Death of Mrs Ben Reinken at Woden in 1939 obituary
Mrs Ben Reinken of Woden died July 2 1939 at her home at 1 00 p m age 79 years 8 months 9 days Born in Germany October 28 1859 she came to America in 1882 with her husband Ben Reinken They had ten children five of whom preceded her in death Surviving children Abe Terris Iowa Ben Thompson Riekes Britt John Britt and Christang Carl at home plus eighteen grandchildren five great grandchildren and one sister Mrs Johann Sonius of Woden The community and American Legion Auxiliary attended the funeral Burial was in Evergreen Britt The family note she was a Gold Star Mother and that a son died in World War service The funeral was at 12 15 at home and 1 00 at Ostfriesland Christian Reformed Church.
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Woden
Ben ‘Reinken
Anna Henning
Germany
Ben Reinken
Abe
Terris
Iowa
Ben
Thompson
Riekes
Britt
John
Christang Carl
Carl
Reinken
Johann Sonius
Andrew
American Legion
The
Auxiliary
Ostfriesland
Homemade filler for floor cracks in ratherei house
A reader asks how to fill wide floor cracks before painting. The suggested homemade paste uses a quart of water, four ounces of dry glue, and torn newspaper cooked until a paste forms. It is applied to well cleaned cracks to resist wear and temperature changes.
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Ratherei House
Hagens Attend Reunion at Redwood Falls Minn
The first Hagen family reunion was held Sunday at a state park in Redwood Falls Minnesota with 50 to 60 relatives present. Attendees included Frank Hagen and family Titonka Iowa. Merit Sawyer Marshalltown Iowa. George Hagen and others from Clinton and Blue Earth Minnesota. Hall Hanson Alexandria Iowa. Harold Hagen Graceville Minnesota. Cecil Smith family Blue Earth. R W Smith and son Howard. Sally Curran. the siblings listed as Frank’s siblings attended and the group plans an annual event.
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Hagen
Redwood Falls
Minn
Frank Hagen
Mirs
Fred Hagen
Titonka
Merit Sawyer
Marshalltown
Iowa
George Hagen
Pailin Hagen
Bwverd ‘Hagen
Myron Watkins
Clinton
R. W. Smith
Howard
Sally Curran
Cecil Smith
Blue Earth
L. B. Hall
Clifford Hanson
Alexandria
Harold Hagen
Donald Hagen
Graceville
Sawyer
L. HE. Hall
Frank
Krantz Weiland Anniversary Celebrated at Titonka Farm
Raymond L. Krantz and Miss Louise Weiland marked twenty five years of marriage with a Sunday ceremony in Cylinder and a large family gathering at their Titonka farm. Relatives arrived with lunch baskets and friends visited through the day. Seven children, including Clifford on the adjacent farm and Harold, Fern, Mildred, Doris, Marion and Kenneth at home, were present. Out-of-town guests included the Bolenus, Bryan Asa, Lloyd Wellendorf and Merle Wellendorf of Algona, and Kathryn Hutchinson of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Krantz
Louise Weiland
Wardle
Cylinder
Bryan Asa
Lloyd Wellendorf
Merle Wellendorf
Algona
Kathryn Hutchinson
Waterloo
Krantz
Doan
Titonka
New Officers Installed by Wesley Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
The Wesley Rebekahs installed officers N G Florence Young V G Olive Erdman Secretary Myrtle Mullin Treasurer Lida Fisher Warden Ethel Hutchinson Conductor Bertha Might. The I C O F lodge installed N G Carl Franzen V G Preston Chapin Secretary Wallace Benton Treasurer John Amesbury Warden Carl Johnston R N G Guy M Butts R V G Rev Bottom Chaplain Paul Friberg. Forty one were present. Light refreshments were served.
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Wallace Benton
John Amesbury
Carl. Johnson
Guy M. Butts
V. G
Rev. Bottom
Paul Friberg
Poultry Storage Stocks Higher. Fall Prices Seen Lower
Storage stocks of poultry are above average. Prospects indicate rather low chicken prices this coming fall and winter.
