Wesley News Centre Recalls Weekend Visits andHappenings
Local notes recount visitors and departures across Wesl ey and nearby towns over a long weekend. Names include Miaw Ruth Garman of Magon City, August Garman, Misa Dorothy Kraus, Harold Brooks, Charles Kraus family, Ge orgy Long of Lone Rock, Milas Lillian John, Susan Lease, Josephine Lawler, Paul Nedtwig, and Paul Nedtwig’s upcoming degree from Upper Iowa University. The piece lists moves to Wesley, relatives visiting, and school activities involving Wasley high school students Florence Olson and Lavon Gerdes, plus community events and travel to Ottosen, Mason City, and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa
Dorothy Kraus
Harold Brooks
Ames
Charles Kraus
Donald Kraus
Georgy Long
Lone Rock
Milas Lillian John
GOI
Susan Lease
Will Walker
Ed Studer
Corwith
Mis
Josephine Lawler
Minneapolis
Vincent Doughan
Brady Transfer Co
Fort Dodge
Mason City
P. C. Haynes
Irene
Donna
Bill Cook
Crystal Lake
Franklin Fox
Ray Doughan
Sexton
Lillian Johnson
George Gottz
Hildman
General Hospital
Algona
Ed, Pfeffer
Song
Des Moines
L. . Pfeffer
Harsrudg
Hettinger
North Dakota
Halvor
Frank Johnson
Wallace Donovan
Florence Olson
Lavon Gerdes
Wasley High School
Iowa City
Florence
Lavon
Mike Goatz
George Goetz
Oscar Erickson
Anthony Johnson
Ottosen
Johnson
van Hansens
Hansens
Doan
Slater M.bernette
Salem
S. D
L. H. Kampeter
Magon City
Irene Goetz
Barbara Schratth
Misa Irene Hanly
J. T. Meurer
Lost Island Lake
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
W. Hutchinson
John O.mulling
Juliue Kunz
June Adel
Mary Adine
O. K. Flom
Anna
Ethel
Lester Larson
Arvin
Houston
Minn
Young People's Meeting
Memorial Day social rounds and family travels in Algona area
Cedar Falls families visited and traveled over Memorial Day weekend with many relatives gathering in Algona. Residents Bernard Brdthan, Paul Eydman, and H D Rinry returned from Cedar Falls to Cedar Falls to visit, while others attended a firemen’s meeting in Ames. Memorial Day dinners and multiple visits to relatives occurred across town, with engagements including a pre-nuptial shower for Maurine Hansen, and Rev A W Wagener attending a funeral in Le Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brdthan
Cedar Falls
Paul Eydman
H. D. Rinry
Bernard
Charlotte
Michigan
Alster
Marguerite
Harry Mathahs
Lester Lease
Sam Anne
Ames
AL. Larson
Cildren
Algona
Frank Gerstner
Mr. Mudrock
Pant Engen
Carrie Chrlating
Irish Hospital
Forest City
Wear
Vincent Doughan
Nancy Ano
Roger
Josephine Lawler
Minneapolis
Study Club
Gall Park
George Aldrich
Milton Giddings
E. W. Donovan
Wallace Donovan
Bellingham
Washington
Howard Sparke
Guy Diamond
Britt
Edmund Loebig
A. W. Wagener
le Mars
Julius Kunz Jr
Iowa
Robert Kain
Near Algona
Ed. Hildman
Card of Thanks and notices from 1938 Iowa farm life
Several brief items appear: thanks to neighbors for help during a farm fire and illness death of a father, names of families Fritz and Sloper, a political bid for County Supervisor in Kossuth County, a State Representative candidate J C Shaw, an Adlerika advertisement, a pasture stock note for 35 head, a 3rd District supervisor campaign by John A Stepner, wanted ads for rent and sale of property, urging sale of a 100 acre Hancock county farm, spring fries sale, hay gear wanted, and a Farm service ad by Tanville Sales and Ted Hinders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Sloper
William Fritz
Herman Fritz
Reinhart Fritz
George W Johnson
Kossuth County
John A. Stepner
Titanka
Hancock County
Oscar Blanchard
Mary Fritz
Tanville Sales and Service
Ted Hinders
Woden
Southern Minnesota Joint Stock 14nd Bank Farms for Law
Two farm listings near Norcross and Wendell detail 160 acres each with black loam soils, clay sub soils, houses, barns, fences, windmills, and outbuildings. Prices listed at 6400 and 6000 dollars. Interested buyers contact Lee O. Wolfe at the Topic office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Minnesota
Norcross
Minn
School
Barslay Farm
Church
Lee O. Wolfe
Frederickson Farm
Wendell
Farmers Elevator News Bright Wet Weather Reflections
The piece notes rainy weather remains common yet some say a bit of wet beats dry. It highlights International feeds sales, chick milk treatments for cocci prevention, and flour price declines making cheaper grades affordable. Titonka items mention the baseball team, local job interview quips, and odd humor about electrical shop foremen.
