Titonka Indian Day to be bigger and better than ever
Titonka's 34th Indian Day celebration set for Monday August 15 with plans for expanded entertainment street sports and concessions. J A Bleich named chair man and Carl F Callies secretary. Committees named for concessions entertainment advertising baseball street sports booster rest rooms and insurance with local volunteers.
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Titonka
Bettter
J. A. Bleich
Carl F. ‘Callies
Homer Downs
Edw. Sathoff
Jerry Breen
Kenneth Swan
C. B. Egesdal
W. H. Rickless
O. H. Falk
Will Boyken
Henry Brune
Marriage Licenses Issued in Algona County Week
County records show several marriage licenses issued last week. Helen Mooney and Carl J Anderson both of Minneapolis Minnesota. Marguerite Tilley age 20 and Oliver Bartlett age 34 both of Minneapolis. Gerald argon age 30 and Virginia DeNio age 22 both of Fort Dodge. Louis Verveer age 29 of Des Moines and Janet Zerfrass age 28 of Algona. Alvin Briggs and Fern Briggs both listed as Algona and Fairmont Minnesota respectively.
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Algona
Helen Mooney
Legal
Carl J. Anderson
Minneapolis
Minn
Marguerite Tilley
Oliver Bartlett
Gerald Argon
Virginia DeNio
Fort Dodge
Louis Verveer
Des Moines
Janet Zerfrass
Alvin Briggs
Légal
Fern Briggs
Fairmont
Methodist Church Notes with Pastor W. L. Patterson
Sunday School at 10 and morning worship times set for Doan and Okoboji locations. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Pete Hansen's with Mrs Guy Carleon assisting. Okoboji Bible Conference runs Sunday July 24 through Sunday July 31.
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Doan
Ladies Aid
Breen Post 465 Legion and Auxiliary install officers
At the July meeting at Cleo Nelson’s home Esther Askin installed officers for Breen Post 465 and Auxiliary. Eva Petersen became president with a calendar of activities and committee chairs named. Ten candles lit for Martha Bonacker, first president, at the 10th anniversary celebration. 26 members and guests attended guest night and county meeting.
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Cleo Nelson
Esther Askin
Eva Petersen
Camilla Cooper
Mathilda Falk
Rose Bonacker
Ethel Johnson
Esther Breen
Beth Miller
Estella Bonacker
Olive Bruns
Estella Blanchard
Sadie Denton
Louise Mechlar
Mary Young
Irene Petersen
cChild Welfare
Pearl Rickless
Fidac
Friends of the Auxiliary
Rose Honacker
Legion
Jennis Breen
Martha Bonacker
Reinbeck
Mesdames
Evan Petersen
Julia Nelson
Laura Hansen
Burt High School
Hya. Petersen
Methodist Ladies Aid Guest Day Draws 155 Attendees
About 155 women attended the Methodist Ladies Aid guest day held last Wednesday at the church. The program featured a mixed musical selection, Scripture and prayer by Rev. W. L. Patterson, solos by Doris Krantz and others, readings and a girly sextette number. Ramsey Reformed Aid led with 38 attendees, followed by Good Hope Lutheran 18, Dean 14, Burt 138, Wesley 7, Buffalo Center 5, Lakota 4, Woden 3, and Immanuel Lutheran 1.
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Methodist Ladies Aid
W. L. Patterson
Doris Krantz
Ferne Krantz
Gates of Paradise
Colos
Patricia ‘Ball
Jacqueline Callies
Patricia Ball
Faye Callies
Mia Carlotta
Rose In
District Court News In Brief
Algona-Maurice Wallace pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Ed Burke of Mankato received ten days for petty larceny after being found with stolen goods near Whittemore tracks. Norman Hemiller of Livermore served 30 more days in county jail for bad checks after a prior 15 day sentence. New cases filed include foreclosures, partitions, probate, and accounts in various courts.
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Algona
Maurice Wallace
Fenton
Justice of Peace
P. A. Dawson
Burke
Mankato
Minn
Norman Hemiller
Livermore
Della Welter
Algona Federal Savings Association
William Garman
Blue Earth, Minn
Bank, A Corporation
W. W. Sc
Old Engines to Be at Iowa's Big State Fair
Des Moines reports that Iowa centennial events will feature historic trains. The Pioneer locomotive from 1849 and No 3 from 1885 will be loaned by Chicago and Northwestern and Rock Island, with other pieces from Burlington and a streamlined train under consideration. Tracks will run into the fairgrounds for display from August 24 to September 2 as part of the territorial centennial celebration.
