Community notes from Wesley area residents and visitors
Wesley news items recount weekend visits by George Hauptmann and family, Frank Conley and daughters from Livermore, and the Goetz family from Rockledge Florida. Local clergy Will Eisenbach er to Fort Dodge and Lehigh, a two week hospital stay for Lawrence Goetz, births and local travel remarks, plus visits by the Sheridan and Meurer families and a Des Moines guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hauptmann
Charles City
Anton Gort
Mia
Frank Conley
Livermore
Kate Kennedy
Ben F. Felt
Nina Mae Wagner
Rockledge
Florida
Linug Wisenbacher
J. A. T Wisenbacher
Fort Dodge
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Lehigh
Father Eisenbacher
Emmetsburg
Lawrence Goetz
Kossuth Hospital
Algona
Joe Lorenz
Britt
Julius Lorenz
Matt Erdmann
Dubuque
Herman Lyons
Algona Hospital
Lyons
Gary
Emory Goodnow
St. Louis
George Sheridan
Clear Lake
L. T. Root
Sue Brass
Des Moines
Wesley
Local families gather for visits and Legion Auxiliary election
Eugene Welg breaks his arm last week as visits unfold across Algona. Eleven members attend the American Legion Auxiliary meeting with Adna Flom elected president and officers to be installed July 7. Numerous social visits follow, including trips to Greene and Des Moines, a Catholic Daughters install in Greene, and a park picnic at Algona. First plows are described as crude handmade tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American’ Legion Auxiliary
Myre
Adna Flom
Viola Studer
Mary ‘Forburger
Josephine Meurer
Helen Johnson
Chapain
Clara Hauptmann
Arma
Maren Flom
Martha Welster
Selma Alne
Fred Diekmann
West
Missel Mabel Kent
Leona
Frances Selmer
Alfred Erdmann
Greene
Lennice Wright Weds Dr Louis Dykstra in Ames
Miss Lennice A Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs BE Wright Colo Iowa formerly Titonka Iowa became the bride of Dr Louis A Dykstra Lena Illinois son of Mr and Mrs Albert Dykstra Monroe on June 15 at a Lutheran church in Ames The ceremony featured organ numbers and floral decor with Miss Anna Marie Nosbeck participating and ushers Wayne Wright and C Breen. The wedding party included Louise Olson as bridesmaid and Nancy Walrod as flower girl. A three course breakfast followed at Story Hotel Nevada and guests toured the Wright home in Colo Afterwards the bride who studied at Iowa State College Home Economics graduated the week prior to the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bleich
Mary Jane
Russell
Titonka
A. J. Seiler
Seiler
Bleich
Whittemore
Wesley
Gus Brandts
Clear Lake
R. C. Bauer
Arvid Carlgan
Kensington
Carlson
Essex
Iowa
Garlon
Jake Kraus
Manly
Fred Kraus
Wisconsin
Mel Kraus
Minnesota
Charles, Kraus
Misa Mary Lorenz
St. Francois Convent
St. Francis
Wis
Julins Lorenz
Guy M. Butts
Inlaw
Daisy Gleason
Nora Springs
Utih City
St. Paul
Wd Fischer
Supt
Ravlin
Kathaleen Ann
L. EB
Ravin
Hampton
Wayne Ravlin
J. T. Meurer
Cheryll Ann
Jimmy
Ter Stater
Sue Brass
Des Moines
Algona
Irvington
Lennice A Wright
BE. O, Wright
Colo
Louis A, Dykstra
Lena Ilinola
Albart Dykstra
Monroe
Nevada Evening Journal
Lutheran Church
Alvin Rogness
Anna Marie Nosbeck
W Nosbeck
Mendelssohn
Myrus Knutson
Ming Nosheck
Louise Olson
Ames
Italia
Nancy Walrod
Fort Dodge
Nancy
Pon Livingstone
Wayne Wright
Fairmount
Ill
C. ‘Breen
Reasoner
Gardenia Boutonieres
Story Hotel
Nevada
Charles Guy
Callender
Iowa City
111
Raulina
Wright
Iowa State College
Dean Fisher
Notice of Probate of Will in Kossuth County Iowa
State of Iowa Kossuth County No 4402 in District Court March Term 1938. To all concerned you are notified that a document purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Albert Fritz deceased dated April 14 1930 has been filed opened read and fixed for hearing proof Monday July 18 1938 at 10 a m in the Count House Algona before the District Court or Clerk. All interested persons must appear show cause if any why it should not be probated and allowed as the last Will and Testament. Dated Algona Iowa June 15 1938 Katharine McEvoy Clerk of District Court Sullivan McMahon Linnan Attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
Kossuth County
Whiting
Albert ‘Fritz
Algona
Iowa
Classified dept items and room rental ad
Classified section lists rooms for rent by Henry Moyer Bar Blakley strawbdains for sale and a query for a good quarter section farm inquire at this office with a date 21st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry ‘Moyer
Bate
Farmers Elevator News and Local Jokes Digest
A fragmentary farm column notes an upcoming public talk and a long running corn growth trend tied to favorable weather. It promotes own feed mixes and mineral yeast feed, praises Plymouth Red Top and Green Top twine, and closes with light local humor about a station agent and a contortionist parson.