Not Racing for a Train Nor Training for a Race
Around midnight last Friday near Stecker corner southeast of town Bill Stott and Jerry Breen chased a man who tried to cash a bad check after fleeing on foot and by car. The pursuers followed the suspect along the road and into a corn field before turning back, joking about exercise and age.
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Stecker Corner
Bill Stott
Jerry Breen
Jerry
Bill
Stecker
Accidents Reported Across Algona County Week End
Reports from Algona and surrounding areas list several incidents. A Fort Dodge driver, David P. Smith, crashed into a telephone pole after sliding on wet pavement near Algona injuring Mrs. Smith. Richard Leland of Swea City was thrown from a motorcycle during a race track practice at the fairgrounds, suffering severe injuries. An airplane crash on the J. P. Mousel farm near Bancroft injured the pilot Harry Coffie and two passengers, with $800 damage. A second pilot also escaped injury when his plane nosed over after hitting a field hole during takeoff.
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Algona
David P. Smith
Fort Dodge
Fair Grounds
Richard Leland
Swea City
Richard Cook
Leland
Kossuth
J. P. Mousel
Bancroft
Harry Coffie
Estherville
Thomas von Blank
John Johnson
Coffie
Pat McNartney
Lieut Mumma Family In Visit at Wesley
Lieut A J Mumma and family with their maid visited Mrs. Mumma's parents Mr and Mrs H J Braley at Wesley for three weeks then left Thursday morning for a trip to Washington DC where he will be stationed at the naval base En route they will visit Irene Perry Showers at Dundee Illinois and his brother at Winnetka Illinois before continuing to Finley Ohio and other places
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Wesley
A. J. Mumma
Mumma
H. J. Braley
Winnetka
Ill
Finley
Ohio
Blanche Bird and Donald Wilson Married at Crystal Lake
Blanche Bird of Woden wed Donald Wilson son of Mrs Elmer Wilson at the Crystal Lake parsonage with Rev Marion Hotchkiss officiating. Attendants were Mr and Mrs C J Wilson of Woden. The couple will reside southwest of Woden. Wilson works in trucking.
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Blanche Bird
Woden
Donald Wilson
al Hutchinson
Elmer Wilson
Marion Hotchkiss
Crystal Lake
C. J. Wilson
Wilson
Marriage Licenses Granted in Kossuth County District Court
Week of licenses issued includes Melvin Van Dorstan 22 Algona and Minnie Engauist 27 Red Oak Milroy Hatten 24 and Caroline Carr 21 Bancroft Elmer Connors legal Hazel Kapp legal Minneapolis Kenneth Strickler legal Helen Redemske legal Algona Wayne Cherland 24 Kathryn Peterson 23 Blue Earth Earl Lehman 22 Evelyn Chilson 22 Blue Earth Minn Lin Moses 22 Irma Small 21 Mankato Minn.
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District Court
Kossuth County
Melvin Elbe van Dorstan
Algona
Minnie Gladys Engauist
Red Oak
Milroy J. Hatten
Caroline R. Carr
Bancroft
Elmer J. Connors
Legal
Hazel Marie Kapp
Minneapolis
Kenneth John Strickler
Helen Margaret Redemske
Wayne R. Cherland
Kathryn Peterson
Blue Earth
Minn
Earl Lehman
Evelyn Chilson
Blue Harth
Minno
Lin Moses
Irma Small
Mankato
Iowa Bus Driver Injured By Falling Chicken Crate
A Des Moines bus driver sustained injuries when a crate of chickens toppled from a passing truck and broke the bus window in Knoxville. The incident occurred on the highway causing non fatal injuries and an investigation was launched.
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Deg Moines
Knoxville
Immanuel Lutheran to Hold Pointed Paragraph Sermon Series
Immanuel Lutheran Church invites worshippers to a series of short sermonettes titled Pointed Paragraphs, each grounded in Scriptures. Announcements note German services next Sunday July 16 at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. A hearty welcome awaits attendees.
