Local Happenings Include Business Sale and Travel News
Ralph Harms bought the shoe repair shop of Heyo Bockelman Jr. Light frosts occurred two or three mornings late week with no damage. Dwane Mabry and Rebecca Ann left for Ventura California after two weeks with Will Meyer and family. Kathryn Meyer visited Waldorf Kitainger in Harvard Nebraska. Alvin Honken attends an Iowa State College clinic. Tony Jandl and family returned from a trip to North Dakota and LaVerne visits old friends.
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Ralph Harms
Heyo Bockelman Jr
Dwane Mabry
Rebecca
Ann
Ventura
Calif
Will] Meyer
Mabry
Kathryn Meyer
M. 5
Kitainger
Harvard
Nebraska
Waldorf
Alvin Honken
Ames
Iowa State College
Philco
Honken Electric
Tony Jandl
North Dakota
LaVerne
Town Gossip From Titonka Area Feeds Weekend News
Local notes recount visits and travel among families in Titonka and surrounding towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Swisher of Farragut Iowa and relatives of Reith, new babies born to Krominga and Schmidt, and multiple trips to California Minnesota and Chicago. Community events list sewing machine ads and a Waoman's club budget supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swisher
Farragut
Iowa
T. J. Reith
Minn
Louis Olsen
Wm. Boyken
F. C. Missal
Garner
Pierre Sartor
Prarie du Chien
Peter Trierweiler
Mary Oesterreicher
Louis
Alica Sartor
Charles City
Sartor
Prairie du Chien
DeLux
Honken
Mary Westerreicher
Alona
Kossuth County Teachers Council
Titonka School
Russell Krominga
Buffalo Center Hospital
George Schmidt Jr
Tracy Ward
California
Schmidts
George
Carlyle Boehm
Harold
Lower Lake
Calif
Carol
Priscilla
Marilyn Peterson
Grant City
Ted
Mary Budlong
Jay Budlong
Hetty Gartner
Edith Budlong
Len
George Sachau
Hank Harris
Town City
Herman Dreesman
Foster Hagg
Mission Beach
Kathleen Sue
Local Families Share Weekend Visits Across Iowa Towns
Doan News items list Mason City residents Mr. and Mrs. Alec Miller visiting son John and family, Ray Cunningham with the Cosgroves, Ted Hoover Sr and others at Cleve Barton in Algona, and relatives in Mason City and Burt. The note mentions Andrew Norwood of Tacoma visiting Algona relatives and Naomi DeWilkie and Constance preparing to move to California. Lee Anderson of ClarissaMinnesota visits Rosa Young and Lloyd Young relations as the narrative records several Sunday gatherings and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alec Miller
Mason City
John
Ray Cunningham
Dick Cosgroves
Ted Hoover Sr
Loyal Young
Rosa Andrews
Cleve Barton
Algona
Andrew Norwood
Tacoma
Wash
Robert Bolenous
Bobby
Bob
Henry Haarley
Naomi DeWilkie
Constance
California
Sylvan Hanna
Eugene Meyers
Eunice Wittkhopp
Burt
Burt Lutheran Church
Lee Anderson
Clarissa, Minn
Lloyd Young
Rosa An
Buffingtons Visit Ames and Friends in Iowa News
The Buffington family from Forest City visited Ames friends Art and Mrs Art Buffington at the Ross Buffington home and Art hosted recent films. Art and family returned to Ames after a two week vacation visiting Ross Buffington and H M Bosworth in Algona. The column mentions farm operation years and hospital staff, plus other regional visits including Culver Indiana residents at Tom Young’s home and Ruth Sparks family traveling to Lake Crystal Minnesota to see Mrs C C Baker who is ill. Breeding for January and February lambs should start in September with early lambs hitting markets for premium prices.
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Albert Funk
Austin
Minn
Robert Kain
Sharon
Sioux City
Briar Cliff College
Sylvan Hanna
Milford
Woden
Tom Young
Beulah Hansen
Mason City
Frank Hauptly
Mercy Hospital
Nellie Nelson
Bryan
Mary
Bob Haags
Algona
Wilbur Christensen
Louis Hansen
Michael
Dale Struthers
Loyal Young
Fred Asa
Burt
Frances
Carrol Grady
Zola.Giddings
Carlson
Vern Teeter
Harold
Ross Buffington
Lo Buffington
Ross Struthers
Don Buffington
Forest City
Art Buffington
Ames
Art
Art Bufffington
H. M. Bosworth
John Rhinehold
Ora Reed
Culver
Indiana
Rhinehald
Tom
Ruth Sparks
Foe Goetz
Lois Goetz
Lake Crystal
C. C. Baker
Monticello's Feather Duster Factory Story
After the Civil War a turkey farmer in Monticello proposed making brooms from turkey feathers. He refined the idea into feather dusters, building what became the world's largest feather duster factory and illustrating how many town industries began from open minded ideas.
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Monticello
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Boyken Insurance Agency
Titonka Savings Bank
Tyke Theatre
Titonka
Denver
Rio Grande
Technicolor
Edmund O'Brien
Sterling Hayden
Dean Jagger
Laura Elliot
Lyle Bettger
Colorado
Royal Gorge
SUN
Swallooel Cvua
Robert Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Ann Sheridan
John Lund
Howard Duff
Empire Makers
Carnation
Callies Bros
Doan News
Woods Bros
J. E. Arena
Plymouth
IHC Farm Machinery
Seinen
Elpelete Deterts
Biustroms Furniture
Biustroms Furniture Company
Algona, Towa
Farmers Elevator CO
Joe Marsh
Lown
Joe
Joe Marth
Copwighted
Bonacker
Bonacker’s
Clover Farm
Pillsbury
Miller Steel Building
Algona, Lowa
Titanka Topic Advertising
Intermill
Tionka
ARM & Hammer Soda
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