Activities Of Public Schools For The Week
The weekly school activities detail music festival evenings, contest preparations, and class reports from THS including senior play rehearsals, Des Moines trip reflections, and ongoing studies in history English biology and art. Students across grades share notes on reflex actions Goethe Arkwright Bach and other figures, with classroom projects like lamp tables frames and bird houses.
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Des Moines
Goethe
Faust
Hargreaves
Richard Arkwright
Eli Whitney
Bach
Beethoven
Handel
Gluck
Mozart
Earl Young
Switzerland
Junior
Robert
John
Ralph
Harold
Donna
Meindert Meyer 56 Dies After Heart Ailment in Algona
Meindert Meyer 56 died at Kossuth hospital Algona Thursday night from a heart ailment. Funeral at Christian Reformed church eight miles northeast of town Monday at 1 30 with services at the Meyer home at 1. Rose Knapper married him. adopted son Harm at home. Survived by wife, adopted son, two brothers Will and Henry Meyer and half-brother Henry Van Briesen of Oregon Ill. Meyer long a leading farmer in the community. Burial in Christian Reformed church cemetery.
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Wesley
Meindert Meyer
Kossuth
Algona
Christian Reformed Church
Meyer
Kuizema
Mr. Meyer
Germany
America
Rose Knapper
Harm
Will
Henry ‘Meyer
Henry van Briesen
Oregon
Ill
Death linked to crash wake fuels manslaughter case
Officials in Kossuth report Virgil Guest 36 of Bancroft died after a highway crash north of Bancroft on February 20. Reuben Green 27 of Ledyard, a passenger in Raymond Nemmers car, killed himself later that day. Nemmers bound over to grand jury on manslaughter charges. Green died early Thursday. Green was found by his brother at his parents home after shooting himself through the temple.
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Wdysaird
Virgil Guest
Bancroft
Reuben Green
Ledyard
Kossuth
Green
Raymond Nemmers
Nemmers
Grand
Kossuth 4 H Clubs to Study Citizenship Nationwide effort
All 400 4 H club members in Kossuth county will join a new citizenship study launching statewide this month. Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks says each meeting will include about 15 minutes of discussion on topics such as the Bill of Rights the flag and national holidays. The seven point national defense program from USDA guides members to interpret defend contribute to food production conservation health skills democracy and regional economic understanding.
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Kossuth County
Ruth Seaton ‘Hicks
Iowa
Hicks
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Western Hemisphere
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kossuth County Last Week
Marriage licenses issued in Kossuth County over the past week include Harvey Albert Berr 25 and Sadie Jane Krueger 27 of St. Peter Minnesota William A Hannover 23 and Elna E Ruhne 21 of Whittemore Lloyd V Dowd and Mabel B Bowman both listed as legal residents Spirit Lake Algona Wilfred Radig 27 of Lone Rock and Elizabeth Rahmstock 20 of Lakota.
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Kossuth County
Harvey Albert Berr
Sadie Jane Krueger
St. Peter, Minn
William A. Hannover
Elna E. Ruhnke
Whittemore
Lloyd V. Dowd
Legal
Spirit Lake
Mabel ‘B. ‘Bowman
Algona
Wilfred Radig
Lone Rock
Elizabeth Rahmstock
Mount Ayr Fire Adds Salvage Covers To Equipment
The Mount Ayr fire department has added salvage covers for equipment to protect furniture and other items from water and smoke during fires.
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Mount Ayr
Five youths jailed for heavy sentences in Iowa Minnesota burglary ring
Five of six youths arrested for a string of break ins across Kossuth Humboldt Palo Alto counties and southern Minnesota were sentenced in Algona and Humboldt. Sentences ranged to ten years at Anamosa reformatory with costs and bonds set. several were paroled or sent to the juvenile system. Chiefs include Harold Baker Peter Helmers Loren Hendren and Clarence Krug. The group confessed to over 40 burglaries targeting oil stations elevators garages and pool halls with loot mainly tires car parts cigarettes candy and money recovered.
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Algona
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota City
G.w.stillman
Clarence Krug
West Bend
Henry
Bud) Helmers
Anamosa
William Hof
Hof
J. A. Brink
Luverne
J. Eb. Ross
Humboldt
Helmers
L. E. Linnan
iGrug
Ed Schmidt
Humboldt County
Harold Baker
Stillman
Anamosa Reformatory
Peter Helmers
Algon
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Cogley
New Books Highlight Library Weekend Arrivals
Saturday hours set from 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 8 30 pm as the library unveils new titles. Hoss Doctor memoir by R J Dinsmore, Random Harvest by James Hilton hailed as top Hilton novel, Betty Zane by Zane Grey joins shelves, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Children of the Fiery Mountain by Martin Cannon, Trial by Wilderness by T M Longstreth features Royal Mounted Police and his dog.