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Immanuel Lutheran
Adolph Kilian
Titonica
Bunyan
Job
James
Diogenes
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Methodist Episcopal Church notices and Ladies Aid events
Rev W L Patterson leads Sunday School at 10:00 and morning worship at 11:00. Ladies Aid meets next week at church parlors with Mrs A M Petersen Mrs Harvey Graham and Mrs H J Schneider as hostesses. At Doan worship 9:30 and Sunday School 10:30. Dean Ladies Aid meets Thursday July 13 with Mrs Ross Buffington and co hostess Mrs Marie Christensen. Woden Ladies Aid guest day Friday July 14 at Woden Methodist church program at 2:00. contact Mrs Rose Bonackor or Mrs Elsie Hansen to attend.
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Methodist Episcopal
W. L. Patterson
Ladies Aid
A. M. Petersen
Harvey Graham
H. JC. Schneider
Doan
Dean Ladies Aid
Ross Buffington
Marie Christensen
The
Methodist Church
Woden Ladies Aid
Woden Methodist Church
Rose Bonackor
Elsie Hansen
Ramsey Reformed Rev Calvin Schnucker Appointments
Ramsey Reformed Church lists Sunday services for July 16 with Church School at 9 30 a m English Worship at 10 30 a m and Evening Worship at 7 30 p m The note praises growing attendance and notes the church remains the only one in the trade territory offering evening service Mosta also invites attendance The Ladies Aid Society plans an annual ice cream social on the church grounds July 20
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Ramsey Reformed
Calvin Schnucker
Ladies Aid Society
Algona Lions Club to Hear Ju D Lowe Talk
Ju D Lowe of Algona will speak at the Lions Club meeting Thursday evening. Lunch will be served at 6:30 in the hall, followed by Lowe's address and the business meeting. Tourists in town misread local signs about "night crawlers," learning the term refers to angle worms.
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Lowe
Lions Club
JU. D. Lowe
Algona
Mr. Lowe
Washington
Largest Hanna estate land sale in Kossuth County history
The Union Construction Company of Des Moines bid $272,500 in cash for 4,467 acres of the Hanna estate lands near Laverne, in the Kossuth district court at Algona. The sale, approved after resistance by Hanna heirs and depositors, includes 17 units and 8,800 acres with possession March 1, 1940.
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Union Construction Company of
Des Moines
Laverne
Kossuth District Court
Algona
Kossuth
P. C. Metter
Bbid
G. W. Stillman
Linnean and Lynch, Algona
Luverne Bank
Ingallis Swisher
Iowa City
George W. Hanna
N. G. Alcock
Iowa State University
Swisher
D. L. McDonald
Burt
W. L. Schneider
Ralph Adams
Town City
Hanna Heirs
G. S. Buchanan
Luverne
William Miller
Horace Schwenck
Livermore
Buchanan
Hanna
Wesleyan Eisenbachers Fourth of July Family Reunion
A WESLEY A family reunion was held at the I A Eisenbacher home on the Fourth of July with 40 relatives present. Out of town attendees included Rev Linus Eisgenbacher of Fort Dodge Henry Hartman Herbert Wolf and families of Fort Atkinson Wis Dorothy Simon and Adeline Wolf of Barton Wis Mrs Katie Simon of Ashford Wis Mrs Richard Hammond of Port Atkinson Wis Norbert Ekisenbacher and family of Bode and the Roman Hisenbacher family of Algona. A picnic dinner was served and games were played in the afternoon.
Skunk Bite Alleges Rabies In West Branch Man
James Fisher, 90, was bitten by a skunk at his West Branch home. His son killed the animal, which tested positive for rabies after the attack. The incident sparked local talk of unexpected danger and a cautionary tale about wildlife encounters.
