Fred Gray Wins at Algona Husk Contest
Fred Gray finished second with 1694 pounds in the husk contest at the Mike Lose farm south of the late park near Algona. H. Heidecker of Lakota won with 1661 pounds, with six others including John Schimmel of Algona and Erwin Gerber of Algona also placing. The event, run by the Community Club of Algona, advances Heidecker to district competition and possibly to the national stage if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Mike Lose Farm
Huska
W. H. yoDonald
J. A. Raney
J. C. Vardaley
Paul Wille
Milton Norton
Ralph Miller
L. J. Nelon
William Hawcett
Hugh Raney
H. Heldecker
Lakota
Fred Gray
Tonka
John Schimnel
Hernan Bote
Corwith
Ernest Sewaller
West Bend
Erwin Gerber
Mr. Heidecker
Ithe Community Club of
Beavers Reported Near Lake Mills In County Area
Four beavers have taken up residence near Lake Mills at Ted Busley farm, attracting visitors from Rice Lake as word spreads. Officials from the Fish and Game Department say no open season exists while confirming the animals are receiving proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Busley
We Lake
Ako Mills
Diwe
Tinity
Bear
Thousik
Death notice for Mrs Capp in Sterling Illinois
Mr and Mrs John Seafelt of Attending Punerntl Illinois Woden Special were called to Sterling Tinois due to the death of Mrs See felt's mother Mrs Capp.
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Illinois
Woden
Special
Mra
John Seafelt
Sterling
Tinois
Seefelt
Capp
Breen Submits to Major Operations at Park Hospital
J D Breen underwent two major operations at Park hospital in Mason City on Monday. Early reports indicate he is progressing as well as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Breen
J. PD. Breen
The
Park Hospital
Mason City
Petersons Visit Daughter at State Teachers College
Mr and Mrs Geo Peterson and daughter Dorothy drove to Cedar Walls Sunday to spend the day visiting their daughter Loraing who is a student at the State Teacher s College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Peterson
Dorothy
Cedar Walls
Loraing
State Teacher's College
Two Brothers Injured by Picker Hiram Ackerman
Hiram Ackerman and his brother Russell lost two fingers each last week while picking corn. There are more farmers injured now during corn picking season than injured by automobiles, Trey lives at Burt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Ackerman
Russell
Trey
Burt
Obituary Notice for Joseph Frimml 82 Dies at Home
Joseph Frimml age 82 died at his home northwest of Wesley early Monday morning. Obituary not available for this issue. will appear next week. Also notes celebrate 80th birthday and a social gathering for Grandma Turgeson 89 with neighbors, Turgeson family in Wesley area.
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Joseph Frimml
Weasley
Joaeph Frimml
Wesley
Grandma Turgeson
Turgeson’s
Mr. Turgeson
Man Dives Into Oats Bin in Accident
Mark Bacon fell into an oats bin while crossing planks and sank to his neck. His son Don Bacon heard the alarm, rushed to help, and pulled him out. Mark, a good swimmer, proved vulnerable in a bin of oats.
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Bacon
Mark Bacon
Don
Méar Dy
Mark
Dr Ball partial incapacity from back injury
Dr R O Ball, while shoveling coal in his basement, wrenched his back and now walks with a cane. his age makes hard manual work difficult and smaller shovels are needed. A separate note reports Pommer losing a finger and then a second accident this fall.
Farmers in Blood Poisoning and Truck Crash Near Forest City
Geo Schmidt, northeast of town, is hospitalized with blood poisoning after a finger wound from a worn picker. His father-in-law says three other farmers with corn picker bruises share the hospital. Harold Ludeking had a Monday evening truck accident near Forest City after unloading gas, slipping into a ditch. he escaped injury, but the cab and about 160 gallons of gasoline were lost.
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Woden
Rank Pommer
Mr. Pommer
Geo
E. Schmidt
L Schmidt
Buffalo Center
Loeschen
Harold Yadeking
Harold Ludeking
Forest City
Gaiy
Modern Fixtures to Modernize Algona Store
Chrischilles and Herbst in Algona announce installation of full modern equipment on their main floor, including counters fixtures and shelving totaling over 300 feet. The project, bought from John’s Stove, aims to make the store the most up-to-date in Kossuth and surrounding counties. The firm, a northern Iowa pioneer in business for 63 years, highlights progressive patrons as it undertakes this modernization.
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Chrischilles & Herbst
Algona
Kossuth
Fe.Dodge
Fatures
Dows
Ward Austin Buys Farm in Canada
Ward Austin, born and raised in Titania, has bought a quarter section of land near Topland, Canada, about a mile from church and school. The family is well and busy with fishing and hunting in spare moments. Mrs C W Wheeler, living with them, helped carry a bear and deer after Donald Banta shot them a few weeks ago. The Austins live near a river and several lakes, and Dr Wheeler spends much time fishing.
