesota Getaway
Mr and Mrs A M Paterson and Bro Vv Smallridge of Buffalo Center drove to Cutfoot Sioux in northern Minnesota for a brief vacation. They toured the Williams Fur Farm and enjoyed the lake region scenery while others in the party saw a land vastly different from Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutfoot
A. M. Paterson
Smallridge
Buffalo Center
Cutfoot Sioux
Minnesota
Williams Fur Farm
Great Northwest
Lowa
Oldest Auto in Iowa Owned by 83-Year-Old Peter Christianson
Peter Christianson of Kossuth county owns Iowa’s oldest hvemiad automobile. Bought twenty five years ago it sees farm use yearly and was shown in Witherville last week with the owner’s son driving it to town. Mrs Sartor bought a new electric stove. The weather is too hot for maturing oats and barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Christianson
Kossuth County
Iowa
Witherville
Special Farm Bureau Exposition at 1980 Iowa State Fair
Thirty seven county farm bureau groups join to present exhibits at the Iowa State Fair August 20 to 29. County sections showcase farm improvement projects from swine disease control to soil limestone and potato yields. Women’s bureau plans thirty exhibits on home management nutrition and rural programs with champion farm woman selections to be honored by state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Altho
State Fair Board
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Towa State College
Farm Bureaus
Boureaus
Women of Town
Farm Bureau
Des Moines’ Register
Iowa State College
Farm Record Work to Be Offered in Kossuth County
John C. Galloway of the Extension Farm Management department will visit Kossuth County July 23-24 to interview farmers using or starting farm record systems. The Farm Bureau plans two classes in north and south county with four meetings each year, to show how records compare with county averages and aid farm incomes. Albert Mighell of Iowa State College cautions expand cautiously, noting last year’s data show higher gross returns but also higher costs, yielding only modest net gains for many farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Galloway
Extension Farm Management ‘Department
Kossuth
Farm Bureau
Galloway
Albert Mighell
Agricultural Economics Section
Iowa State College
Mighell
Webster County
Agricultural Economists of
Four Year Old Killed in Woden Auto Accident
Merle Rudisill, four, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rudisill of Woden, was run over by a car driven by Henry Brandt near an oil station Tuesday evening. He was taken to a doctor with no visible injuries but internal trauma led to death Wednesday morning. The community expresses deepest sympathy for all involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle
John Rudisill
Woden
Henry Brandt
Stork Visits Steper Home Delivers Baby Girl
A longwinged stork nesting in the German township visited John Steper's home Tuesday night and left a fine baby girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Steper
German Township
John Steper
Frech Robbed by Gypsies. Sheriff Reclaims Stolen Funds
Word from the county seat says J. A. Frech was held up by a group described as gypsies last week. They took fifteen dollars from his pockets until he noticed. The sheriff was called and the money was returned. The story advises depositing surplus cash in the bank for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Frech
Lawyer Brives Straight Eight At Titonka Visit
Attorney W. J. Van Ness of Algona and his son John visited Titonka on Tuesday for the monthly savings bank directors meeting. John drove the new Dodge limousine while the elder Van Ness attended. The article notes a prior wreck damaged the old Dodge, making the purchase necessary. The Topic suggests father and son may now tour Kossuth County in a fine car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. van Ness
Algona
John
Avaiing
Van
The
Savings Bank
John van Ness
Kossuth County
Family reunion reveals deep roots in homestead memories
Mr and Mrs John M Allen of Manhattan Kansas and sister Miss Lora Allen of Pittsburg visit the Bartlett family in Buffalo Fork. Fifty three years pass since last meeting as they reminisce on George B Allen and Ruth Bartlett Allen’s homestead, share stories, and recall a walnut commode from Mrs Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M Allen
Manhattan
Kansas
Lora Allen
Pittsburg
Edward Bartlett Sr
Bartlett Homes
Mr. Allen
George B. Allen
Ruth Bartlett Allen
Charley W. Wheeler
John M. Or
Johnny
George PD
CG. W. Wheeler
Mr. Alon
Lora
Homstead
Bayside Park Bayside Beach Improvements Highlight Summer Schedule
Bayside Park at Clear Lake announces a busy season with expanded bathing beach facilities and new equipment. Mack's band will perform at a July 13 concert with afternoon and evening shows. the Original Mississippi Six will supply music for dances on Wednesdays and Fridays. The park opens with a season running through September, features a roped off lakefront area for children, and depth markers posted along the water. Park manager John J. Shea notes the beach is in excellent condition and among the finest on the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Bayside Park
Clear Lake
Mississippi Six
Bayside
John J. Shea
Collie at Folkert Stecker Farm Impresses with Diligence
Visitors at the Folkert Stecker farm note a fine Scotch Col Hesvaga breed collie that skillfully rounds up milk cows at milking time and guides them to the farm yard. Mr Stecker calls the dog exceptionally observant and intelligent, citing its routine when a cow is dried off and left in the yard, as the collie does not fetch it from the pasture the next night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkert Stecker Farm
Stecker 4S
Smith Sponsors Fishing Contest in Algona
Smith a notable Algona sportsman and Crystal Palace proprietor sponsors a countywide fishing contest. It runs from June 15 to September 30 and allows entrants to fish anywhere within county borders. Winners receive roughly 2,965,500 in prizes and monitored weigh ins occur at the Crystal Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Algona
Crystal Palace Billiard Hall
Crystal Palace
Timex Visits Titonka Old Timers Recall 40 Year Gap
Will Schaffer and his adopted daughter Laura Hartman of Milwaukee visited Titonka area last week. They met old neighbors including the Rode and Brandt families, recalling former farm locations and a creamery once near the Rode residence. Schaffer, now 66, left Kossuth county over forty years ago for Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timex
Titonka
Will Schaffer
Laura Hartman
Milwaukee
Wis
Chaster Lamoreux
Mrs. Reynolds
Mr. Schaffer
John H. Rode
Ben Franzen
Brandt
Schaffers
Fred DeVrtes
Rode
Marriage and church notes from Good Hope Lutheran church
The Luther League reported a wedding of Herman Fritz and Miss Evelyn Mahoney at Good Hope Lutheran church on July 5 with witnesses Herman Hansen and Annie Hansen. Upcoming church work includes basement decoration by Luther League, Bible school, and a cream social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Herman Fritz
Geo. Wolf
Alexandria
S.D
Evelyn Mahoney
Fritton, & D
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Herman Hansen
Annie Hansen
Cylinder
Iowa
Texatone
Walter Olson
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. E. Lester
Pierre Sartor
M. 8
Craven
Merle Rudisill
John Rusisill
Dake Frech
Brives
John M. Allen
Joplin
Galena
Kan
Alta V. Clement
Lutheran Church Notes
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