New Electrolux cleaners coming to Algona area
Classified notices offer Electrolux cleaners via Don H Hutchins county representative at 19 cents per unit. Appreciation notes thank friends relatives for flowers and memorial contributions to Iowa's Crippled Children's Fund. Card of thanks from Lester Callies A M Petersen and others praise hospital visits and messages. Job ad seeks a district manager assistant driver with car, 28 plus, permanent farm related work. For sale Holstein cattle: registered bull and two heifers, contact Chas Quinn Bancroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William Larsen
Wilma
Department of Agriculture
Soybeans Needed As In War Years In Iowa
Iowa farmers urged to plant near wartime levels with a goal of 1 950 thousand acres for 1946 and a $2 04 per bushel support. High yield depends on early planting seedbed prep weed control and proper inoculation. Varieties Lincoln Richland Earlyana suited to regions with May 15–25 planting window and solid drilling best for weed suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Agronomists
Iowa
Eagle Grove Residents Complain Of Water Taste
Residents of Eagle Grove complained about terrible tasting water. Officials noted the water was raw due to temporary out of service at the treatment plant. The issue stemmed from the plant’s downtime affecting drinking water quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Grove
The Mayor and the Salesman’s Old Flame
R. Murray Cornwell, a top salesman for National Mashifies, visits Lake City to push plows. He discovers the mayor is Jerome Howe, the man who once wooed his former wife Lorena Busby. Lorena appears in a photo, stirring Cornwell’s guilt and fear of exposure as he contemplates leaving town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Murray Cornwell
National Mashifies, Inc
Lake City
Cornwell
Howe
Jerome
Jerome Howe
Mr. Cornwell
Arizona
Vermont
Murray Cornwell
Lorena Busby
Jerome Hawes
Lorena
New York
Mayor Howe
Mrs. Howe
Lucky Day Hunch Leads to Modest Prize for Anders
John Anders, a diner patron known for chasing hopeful hunches, wins a prize from Piltner's department store after a soup‑shop impulsive guess leads him to a letter stating a 57th prize from Hinkum Distributing Co. The misread bet becomes a morale booster as he clutches a sizable check for a modest award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anders
Charley's
Charley
Anders
Andera
Piltner
Piltner’s
Hinkum Distributing Co
Wesley News Highlights Local Moves and Community Life
Don Lichtelg and Chuck DeVine acquire Standard Oil station at Wesley and assume control. Kenneth Dwyer shifts to Humboldt as a general trucker. Local families visit, births and baptisms noted, and baseball opens with a home game after diamond reconditioning. Kossuth hospital operations and military returns feature in weekly roundups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lichtelg
Chuck’* Devine
Algona
Delbert Benton
Boyas
Don
Kenneth Dwyer
Humboldt
H. Klempeter
Rochester
Local families gather for weekend visits and kinfolk time
A Sunday visit at Phillip Goetz's home saw Tom Garman and family return to Great Lakes on Wednesday after a brief leave at August Garman's home. Ted Worsley and Jackie from Clear Lake visited Mr and Mrs Oliver Young. Alf Studer hosted a visit from son Gerald Studer as they enjoy family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Garman
Great Lakes
Ted
August Garman
Ted Worsley
Jackie
Clear Lake
Oliver Young
Alf Studer
Mnsign
Gerald Studer
Immanuel Lutheran Church Events Sighted in Roy Area
Mother's Day service set for 10 A M next Sunday. Offerings support Lutheran broadcasts, Sunday school, Bible class, and Lutheran Welfare. W M Group meets Thursday May 8 with 9 15 A M registration. City Pastoral Conference at Good Hope on TueWed. Brotherhood guests of St Pauls at Lakota on Thu May 16. Fred Schwery of Harlan recalls a 6 A M phone call from his son Paul in the army in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hamilton
Ohio
Fred Seefeld
Tacoma
Wash
Navy
Tillie Leebig
Vick Simons
Garner
Bert Putastuck
Laverne
John Hamilton
Titonka
Hamilton
St. Joseph's Church
Keith Richard
Jean Putastuck
Harold Hamilton
Mae Studer
Nate Studer
Hileen Wingert
Thelma
Magon
Farmerg Co-Operative Society
Jrly
J. J. M. King
Lions Club
The
Legion
Albert Lichteig
Helen
Ruth
Joe Smith
Buffalo Center
Helen Johnson
Kossuth
Algona
Julius Kelch
Estherville
Viola Studer
Hol Garman
David
Irene Studer
Ed Weig
Thayer Mullin
Kansas
Waldschmidt
Lichteig
Will Jacobs
Ramona of Daugherty
Tillie Loehigi
Jane Adel West
Mary Jane Studer
Velme Hanig
Myrtle Kouba
Clear Lake
Edward L. Johnson
Hdoward
Curtis-Wright
Buffalo
N. Y
Alice Loebig
Conray
Lloyd Zewald
Swan
Britt
Ewald
Helen Franzen
Wesley
Luke Youngwirth
Kanawha
Renwick
Ed Gayman
Leanyder
Mary Jane
Lutheran Welfare
W. M
Good Hope
Our Brotherhood
St. Paul’s Brotherhood
Lakota
Fred Schwery
Harlan
Paul
Switzerland
Dusting Seed Is Good Insurance Against Loss
Larry Grove of Iowa State College urges use of disinfectant dust on seeds and seedlings to prevent loss. He notes seedlings should be transplanted when lifted from frames, kept to about two inches tall, and placed in individual containers. Proper ventilation in frames is crucial to harden plants and prevent soft growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Grove
Iowa State College Horticulturist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Murphy's
Ted Hinders
Woden
Electrolux
Don H. Hutchins
Jones
M.F. Haggard
Michaelson Brothers
Henry Swalve
Laota
Frank Fisher
W. E. Ley
Ones
Marlowe Cleaners
Forest City
Floyd Reibsamén
Sale—Duroe Bear
John H. Boyken
M. F. Calhoun
Titonka Implement Co
Armstrong Piano Co
Spencer, la
Lester Callies
A A. M. Petersen
Chas
Quinn
Bancroft
Er Ane
Olmsted
Gover
Frank D. Fisher
USDA
Ethelyn Parkinson
WNHU
Wesley News
Phillip Goetz
Famiy
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Roy
Wm. Plant
Elmore Nursery
Elmore, Minnesota
Binder
Titanka Impl. Co. Norris Kiel
Murphy’s Minerals and Feed
Woden, Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!