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Des Moines
Iron Horse
Iowa
Prairies
State Centennial Committee
Pioneer
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Rock Island
Burlington
Good Hope Lutheran Church Announces Sunday Services
Good Hope Lutheran Church led by Pastor M A Schulz invites worship Sunday July 24 at 10 a m in English. Choir practice Thursday evening at the usual time. Luther League plans an ice cream social on the lawn south of the Coliseum Saturday evening July 30.
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Luther League
Titonka Triumphs Over Lotts Creek 12 5 in Eight-Run Ninth
Titonka defeated Lotts Creek 12 to 5 after eight runs in the ninth inning. Carl Callies and George Boekelman split pitching duties for Titonka, which rapped 17 hits led by Boyken and Haneen with three apiece. Bancroft beat Swea City 8-0, Ringsted beat Bart 8-2, and Wesley edged Whittemore 2-1.
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Titonka
Lotts Creek
Carl Callies
George Boekelman
Boyken
Haneen
Uudeke
Wichendahl
Bancroft
Swea City
Ringsted
Bart
Wesley
Whittemore
RB Boyken
Evewe Rippentrop
Callies
Batt
Young
G. Boekelman
H i Boekelman
Lf Hansen
I Gartner
Battery
Boekelman
Bancroft Eee Neebee
Titonka Perenne
Burt
Boe Sweat City
Wesley Vel
Burt i Ringsted
Bancroft Junior Legion Inches Toward State Meet
Bancroft Junior Legion defeated Anthon 11 to 2 Sunday and now plans a rematch in Anthon next Sunday. A third game, if needed, would be at a neutral site. If Bancroft wins, they advance to the state tournament at Rockwell City representing northwest Iowa. Art Loats of Titonka pitched the final three innings, strengthening Bancroft’s bid with strong pitching.
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Bancroft Junior Legion
Anthon
Wesley
Fenton
Lone ‘Rock
Burt
Armstrong
Bancroft
Watermelon Days at Algona Planned for August 17 18
Algona prepares for a double celebration on August 17 and 18 with the third annual Watermelon Day and a Centennial program marking Iowa centennial progress. The event echoes Algona’s 1929 Diamond Jubilee with window displays on early settlers and a badge system recognizing county residents of long-standing tenure.
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Algona
Iowa
Immanuel Lutheran Church Pastor Attends Mission Festival
Four miles east and one mile north of Titonka Immanuel Lutheran Church will have no services next Sunday July 24 Pastor Kilian will speak at Bouton Ia at a mission festival Sunday School will be held at 9 00 a m at the festival time
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Adolph Kilian
Titonka
Immanuel’s Lutheran Church
Binder accident injures Geo Boyken near Titonka Iowa
George Boyken, under forty, suffered severe cuts to both legs and arms and an injured hip after a binder tractor reel grabbed him while clearing a clogged sickle. He crawled to his home, was taken to Woden for treatment, and was resting at his rural Winnebago county farm. He is cousin to Will F. Boyken of Titonka.
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George i Boyken
George
Woden
Pneaks
Boykens
Winnebago County
Titonka
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Will F. Boyken
Fisher Family Reunion at Wesley Highlights 61 Attendees
The BE tA Fisher family reunion was held Sunday July 10 at Wilbur Fisher’s home in Wesley with 61 people attending. Participants included 17 grandchildren and 19 other relatives from Britt, Miller, Chicago, Detroit, Waterloo and nearby towns, sharing a noon picnic.
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Wilbur Fisher
Wesley
Britt News-Tribune
Himer A. Fisher
Jean
Arthur Fisher
Oliver Bingham
Olive Dana
Lewis Fisher
Geo, McNabb
Reva
Britt
Casper Panhoff
Miller
Frank Fisher
Titonia
Linus Fisher
Russell Fisher
Paul Kahletorf
Leona Fisher
Chicago
R. A. Kungbeil
Jay Beal
Harold Gee
Blooming Prairie
Minn
John McNabb
Kermit Bauman
Waterloo
Louis Hegel
Detroit
Mich
Orville Rice
Boscobel
Wis
Jimmie Schneider
Monona
Harry Ostrander
23 Big Hogs Released When Truck Catches Fire
Two men escape injury after a collision six and a half miles west of Algona on highway 18. A truck carrying 23 hogs explodes its gas tank and burns. drivers Maurice Steinbron and Arnold Thompson free the hogs from the burning vehicle.
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Algona
Maurice Steinbron
Mallard
Arnold Thompson
Graettinger
Thompson
Tramp Discusses Goals of Elevation and Work
A tramp and a speaker debate raising him through work then simplifying methods to ease labor. The exchange traces steps from idleness to ambition for wealth, questioning the purpose of the process.
