Local residents visit and travel notes from Titonka and Garner area
Community updates report visits among Mitchell and surrounding towns including Titonka Garner Sibley and Forest City. Residents like Martha Wellner Lois and Nellie Schmidt and Margaret Shoemaker are mentioned with friends and relatives visiting homes and attending events. Several trips to Royal Britt Mason City and Camp Dodge are noted plus a hospital appendicitis operation and church remodeling progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeane ‘ Thardt
Peter Greenfeld
Winnet
Ira
Ded
Burt Area News Briefs Sketch Busy Local Life
West Bend worker joins Quinn Albright crew as he expands to three. Farewell for Mr and Mrs Christenson who move to Minnesota to farm. Red Cross party nets 12.50 with prizes to Miss Jeasse Schram and Mrs M L Vinans. Lodge members attend frst degree work then oyster supper. Local visits by Mrs Schumacher and Mrs Post. Seneca janitor Post, school move slated for Nov 15. Halloween crowd at Ralph Longnecker home. Woman’s Club kits for soldiers. Burt school paper debuts as eight pages. Quarantine lifted at Emery Waters home. eldest child had Alphtheria. J N Star set meeting. Martha Lovsted operated for appendicitis. Paine and Stewart go to Minnesota. Nellis operated for gall stones. Owen family visits. Local men at Camp Dodge. Skating rink to leave Burt after six weeks. Algona vs Elmore football favored Algona. Romanian orchestra lecture crowd. Ladies Aid ties comforts. Zimmermann injured finger on job. Car accident injures Flagg, Rath party. one rib broken, convalescing. Rath injured, John Rath unhurt. car overturned. Coal mine owners’ precarious finances referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hofstater
West Bend
Quinn Albright
Albright
Rebekahs
Wil Christenson
Minnesota
Red Cross
Jeasse Schram
M. L. Vinans
Wesley
C. F. Lodge
d.Clarke
Harry Schumacher
Hagley Grove
A. M. Jones
John Zimmerman
Leroy McWhorter
Geo Okeetiom
Frank Dean
Des Moines
Hallowe'en
Ralph Longnecker
Woman's Club
Lulu Hancvtt
Burt
Emery Waters
Alphtheria
Jdustern Star
Martha Lovstesd
BH. Paine
J. P. Stewantoad
Will Nellis
Owens, Sr
Aurelia Huber
K. Stewart
J. O
Senberger
Stanley
Wis
Lyle Black
Arthur Jedson
Camp Dodge
Algona
Elmore
Paul Moore
J. P. Cunningham
Squire Hudson
Claus Zimmerman
Chas
Ditt
Dr. Peters
Bertha Flagg
Fred
Martha Rath
Stoutenbare Farm
Misa Flagg
Fred Rath
John Rath
Beggars on Wheels and a Mourning Undertaker
A satirical verse by Walt Mason critiques economic hardship as autos pass by. The speaker notes debtors, unpaid bakeries, and foreclosed shanties in a procession of the unlucky, reflecting a society where many households fail to keep up with obligations and mobility masks misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Jaya
Bogga
Skaggs
GermanIa News Social Notes and Local Assignments
Local items record visits and travels of residents including Mr. and Mrs. H E Geerdes and family to Camp Dodge for an over night stay. Others attend Red Cross meetings at Swea City and Presbyterian and M E Ladies’ Aid events. A birth is noted for a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Fred Hintner Jr. Several residents plan visits to relatives in West Bend Rippe Valley German Valley and Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helko Stoler
Herman Schneiiter
Bricelyn
Minn
Adety
John Hobart
Royal
Iowa
Aden
John
B. H. Dirkson
Woden
Kienitz
Germania
Wisconsin
Fred Kammier
Fort Dodge
Sam of
Duane Sweet
Forest City
Rob Turner
Charles City
Albert Christenson
Heiko Steir
Rienert Aukenalload
Mason City
Stohr
Fred Santhaff
Baagk
Dorothy Baack
Klemme
Henry Brandt
J. A. Kramer
Britt
M. J. Mertz
Henry Larson
B. J. Oltedan
Sam Oftedahl
Camp Dodge
Herman Schneider
Garner
Vor
Thomas
H. E. Geerdes
Goys
Ben
George
Yiett
Matt
Torlne
Swen City
Musdames M. A- Whitney
Vv. Pendergast
Wm. Turley
F.C
Kes
Ant W
Davis
Swea Clty
Mish
Rachel Lindsay
Algona
Itter
Henry Roba
West Lend
Mike Florence Bischoff
Leff
Maryville
Cook
Rippe
Fred Hintner, Jr
H. A. Kossack
Lola
Tsnt
