Sumner area celebrate 25th wedding anniversary scene
About 350 relatives and friends attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sell Jr. two miles west of Sumner. Guests came from Sumner and nearby towns while other local items note a running-board accident to a boy, social club events, visits, a high school program, and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sell, Jr
Sumner
Denver
Tripoli
Readlyn
Frederika
Lonia
Klinger
Waverly
Westgate
John Paul Sorg
Paul Sorg
Weekend Visits Across Iowa Stir Local Courtyards
A string of weekend visits links Cedar Falls Ames Waterloo and Denver as residents call on relatives. People include Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dickman in Cedar Falls, the McGuinesses in Ames, Mrs H F Wood in Denver, and Virgil Kingsbury with his parents. Several guests enjoyed stitchery afternoons and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Lloyd Dickman
Wim. McGuiness
Ames
Donald
Iowa State College
H. ©. Frank
Annette
F. K. Brown
Waterloo
H. F. Wood
Fred Westendorf
Denver
Virgil Kingsbury
R. H. Stafford
Ben Winks
W. B. Linn
Finette Wood
Mercy Hospital
Wavery
Henry Shales
Howard
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Schuknecht
Sterling, Il
E. C. Schildbach
Adolph Jahn
Emmetsburg
G. J. Hang
Fred Ambrose
Tripoli
C. J. McNally
Art Thies
Joe Becker
Long Beach
Calif
George Becker
Mark West
G. J. Sexton
P. F. Wilharm
Fayette
George Bea
Detroit
C. G. McNally
H. C. Frank
Delwe
al Moment
Sumner
Minneapolis
Russell Brown
Winn Heyer
Kenneth McGuiness
Alfred Mardorf
Veishea
Polish students nurse injured stork in stable care
In Brezeznica Poland school children tended a severely wounded stork after a fight with another bird. They bound the bird in a stable where it recovered its strength and surprised them with an enormous appetite, eating about 60 frogs daily and prompting the students to recruit classmates to help feed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Brezeznica
Engagement Talk Frayed by Telephone Line
A light exchange reveals a couple discussing their engagement with their father over the phone. The response questions whether the father heard them clearly or if a line breakdown altered the reception.
Farm Bureau News Notes from county agent D D Offringa
Notes of interest to Farm Bureau members and boosters outline county activities. D D Offringa summarizes current programs, upcoming events, and outreach efforts by the Farm Bureau. Includes practical farming tips and community news relevant to local agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
D. D. Offringa
Miss Knowles Reports Growth in Bremer County Home Project Work
Miss Neale S. Knowles of the extension service met with Bremer county home project leaders in Waverly on Friday April 29 to discuss Achievement day at the Bremer county fair. She noted the ten year rise in home project interest, citing Iowa farm bureau federation plans to engage farm women in rural development and 10,000 leaders conducting 46,000 followup meetings with seven participants on average. Committees will plan menus and refreshments for township farm bureaus with floats and a pageant participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neale S. Knowles
Extension Service
Bremer County
Waverly
Miss Knowles
E. H. Cunningham
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Iowa
D. D. Offringa
Club Girls Prepare For June Rally Day
Mrs. Edith Barker of the extension service visited Bremer County on Tuesday April 26 to assist club members and leaders as they plan Rally Day on June 15. The event features a George Washington pageant with games and episodes from his life. Grace Miller Florence Winzenburg and Mildred Pipho will join with other clubs to outline activities. Forenoon will focus on registration election of officers music memory contest and business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Barker
Bremer County
George Washington
Grace Miller
Florence Winzenburg
Mildred Pipho
Plainfield Bremer County 4-H Pig Club Holds Open Meeting
Bremer County 4-H pig club members met at John Roach's Plainfield home on Saturday April 30. William Gvitzenr was elected president Robert Miller vice president and John Roach secretary treasurer. Members discussed rules for market pig work and worked with leftover pigs for demonstrations. About twenty boys have enrolled. The next meeting will be at Ralph Juhl's home on Saturday May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Bremer County Fair
Ralph Juhl
Robert L. Miller
Trap Shoot Featured in July Fourth Bicentennial Plans
Representatives from the Illinois Central gun club and the Waverly gun club met to finalize a trap shoot tied to the bicentennial celebration. The event is planned for the Waverly gun club grounds on July 4th, aiming to be the state’s largest trap shoot to draw top shooters from Iowa after a 19,000-target harvest at a previous farm bureau-Illinois Central picnic five years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Gun Club
Waverly
Waverly Gun Club
Farm bureau-Ilinois
Iowa
Polk township to host corn yield test and iodine trial
The Polk township farm bureau plans a corn yield test on C. Q. Nichols’s farm with at least twenty farmers contributing varieties for comparison. Don D. Doughty of the Iodine Educational Bureau in New York visited to enlist iodine rations for livestock, noting shortages in home grown rations in Iowa and nearby states. Participants include W. H. Woodring, W. H. Miller, F. A. Chester and Sons, J. K. Lynes, Seth Koch, and C. E. Wylam, with iodine trials on stock versus non iodine fed groups. Fred W. Krumwiede orders hybrid seed corn similar to last year’s Bremer county plots, which averaged 68.2 bushels per acre compared with 58.6 in 111 samples. Douglas township alfalfa grower Wm. Boeckman reports four acres yielding nearly four tons per acre from two hay cuts in 1931 and cautions limiting cuts to two per year.
