Three hurt in peculiar ways in local mishaps
A description of injuries in a single local report. Mrs. Fremont Faul burned while boiling milk and facing a dress caused scalding on hands and feet. Merlin Barrett swallowed an open safety pin and was treated successfully. Mrs. Heyo Boekelman was badly bruised when kicked by two cows while milking, leaving her bedridden with back neck and leg injuries and on crutches later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Algona
Merlin
Heyo Boekelman
Visitors and family quarantine update in Iowa towns
Mrs Will Schram Catherine Lois and Harriet visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs James Knoll of Lone Rock The Knolls Rev Mitchells and Schrams then drove to Buffalo Center to see War Ten Mitchell recently released from hospital They inquired about other Bennett Mitchell family members They are under quarantine for scarlet fever but will be released in another week Mr and Mrs Harold Frambeck and family spent Saturday at the Leo Fox home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Schram
Catherine
Lois
Harriet
James Knoll
Lone Rock
Knolls
Mitchells
Schrams
Buffalo Center
War- Ten Mitchell
Bennett Mitchell
Harold Frambeck
Leo Fox
Radio Party and Work Meeting at Mrs Abbe Winter Home
Radio party and work meeting announced to be held at the home of Mrs Abbe Winter on May 22. Poppy Day sale scheduled for Saturday May 23, with volunteers urged to notify the poppy chairman for sales participation. Poppies to be worn in honor of World War dead, produced by Breen Post Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Veterans Facility in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbe Winter
Breen Post
American Legion
Des Moines
Ther Askin
France
Dump Ground Open Two Days
The dump ground will be open to the public Friday and Saturday and then closed for two weeks. Get your refuse matter hauled now. Wm, Rickless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickless
Drivers License Exam Dates At Court House
Drivers and chauffeurs license examinations will be held at the Court House on May 16 June 12 and 27 and July 11 and 25. Time 8:30 to 4:00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Conn's Lunch Room Free Bread on Saturday Purchases
Special promotion offered at Conn's Lunch Room. With every purchase of 15 cents or more made next Saturday, customers receive a twelve ounce loaf of bread free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conn
County distributes $100000 corn-hog checks to farmers
One hundred thousand in corn-hog payments were issued Tuesday and will be distributed to county farmers this week. Officials say more payments will follow later in the week as funds continue to arrive.
First payment on 1935 Corn-Hog contracts received
Between twelve thousand and thirteen thousand dollars have been received on first payments for 1935 Corn-Hog contracts on Wednesday May 6 and are being distributed to contract signers.
Newville Family Attend Rochester Funeral of Mrs Geo Parker
Mrs and Mrs J C Newville Mrs H A Jennings Mrs M BE Larsen and Floyd Newville of Algona drove to Rochester Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs Geo Parker who died suddenly Thursday of apoplexy. Mr Parker a carpenter came home Thursday and found his wife dead. He is a cousin of the Newvilles and once taught school in this community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Newville
H. A. Jennings
M. BE. Larsen
Floyd Newville
Algona
Rochester
Geo. Parker
Parker
Newvilles
Marriage Announcement Edith Bilyeu Weds Orrie Slattanow
The marriage of Miss Edith Bilyeu daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Bilyeu and Orrie Slattanow son of A Slattanow of Crystal Lake was announced recently The ceremony occurred November 8 1935 The groom worked for Sylvan Hanna and now trundles for him The bride a Forest City high school graduate taught in rural schools three years and is teaching in Ellington township The community extends congratulations Woden Weekly
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Edith Bilyeu
Joe Bilyeu
Orrie Slattanow
A. Slattanow
Crystal Lake
Sylvan
Mrs C C Missman Undergoes Tonsil Removal
Mrs C C Missman of Woden south of town had tonsils removed at La Hampton hospital on Friday morning. She was reported to be getting along nicely and had been troubled by the ailment for some time, following her physician's advice to undergo the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Missman
Woden
la Hampton Hospital
Bank Meeting Attendance by Sac City Officials
Mr Boyken vice president of the Savings Bank and Henry Bruns bookkeeper traveled to Sac City Friday to attend a Group Two session. Mr Boyken elected President of the Group at the meeting. Attended Funeral at Rochester Minn Mrs J C Newville Mr and Mrs Floyd Newville Algona drove to Rochester Minn Saturday for the funeral of cousin Mrs Geo Parker who died Thursday after a long illness. Mrs Parker was a rural school teacher and taught in Kossuth County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac City
Boyken
Savings Bank
Henry Bruns
Mr. Boyken
Rochester
Minn
J.C. Newville
Floyd Newville
Algona
Geo. Parker
Parker
Kossuth County
Joint County Meeting in Swea City May 21
County Commander John son announces a joint meeting in Swea City on Thursday evening May 21 with guest Frank EB. Weing Iowa Labor Commissioner and Captain John Quigley U.S. Employment Service Veterans Placement Representative. The program aims to benefit ex service members and Auxiliary members and urges all Legion and Auxiliary members to invite nonmembers.