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Hoss
R. J. Dinsmore
Random Harvest
James Hilton
Mr. Chips
Betty Zane
Zane Grey
Grey
Agatha Christie
Fiery Mountain
Martin Cannon
Pete
Tommy
Guatamala
Sylvia
Anna
Jim
Wilderness
T. M. Longstreth
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
Great Northwest
Four-Year-Old Roger Arnold Suffering Sleeping Sickness
A four year old boy, Roger Arnold of Whitten, has been asleep for 63.4 days as a victim of sleeping sickness. The report notes the prolonged sleep as a severe symptom and cites medical concern for his condition.
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Roger Arnold
Whitten
Red Cross Hygiene Course Set for Bancroft in May
The Red Cross will offer a two week hygiene course in Bancroft during May. Led by Naoma Van Steenberge, the program covers first aid and public health topics with twenty lessons. Certificates will be awarded upon completion and instructors will assist. Interested girls from Titonka may contact H. A. French, local chairman.
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Red Cross
Bancroft
Naoma van Steenberge
Oing
Titonka
H. A. French
Former Woden resident W B Bentley dies in Algona
W B Bentley, a former Woden resident, died at the home of a daughter in Algona. The death notice was received Saturday. He had lived in Woden previously.
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Woden
Algona Woden
W. B. Bentley
Algona
Mr. Bentley
Funeral of Three Held Near Fenton
A triple funeral service was held Saturday at Depew Lutheran church near Cylinder for Mrs Russell Bergeson 23 of Bode Mrs Edward Bergeson 65 and Henry Bergeson 26 near Fenton, all killed in last Wednesday’s autos accident near Independence. The Rev A K Gaard and Rev F K Volzke officiated with burial in the church cemetery. The Bergesons were en route to Anamosa to visit Russell Bergeson who was ill. a guard accompanied him to the service. The car skid on ice struck a bridge abutment and fell into a creek.
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Bergesons
Anamosa
Russell Bergeson
Bengeson
Bergeson
Howard Bergeson
Henry
Fenton
Algona
Buchanan County
Byron Behrends
Woden to Present Three Act Comedy The Dutch Detective
Woden Community Hall hosts a two night benefit show for the Band Mothers Club. The comedy features Otto Schmultz and a cast including Arthur Smith Harold Missman Jabe Grabb and Major Hanni bal Hawler among others. Eva Witthauer directs the production.
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Woden
Otto Schmultz
Arthur Smith
Plunk Jarlick
Harold Missman
Jabe Grabb
Splinteville
Richard Hall
Hannibal Hawler
Henry Bode
Augustus Coo
Paul Goslin
Gladys I Hawler-Coo
Dorothy Dirksen
Ambrosia McCarty
Martin Smith
Araminta Sourdrop
Edna Mae Rechfield
Flortensey Smatters
Eva Witthauer
Katrina Kraut
Hamilton
Ohio
W. L. Tindall
Band Mothers Club
Residents Mourn Wesley Carpenter Aged 79
August Engstrom born 1862 in Sweden died Sunday at his home north of town after ill health. He immigrated to America in 1886 and lived in Wesley, worked as a carpenter, then farmed three miles north. Survived by wife Hedda Thorn Engstrom, two daughters, three sons, a sister in Sweden, eighteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral at Congregational church in Wesley with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
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Wesley
August Engstrom
Congregational
Mr. Engstrom
Blovik
Ostergotland
Sweden
America
Moline
Ill
Hedda Sofia Thorn
Engstrom
Congregational Church
Albert C. Johnson
Grantsburg
Wis
Everett L. Harris
Motherville
Henry
Burt
Oscar
Henry Swanson
Swan Nelson
Ole K. Flom
Peter Seaberg
Julius ‘Funnemark
Carl Starquist
Lester Larson
Evergreen Cemetery
Crop Loans Available In Agricultural States
Arthur J. Petit of the Farm Credit Administration reports the Omaha regional office funds crop and feed loans for four states Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming Since 1940 over 284000 loans have been made Farmers in Kossuth County may apply at the county agent's office in Algona Loans for 1941 borrowings mature August 31 1941 at 4 percent and require eligibility by age and farming in Kossuth County
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Arthur J. Petit
Federal Building
Des Moines
Iowa
Credit Administration
Omaha
Farm Credit Administration
Jowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Petit
Kiossuth County
Algona
Kossuth
Election Draws Sharp Turnout in Liberty Township
In Liberty township Plymouth county farmers arrived by wagon foot car and horse to vote in the school election. Roy Yeager led with 100 votes followed by Roy Richardson with 90 in a rural community result marking notable support amid muddy conditions.
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Liberty Township
Plymouth County
Roy Yeager
Roy Richardson
Fire Evacuates 150 Children From Cresco Church
A Sunday School hour blaze at the First Methodist Church in Cresco prompted the safe evacuation of about 150 children. Firefighters battled the flames as volunteers aided the evacuation and ensured all exits were clear. No injuries were reported, and the cause was under investigation.
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First Methodist Church
Cresco
Christian Education Council Meet April 1
The Kossuth County Council of Christian Education will hold its annual sprag institute at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Swea City on Tuesday, April 1. All church workers are urged to attend. The program features devotions, discussion groups for children and youth, adult sessions, leadership training, special music by the County Women's Chorus, and an address on "The Challenge of the Task" by Rev. O. G. Verbrechts.
