Moving Day Echoes of Shifting Farms in Drifted Iowa List
March brought a flood of relocations as families and individuals shifted farms across the countryside. Dozens, including Tony Meyering Arnold Gray Harm Uken Bruno Bruns jr and sr, Henry Dirksen and others moved to newly vacated plots between Buffalo Center Lakota Titonka Garner and nearby towns. Many swapped ownership with purchases and tenancies dictating new home bases from Forest City to Elmore and Dexter Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Meyering
Buffalo Center
Arnold Gray
Meyering
Hlmer Gray
Harm Uken
Titonka
Bruno Bruns Jr
Ken
Bruno Bruns Sr
Dewey Hutchinson
Dewey
Grothaus
Lakota
George Higgins
Blakleys
Fox Hunt Planned for Sunday Meeting at K and Hollow
A fox hunt is scheduled for Sunday with hunters asked to meet at 10 30 sharp at the K and Hollow station for the start of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. & H Oll
PTA March Meeting Postponed To Tuesday Evening
The March meeting of the P T A will be held next week on Tuesday evening instead of Monday. The program will be given by the Marshall Swift Company of Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Marshall Swift Company
Mason City
State Safety Council Meeting Announced
The annual Meeting of the State Safety Council will be held Sunday March 6 at two o’clock in the afternoon at Hotel Fort Des Moines. W I Barl Hall of Mason City is the state president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Safety Council
Hotel Fort Des Moines
W iBarl Hall
Mason City
Bryson Mourns Mother's Death in Mason City
Ben S Bryson former manager of the Iowa Grain Co elevator lost his mother last week Funeral held Thursday at her Mason City home with interment in Evergreen Cemetery She was 77 His father died in 1917 Many old time pioneers will remember him as a good business man He has worked at Albert City and Pocahontas since leaving the area twenty years ago
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Ben S. Bryson
IB. S&s
Hamstreet Heads Ticket in Town Mayor Election
Dr W F Hamstreet heads the Citizens Ticket for mayor after John Swanson withdrew following Feb 21 caucus. Swanson’s withdrawal leaves Hamstreet as the sole change. other ticket members stay as previously published in the Topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swanson
Citizens Ticket
W. F. Wamstreet
Citizens
Dr. Hamstreet
Transient Taken To Kossuth Hospital
A transient about 45 years old, who gave the name Babcock and said he was traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, became very ill late Tuesday afternoon. Under the health officer's orders, Frank Fisher transported him to Algona for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Milwaukee
Wis
Algona
Frank Fisher
Methodist Church Notes and Events Summary
W L Patterson, pastor, lists weekly services at the Methodist Church including Sunday School at 10 00 and Morning Worship at 11 00 with Epworth League at 730 p m Choir practice Thursday 800 p m. Ladies Aid Society to host March 9 at Mrs Ray Hansen Mrs J L Miller and Mrs Wm Schram. Featured radio program March 2 9 00 pm via Mutual Broadcasting Co with Miss Jeanette McDonald and speakers Barton Hughes Compton. Titanica church furnace installation noted with donations urged. Titanica residents visit Algona weekly for citizenship classes to naturalize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Ladies Aid Society
Ray ‘Hansen
J. L. Miller
Wm. Schram
Doan
Ladies Aid
Ray Smith
Methodist Church
Mutual Broadcasting Company
WMT
KSO
WGN
WLW
Jeanette McDonald
Star of
Bruce Barton
Edwin iHolt Hughes
Arthur Compton
University of Chicago
Bromley Oxnam
Omaha
Nebraska
Algana
Emery Stewart
Titonica
Housing Shifts In Titonia Amid Family Moves
In Titonia Eric Petersong moves into the George Higgins house while Mr and Mrs James Hansen occupy the Senne house vacated by the Petersons. Fred Welp takes over the farm buildings on the Wm Peterson place as part of the local relocation cluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonia
Eric Petersong
George Higgins
James Hansen
Senne House
Petersons
Fred Welp
Titonka Falls to Swea City in Tournament Thriller
Titonka, sectional champions Swea City 29 to 23 in Buffalo Center tourney. Titonka beat Thompson 32 to 16 last week to reach the Class A final, while Swea City topped Lake Mills 38 to 31 in the championship. Titonka trailed 4 to 6 after Q1 and 11 to 12 at halftime, with the final period starting 21 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City
Buffalo Center
Titonka
Thompson
Lake Mills
Titanka Ft Fta Pf
Hanson
Rippentrop
iDeegeee
Callies Teeeeveeld
Huber
Ree
Tryon
Ereene
Bernard M Baruch Keeps A Copy Always Handy
A quoted endorsement praises The Reader's Digest for its standard and accessibility. The editor notes readers, including Mrs Baruch, keep copies at home and share with friends, highlighting its timely articles and broad appeal. The message emphasizes consistent quality and usefulness for ordinary readers.
