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The Upper Des Moines-llepublican, September 2, Windstorm Damaged Fayette County Fair. Mr. and Mi's. Dennis Pratt and children, Mildred, Merle, Betty Jean, Esther and Lloyd visited last week at their former home In West Union. Mr.

and Mrs. Pratt and the first three children named went on Monday. Mr. Pratt came home Wednesday and the other two children went to West Union for the remainder of the week. They all came home Saturday.

West Union was quite badly hit by the and rain which caused so much damage at Clear Lake. The Fayette County Fair was in session, but was put out of commission Thursday by the storm. Tents were blown down and concessions destroyed. Water stood on the grounds In small lakes on which an occasional concession appeared to be adrift. It was with considerable difficulty that things were righted In an effort to have the fair continue on Friday.

W. S. Lees Are on Vacation Trip. Mr. and Mrs.

W. S. Lee and two children are visiting this week in DC Moines, Cedar Rapids and Mason City While In Des Moines they planned to attend the Iowa State Fair. Mr. Lee Is having a week of vacation from his duties at the Christensen Bros store.

betes and was taking treatments while there. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Relnhart returned Peoftla, Illinois, Friday. They spent the past week visiting his mother and sister, Mrs.

Bertha John- sota. Mrs. Johnston and daughters returned home with them and remained until Sunday. Mrs. T.

A. Clark and Mrs J. H. Bardsley entertained at the Clark home Wednesday afternoon with a touring WEST BEND NEWS. Mr.

and Mrs. Ernest Fehr are enjoying a trip through the Black Hills. Bert Clemens of Renwlck is spending a few days at the Win. Riley home. Mrs.

Jerry Schutter and children spent a few days in Laklta visiting relatives this week. T. W. and son, Steve, drove to Fort Dodge Friday to spend the week end with relatives. Miss Neva Sloan of Cedar Falls came Monday for a week's visit with home folks and other relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Scurr and Mr.

and Mrsl Nevins Cuplin wtere Emmetsburg visitors Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riley of Livermore were callers at the home of Mr. Riley's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Riley, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs.

DeBerg of Little Rock, Iowa, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. DeBerg's mother, Mrs. O. W. Dubbs and family.

The girls' kitten ball team drove to Fenton Sunday and played the teachers of that place. West Bend was defeated 25 to 6. Dr. and Mrs. P.

O. Dorweller returned the last of the week from Kansas City, where doctor attended a veterinarians' convention. Word was received here by relatives of the death of Mrs. John Banwart, a former resident here at Anoka, Minnesota, Friday. The funeral was held at Anoka Sunday.

The blacksmiths of this district held a picnic at the park here Sunday. One feature of the program was the singing of the Cotton Blossom Singers of Mississippi, the other was the big dinner. Rev. and Mrs. Conde and family came home from Rochester, Minnesota, Saturday evening'.

They had been at Rochester for the benefit of the health of their son. He has dia- party In honor of the Misses Margaret Hayne and Oezlna Schutter who will soon leave for college. An enjoyable afternoon was spent. Through a misunderstanding of the pronunciation of the name the correspondent In getting the news, the name of Mrs. Leah Banwart of Algona should have been the name in the obituary of Mrs.

Jos. Schneider instead of Mrs. Lena Farnsworth. We beg pardon. Mr.

and Mrs. Oerhart and family drove to Oelweln Friday. They took their daughter, lantha there, where she will teach the coming year. She was one of the high school graduates here this year and has been attending Iowa State Teachers' College this summer. Mrs.

Grace Crlsman and daughter, Mary Jane and Walter Williams drove to Cedar Falls JMday. They spent the summer here at the home of their mother, Mrs. Tom Williams. Mrs. Crlsman will teach near Cedar Falls the coming year and Walter will teach In the Walcott schools.

Mr. Doyle and son, Lester, and daughter, Enid and Miss Jennie Corner of Oklahoma City came Thursday. They expect to make their home here. They are relatives of the Corner brothers. They were fornter residents here until about four yars ago, when they went to Oklahoma to live.

Word was received here Thursday morning of the death of Miss Ruth Wlrtz in Iowa City Wednesday evening. She was the daughter of Sherman Wirtz. a former resident of this vicinity. The family have been living near Ayrshire the past few years. She was a victim of typhoid fever.

Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Funk and two children, Helen and Billy, came Tuesday for a visit at the home of Mrs.

Funk's sister, Mrs. H. A. Sloan. They went to their home in Waterloo on Thursday.

The family had been on a through northern Wisconsin and bund the crops and gardens fine in that section near Shell Lake. Mr. and Mrs. R. H.

Bell and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barber and sons return- 'd Sunday from their trip to Okla- ioma City, Oklahoma. They took Mr. and Mrs.

Bell's grandson, Duane Dick his home. Their daughter, Mrs. Srnest Dick and family live In Oklahoma City and Duane spent the summer here with his grandparents. Mrs. H.

A. Sloan and daughters, Mae, Grace and Dorothy and Mrs. J. O. Funk and daughter, Helen, drove to Rodman Tuesday evening where they attended a family gathering of the Sloan family at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Hoskin. The gathering was in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George Sloan and two sons of Vancouver, Washington, who spent the summer here.

Mrs. J. S. Williams, Mrs. Ralph Sloan and daughter, Eulah, of Cedar Falls and Mrs.

Fern Brown of near Hutchlns, came Fridayvto pack up the things of Mrs. Williams. She has rented her house furnished to Mr. and Mrs. L.

A. Johnston, "during the school year. Mrs. Williams expects to live in Cedar Falls with her daughter, Mrs. Sloan.

Mrs. Brown returned to her home Sunday and the rest of them returned to Cedar Falls. Mrs. Will- Wesley News Items The Foreign Mlssloanry society wi! meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. M.

Hanson as hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Ludwigson of Jackson Minnesota, visited her cousin, Mrs Olaf Funnemark Sunday. Miss Dorothy Kraus spent from Thursday to Sunday visiting with her Making Dreams Come True "We don't believe that you want cheapness at the expense of! Quality and Satisfaction.

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and Frank Frlmml. Miss Thelma Conner spent the week end at the P. C. Haynes home. Miss Evelyn Haynes returned to Iowa Falls with Thelma Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grass and family of four children, of Montorville Minnesota, spent several days recently visiting her uncle, Swan Monson. Gjeorge together with a crew of men are this week putting up a first class forty foot wood silo on his farm property north of town. Mr.

and Mrs. Ole Flom took his sister, Miss Alice Flom to Algona Sunday where she is this week visiting with her sister, Mrs. John T. Bohannon. Mr.

and Mrs. C. L. Mels and Leo Rlcker of New Vienna visited from Thursday until Friday at the home of her sister, Mrs. August Selmer and family.

The Misses Verna, Fay and Abble Jane Neiwald spent from Monday until Saturday visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Neiwald at Emmefeburg. Mr. and Mrs.

Ihno A. Gerdes and two daughters, LaVon and Sylvia Ann spent several days the latter part of last week at the home of his brother, Henry, near Titonka. Mrs. W. E.

Hutchison left Wednesday with her son. Almyr and family for Alden to spend a few days visiting there. She also expected to go on to Wilkie to visit her son Frank. Miss Reglna Ormsby spent several days this week here with her brother, John and famllyj She will return soon to south Chicago to her position as teacher in a high school there. Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Looft, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Studer, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Kunz, and the T. Meurer family drove to Clear Lake Sunday to view the ruins of the big storm of Thursday. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their regular meeting this week Thursday night. It is hoped that a good attendance will be present as new officers for this year will be elected. Mayor and Mrs.

John Hutchison left Sunday for Des Moines to attend the state fair for several days before going on to other points in Iowa to visit In the homes of relatives until the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Vee Mullin and their children, Mrs. George Aldrich and son, Jerry attended the Kossuth-Humboldt rural mall carriers' picnic held at Algona last Wednesday.

About seventy-five persons were In attendance. Swan Monson began his thirty-first year of service as janitor at the public school Monday. This is quite a record for faithful and untiring employment at one particular line of work, particularly for a man who at this time is in his seventies. Miss DeEtta Hall left Sunday for Forest City and began her duties as principal at the high school there. Miss Leota Hall will return to New Richland, Minnesota, next week end where she will continue in the normal department there.

Mrs. Ernest Hutchison left Saturday night for her parental home at Rockford where she will this week help care for her mother, Mrs. Theodore Johnson, who has been seriously sick for the past two weeks. She is report- eel as slowly improving. Mr.

and Mrs. Carl Hanson and Mr. and Mrs. G. C.