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Swea City
Johnson
Frank EB. Weing
Iowa
John Quigley
Veterans Placement
U.S. Employment Service
Des Moines
Snea
Remember the good old days when most bank robbing was an inside job
A terse quotation from an unidentified source references past bank robberies as an inside job, suggesting a nostalgic view of earlier crime patterns. No specific people, places, dates, or organizations are provided in the readable text. The fragment reads like a casual comment rather than a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4News World
More CCC Applicants Sought by Algona Relief Office
May 9 notice from J C Pryor director of Selection for Town CCC urges single men ages 17 to 28 with dependents and low income to apply at the Algona Relief Office before midnight May 15. Re-enrollees must have four months service and present an honorable discharge. Mrs Lottie Kalin directs relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Algona Relief Office
J.C. Pryor
Town CCC
Lottie Kalin
Thirty write exams here in Titonka district
The largest number of eighth graders to write exams in 15 years did so at Titonia last week due to February storms and impassable roads. Several Titonka pupils from nearby towns participated, including Abbe Ubben, Elmer Boyken, Melvin Post, Willie Murray, and others from Buffalo Center, Bancroft, Wesley, Burt, and Lakota, with makeup opportunities planned if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonia
Abbe Ubben
Titonka
Elmer Boyken
Buffalo Center
Melvin Post
Willie Murra
John ‘Penning
Harold Boeckholt
Bancroft
John Ubben
Melvin Gray
William Ewerding
Walter Baada
Alvin Gray
Herbert Beenken
Irvin Pannhuk
Lewis Larson
George Kline
Oscar Gingrich
Jessie Spear
Gertrude Boekelman
Lillie Tapper
Iola Meinders
Irene Baada
Jakie Gigler
Catherine Puttstuck
Wesley
Anna Mae Moore
Joyce Anderson
Burt
Vollina Alke
Mildred Franzen
Court Vanderveen
Lakota
Eugene Anderson
Russell Hangen
Shirley Re elected County Superintendent of Schools
The Tuesday vote for County Superintendent of Schools resulted in Shirley winning re election with 22 votes against A. B. Lauritzen of Ledyard who received 15 and G. D. Hart of Bancroft with 3. Shirley was declared re elected.
Hawkeye Luther League Federation Meet Held at Good Hope
The Hawkeye Lutheran League Federation met at Good Hope church on Sunday May 10 with about 200 Geoguers in attendance. Rev Wenniger of Waverly preached a morning sermon and Rev Wenniger spoke on Organizations after a pot luck noon meal. Good Hope choir and orphan girls provided music and readings. Sunday School follows next Sunday at 9 AM and service at 10. Choir rehearsal Friday at 7 30. Present at federation were Rev Miller Rockwell Kilian Titonica rural Kal berg Britt and Wenniger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Luther League Federation of
A. L
Good Hope Church
Wenniger
Waverly
Iowa
Choir of
Good Hope
Orphan Girls
League
Hawkeye L. L. F
A. L. A. Sunday School
Miller
Rockwell
Kilian
Titonica Rural
Kalberg
Britt
Federation
Political visitors and residents from California in Algona
J A Frech of Algona visited yesterday on political business. Mrs Grace Whitcomb Chadwick and Whitcomb and James of Glendale California were guests of Dr and Mrs R C Ball and family Tuesday. Mrs Rpadwick drove from California in five days. Her son Whitcomb is a sophomore at Iowa State College in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Frech
Algona
Grace Whitcomb-Chadwick
Gangs Whitcomb
James
Glendale
California
R. C. Ball
Rpadwick
Whitcomb
State College
Ames
Farmowner seeks housekeeper on old German township farm
Dick Janssen of Lakota, born and raised on the old home farm in German township, was in town Saturday seeking a housekeeper to assist with farm work. His wife died three years ago and he has several children needing care, making a good opportunity for a woman seeking employment on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Janssen
German Township
Pension for all wars veterans campaign urged
The Veterans of Foreign Wars call for a universal pension for all service members across wars. They warn that if engagement continues the burden will fall on rich and poor according to ability to pay and that it could take a century to settle the debts to late war pensioners.
