Clark Revealed as Tax Scavenger in Linn County records
Senator Bennett accuses C F Clark of thirty years as a tax sale buyer and tax scavenger profiting from distressed farmers and homeowners. He cites $253,761.69 in tax certificates against Linn County properties, 216 tax deeds at an average $11.46, and a web of corporate transfers using relatives to mask real operations.
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Storm Latta
Oliver P. Bennett
Laws
Mr. Clark
Dr. Jekyl
Hyde
Bennett
Linn County
Noy
Boy Burns While Playing Near Bonfire
George, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Prad Stecker, was badly burned Monday when his clothing caught fire while near an older brother tending corn stalks. His brother rolled him in sand to extinguish the flames, but skin was burned from one leg and one arm.
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George
Winners named in Skelgas contest in Kossuth county
Nadine Lucregia deVries of Titonia and Mra D W Pulte of Swan City won in the Skelgas contest run by the MILY Myrg deVries securing a 26 prize toward a new stove while Mrs Pulte received a 10 000ward toward a stove. The event advertised 65 complete Skelgas installations plus stove and equipment prizes.
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Whiners
Nadine Lucregia deVries
Titonia
Mra
D. W. Pulte
Swan City
Come Mily
Myrg
deVries
Pults
Poward
Watts
Grady Smith Thanks Patrons After Barber Shop Move
Grady Smith thanks patrons for courtesy and business while Nava was in Titonka, expressing gratitude for support during the Peterson Barber Shop transition.
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Peterson Barber Shop
Cooper. Allen
Titonka
Grady Smith
Di Hansen and wife arrive after long drive
Di Hansen and wife arrived in Thonia Saturday night and spent Sunday with their parents. They traveled from Madison Wisconsin to Titan ic in about 12 hours. A thirty degree drop followed a warm Saturday with 90 degree day and windy conditions. By Sunday evening the thermometer dropped to 60 as the drastic change was noted by all.
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di Hansen
Sunny Dry
Hansen
Arriv
Thtonia
Madison
Wisconsin
First Game of Twin Six League At Fenton
The season opener in the Twin Six League was played at Fenton on Sunday with Titonka defeating the Indians 4 to 2 after nine innings. Battery was Carl Callten and Bobby Wood for the Indians and Mittag and Boettcher for Fenton. A sizable crowd attended in threatening weather. Next Sunday Titonka hosts Rodman in the first local diamond game of the season.
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Fenton
Tonka
Indians
Carl Callten
Bobby Wood
Mittag
Boettcher
Titonka
Rodman
Wesley People In Automobile Accident
Mrs. George Hauptmann acted as driver when a truck swerved left forcing the car into a ditch and hitting an iron mailbox post. Mrs Hauptmann and three others, Mrs Anton Goetz, Miss Hilda Goetz, and Mrs Lorretta Lloyd, suffered cuts, bruises and torn ligaments. all were treated by Dr C H Cretemeyer and cared for at the Goetz home. The car was demolished. A band of gypsies later visited Wesley, passing through town in Packards and Buicks headed north.
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George Hauptmann
Mra
Anton Goetz
Hilda Goetz
Loretta Lloyd
Algona
Hauptmann
C. H. Cretemeyer
Mrs Lamoreux Passes After Long Ill Health
Mrs Lamoreux died at home in Stevensville after months of declining health. Born Susan Catherine Inenberger in Illinois on March 22 1880, she married Rheuben L Lamoreux in 1875 and moved with family from Iowa to Stevensville in 1927. She was 76, survived by seven children, thirty grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers, and was a longtime Methodist and Federated church member. Funeral services were held Tuesday with many friends attending.
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R. L. Lemoreux
Victor
Lamoreux
Iowa
Susan Catherine Isehberger
Illinois
Stevensville
Henry
Dalila Inenberger
Illinoia
Beb
Rheuben L. Lamoreux
L. Lamoreux
Ben Longbottom l
Montana
J. W. Lamoreux
William Hefner
Corvallis Mant
W. V. Lamoreux
Calexico
Methodiat Church
Car Breaks Cement Railing On Bridge Near Lakota
Verne Asche Miss Spear Ben Baum and a young lady from Lakota were in a Sunday morning accident one mile from Mtonke. Traveling west at excessive speed, they hit the cement railing on the Rainbow bridge. The car became suspended about ten feet above water after the front wheels jumped the banister and the iron cable. All occupants suffered only cuts and bruises. The wrecked vehicle was towed to the Pall garage in town.
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Verne Asche
Miss Spear
Ben ‘Baum
Lakota
Thiae
Mtonke
Bancroft
Rainbow Bridge
Pall
4-H Music Memory Contest Broadcast at Waterloo Station
The State 4-H Music Memory Contest will be broadcast from Waterloo Station WMT on Saturday May 28 starting at 3 PM. Listeners, especially club girls, are invited to hear and write in with test blanks mailed to each club. The program features a mix of marches waltzes and concert pieces by Sousa Wagner Strauss Chopin Mozart and others.
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Waterloo
WMT
Sousa
Wagner
Strauss
Chopin
Mozart
Paderewski
Schubert
Rossini
Grteg
Beethoven
Schumann
Fi German Golden Gleo 4 L Club Meeting at Vergle Home
The club met at Vergle Sardoos home on May 1st with a color theme for a spring luncheon. Minutes were read and a memory-number study followed. Afternoon activities included pantomime roles featuring Columbia, Liberty, War, Gat lands, Diana Kardoes, Elsie Abbas, Fanny Kardaes, Ruth Barton, Lena Tjaden, Eleanor Intermill, and Harriet Sleper. Lunch was served after adjournment.