German Valley
M. A. Whitney
Presbyterian
B. 4. Hall
M. E
Guaranteed Nursery Stock Sales Appeal
An advertisement invites men to sell or buy guaranteed nursery stock with steady jobs and good pay. It directs readers to write for a free colored circular from The Coe Gouverse Edwards Co and Wisconsin's Largent Nursery in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin. The text ends with a mis-typed morale line about a man thinking himself a bold gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe, Gouverse & Edwards Co
Wisconsin
Largent
Fort Atkinson
Local Community Notes Highlight Social Visits and Snow
Alfred Westerreicher waited at Wm Lehram's on Wednesday. Numerous residents visited relatives and friends, with gatherings at Tuttle's, Kirkpatrick's, Doege home, and Slinker home. A late Sunday snowstorm left about three inches on the ground, with more snow piled Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Westerreicher
Wm. Lehram
Henry Klenk
Dr. Wallace
PH Bullington
Vernon Klenk
wPilaly
Cat Dodge
Mra
B. L. Engelhardt
Lou Gesserreicher
Anna Bruns
Anon
Frient
Irene Turner
Slinker Femily
Rex Austin
Walter Kirkwatrick
Lee Tuttle
Ed Tuttle
Mias Vera Klenk
Edna Kline
Ray Oesterreicher
W. F. Hadler
Ed Tutte
Anker
Lawrence Doege
Bart
Wm. Doege
Chas. Awa
Walter Kirkpatrick
Migslla Rike
Himer Mechler
Vera Klenk
Ross
Alfred Oesterreicher
da Peterson
Mins ‘Tren Turner
Will Peterson
Misa Ida Peterson
Ernest Peterson
Alts
W. 2
Hadler
Tandry
Juiwrence Bagge
Lou Oesterreicher
Vera Mechiec
Vera Kyunk
Ming Irma
S'uttle
Push Those Fall Pigs Forward at Iowa State College
Iowa State College animal husbandry researchers say fall pigs can reach 300 pounds by eight months with steady feeding of corn based rations. Emphasize warm dry quarters and ample air, self fed corn and meal tankage, with progressive daily gain targets as pigs grow from 60 to over 260 pounds depending on weight stage.
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Iowa State College
Alps Fortifications Challenge Italian Alpine Troops
The article notes the Alps as Europe’s strongest barrier facing King Victor Emmanuel's troops. It highlights snow glare causing sunburn and snow camouflage tactics with white uniforms and painted rifles to blend into the Alpine environment.
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Ifaly
Alps
Europe
Victor Emmanuel
Little minds are tamed by misfortune quote
A quotation attributed to Washington Irving notes that small minds yield to adversity while great things rise above it.
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Washington Irving
Portland Gleanings Chronicles Rural Happenings and Moves
Local notes from Portland detail farmers’ moves and labor as Jock Worsley of Nevada searches for milch cows, Bonkofsky rents his farm for a year, and others plan spring work. School board and club meetings, visits, and barn projects show community activity amid weather delays and farm transitions.
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Crys
Crete
Methodist Chotel Delta
Kawmler
Titonka
Irs
J. Mertz
Yield
Charlie Buns
Agnes Larson
Bertha Dirkson
Clara
Edna Pibi
Gary, Minn
Hotel Lamoreux
A. H. Weber
J.b.haan Woden
C. L. Cunningham
MC. Loson Undertaker
Germania News
Portland ‘Gleanings
Rogwlar Witter
Jock Worsley
Nevada
BH. A. Duty
Lequa
R. A
Lewis Larson
Bustroms
Grn
Albert Bonkofyke
Agpinst Mallinger
California
Cart Carlaon
G. PD. Stone
D. 1
Firehhone W
Stott and Family
Mtrs
Hogs Tingadorf
C.F. Sieshee
CLP
Cirele
Albert Bonkofsky
Jas
Seewick
Navy
O. K. Schaal
Heineth
Alf Graham
Stone
Tay Soerscle
Burton
Isenburger
Mann
Jay Grover
Jay
Will Heerdt
Robert
Harvey Graham
Bridge
Geo. A. Graham
Nettie Ward
Gen. Stone
Herman Bankafake
Archie Hutchison
Portland
Bert
Arthur Philips
Melvin
Pontiac
I. Chas
Kregar
Tony Jandle
Artur
Mueller Tosa
West Widbeat
Henry Ites
Buffalo Center
Titonia
Livestoce U3
Herford
Chester
John Deere
Kratzer Surrey
McCormick
Dane
Hamilton
de Laval
G. L. Dalton
Pringle & Dieckman
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