Giddings were Sunday guests at the home of Howard Hanson at Clear Lake. They also took this occasion to view the storm ruins of last Thursday, in which Miss Bessie Rist of Algona was killed. Mr. and Mrs. L.

H. Klelnpeter and David together with Gordon Kunz left Sunday for Des Moines where David is entered in the baby health contest at the state fair. Gordon expects to enter one of the business colleges at the Capital City this week. Mr. and Mrs.

Oscar Monson and family of Garner and her mother, rest will leave Friday for their honv at Elmhurst, Illinois, where Forresl will attend school beginning Monday Evelyn will remain here with her aunt, Miss Arabella McPherson anc entered the Wesley public school on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Matern and family were guests Sunday at the home of Mrs. Ann M.

Kunz. Miss Patsy Matern, who had visited at the Kunz home since Wednesday, returned to her home with them in readiness for school Monday. Julius Kunz together with his mother, Mrs. Anna Kunz, left Tuesday morning for Des Moines where they will attend the state fair. Mother Kunz expects to remain several days with her daughter, Mrs.

Arthur Corey. Mrs. Earl Ranck and niece, Miss Nina Mae Wagner of Corwith left Friday for her home at Rockledge, Florida, having spent three weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben F.

Felt. Nina Mae will enter school there this month, this being her third year In attendance at the Florida schools. Mr. and Mrs. Ed.

Hlldman and family took their cousin, Naoll Raensch back to her home at Gilbert Sunday following a two weeks visit here with the Hlldman girls. Mrs. Hfldman's brother, Peter Wlrth, returned home with them to spend a few days at Ed. and George Hlldman homes. Mrs.

Milda Niles and Mrs. James ffodges entertained the members of he Methodist Ladles Aid at the church mrlors last week Wednesday. Officers for the coming year were elected, the resultte being as follows: president, Mrs. P. C.

Haynes; secretary, Mrs. H. M. Hanson and treasurer, Mrs. A.

M. Lease. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nelson and family and his employer, Elmer Harris and wife, of Boone, spent Sunday as guests in the home of Mr.

Nelson's parents, Mr. and Jflrs. Alfred Nelson. Otto Is one of the truck drivers for the Standard Oil Company of Boone where he has lived for the past year and a half. The wind storm of last Thursday played havoc with but few things in this vicinity.

At the Albert Monsoni oil station, the roof was blown In and bricks torn out on the building used as garage, storehouse and chicken- house. The loss was completely covered by insurance, and an adjustment has already been made. Little Thomas Junior Nelson, five vears old was rushed to the Kossuth tiopital Friday night where he submitted to an operation for the removal of his appendix which has been causing him trouble for a few days. His mother, Mrs. Tom Nelson, and grandmother, Mrs.

Alfred Nelson, are staying with him at alternating times. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Erdmann and daughters and her mother, Mrs. Sate Kennedy drove to Livermore on Sunday where they were guests at the lome of their brother and son, Frank Sonley.

Frank's two daughters returned home with grandmother to spend several days this week while her parents are in attendance at the state fair. Glenn Giddings returned to Keota Thursday having spent several days lere with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Swinton and son returned as Mrs.

Margaret Hunt of Marshalltown, spent Sunday at the home of his father, Swan Monson. Mrs. Hunt expects to remain during the winter months with her daughter at Garner. Mrs. lola Erickson and son, For- Our Exhibit at the far as Washington with her brother and then went on to Galesburg, II- inois, where Mr.

Swinton began his teachinsr duties Monday in the high school there. Giddlnqs eft Keota Saturday for Greencastle, Indldna, where he will teach this year. VigRO Kiilsholm and family. Mr. ind Mrs.

Emil Sorenson and Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson and families of Corwlth were Saturday night dinner guests at the Emil Wester home. The dinner was given in honor of Leila Wester who had spent a week at home with her parents, returning Sunday to Ames to resume her duties In the extension department at the college and as secretary for one of the officials of the American Life. Miss Arabella McPherson who has jeen gone all summer with her adopted daughter, Kirs.

lola Erickson on a trip to New York, returned here on Saturday having completed a 4000- mile automobile four. Their route took them through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and into New York. They also visited Niagara Falls and viewed the falls from both the American end Canadian sides. Part of then- time was spent In Belmond county Ohio, where Miss McPherson's father lived during childhood. This was surely a nice trip for two women to undertake alone as Miss McPherson is over three score years and ten.

iams has been in Iowa City taking treatments and is released for six weeks when she will return for further treatments for her ailment. BUET NEWS. Miss Neva Albright has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. L.

