Keil Buys Bank Building From Swanson For Funeral Home
A deal completed last year transfers the old First National Bank building to Mrs. Nell. Maurice Kell will oversee painting and decoration of the fruit room for use as a funeral home. The center room becomes a morgue with new furnishings planned and newspapers available. The rear room stays with the library board. other apartments to be rented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon W. Swanson
Fr. Nell
Kell
Brary Board
Sam
Maurice Kell
JE. Kell
Swanson Plans On Trip To Denmark
John W. Swanson and his brother of Ti touki's rock rivers will travel to Bornholm Allinge Denmark in April. They plan to sail from Hoboken New Jersey aboard a fastener and stay about a month. A sister and other relatives live in Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Swanson
Titouki
St. Paul
Bornholm Taland
Allinge
Denmark
J. W
Hoboken
N. J
Over One Million Paid in Kossuth
Partial readable text reports large payments in Kossuth totaling 1.43 million dollars with 411 thousand mentioned and a 291 percent figure appears incomplete. The fragment references financial totals and a local government or entity named in association with Kossuth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Glandular fever and illnesses hit Portland area
Portand news lists several residents ill with illnesses including Bobbie Sneider with glandular fever and Betty Stewart with pneumonia. Multiple social visits and weekend activities are noted among local families such as the Grahams, Shiplers, Koestlers, Goddens, and Barltets, with several dinners and gatherings reported.
Bid notice for cemetery caretaker in German township
Trustees of German township invite bids by noon April 1 1936 for a cemetery caretaker for the year 1985. They reserve the right to reject any and all bids. John Boekelman Clerk dated 11 12 12
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Township
John Boekelman
Notice to Town Citizens on Garden and Chickens
Town notice quotes Mayor Lee O. Wolfe urging gardeners to begin early work and commands residents who raise chickens to keep them on their premises to protect neighbors gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee O. Wolfe
Ernest Petersen Undergoes Appendicitis Surgery
Ernest Petersen was taken to Mason City hospital last Thursday for appendicitis. He was brought home and the next day underwent an operation. He was sustained for a day or two and is now recovering well. Mrs Rex Austin of Sexton is the nurse in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Sneider
Betty Stewart
Frank Burger
Sexton
Duane Moore
Clyde Moore
Larry
Iva Trunkhill
Guy Richter
Paul Krieger
Joe Koestler
Hans Koestler
Ruth Graham
Jacob Godden
Algona
Wm. Ringsdorf
Chas, Phelps
Ruth
Littie Graham
Roy Clark
Burt
Wayl Shipler
Ross Stewarts
George Graham
Jacob Godsen
Fort Dodge
Art ‘Tietz
Lloyd Bartlett
AMR
Ernest Petersen
Mason City
Rex, Austin
Primary road bonds sold at 2 percent
Kossuth County sold 320000 in primary refunding road bonds to the Halsey Stuart Company of Chicago at 2 percent with a 201 dollar premium. Average maturity is six and a half years, reducing annual interest from about 16000 to 6400. County Treasurer and Supervisors oversee the deal as the sale proceeds appear to be a credit boon for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Halsey Stuart Company
Chicago
Kossuth County
Earl May seed case ends in fines and restitution
Magon City manager of the Earl May seed company faced a court ruling this month for selling timothy seed with illegal noxious weed levels. He was fined $0 and costs, ordered to refund farmers and to repurchase all Timothy seed sold this year. State Food Inspector C Peckham filed the complaint after a stock sample test. Thompson Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl May Company
Earl May Seed Company
Magon City
North Central District P T A Conference Morning Session
North Central District P T A Conference opens with 9:00 registration and a morning program featuring music, prayers, greetings, and reports from unit presidents. Afternoon includes solos, a public school program talk, and a later address on generational conflict, followed by a business meeting and adjournment. Also notes marriage licenses processed in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjoria Smith
G. L. Hurd
Sidney Alexander Carlson
First Congregational Church
Paul Loomis
A. Merkel
Mason City P. T. A. Council
PF. W. Sinnott
Cero Gordo County Council
A. L. Peterson
Spencer Congress
Luelle Chase Harrison
Supt
R. B. Irons
Co. C. Tollester
Chas
Edward Steiner
Grinnell College
District Court Movements in Local Term Opening
District court activity last week included civil and criminal filings and a grand jury. The April term opens April 1 with a drawn petit jury listing many Algona Whittemore Bancroft and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Waa
Jim Elsenius
Whittemore
Harm Boekholt
Bancroft
Joe Eich
Andy Frankl
Algona
John Walter
Ottogen
Angus
Garman
Wesley
John Crandjenet
St. Benedict
J. H. Helmke
Louis Eins
Henrietta Huenhold
Algon
Survey on Union Slough conversion to a lake resort
Henry Becker of the Kossuth County Conservation League reported a Biological Survey representative from Washington, D C will visit this week to explore turning Union Slough into a lake and pleasure resort. The project not yet closed and county support remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Henry Becker
Kossuth County Conservation League
the Biological Survey
Washington, D. .C
Union Slough
Methodist Church Notes Encourage Sunday Service Attendance
The note extols better spring weather for Sunday worship and urges attendance at morning services. It mentions a Mothers and Daughters event, Tuesday Baptist? programs, and a speaking by Mrs Muhlana, with Mrs John Pink and the G. A. family involved in planned activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muhlana
Bank mortgage payments heavily flood Omaha land bank
An avalanche of farmer payments to the Federal Land Bank of Omaha over the last 30 days totals more than 4 million dollars, the largest monthly collection in 18 years. Borrowers from Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota sent 243,804 toward loan principals, though principal payments aren’t required until July 1938, so long as interest and taxes are remitted. Nine farmers in the Eighth district fully paid off loans, totaling 492,887. Total Omaha Land Bank receipts from February 15 to March 1 were 4,089,008, about 1,000,000 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
South Dakota
Eighth Land Bank
Omaha Land Bank
Amazing new magazine offer headline lays out bargain
An old advertisement promotes a broad magazine bundle with titles like Path finder Poultry Tribune and McCall's. It promises extended subscriptions for current readers and urges immediate orders under the banner Our New Deal Offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder
Poultry Tribune
Country Home
National Sportsman
Popular Scienta ‘Monthly
Market Growers’ Journal
Woman’s World
Capper's Farmer
Etude Husic Magazine
Junior ‘Home Magazine
Mid-Week Pictorial
American Fruit Grower
Breader's ‘Gazette
Woman's Home Companion
McCall’s Magazine
Everyday
Science &Mechanics
Household Magazine
Silver Screen
American ‘Home
Boys’ Life
American Cookery
American Boy
Paireniti
Pictorial
Intoxicated driving risks and blood alcohol limits
Dr. Logan Clendening cites Dr H A Helse tests showing 0.02 percent blood alcohol marks intoxication in drivers. An analysis of 119 accidents finds 74 involved intoxicated drivers and higher injury rates. He notes most accidents occur during 6 to 7 p m and 11 p m to 1 a m, with drinking drivers being the main menace. The piece draws on a New York Post column from October 5, 1904.