Centennial Exposition Dates Highlight Iowa Life At Fair
Des Moines area visitors this weekend include Miss Grace Kouba and Miss Vera Kouba with their parents. Algona guests Earl Harrig and family visited August Engstroms. Vee Mullin's group attended Emmetsburg graduation for cousin Vincent Carpenter. Rev. Linus Eisenbacher toured with I. A. Eisenbachers. Iowa's Centennial Exposition at the state fair runs August 26 to September 2, showcasing a cross section of the century’s life and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Kouba
Des Moines
Vera Kouba
Omahg
Frank Kouba
Everett Harrig
Algona
Sunjaay
August Engstrom
Vee Mullin
Emmetsburg
Vincent Carpenter
Linus Eisenbacher
Assumption Church
I. A. Eisenbachers
Iowa
Old Time Machinery Sought for Iowa Centennial Fair
Des Moines will feature pioneer farming implements in the statewide Centennial Celebration at the Iowa State Fair this summer. The Centennial Committee seeks old threshing and harvesting machines tractors and early buggies and cars 50 to 100 years old and asks the public to communicate locations to the Des Moines office. The exhibit aims to trace Iowa farming from 1838 to the present with already secured items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State
State Centennal
Leverator invention event in Algona by Hoffman
Inventor L Hess Hoffman promotes the Leverator device for rupture relief at the Algong Hotel in Algona Town on Monday June 18 from 10 AM to 4 PM. The firm claims no body springs or understrap and promises comfort and unprecedented control, urging trusswearers to attend or request full particulars from the Leverator Company in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TH. L. Hoffman
Dem. Janstynte
Algong
Algona Town
U. S
The
Leverator Company
Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
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Monka
Titonia
Algona Rendering Co
Titonka
Hoff’s Harness and Shoe Repair Shop
Blice and Harness Repairing
WE Sel
Kell
A. W. Amunson Optometrist
Borchardt
Towa
J. E. Keil Funeral Home
W. L. Tindall
D. O. Ogsteopathic
Horace S. Beemer
J. D. Penny
Masona City
Arere
W. A. Schram
Mtonka
W. F. Hamstreet, M. D
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Pierre Sartor, M. D
H. J. Torgersen
Roy C. Ball
Gus Frederickson
Bank of Wales
Woren
J. L. Bonar
Flows State Bank
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ia
van Ness & Stillman
Attorneys
Helge
Algona, Towa
Maurice C. McMahon
Hesse Building
E. C. McMahon
Guindy Bay
P. A. Dawson
J Algona
Aw Bank
LAW
Quarton & Miller
County Savings Bank Bldg
H. J. Schutter & Son Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Phono
Buffalo Center
Wesley News
Miaw
Ruth Garman
Mia
August Garman
Lermond
Eleanor
Henry H. Huisinga
Portable Milling Service
Bennit Bruhns
Lawrence Hoffer
Marilyn
Larry
Haverly
Valera Mayer
John Hutchison
Miss Mayer
Wesley High School
Gordon Loebig
Leebig
Gordon
Anderson Grocery
J. P. Uhlenhake
Whittemore
R. C. Bauer
Tam Q
H. J. Presthuea
Roy Budlong
Wealey
W. J. Denton
Drugelst
Richard Helmers
S. Pannkuk
Henry Anderson
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Saal
Flo USA
Bancroft
Tha Titonka
Hagen
Mer
Bowen
Tilmer Thompson Hatchery
Forest City, Iowa
Theatre
Titonea
Partners of the Plains
Plains
Allen Jones
Judy Garland
Metro
Mat. Sun
Wayn Morris
Priscilla Lana
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