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Polk Township Farm Bureau
C. Q. Nichols
Polk Township
Don D. Doughty
Fayette
Iodine Educational Bureau of New York
Mr. Doughty
Iowa
W. H. Woodring
W. H. Miller
Washington Township
F. A. Chester and Sons
J. K. Lynes
Seth Koch
Warren Township
C. E. Wylam
Lafayette Township
Fred W. Krumwiede
Bremer County
Wm. Boeckman
Douglas Township
Farmer Guards Four Acre Alfalfa Stand From Heaving
The farmer, seeking extra hay for winter, risks harming some crops but reports his four acre alfalfa field largely unharmed by the ground heave. A second four acre section on rolling land, sown last year, also shows a strong alfalfa stand.
Legal Transfers Prepared by Bremer County Abstract Co
Week ending April 30 transfers list multiple deeds by Frank Sager sheriff and other parties. Transfers include H C Buhr to R E Farrand for part block 28 Sumner. Tripoli Canning Corp from Frank Sager for 53873.52 in section 8-92-12. Wallace A Ballentine from Frank Sager for 9704.75 in se section 36-91-14. R W Johnson to Leo A Johnson for 1 in ne4 section 29-91-14. Maurice H School to Dick Bahmann for 200 in Waverly. B J Cruse to Emma Cruse for parts of sections 19 and 20-93-14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Abstract Company
H. C. Buhr
R. E. Farrand
Sumner
Frank Sager
Tripoli Canning Corporation
Wallace A
Wallace A. Ballentine, $9,704.75, At Se Section 36-91-14, R. W. Johnson
Leo A. Johnson
Maurice H
Dick Bahlmann
Wm. Mooney
Waverly
B. J. Cruse
Emma Cruse
Stormproofing Trees: Strengthen Roots for Storm Resilience
The text urges selecting sturdy tree species in storm-prone areas and giving them optimal growth conditions. It advocates using protective cables on structurally weak trees to prevent destruction and promote uniform root development.
Friend Remembers You Paragraph From Old Home Paper
A brief line from the era notes a friend who will always speak of you as remembered in the old home paper. The fragment hints at nostalgia and social ties tied to past publications.
Looking Backward In the Leader's Files
A snapshot of local notes recounts staff changes and visits. Wm Guderian left for Charles City after two years as bookkeeper at Stanley R Smith lumber. Miss Malinda Meier returned to Cedar Rapids. Jake Berg of Sumner works on a new northeast Readlyn residence. Details include a Knetcher Fink wedding near Denver and new St John’s Lutheran pastor C G Hankammer from Mitchell. A horse sale nets H J McConkey $500. August Ganske dies near Readlyn. several visits to the Walter Fergeman and Hartwell homes. Historical prices list hogs at 7.75 and various farm goods. A July track meet brings Esther Schnurstein’s arm injury. Mrs August Schumacher falls ill. Arthur Bostwick visits.
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Wm. Guderian
Stanley R. Smith
Charles City
Malinda Meier
Kampmeier
Cedar Rapids
Jake Berg
Sumner
C. F. Sehwem
Denver
Knetcher-Fink
Phillip Knetcher
Henry Fink
T. E. Hartwell
Duholm
Austin
Minn
Hartwell
C. G. Hankammer
Mitchell
Iowa
St. John’s Lutheran Church
H. J. McConkey
Frederika
August Ganske
Rev
Walter Fergeman
Henry Fy
Esther Schnurstein
August Schumacher
Tim
Lessie Bostwick
Rand
Arthur Bostwick
Sunda
Waverly
Fire wipes out farm buildings near Tripoli
Ten years ago on May 3, 1922 Fred Schwere living seven miles southwest of Tripoli lost over 10000 by fire as all farm structures burned except the house and garage. From Monday through Saturday last week William Nilse sold eleven Ford cars. Mr and Mrs F C Schultz drove to Westgate Sunday to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schwere
Tripoli
William Nilse
F. C. Schultz
Westgate
Five Years Ago Notices and Deaths in Bremer County
A May 4 1927 notice recalls August Sehneer age 89 who died of pneumonia at his home. Also reported is the marriage of Os. Vogt to Miss Elda Hoppen worth at St Pauls Lutheran church. George H. Cook a former Bremer resident died in Waterloo after a long illness. August Bunger hosts a 20 year wedding anniversary. A H Mohling of Britt visited locally. his son Arthur returns to Britt to work for Delev Light. Mrs W F Carson of Tucson came for a visit to Mr and Mrs F W Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Sehneer
Elock
Lie Vogt
Elda Hoppen
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
C. G. Gerlach
Ting
Geo. H. Cook
Bremer County
Waterloo
August Bunger
A. H. Mohling
Britt
Spen
Arthur
Brit
Delev Light Company
W. F. Carson
Tuscon
Arizona
F. W. Klein
Explaining the Natural Bridge in Virginia
Rain water percolates through limestone forming cracks and hollows across stratified layers. Over time this creates large rooms and a lower level hall, with falling roof producing a valley. In some areas the floor remains, yielding a natural bridge like Virginia’s.
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Virginia
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Sumnerites
New Hampton
G. L. Winks
K. H. Rohde
O. F. Busching
Bridge Club
E. E. Meyerhoff and Son
Chicago
Dave Cross
W. S. Johnson
Rochester
G. Wiley Beveridge
John Frank
Sumner High School
Roy Faber
Thomas E. Woods
American Legion
Union Mound Cemetery
Walter Schoephoerster
Art Roder
Paul van Gelder
Diamond Bros
Methodist Church
E. J. Ludwig
B. M. Finch
Bridgette Club
Leonard
Leonard Electric
Readlyn Radio Shop
Ernest Meyer
My’ Leonard
Efrigerato
Stork
Farm Bureau News
Knowles
County
Pig Club
Plainfield
Fred Miztn
Mid-West
Standard Oil Company
Atlas Tires
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