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Vergle
Sardoos
Tranident
Columbia
Bertha Hofbauer
Liberty
Anna Abbas
War
Vergle Kardoes
Gatlands
Diana Kardoes
Elsie Abbas
Fanny Kardaes
Ruth Barton
Army
Navy
Narge
Lena Tjaden
Eleanor Intermill
Harriet Sleper
Yet Farm Boy 4-H Dairy Calf Club Appeal
Ernest M. Wright field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy association urges parents to enroll sons in 4-H dairy calf or pig projects. He says paying from savings teaches business skills, adds home interest, and shares club responsibility with parents. consult your county agent today.
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Ernest. M. Write
Iowa State Dairy Association
Wright Heeves
Community Day Picnic Promotes Cooperation and Events
Titanka businesses close Friday from 12 30 to 4 00 to allow merchants to attend Community Day at the School House. A schedule favors a May Day program, picnics, ball games, and class reports. Weather hopeful. cream for sale. commencement services set for Wednesday night.
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Titanka
Bbe
St. John’s
Lutheran Church Notes and Weekend Activities
The Ladies Aid met in the church basement last Wednesday with Mrs. William Callies as hostess. The next meeting will be the first Wednesday afternoon in June at the Schutter home hosted by Mrs. Bonno Schutter and Mr. Wm. Tjaden. A baccalaureate service was well attended Sunday evening with a girls sextette providing music. Rehearsals are Wednesday evening and an English service is Monday at 10 30 a m. Harry Bartelt of Gris attend lectured services there.
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Wisling
A. I. Wood
Doan
Ladies Aid
Albert Martenick
Wiliam ‘Callies
Bonno Schutter
Wm. Tjaden
Harry Bartelt
Gris
Grace French
Acc
Denton
Mary Young
Edith Adamson
Nadine deVries
Irene Petersen
Alice Mayfield
National Defense
Martha Bonacker
Enests
Antone Sorensen
United States
George and Martha “Washington
Gent Uo
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
M. B
Hammer
Legion and Auxary Unit
Harrenga
Holmer
Breen
Gold Star
Elmey Peterson
Galena
Wsther
Ithe
Henry Klasse Dies After Long Illness Near Corwith
Henry Klasse, a former farmer from this vicinity, died Friday morning at his home near Corwith after a long illness from a lung tumor. His wife and children were with him. The family once lived on the Fritz farm west of Titonka. Survived by his wife and four children including Matt and daughters Mrs Andrew Wallace Mary and Connie.
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Henry Klasse
Rla
Corwith
Mr. Klasse
Fritz
Titonka
Legion Auxiliary May Meeting At Grace French Home
Legion Auxiliary holds its regular monthly meeting at Grace French home Monday evening May 28 at 8 pm. Members urged to attend. no Executive Board Meeting this month due to school activities. department chairmen to report per annual report. divisional chairmen urged to be present.
County Achievement Day Draws Countywide Exhibits
Kossuth County women plan their seventh annual countywide Achievement Day at the Presbyterian Church in Burt on Monday June 6. Exhibits from fourteen townships show posters detailing this year s work with Home Furnishings a four year effort. The program runs 10 a m to 11 20 a m with a German township demonstration, then at 3 30 p m Mills Knowles state leader will report and speak. Mills Knowles will judge. A noon luncheon is planned with sandwiches pickles pie and coffee. Each township supplies items. the event aims to engage all families and county business leaders are invited to attend.
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Kossuth County Project
Presbyterian Church
Burt
August Anderson Absent From Duties After Funeral
August Anderson, a mail contractor between Titonka and Britt, was absent from duties at the end of the week to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, who was killed in a recent accident.
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August ‘Anderson
Funeral Held Tuesday for George B. Hall
Funeral services for George Byron Hall were held Tuesday at 2 PM at the Methodist church with Rev. GC Moore presiding. Born September 7, 1866 in Manchester New Hampshire, he moved to Wesley Iowa at 21, worked in a cheese factory, farmed near the Ward family, and later served as cashier of the Security Bank and in real estate. He died May 14 after hospital care. He leaves three sons and two daughters and was a member of several fraternal orders.
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George B. Hall
Methodist
GC. H. Moore
Mevin
Iowa
George Byron Hall
Manchester
N. H
Wesley
Hermann Ward
Ida 0. McPherson
Alliance
Kossuth Hospital
Algona
Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Good Templars
The
Yeoman
Losg
Walter M. Hall
Dayton
George H. Hall
Chenoa
Iil
Leote
DeBtta
Rodney
Wesley Corres
Betty Ann Olson Drowned In Tank
Betty Ann Olson eighteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Qhrig Olson of a northeast of Woden drowned Monday forenoon. Mother left child at home to work in garden and found body later in water tank.
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Betty Ann
Qhrig Olson
Farmera
Woden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark
Bennet
Hung Susben
Lindbergh
John F. Condon
Cabe. Methodist
Rasmus Peteson
Leo Marks
Bidora
Miller Nalgon
Lutheran Church Notes
T Henry Klasse
Legion Auxiliary Notes
Betty Ann Olson
Sacha Denton
Johnny Wood
Johnny Wilson
Mason City
Mr. Wilson
M. 8. Craven
Na«diye de Vries
Gladys Rogges
Martha Bonackey
Bima ‘Hoeifmer
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