Last Rites for John Rode Sr. in Titanica, Iowa
John Rode Sr 1860 aged 73 with a heart ailment and pneumonia passes after a two year illness. He was born in Oldenborg Germany and emigrated to America in 1896 settling near Britt and later Titanica. He leaves wife Emma and seven children including John Jr and William Rode a large extended family. His funeral notes reflect Lutheran faith and eternal rest.
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John Rode Sr
Wiesa
George Rode
Meta Rode Tee Hassman
Wiesalstede
Oldenborg
Germany
Emma Duden
America
Britt
Owa
Mter Ilving
Towa
Kosruth
Titania
Roche
Mr. Rode
Ciidren
Idzoth
Father Rode
Rev
A. Killan
Reformed Church Mobilizes Aid to South Dakota Suffering
Ramsay Reformed church and Cen sitary groups launched a potato and cash drive to aid stricken areas in South Dakota. Committees led by Dick Béenkon Henry Melnders and John J Harms collect potato pledges and funds to cover transport costs. later plans aim to ship corn to the same region. Local events include a bazaar supper November 23 and resumed church services with next Sunday’s services at the Enelist Mirage.
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Sane Stellany
South Dakota
Ladies Aid
Olins
Ramsay Young Peoples Uh
WNL
Enelist
Mirage
Ornn
Woodcock Country Home Birthday Surprise
John Woodcock heard a noise in his driveway and found cars with lights shining. The occupants, invited by his daughter Mileen, entered to celebrate his birthday. Five tables hosted bridge, lunch was served, and guests presented a tangible memento, making it one of the year’s most enjoyable evenings.
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Woodcock
John Woodcock
B. C. Tribune
Indians Whip German Valley In Season Finale
The Titanica Indians defeated German Valley 7 to 1 in a fast near faultless game at the local ball diamond last Sunday. Kobus Tjaden starred for German Valley while Billy Batt scored for the Indians. Both teams plan to regroup for next spring.
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German Valley
Titanica Indians
Kobus Tjaden
Billy Batt
Indians
Budlongs In Accident En Route To Algona
Mrs. Frances Budlong underwent a gall bladder operation at Kossuth hospital Algona and a narrowly avoided collision occurred as her daughters Edith and Hazel rushed to her bedside near Sheffield. A loaded wood truck stopped abruptly forcing a lane change, another car swerved to avoid a head on, and both cars veered into the ditch. Edith escaped uninjured while Hazel sustained severe bruises as the two vehicles narrowly missed a worse crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Budlong
Kossuth
Algona
Edith
Hazal
Hampton
Sheffield
Ddith
Hazel
Sunday Fishing Trip to Mille Lac Lake Ends Without Bite
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Petersen and Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Fisher with their families drove from Mille Line Lake toward Minneapolis on Saturday evening. They traveled via Hayfield and picked up Mrs. Fisher’s mother Mrs. Kahtorf who visited relatives in St Paul. The Petersen party split with Mrs. Petersen visiting sisters in Minneapolis while the men fished at Mille Lac Lake but the weather and wind kept them from a catch. They returned Sunday night after breakfast in Ash.
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Mille Line Lake
A. M. Petersen
Frank D. Fisher
Minneapolis
Minn
Hayfield
Fisher
Kahtorf
St. Paul
Misher
Petersen
Roland Shaw
Raymond Keagle
Mille Lac Lake
Titonia Library Notes Additions and Rate Change
The Titonia Public Library holds weekly sessions on Tuesdays 12 to 1 p m and Saturdays 2 to 6 p m. New library board member Raymond Bonacker appointed. Pay shelf rate reduced to 5 cents per week for three months. Titles on pay shelf include Brad In The Bone Summer Holiday Head Mid e Strangers Return and more. Several new children and one non fiction history book added.
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Titonia Public Library
Raymond Bonacker
Library Board
Brad
Eden Philpatta
Sheila K. Smith
Joseph Lincoln
Phil Strong
Galsworthy
Julia Peterkin
Garr
Phyliss Bentley
Chance
Lifetime
Grace L
Hilly
Zane Grey
Barrington
Bobbsey Twins
Cedar Camp
Baby May
Wrom Swift
Tom Swift
Tiny Tate
Corner House
Teachers Institute Oct 26 aims to be outstanding
The County Teachers Institute will be held Friday Oct 20 with Dr Steiner of Grinnell College and Dr I H Hart of Cedar Falls delivering two lectures. The full day program covers physical and social features of Kossuth County and county history. Also includes a report on new civil cases filed in District Court and a summary of term dispositions and ongoing matters.
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Teachers Institute
County Teachers Institute
Steiner
Grinnell ‘College
America
I. H. Hart
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Kossuth County
Court House
Travelers Site
Alfred O'Keefe
Titonka Savings Bank
A. G. Falk
Ed. Edwards
James
F.N. Essen
Otto Bell
Champlin Refiding Co. Va
Frank Lupin
State
L. B. Evans
Geo.Lappe
Bancroft
Fred Beltz
Merle Cooper
Victor Tripp
Frank Lang
Peter Xollasch
Bertha M. Ward
Frank Shilts
George H. Lewin
Jake Elman
Stella Hayes
Dick Paul
Burt
Plaintife
Aquitable Life
R. Evans
Westinghouse
Holecek
Mary Show
Carl Paatz
Northwestern Mutual Life
C. J
John Crowell
Guy R. Mantor
Prudential Life
Andrew Loge
Renwick Savings Bank
Jake Kubly
R. Ennen
Farmerg Co-op
Elevator
Pletch
J. H. Rock~ley
George Morgensen
Legion Auxiliary Executive Board Appoints Committee Chairs
New president Anna Schenck names chairmen for Membership Rehabilitation Americanism Community Service Welfare Fidac Emblems Trophies and more. Reports note magazine donations to Knoxville US Veterans Hospital and matty donations to the Department Supply Shelf. Members urged to pay dues by October 28 and attend meetings on time.