Council Proceedings May 4 1936 Minutes And Bills
The May 4 1936 city council meeting began at eight P M with all members present. Bills from the general fund were approved totaling 27 64 for K & H Co Op Oil Co and others and warrants ordered issued. Additional construction fund bills were approved for Currie Engineering J G Bonarye Wm Boyken Titonka Topic and others with warrants issued. The meeting adjourned with WM Boyken as town clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callies
Missal
K. &H. Co-Op
Oil Co
Pannlink
J.B. Palko
Cee
Dick ‘Banda
Hilert 'D. Boyken
C. H. Cooper
Johannes Wibben
American Surety ‘Co
Titonica
C. A. Lamoreux
Currie Engineering Co
J. G. 'Bonarye
Wms 'Boyken
Titonka Topic
Titonka Telephone Co
Matt, ‘Parrott &Sons Co
County Recorder
WM. Boyken
Edgewater Inn Dramatic Cast at Southern California Resort
A summer day unfolds in the Edgewater Inn lobby with a troupe of characters led by WALDO D Wood Henry Grimes owner Ian and actor hopefuls, a college girl Janet Moore, a health faddist Olive Ordway, a wealthy Pratt, a Hollywood chiseler Renee Lamour, and other guests and staff. The play spans three acts from eight thirty in the morning to three hours later, produced by Ram Peterson and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. “Soak
Pratt
Ida Eden
Edgewater Inn
California
Foreclosure case leads District Court docket brief
District Court filed one new case Metropolian Life Ins Co versus Henry A Wiener et al for foreclosure. Probate Court opened estates with guardianship and administrator appointments including Mary Baumann Steven Baumann Laureng M Thilges Verne A Goecke William Foertsch Math Nemmers and wills filed for probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolian Life Ins. Co
Henry A. Wiener
Mary Baumann
Steven Baumann
William Foertsch
Math Nemmers
Will
Marriage Licenses Issued in Algona Area
Two marriage licenses were issued this week in Algona area. Will Jentz and Jeasie Norland of Fenton wed, and Kenneth R. Ditsworth and Mildred Lappe of Bancroft tied the knot. The Kossuth County Farm Bureau reports a member drive under six active committees. 85 new members enrolled in the first three days, with County Agent Brown leading the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Jentz
Jeasie Norland
Fenton
Kenneth R. Ditsworth
Mildred Lappe
Bancroft
Farm Bureau
Algona
Kossuth
Brown
Foreclosure Notice in Kossuth County Iowa Estate Case
In Kossuth County District Court Addie Y F Gingrich and others sue Jessie Smith Minnie Be East Man Minnie Bliss Mor Sjo Gren Laird MCCullough and unknown claimants over Lot 22 Auditor's Plat Northeast Quarter Southeast Quarter Section 2 Township 95 Range 29. Plaintiffs seek foreclosure of a $1726 note plus eight percent interest from 1936, costs and attorney fees, and a receiver. Notice warns defendants to appear by June 1936 term or default will be entered. Attorneys VAN NESS and STILLMAN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Smith
Minnie BE
Eastman
Minnie Bliss
MOR & Sjogren
Laird & McCulllough
Kossuth County
Iowa
Clerk of the District Court of
Robert R. Smith
Mina Smith
L. I. Gingrich
Auditor’s
Township
Call’s
Algona
State of
van Ness & Stillman Attorneys
School Notes From May Reading and Activities
The notes cover student health and attendance, classroom activities, and upcoming events. Jerry Stockwell is out with a broken arm while Gene Peterson is quarantined for scarlet fever. both boys hoped to return soon. Students are growing oats, illustrating stories, finishing readers, and making poem books. Fourth graders note birthday treats, May baskets, and Mothers Day crafts. Sports report Titonka loses 5 to 1 to Rock Rapids in district play, with upcoming games at Crystal Lake and Burt. Activity Night at Buffalo Consolidated features a varied program with dance, band, chorus, solo acts, trophies, and fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Stockwell
Gene Peterson
The
Billy Goat Gruff
Titonka
Rock Rapids
Armstong
Bernice Wilson
Swea Township Farm Bureau Meeting At Community Hall
The Swea township farm bureau will hold their monthly meeting at the Community Hall on Tuesday evening of this week. The 4-H boys club have charges of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea Township Farm Bureau
4-H
Honor Roll Fragments From Algona and Wesley Obituaries
Fragmentary honor roll style entries list names Casey Loss and Tony Lohse with dates in 1937 and 1936 in Algona and Wesley Iowa. Other lines mention Aliek Buckholdt Mrs Wm Schutter and Texas or Pitonka lowy with unclear dates and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Loss
Algona
Towa
Aliek Buckholdt
Wesley
Wm, Schutter
Iowa
Tony Lohse
Pitonka
Lowy
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Lutheran Church Notes
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England
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Renee Lamour
Hollywood
Delores Rippentrop
Lulu Perkins
Helena Senne
Ram, Peterson and Company
Evanston, Illinois
District Court News
Laureng
M. Thilges
Will Thilges
Verne
A. Goecke
Arthur W. Goecke
District Court OF
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Gingrich
R. W. Gingrich
Loyal Gingrich
Shirley Bacon
Janice
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Howard Stott
Lois Schram
Marcella Harringa
Luella Pruisman
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