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Milwaukee
H.A. Helse
Axcar
Mlogan Clendening
M. D
New York Post
Kosauth County Legion Auxiliary Meeting Plans
Kosauth County Auxiliary schedules a joint meeting at Swea City on Thursday evening March 21 with speakers Vic Steuland Forest City 8th district commander and W 5 Grotewold Lake Mills Adjutant. A county executive board meeting at Burt Legion hall Wednesday April 8 at 1 pm invites all unit presidents and unit secretaries. Welfare committee hosts a fundraising party Friday April 8 for charitable work.
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Kosauth County
Swea City
Vic Steuland
Forest City
W. 5
Grotewold
Lake Mills
American Legion Auxiliary
Yoita
Burt Legion- Hall
Chee Thiaba Welfare
Itheid Radiag Party
iApril
Titonka Tuesday on blubloben relatives on Linkerg
An unclear local note mentions Titonka and Tuesday with relatives and a place called Linkerg. The fragment suggests a social or genealogical item but lacks concrete details such as persons, dates, or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Bubloben
Brief History of Titonea HI Grads
A collection of brief updates on Titonka High graduates including Lyle Scholla who moved to California to run a fruit ranch, Maurice Graham remaining at his parents’ farm near Portland township, Betty Trenan studying beauty culture but helping at a Thonlty restaurant, John Sturdevant marrying and moving to Fort Dodge, and others pursuing education, marriage, or farming. The piece also contains commentary on state legislative lobbying, dairy industry concerns, and auto license fee discussions from Des Moines, with notes on local figures like G A Bonnstetter and Claude Wickard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Trenan
Des Moines
Thonlty
My. John Sturdevant
Betty
Fort Dodge
The Third House in the Legislature and Lobbyists
The piece discusses the role of lobbyists as members of the so called Third House. It argues lobbyists influence votes and shape legislation for various interests. It notes methods used by lobbyists to sway lawmakers and contrasts selfish versus general public aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third House
iLobhgiata
Honor Roll Names From Small Town Iowa Notices
A list of students and residents from towns in Iowa and Minnesota appears with dates in 1936 and 1936 style spellings. Names include Roland Gabel, Delbert Hike, Warner Beenken, Fred Stecker, and Henry Meinders among others, with multiple locations such as Titonka Algona Swea City Buffalo Center and Rush City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Gabel
Titonka
Iowa
Henry Meinders
Buffalo Center
Merle Schwabert
Towa
Harms
Bane Both von
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Ia. J. Keil Buys Bank
Swanson Tlans
Asi Tontas
Portland News
Dan Cupid
Aera Clyde
Leketatonaldro
Ovlinder
Blyera
District Court Movements
Chester Wilder
Thomas Crahan
Hagbert Olson
Egan & Burschfield
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Herman Lauck
First Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
Sarah and
Harold
Roth
William Bloomster
W. J. Doocy
James Doocy
Albert Blanchard
C. F Specht
Asault
Alphons Berte
St. Joseph
H. B. White
Ben Gisch
Costa
Herbant Wilt
St. James, Minn
P. A. Dawson
H. O. Brown
BE. Brown
Bernard Platt
C. W. Miller
H. M. Potter
Methodist Church
John Pink
Gon Ie Tat Gente
G. A
Asar Doap
Amazing New Magazine
Big Values Li
Witonka
Your Family
Legion Auxiliary Notes
Titonea HI Grads
Lyle Scholla
California
Lyle
Maurice Graham
Portland Township
Little Farm
Dorothy Intermill
Cedar Falls
Henry van Hove
Violet Meyers
Waterloo
Sioux Falls
Estelle Bonacker
Oscar
Lone Rock
Louise Callies
Lem Stockswell
Algona Dnd
Titouka
Orville Murr
Woden
Woden Clearing House
Orville
Leroy Burger
Mra. Burger
G. A. Bonnstetter
Edith Welter
Agricultural Extension Service
Claude R. Wickard
Federal Extension Service
45Th General Assembly
Ftrom Kossuth
State House
Nto
Lowa
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