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Ward Austin
Titania
Topland
Canada
Church
Donald Banta
Bea
C. W. Wheeler
Austin
Drs. Wheeler
County Fair Debt Reaches 16900 in 1982 Finance
The County Fair’s 1982 overdraft totaled 7183.18 with July Fourth celebrations yielding 18080.10 in receipts and 18888.70 in outlays, creating an overall debt of 16900.00 not counting election, new grant, or property not owned by the Fair Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona, Special
Bart Vincent
Flebtion
Gsvandat
The
Fair Association
Town Honors Local Editor With Bouquet Parade
Town citizens applaud a neighboring editor receiving two bouquets and a church quartet singing while a minister spoke. After the talk, husky men carried the editor to a Model 1934 sedan as the town formed a parade for the beloved local news purveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fousa
Dr Scanlon Relocates Chiropractic Practice to Algona
Dr C J Scanlon moved office fixtures and paraphernalia by truck to Algona where he will begin anew in a southern city as a chiropractic practitioner. For now Algona lacks a chiropractor, though Doctors Pierre Sartor and William Street remain, with additional scientific treatments available through Dr Tindall of Wade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scanlon
C. J. Scanlon
Algona
Titanica
Pierre Sartor
Amstreet
Tindall Af Waden
Sala
Petersen In Auto Accident Near County Line
A. M. Petersen with brothers in law Logan and Raymond Keagle on a trip to Minnesota lost control on Brandt road near the county line and the car overturned. Investigation found no injuries or car damage. Mrs. Fremont Fau attended a missionary meeting in Le Mars. A note from Lemoreux reports crops fair in Montana valley and good health of all. Leipley family from Hampton visited Missal family, then returned home.
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Fremont Fau
le Mars
Montana
Wmamoreux
Lemoreux
Titonka
Ha Khew
Telko Settsema
Ackley
Visiting Nod Lad At Craven’s In Madison
Nod Lad visiting Craven’s Mr. Larry Woodruff of Madison New Jersey has been here a few days visiting Miss Bery Boggess. Woodruff runs a newspaper business in Madison with his brother in a town of 8000 people and attended Mt. Vernon school where he visits old friends before coming to Titonka.
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Nod
Craven
Larry Woodruff
Madison
New Jersey
Bery Boggess
Mr. Woodruff
Mt. Vernon
Titonka
Open Season on Ducks and Geese Ends November Thirtieth
The open season for wild ducks geese brent and snipe runs from noon October 1 to sunset November 30 in the local region. Hunters may pursue brent and other waterfowl under state regulations and licensing requirements.
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Geese
Brent
Cook
Wilson Suipe
Tasksnipe
Church Training Class Enrollment Reminder
A notice asks if you enrolled your children in the Church Training Class. Ali and children above eleven are eligible. Friday afternoon sessions move from the usual day with Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Neyries serving. Sunday services continue as usual, and Sunday School will resume with four numbers.
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Hiva
Chidren
Ali Ghildren
Paul
NeYries
Luther League appoints Martha Stecker leader
The Luther League met Sunday evening and appointed Miss Martha Stecker as leader. Reformation day and Luther's 450th birthday will be celebrated. The Ladies Aid plans a church basement meeting next Thursday afternoon with lunch served. Confirmation instruction next Saturday at 1 pm. Reformation day observed in German service last Sunday morning.Sunday School next Sunday at 9:39.
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Reformed
Rameau
Classis of
Pleasant Prairie
Dumont
Iowa
Rosif Janssen
Luther League
Abasat
Martha Stecker
League
Martin Luther
Navy
Ladies Aid
Wm. Boyken
Advertising Policy Reminder and Rates at Five Cents
A publication states its publicity policy offering to print notices but requiring payment for ads. It emphasizes the rule where the advertiser pays, the newspaper charges, and sets a rate of five cents per line for readers, asserting the rate is as affordable as possible.
Omnibus College Reunion Planned at Des Moines
Miss Lauratta Larsen and Dalma Genderson, noted Titanka teachers, plan to attend Omniilyug College alumni reunion in Des Moines from November 2 to 4. They will also spend part of their time at the Iowa Educational Association sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omnibus College
Lauratta Larsen
Dalma Genderson
Titanka
Omniilyug College
Des Moines
Spehd
Iowa Educational Association
Local Man Secures Auditing Post at Rath Packing Co
Gumaur Rathagmen Britt has joined the Rath Packing Co in Waterloo as an auditor after moving from Britt. He attended local schools, graduated from Britt High, and spent seven years at Dr Brewster’s office. Known as "Shrimp," he remains popular in Citonka and Britt for this new position.
Trio Planned California Drive Delayed by Illness
J F Pisher Albert Meyer and Fred Bacon planned a two week earlier drive to California but were delayed due to Mr Meyer's illness. They departed Sunday morning from the Ban Inox home in Plum Creek township aiming for Los Angeles via the central route with no detours. Bacon's wife, who stayed at the Oesterreicher home for a year, left by train a week earlier and her husband expected to join her in California later this week.