Cogdlll. Miss Bernice Godden went to Des Moines Thursday to attend the state fair. Mrs. Lola Hefler of Cedar Rapids is visiting with Mrs. Walter Klamp this week.

Mrs. Anna Stow was a dinner guest Sunday at the Carl Bahling home. Miss Viva Cunningham of Elmore spent the week end here with Arlene Daniels. Four-H club girls enjoyed a picnic at the Black Cat Creek near Algona Friday. J.

B. Cunningham of Algona called at the home of his uncle, B. V. Daniels Saturday. Raymond Riddle and Allen Graham have been at Fairmont several days looking for work.

Miss Mary Lynch began school on Monday in the Ringsdorf school In Portland township. The mile of road going east out of town is being re-oiled this week by the Standard Oil Company. Mrs. M. E.

Allen of Julesburg, Colorado, came Friday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. A.

Bewick. Mrs. Marion Chipman little daughter, Joan, visited relatives at Garner and Clarion last week. Mr. and John Crawford of Webster City are spending the week here at the J.

H. Graham home. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brace and son drove to Wesley Sunday where they visited Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Garman. Dr. and Mrs.

R. D. Temple and daughter of California were here the first of the week visiting old friends. Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Helgason of Armstrong called at the C. B. Chipman and Wm. Elvidge homes recently. Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Klamp and Mrs. Mary Stewart recently visited the Lincoln Stewart family at Lynd, Minnesota. Mrs. Laura Paine and daughter, Mrs.

George Free, and baby of Algona spent Sunday at the C. L. Phelps home. Mr. and Mrs.

Gene Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Hay of Mingo, Iowa, have been visiting at the C.

E. Longnecker home. A baby girl was born Thursday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Trainer.

The little Miss has been named Patricia Ann. Mr. and Mrs. O. J.

F. Vogel and daughter and Rev. and Mrs. J. E.

Clifton and daughter spent Sunday at Algona at the park. J. E. Rerchant of Prescott, Wisconsin, spent several days here with Mr. and Mrs.

J. E. Heaney. He is an uncle of Mrs. Heaney.

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Llchtenberger and children of Webster City visted the former's mother and brother, Floyd and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin Allen of Mln- napolls returned home Saturday after visiting Edwin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Allen for several days. Howard Chipman who is taking a business course at Mason City spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

K. o. Chipman. Genevleve and Arlene Patterson gave a party together last Wednesday in honor of both their birthdays. A fine time was enjoyed by the girls.

The Albert Bewick family has been here several days visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. A.

Bewick. His Kossuth County Fair tractors and power farming equipment, featuring the latest improved corn pickers, will await your inspection at the fair. Our exhibit will be as complete as it is possible tor us to make it. One of the latest machines will be the new two-row pull type picker. In our exhibit we plan to show the machines which are essential to reducing the costs of producing crops.

A ONE of the chief features of the evening programs on the 8th and 9th, "Romance of the Reaper," five-reel sound picture depicting the inventing and testing of the world's first successful grain reaper, by Cyrus HaJl McCormick in 1831, will be shown to the crowds in the grandstands. Be sure to see this picture. MATT MURTHA McCormick-Deering Dealer, Algona 1831 McCormick Reaper Centennial rather has been seriously 111 for some time. Mr. and Mrs.

L. H. Schenck and two children drove to Schlinder and Sioux Palls, South Dakota, They visited the Ben Hanna family at the latter place. Mrs. Hazel McCasslon of Maxwell visited several days last week at the home of her brother, J.

J. Johns. The McCassion family lived here several years ago. Mr. and Mrs.

Watson Dittmer and two children of Aberdeen, South Dakota, recently visited at the home of Mr. Dittmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dittmer.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gettman and three children drove to Buffalo Center Sunday where they spent the day with Mrs. Gettman's parents Mr. and Mrs.

Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. C. F.