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Bernard M Baruch
Baruch
Algona News Briefs Include Police Chief Change
Algona appoints A Van Alstyne as Chief of Police succeeding the late W Green who died on duty. L Nelson and A Lensing purchase the Akre grocery in Algona and Bancroft respectively. Delegates meet in Algona for district Rural Letter Carriers gathering. officers named. Algona unit of Kossuth Conservation League holds annual meeting with officers re elected. County quota set at 3600. Wildlife Federation meeting noted with American Wildlife Institute. Bancroft COC camp drainage fate discussed and plans to convert camp to a biological site. National Wildlife Week planned. Ferdinand Ramos, 98, celebrated birthday at daughter’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. van Alstyne
Algona
CC. F. Specht
van Alstyne
FPF
W. Green
L. J. Nelson Q
Alphonse Len- Sing
Bancroft
Akre
Nelson
Lensing
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association
Clarence Bond
Buffalo Center
L. BE. Stevens
J. A. Hays
Jefferson
W. L. Clocksin
Jewell
Webster City
Kossuth Conservation League
Ray McCorkle
Ralph Morgan
Henry Becker
Hollis Trainer
Leon Merritt
H. M. Smith
Kossuth
The
Wildlife Federation
American Wildlife Institute
Bancroft Coc
Union
Ferdinand Ramos
Rd. Winkie
Library receives Anne Morrow Lindbergh donation book
Local library gains a donation of North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh from Frank Reynolds. Fred DeVries returns home from Dolmage Hospital in Buffalo Center after a recent operation and indicates he is progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Morrow Lindberg
Frank Reynolds
Fred DeVries
Dolmage Hospital
Buffalo Center
Bus contract changes hands in local deal
Otto Falk purchased the school bus drivers contract from Albert Young on Tuesday evening with possession to be given immediately. Falk made his first trip out Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Falk
Albert Young
Mr. Falk
Dunmire baby girl born March first in family
Mr and Mrs Ted Dunmire welcome a baby girl born Tuesday March 1. This is the family's third daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmires
Ted Dunmire
Welhousen Heads to Ames for 1938 Soil Conservation Meeting
Garret Welhousen traveled to Ames on Monday to attend a meeting and receive instructions for the 1938 Soil Conservation program. He was accompanied by William Frimml of Wesley and A. L. Brown of Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Welhousen
Ames
Garret Welhousen
Wm. Frimml
Wesley
A. L. Brown
Algona
Good Will Club Meets Friday Denton Home
The Good Will Club, formed by business men for community improvement, will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday at 7 30 p m at the Denton home. Attendees will discuss suggestions for community betterment and plan further club work. All business men are urged to attend and submit ideas in the Drug Store receptacle.
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Good Will Club
Denton
Local Social Roundup from Algona Area
The article lists numerous visits and social calls in the Algona area including Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown hosting guests, trips to Storden, Minn, and Fort Dodge business, plus health updates on Dean Oesterreicher and Amy Jean Fisher. Other entries note family visits in Buffalo Center and Des Moines weekend travels, with several weddings and hospital stays referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brown
Nick Bnden
Ernest Peterson
George ‘Peterson
Storden
Minn
R. Dirksen
Amanda Heesch
Kanawha
Nick Heesch
W.L. Patterson
Fort Dodge
Dean Oesterreicher
Kossuth Hospital
Algona
Dean
Amy Jean Fisher
Theoline Freerksen
George Assink
George Alke
Alka
Heyo Boekelman
Anna
George Boekelman
Lorraine Peterson
Buffalo Center
Boekelmans
Raymond Elman
George
Lorraine
M. E. Blanchard
Lone Rock
George Klenk
Melzar Haggard
Henry Dirksen
Woden
Helen Reed
Des Moines
Dorothy Brooks
Alice Chittick
Brooks
Chittlex
Stuart
Mesdames
Harold Johnson
H. I. Torgersen
Emma
District Court News In Brief Algona
Summary of district court activity in Algona includes new filings such as Karl G Hwoldt vs Glen n Burt with writ of attachment, D L McDonald vs Nellie S Stevens with writ of attachment, a quiet title action on described Algona land, and appeals from justice court by Farmers Mutual Hail. Guardianship actions appointing Hart L Paulsen and Josephine Meurer, and marriage licenses issued to residents of Minnesota and Iowa. Sheriff reports a recovered abandoned car near Ledyard linked to a Wisconsin theft warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Mayor's Court
Justice Courts
District Court
Karl G. Hwoldt
Glenn Burt
D. L. McDonald
Nellie S. Stevens
City of Algona Ya
Aubrey Waterhouse
Geraldine Maltzahn
Mr.Maltzahn
Auditor's
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Iowa
H. O.chambers
Justice of Peace Court
Christ F. Seefeld
T. F. Garett
Hart L. Paulsen
George A. Paulsen
Cheryll Ann
James Robert Meurer
Josephine Meurer
Walter Wedel
Lucille Vogel
Fairmont
Minn
Charles D. Harrington
Doris L. Landsmith
Anoka
Walter G.klocks
Freda K. Schwartz
Lakota
Emil Thilges
Bode
Emma Gengler
Whittemore
Howard J. Zender
Gail I. Potter
Casey Loss
Ledyard
Dale Isley
Tomahawk
Wis
Mil Krueger
Lincoln County
Wits
William
John Thompson
Wisconsin
Abscessed Eye Delays Work For Wesley Meyer
Wesley Meyer recovers from an abscess on the pupil of his right eye causing pain and inconvenience for three weeks. A specialist has treated the condition after an injury last June when a piece of steel entered his eye.