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James Fisher
West Branch
Hig Son
Baptism Service At Woden Presbyterian Church
Baptism services were held at the Woden Presbyterian Church on Sunday, July 2, with several children baptized: Donald Henry, Maynard Charles, Marcene Henrietta, Mary Ann, Jerry Allan, Richard Carl, Wloise Maxine, Silva Mardell, along with Mrs. Caroline Steinfelt and Mrs. Mary Albers. Twenty two new members joined during the morning service, including Charles Christensen, Johanna Greenfield, Henry Heyer, Henry and Richard Helmers, Rankie and Wendell Reikena, Max Steinfelt, Elsie Helm, Anna Dirksen, Howard Eden, Clarence Bruns, Flossie Pommer, Tressa Pommer, and Margaret Schmidt.
District Justice Court Actions in Algona and surroundings
Kenneth V. Foster and Oscar Foster pleaded guilty to larceny from a building and were sentenced to the Anamosa reform school up to ten years with hard labor. suspended on good behavior. Each was paroled to Algona residents, with $1,000 appeal bonds set. Other local cases include speeding fines, intoxication with jail time suspended if departure, and a reckless driving charge resulting from a collision at the fairgrounds injuring Mrs. Cole with a broken nose.
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Kenneth V. Foster
Algona
Oscar
Foster
Tagle Grove
G. W. Stillman
Almona
Dossuth District Court
Anamosa
Kenneth Foster
Homer Anderson
Casey Loss
Clinton
Justice of Peace
P. A. Dawson’s Court
C. D. Colburn
Charles H. Curtis
Richard Marso
St. Joe
Justice Della Welter
Marsin
J. L. Cole
Corwith
Fairgrounds
Cole
Marso
Detasseling Hybrids at Ray Millers Farm
The detasseling of Hybrid Corn is underway at Ray Millers farm for Farmers Hybrid seed corn of Hampton Iowa. Workers remove tassels from female rows daily for two to three weeks. The field is one of many seed plots across Iowa and visitors may learn how detasseling is done from the crew in charge.
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Ray Miller
Iowa
Dr Alson Braley To Locate In Detroit Michigan
Dr Alson Braley and his wife Mrs. Alson Braley with son Alson D left Iowa City for Detroit Michigan where he will practice with Dr Heath at Harper hospital He is the son of H J Braley of Wesley and a graduate of the local high school Town university and the medical course He did interneship at the hospital and two years in the eye department He spent the past two summers at Fort Apache Arizona doing eye research.
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Wesley
Alson Braley
Alson D
Iowa City
Detroit
Michigan
Heath
Harper Hospital
Braley
H. J. Braley
Committees and Officers Named for Indian Day
Titania to celebrate Indian Day on August 15 with officers and committees named. J A Bleich chairs with Carl F Callies as secretary and Edward Boyken as treasurer. Committees cover concessions, entertainment, advertising, baseball, street sports, booster trip, and Intermill Hanson Callies. Alva Merriam of Jogden contracted to bring five rides, including a merry go round ferris wheel and loop a plane. A theatre show, Coliseum dance, ball games, and street sports are planned to make it the biggest Indian Day in Titania.
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Titania
J. ‘A. Bleich
Carl F. Callies
iEdward Boyken Treasular
K. W. Swan
Arthur C. Hench
Homer Downs
Edward
Alva Merriam
Jogden
Iowa
Merriam
Titonica
American Legion and Auxiliary meet with officer changes
The American Legion and Auxiliary held their regular first Tuesday meeting and fourth Friday program. Officers installed by Mathilda Walk include president Mary Sartor secretary Esther Breen and treasurer Mary Young with new chairs named for citations publicity and radio and many committees formed. The unit ordered 600 poppies paid various dues and held a lunch with a birthday cake. Next meeting Friday July 28 with Beth Miller as citation chair.
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Hether Breen
Mathilda Walk
Sadie Denton
Beth Miller
Mary Sartor
Rose Bonacker
Ethel Johnson
Mary Young
Esther Breen
Camilla Cooper
Eva Petersen
Widac
Iowa Legionaire
National News
Hva Petersen
Duge
Iowa State College To Host Joint AIC Meeting
Iowa State College will jointly host the annual meeting of the American Institute of Cooperation with another institution, bringing together leaders in cooperative development and education for a multi day event at the campus venue.
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Iowa State College
American Institute of Cooperation
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