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Irene Petersen
Mary Sartor
Parley
Mathilda Walk
Sadie Denton
Martha Bonacker
Olive Bruns
Eva Peterson
Anna Schenck
Mathilda Falk
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Garrig Bonacker
Department
Mary Young
Jamie Breer
Bee
Cleo Nelson
Thonka
Burt
Card of Thanks and local notes from Fenton
Card of Thanks extends gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during a prolonged illness. Mrs John Rode Jr and children sign. Opal Meyer visiting Fenton at J D Breen home. Mrs Breen improving after a recent illness.
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John Rode, Jr
Opal Meyer Af Fenton
J. D. Breen
Mrs. Breen
Rally month set for Algona church district
Tayuig Church Motes October is set apart to the church es of the Algona district as rally mouth. Every church and every organization should bend effort to reach the in different and those who have gotten out of attendance. The Ladies Aid Society will meet at the church Wednesday Oct. 18. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. It is urged every member of the Aid be present at the business meetings. A workers conference will be called next week. watch for the date.
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Algona
Ladies Aid Society
Lutheran Church Notes and Conference Gatherings
The Luther League drew 400 attendees as Henry Stecker led a Sunday meeting in Ti tonka. The Northeastern Conference of the American Lutheran Church met here with twenty pastors and church ladies provided meals. Services and sermons followed, with plans for confirmation, German services, and a Waverly Orphans Home fundraiser urging donations of farm produce by October 18.
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Luther League
Henry Stecker
American Lutheran Church
Titonka
Cal
Tey. Killan
Engelke
New ‘Hampton
Waverly
Baby girl born to Schutter family in Jewell Iowa
A baby girl was born Tuesday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schutter. This is the first child for the Schutter family and relatives are thrilled. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Siehlmann visited the Bert Amelsberg family in Jewell, Iowa, on Sunday.
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Schutter's
Clarence Schutter
Schutter
Ben Siehlmann
Jewell
Iowa
Bert Amelsberg
All Around the Hub and Back Again
The column notes local events including Algona high school football losing 18 to 0 to Motherville, upcoming Farm Bureau meetings led by Myron Johnson, and a humorous note about Attorney P A Danson. It mentions a hospital stay for Frank Stoner, progress on Algona water tank foundations, and recognition for the Upper Des Moines paper at Iowa City. Also lists passings, marriages, Civilian Conservation Corps enlistments, and local residents involved in community programs.
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Gilmore
Iowa City
Lj University Hospital
Algona
Motherville
Bagla Township
Harm Bureau
Myron Johnson
P. A. Danson
County Committee On
Farm Bureau Projects
Bancroft High School
Greenwood-Ramsey Farm Bureau
Bryden
Bancroft
Arthur Omk
Henrietta Klein
Wesley
Frank Stoner
University Hospital
Tay
Algona Upper
Des Moines
Beast
Eustor R. HB. Waller
Hdltows Association
Ningmore Kossuth
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bourn
Iowa
Serious accident narrowly averted near Miller on highway
Frank Fisher and Missal escaped unharmed after a blind horse bolted onto the Miller road, causing Fisher to sideswipe the animal and wreck the car. The horse lay dead along the road. Fisher and Missal suffered minor cuts. The car, owned by A. M. Petersen, was heavily damaged and out of service for a time.
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Frank Fisher
Missal
Mason City
Miller
Fisher
Flaher
Debra
A. M. Petersen
World War Veteran Everett Sloper Dies After Illness
Everett Sloper, a World War I veteran born April 14 1894 in Kossuth County, died October 2 1923 at his Buffalo Center home after a long cancer illness. He served in 846 Casualty Department, Medical Dept., Base Hospital, and was discharged June 23 1919. He leaves a mother Mrs. Evert J. Sieper, siblings Annie Rippentrop Minnie Rippentrop Oisie Swalve Maggie Janssen Hermina Winter and others.
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Everett
Sloper
Mason City
Rochester
Minn
Evert J. Sloper
Kossuth County
Buffalo Center
U. S. Army
American Legion
Evert J. Sieper
John
Titonka
Annie Rippentrop
Lakota
Minnie Rippentrop
Oisie Swalve
Swea City
Maggie Janssen
Hermina Winter
Tribune
Landmark trees toppled amid town changes at West Bend
Francis Lichister and Gerald Warner report the removal of nine large coltanwaed trees planted sixty years ago south of the Julius Chrischilles residence. The trees, once four feet thick, stood as a town landmark before being sawed up. County Recorder J J Dooley observed the scene last week.
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Francis Lichister
I Bancraft
Albert Wildaman
West Bend
Gerald Warner
Ledyard
J. J. Dooley
Julius Chrischilles
Torrington Street
No. 18
No. 169
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Beada
Unce
Dick Baada
Ti Waki-Wesley
Habel Budlong
Hami
I's
Praneeg Budlong
Budlongs
Library Notes
Pfistory
Wiliam Spence Hobeartsoy
Y Racnevier
Tiwesdti
Tayuig
Lutheran Church Notes
AL Missal
Miller Mondnay
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