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Wesley Meyer
Lutheran Church Notes Sunday School and Services
Lutheran church announces Sunday School at 1:00 p m and church service at 2:00 p m A German service conducted by Rev Boese is planned Choir practice Thursday evening all members urged to attend.
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Boese
Plan Trip To Ozarks For Mr and Mrs Jerry Breen
Mr and Mrs Jerry Breen are planning a trip to the Ozarks, likely in early April. They hope to fly there, perhaps continuing farther, enjoying a season when trees leaf out and flowers bloom.
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Ozarks
Jerry Breen
WPA Labor to Improve Port land Road Subgrade
WPA crews will upgrade a sub grade on a Portland Township road across Union Slough. H. M. Bevers, area WPA engineer, announced approval from George J. Keller, state WPA administrator, in Mason City. Twenty five workers from Kossuth County relief rolls will be employed to place riprap against wave action and muskrat burrowing, with a project budget of about 1,630 dollars by relief labor and 2,900 dollars for non relief labor and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Township
Mason City
H. M. Bevers
WPA
George J. Keller
Kossuth
Union Slough
U. S. Biological Survey
Kossuth County
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Holds Annual Meeting
The annual meeting was held Monday with 27 members present. George Petersen was elected president. Directors whose terms expired were reelected: Henry Nelson, Garret Welhousen, and Jay Budlong. Fred Hagen was named manager and Clarence Cooper assistant manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-operative Elevator
George Petersen
Henry Nelson
Garret Welhousen
Jay’ Budlong
Fred Hagen
Clarence Cooper
Alke's Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr and Mrs George Alke marked their fifty year union with a Friday evening ceremony on February 26 at Kaneawha officiated by Rev C Bode. The couple, formerly Miss Anna Assink, received silver gifts and a silver certificate from their children. A large guest list and a memory book were part of the celebration.
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George Alke
Myre
Mra. Alke
Kaneawha
C. Bode
Alke
Anna Assink
A. Kilian
Leona Brandt
Alvina ‘Heesch
Ven
Herbert Rakow
Arnold Brandt
Reuben
H. W. Schoen- Jein
Jennie Alke
George Meyer
Gertie Freerkeen
Kanawha
Ben Assink
Ed, Assink
Henry Assink
Henry Freerkeen
Ronald
Alice
Christina
George
Ida May
Henry
John
Volena
Anna
Billy
Mary
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Warner Beenken
Clarence Seefeld
Mr.Beenken
Herman Wirtijes
Henry Wirtjes
Henry Swalve
Frank Bamman
Mr. Swalve
Donald Bacons
Orval Buffingtons
Bacon
Weert Asché
Gordon Nelson
Clear Lake
Abbe Meyer
Ben Wessels
Eiza Heyes
Orval Buffington
John VanHove
Qakota
Elmore
Wait Waltmans
Corwith
Ralph Carney
Burt
Waltman Place
Everett
Ralph Shipley
Donald Neitzel
Ralph Roberts
J.C. Schneider
Dick E. Senne
Northwood
Ernest Hoffman
Mr. Senne
George H. Hansen
Bristow
George H. Johnson
Mr. Hansen
Carlyle Hgesdal
R. L. Krantz
Main Street
Robert Spear
Tom Asche
Mr. Cushman
Glesking Place
Mr. Asche
Ernest H. Meyer
Ted Hoover
Mr. Meyer
John Limberg
Harold Pommer
Limberg
R. A. Nelson
Dexter
Minnesota
Ed. Stohr
Jim Shiplers
Plum Creek
Herbert Nelson
Shipler
Fox Hunt
P.T.A. March Sth
W. F. Hamstreet Heads Ticket
W. L. Patterson
Titanica
Algona News
W. J. Denton
District Court News
Lutheran Church Notes
Bparmers Elevator Annual Meeting
Buffalo Boosters
Patricia Ball
Rosemary Bacon
Ola Mae Miller
4-H
Farmers Wife
Ray Miller
Kossuth 4-H
Wilbur Godfredson
Carol Reaser
Minnetonka
Turkey
Old Kentucky Home
Barbara Allen
Little Brown Church
the Vale
Dorothy Budlong
Thomas Asche
Asche
Weert Asche
Henry Spear
Dick Steenhardt
Alfred
Bill Spear
John Rippentrop
Irene
Bill Boyken
Harry Ricklefs
Fred Asche
Fred Henken
Herman Spear
Albert Girard
Fred Harr
Richard ‘Brown
Lloyd Alburn
Conrad Sehlenger
Nick Roley
Vireginia
Darlene
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