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Kossuth County Council of Christian Education
Sprag
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Swea
Dr. J
Buthman
Algona
Roy ‘Hutzell
Mia
Lewis McWhorter
G. Sauer
Lakota
C. W. Pfeiffer
Hutchins
Harvey Nelson
Luverne
County Women's Chorus
V. K. ‘Rising
Nine Report April 8 for U S Service
ALGONA The Kossuth County Selective Service Board announced Monday that they had received their ninth call for seven men to report at Fort Des Moines April 8. This brings the total calls for men to 85 and six replacements from this county. Fifty more questionnaires were sent out Monday bringing the total to 1,075. An average of 40 men per week are now being called for medical examinations. New volunteers for a year's service are John Bernard Muehe Irvington Clair Joe Wermengen Algona Richard Clare Cosgrove Wesley Louis Irvin Schmeling Whittemore and Frank Mahlow Baker Bancroft.
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Algona
Kossuth County Selective Service Board
Fort Des Moines
John Bernard Muehe
Irvington
Clair Joe Wermengen
Algon
Good Hope Lutheran Lent and Holy Communion Calendar
Good Hope Lutheran invites worshipers to English Lent services at 7:30 pm on March 26 and to divine services at 10:30 am on March 30 with Sunday School at 9:30. Luther League, devotional, choir practice April 1, Wednesday Lenten service April 2, ladies aid April 3, and confirmation Saturdays. Palm Sunday April 6 Holy Communion and Confessional services at 10:00 and 10:30 respectively. John 6:55 56 cited.
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Good Hope Lutheran
M. A. Schulz
Christ
Jesus of Nazareth
Ladies Aid
John Harms
Henry Harms
Falkert Stecker
Henry Stecker Jr
Immanuel Lutheran Lenten and Easter Schedule at Titonka
Immanuel Lutheran, four miles east and one mile north of Titonka, announces Lenten service Friday March 28 at 8 pm led by Rev. Wm. Plant. English service Sunday March 30 at 2 pm with Sunday school at 9:30 am. Chorus practice Tuesdays, choir Thursdays at 7:30 pm. Quarterly meeting after Sunday service April 6. Bids for mowing cemetery and church cleaning due to secretary before April 6.
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Immanuel Lutheran
Titonka
Wm. Plant
Landmark Down in Marengo As Blacksmith Shop is Razed
The blacksmith shop on a Marengo corner was razed, removing a city landmark. The building dated back 46 years and used native lumber. Bert Bogear, who ran the smithy at that corner for 55 years, had only recently retired.
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Marengo
Bert Bogear
Kossuth District Court Week Opens With 28 New Cases
Algona reports include Clinton Skesselring bound over on driving while intoxicated charges with a 500 bond. he pleaded guilty and faces a 300 fine with 100 suspended. Matt Fisch bound over on DWI. magnus Rongveld Antonio. Several jurors and guardianship proceedings noted. divorce granted for Rose Scanlon. Ingrid Blomster sues for divorce from David Blomster. Many cases listed for trial. probate guardianships noted. docket contains numerous civil and equity actions.
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Algqona
Clinton Skesselring
Winnebago
Minn
Kossuth
G. W. Stillman
Matt Fisch
Algona Farmer
Della Welter
Welter
Magnus Rongveld
Bode
Ronald V. Murray
Rolfe
Fred H. Hudson
Pocahontas
Ingrid Blomster
Swea City
Kossuth District Court
David Blomster
Peterson
Stillman
Rose M. Scanlon
Algona
C. J. Scanlon
Iw. H. King
William Durant
A.H. Nasby
Raymond Igon
Will Kollasch
Bertha
H. R. Larimer
Jent
George Thorne
IC. W. Morck
Ifirm
Morck ‘Distributing Company
Law
D. P. Smith
City of
Acme Weeds Inc
P.C. Hansen
West Bend Elevator ‘Company
M. W. Stone
John P. Mertz
Frank Kajewski
Benjamin Fehr
Palo Alto County
Jesse
Betty
Margaret
Leta
Dorothy
Duane
Phyllis
Guy
Richard Reynolds
Karl Rk. Hoffman
Mary Mittag
Wesley Attendees at Legion Aux Meeting Titonka
Wesley residents gathered for the Kossuth county Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Titonka on Thursday evening. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Halver Wlom, Mr. and Mrs. George Aldrich, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lease, John Hutchison, and Mesdames Frank Kouba, Rr.C. Bauer, and Leo Bleich, with A. Bringle of Motherville as 8th district vice commander delivering the evening’s speech and L. G. Gartner recounting a trip into Mexico earlier this year.
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Wesley
Kossuth County Legion and Auxiliary
Titonka
Halver Wlom
George Aldrich
L. AL. Lease
John Hutchison
Frank Kouba
Rr.c. Bauer
Leo Bleich
A. Bringle
Motherville
8Th District
L. G. Gartner
Mexico
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