Doctor Dyketra Graduates From ISU Veterinary Dept
Dr Dyketra graduated from the department of veterinary medicine at Iowa State College and plans to settle in Lena Illinois with his bride The couple will make their home and he was a member of the Farm House fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dyketra
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State College
Lena, Ill
Farm ‘House Fraternity
Methods for Killing Large Weed Patches
County Agent Brown outlined four weed eradication methods after Iowa State College trials with E P Sylvester. The plan includes summer fallow for two years with wheat or rye, alfalfa as a smother crop, summer smother crops like sorghum and millet, and drilled cover crops such as sorghum and soybeans with surface cultivation. These strategies target Canada thistle, hindweed, creeping jenny, bindweed, horse nettle, and quack grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Iowa State College
E. P. Sylvester
Scottish glassmaker’s cave furnace saga in Wemyss
First Scottish glass maker was George Hay born 1566 died 1625. He used a naturally formed cave at Wemyss in Fife to house his furnace and start glass work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
George Hay
Wemyss
Fife Posh
Major Leslie T. Saul Named Algona Chamber Secretary
Major Leslie T. Saul of Washington Iowa is named new secretary of the Algona Chamber of Commerce succeeding Oliver B. Shelley who moved to Marshalltown. Mr Saul began his duties last week. He is a retired army officer, 47, married with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Leslie T. Saul
Washington
Iowa
Algona Chamber of Commerce
Oliver 8
Shelley
Marshalltown
Saul
Watches Then and Now A Brief Look at Small Timepieces
Watches began as small clocks worn from the girdle due to their size. Over time they evolved into portable timekeepers, shifting from belt accessories to pocket and wrist wear as design and technology advanced.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uona, Tows
Titania
Algona Rendering Co
Harold Miller
Titania, In
Janesville
Hoff’s Harness and Shoe Repair Shop
Selu Jim Dandy
Keil
A. W. Amunson
Borchardt
J. E. Keil Funeral Home
Osly
W. L. Tindall
D. O. Ocateopathic
Woden
Horace S. Beemer
Penny Building
Mason City
Wolfe
W. F. Hamstreet, M. D
Pierre Sartor, M. D
H. I. Torgersen
Hilnstreet
Roy C. Ball
Titonka, Ta
Gus Frederickson
Daywright Omies
Bank of
J. L. Bonar
Towa State Bank Building
Algona, Towa
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ya
van Ness & Stillman
Attorneys-at
Maurice C. McMahon
Heise Building
E. C. McMahon
Attorney-at-Law Streen
Algona, Ia
P. A. Dawson
Iowa State Bank
LAW
Quarton & Miller
County Savinga Bank Bldg
Algona, Tows
Wesley News
Lermond
Eleanor
Henry H. Huisinga
Titonka, Iowa
Bennett Bruhns
Buffalo Center
H. J. Schutter & Son Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Eugene Welg
Mrs
Join Welg
George Goetz
R. J. Thissen
Mra. Thissen
Mra
Raymond Ricke
Betty
Tiissen
Bernice Raviin
Waterloo
H. D. Ravin
L. F. Smith
Albert Kleinpeter
Smiths
Mayne
Joan
Paul
Wesley and
Lennice Wright
Katharine McEvoy
Sullivan, McMahon & Linnan
Intermill's Cafe
Bar Blakley
Hancock County
Cara
Topte, Gitt
Farmers Elevator News
Mtonka
Plymouth
F. EH. Hagen
Mgr
Algona Club
W. J. Denton
Rock Island
Fred Adamson
C. Gardner
G.A.P.D
Locust Street
Travel
Theatre
Titonea
Nowhere
Jack Holt
Stooges
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Lone Wolfe
Paris
Francis Leaderer
Frances Drake
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