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West Coast
J. F. Pisher
Albert Meyer
Fred Bacon
California
Mr. Meyer
Ban Inox
Plum Creek Township
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Bacon
Oesterreicher
Open Season for Deer in Mim Minnesota Announced
The Mim Minnesota open season runs November 1st to 25th in the extreme northern counties. Hunters may bag one deer during this period from Tuesday to Saturday each week. Stationed foresters expect many fowans to hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mim
Minnesota
Bruner 40th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Saturday October 28 marked the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bruner. Sunday family members gathered at the parental home with Wellwalled bask et for dinner. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bruer Lakota Mr. and Mrs GC H Rippenstrom Pilot Grove Minn Mr. and Mrs Harold Madelake Mimore Minn Mr. and Mrs Fred Wein berger Buffalo Center and Mr. and Mrs Wim Rickless Titonka Lakota News.
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Jim Bruner
Peter Bruer
Lakota
GC. H. Rippentrop
Pilot Grove
Minn
Harold Madelake
Mimore
Fred Weinberger
Buffalo Genter
Wim
Rickless
Titonka
Lakota News
Priest Heidecker wins North Iowa Corn Derby at Garner
Lakota corn husking champion Priest Heidecker, 22, won the North Iowa Derby at Garner Tuesday by husking 2021 pounds of corn in eighty minutes. Eighteen other contestants competed. Heidecker will be eligible for the state contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priest Heidecker
Algona
North Iowa
Garner
Tragic Runover Fatality In Burt Makes Headlines
Perry McDonald, young son of Mr and Mrs D L McDonald of Burt, died after being struck by a car driven by Miss Sarah Naerling between the McDonald and Smith homes at 6 00 PM Tuesday. He suffered a broken collarbone and internal injuries, and passed away two hours later in a primary school incident.
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Perry McDonald
D. L. McDonald
Burt
McDonald
Smith
Sarah Naerling
Salvage Lumber Sale Notice at North Iowa Grain Co
Salvage lumber including two by fours two by sixes planks and broken pieces offered as kindling wood. Interested buyers should call the North Iowa Grain Co office for details and purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Iowa Grain Co
In Memorial for Husband and Father Passed Away Today
In loving memory of our dear husband and father who died one year ago on November 11. The verse speaks of a tender cord and the hardship of parting, asking if we forever part as we lay him to rest in a peaceful grave. The family, including Boyd B. Paunkuk and others, cherishes his memory and misses him daily at home.
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Boyd B. Paunkuk
Heiko Freeks Dead at 65 in Woden Area Obit
Heiko Freeks died at his home southeast of Woden on Wednesday October 26 after a two year illness. He was 65, born in 1866 in Germany and became a U S citizen 38 years ago. Survived by wife Helen four children Anna Nix Harry McCall John and one brother Heney of Woden and four sisters. Interment followed in Bingham Township cemetery on Friday October 27.
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Woden
Specia
Heiko Preaks
Wadnesday
Mr. Freeks
Deth Belug
Germany
United States
Mlaraga
Helen Freaks
Henry Franks
Anna Nix
Harry McCall
Britt
Henry Kyuse
Cheago
John
Froeks
America
Buffalo Center
Heney
Wotten
Albert Sloper
Bingham Township
Godfrey Named to State Hog and Corn Program Board
The State Board to oversee corn and hog processing will have a board partially announced with strong likelihood that George W. Godfrey of the county will serve. Born locally and formerly with the State College at Ames he is a long time area farmer. The board will include Farm Bureau and progressive farmers union members along with independent farmers and will be appointed soon to start work in November. The move is expected to boost corn and hog prices.
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George W. Godfrey
Kossuth County
George
State College
Ames
Public hunting restrictions on rabbits and bag limits
The notice outlines hunting rules including prohibitions on transporting rabbits for gale, mandatory licenses for all ages, daily shooting limits set by the Fish and Game Commission, a two day bag cap, a 30 per species cap, restrictions on blinds built from natural materials, and limits on blinds near open water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish & Game ‘Commission
Oriow
Cool Weather Boosts fishing in last two weeks
Reports to the Fish and Game Commission indicate improved fishing in Iowa with many anglers planning trips as ducks migrate south. The De Moores River yielded several smallmouth bass and walleyed pike up to 85 pounds, while cold water is said to make fish flesh firmer and tastier. The piece notes housewives use ads to find value and stretch money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish & Game Commission
Towa
Dea Moires
No Quail Season Planned Under Iowa Regulations
Under tentative Iowa Quail Regulations there will be no open season on quail this year. The Fish and Game Commission plans experimental hunts in several areas with observers and deputy wardens to guide 1994 quail ray openings. Restoration of food and cover is needed before any season can occur, delaying until 1994.
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Fish and Game Comaussion
Tha
Bae
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Peterson
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Rath
Heiko Freeks
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