Masonic Picnic Elects Officers at Algona Assembly
A. iC. Peterson of Buffalo Center was elected president and D. D. Mon lux of Algona named secretary as the Masonic picnic at the Kossuth county fairgrounds is set for annual meetings. Attendance totaled 169 from lodges in Armstrong Algona Bradgate Boone Buffalo Center Bancroft Burt Corwith Fort Dodge Forest City Ake Mills Lone Rock Ottosen Renwick Swea City and West Bend.
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A. Ic. Peterson
Buffalo Center
Kossuth County Fairgrounds
D. D. Monlux
Algona
Armstrong
Bradgate
Boone
Buffafflo Center
iGeorge Thatcher
Weeat Bend
CCC Boys Visit Tyke Theatre In Titonka
One hundred thirty four CCC boys from Ban Crupt camp attended the Tyke Theatre show in Titonka on Tuesday evening. Bartlett Brothers invited all camp boys, sending six army trucks to bring them, while thirty boys were away at harvest. Luke Miller spoke about CCC work and youth conduct, and Buck Jones feature The Overlong Express drew applause. The Tyke Theatre staff earned praise for hosting the visitors.
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C.C.C
Bancrupt
Titanica
Tyke Theatre
Bartlett Brothers
Luke Miller
Titonka
Mr. Bartlett
Buck Jones
Algona Gladiolus Show Set For August 13 14
Algona hosts the ninth annual Iowa Gladiolus Society state show and the second Algona Gladiolus Society exhibition August 13 and 14 at the high school gymnasium. Exhibitors from Vermont Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota New Hampshire Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are expected. J Eldon Carter of Des Moines will judge. Local committees oversee 20 divisions and 10 special trophies with a refrigerator car reserved for early mail displays.
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Algona
W.W. Gillespie
Algona Gladiolus Society
Iowa Gladiolus Society
Algona ‘Gladiolus Society
Vermont
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Iowa
J. Eldon Carter
Des Moines
F. A.bunting
Paul Wille
R. H. Miller
G. W.stillman
H. B. Woodward
Whittemore
Native meets traveler at Texas filling station
A tourist in the Texas Panhandle chats with an old settler and his son at a filling station. The visitor remarks on possible rain and the native replies that he hopes for rain, not for himself but for his boy, saying he has witnessed rain before.
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Texas Panhandle
Titonka Boy Hurt as Car Hits Ditch
Kenneth Keuchenreuther, son of Mr and Mrs Lyan Keuchenreuther, was injured when his car left the road two miles east of Titonka. The vehicle crossed a ditch and struck a fence, went over boulders, and he fell from the car as it stopped. He was taken to Buffalo Center hospital in critical condition, then improved and was brought home.
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Kenneth Keuchenreuther
Lyan Keuchenreuther
Titonka
Buffalo Center
What I Am Going to Make for the Fair 4-H Meeting
Nine girls at the Ray Miller home discussed fair projects and camp plans during a Friday 4-H meeting. Dorothy Budlong spoke on her Ames convention trip, Rose Mary Bacon presented a paper on a boy's courtesy to a girl, Ola Mae Miller read on scrap book conservation, and Mrs Miller demonstrated recaning chairs and a Hong Kong grass seat. A social hour and lunch followed.
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Ray Miller
Dorothy Budlong
Ames
Rosemary ‘Bacon
Ola Mae Miller
Tilton Guthrie Shows At Titonka Next Week
The Tilton Guthrie Players visit Titonka for a three night stand in their big tent next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Opening play Greed stars Billy Guthrie in a comedy role. Tuesday features King Cole in My Blue Heaven. Wednesday offers the new farce Don t Lie to Your Wife with vaudeville acts including King Cole and the Blue Ridge Hillbillies and an eight piece orchestra. One free admission for a lady with each adult ticket Monday night.
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Tilton-Guthrie
Billy Guthrie
King Cole
The
Blue Ridge Hillbillies
Tulip the Flower for Next Spring's Show
At the July Kossuth County Flower Club meeting in the Library room, officials decided to emphasize tulips for the coming spring flower show by scheduling it earlier. Mrs. C C Smith Burt spoke, detailing her experience at the recent California Rose Parade.
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Algona
Kossuth County Flower Club
Holland
C. C. Smith
Is steering your car hard to handle these days
How long since you had the steering mechanism on your car checked. If steering is hard to steer the tires may be soft or steering gear may need grease, tie rods lubricated. Check these and more. if the trouble persists consult a mechanic as a bent part on the front axle is possible. Essential that steering be in perfect order at all times.
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Methodist Church
M. E
District Court News
Good Hope Lutheran Church
M. A. Schulz
Geo. Boyken
Rank Fisher
Nature
Titonka Boy
Tulip
Tee
Roy
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