Whalen and Jimmy, and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Boettcher drove to Clear Lake Sunday to view the ruins of the windstorm of last Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bartlett took their niece, Miss Viola Helnmover to her home In Minnesota Sunday. Miss Helnmover has spent the summer at the Bartlett home. Lou WMtehill of Aurora, Illinois, has been spending the past week with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. H. A. Whitehill. Mr.

Whltehill has his race horses at Aurora this summer. John Bewick has been busy improving home which he purchased last spring. He has raised the house and is putting In a basement and new foundation and plans also to paint. Miss Marie Grover gave a garden party at her home last Friday afternoon. Those present were Mrs.

C. C. Smith, Mrs. A. H.

Meinzer, Mrs. H. O. Buell and Mrs. R.

M. Wallace of Algona. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Tyler of Hadley, Minnesota, spent Wednesday night at the C.

L. Phelps home. On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Tyler and Frank Gibbs were here on business and calling on Burt friends.

J. H. Gunderson of Blue Earth, Minnesota, spent the week end here nt the Newel Whitehurst home. Mr. Gunderson is owner of the Leader Cash store here, which is managed by Mr.

Whitehurst. Mrs. W. A. Ladendorf and son, Ray and Harley Bartlett of Algona visited in Cedar Rapids at the Pat Devlin home from Friday until Sunday.

Miss Clara Shaw accompanied them to Lisbon where she visited at the Ike Clark home. Mr. and Mrs. F. O.

Stow, Mr. and Mrs. James Bewick, Mr. aiyi Mrs. Raymond Housour, attended a family reunion at Algona at the Call State Park Sunday.

It was a family reunion of Mrs. J. T. Graham's relatives. Mr.

and Mrs. Wilfred Chaffee and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. George Allen, Mr. and Mrs.

Clifford Holding and son and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Allen and daughter drove to Nora Springs Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rader.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brayton and three children returned home Tuesday from Chicago where they visited Mr. Brayton's sister, Mrs. Garwood.

They also went to Westville, Indiana, where they visited a daughter of Mrs. Garwood. Mrs. Garwood accompanied them to Westville. Mr.

and Mrs. John Allen and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth of Manhattan, Kansas, Miss Lola Allen of Pittsburg, Kansas, have been visiting at the Lloyd Bartlett, Ed. Bartlett and W. A. Ladendorf homes.

They left Monday for Flandreau, South Dakota, where Miss Elizabeth Allen will teach in the government schools. SEXTON NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Hartley and Mrs. Drusllla Noble were business callers in Mason City last week Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green and family of Toulon, Illinois, are visiting with his brother, William, Greene north of town.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Steven and chilcjren and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd.

Steven were visitors In Mason City Saturday. Wilbur Steven and Bernard Miller went to Algona last week Friday to register for high school where they will enter as freshmen this year. Mr. and Mrs. John Harris, daughter, Marie and son, Eldon and wife of Chicago were Monday afternoon visitors at the home of their daughter Miss Ruth Miller and Miss Aline Martlnek left Saturday morning for their respective schools In towns near Waterloo.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mar- tlnek took them. Mr. and Mrs.

Foster McSwaln and two sons left last week Wednesday for their homeward journey to Ada, Oklahoma, after a few days' visit with his aunt, Mrs. Sarah Wise. Earl Aman, oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aman, went last week Wednesday afternoon to Algona where he visited until Sunday with his grand parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Steven. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Steven and sons, Wilbur and Everett were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Merriam near Corwlth. Mrs. Merriam is a slater of Mrs. Steven.

Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Harris of Chicago came last week Saturday evening for a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Harris.

They left for their home In Chicago Tuesday. Eldon is attending school in Chicago this year. Mr. and Mrs. Strother Wise and little son, G.

B. and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phillips, and little daughter, Doris Yvonne, returned home Monday afternoon from Knowlton, Wisconsin, where they visited with a brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Taylor of Princeton, Illinois, came Thursday even- Ing to the home of Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Greenfield, where they visited until Friday evening. The Taylors were on their honeymoon trip to the Yellowstone National Park and to see their aunt in Montana. Mrs.

Greenfield and Mrs. A. D. Richards of Algona are aunts of Mr. Taylor.

Mrs. Sarah Wise, William, Herman and Nell and Mrs. Drusllla Noble, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Wise and two children, Frank and Lloyd and Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Steven and nephew, Andy J. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Burger and two sons, Frank and LeeRoy of Titonka and little nieces, Sarah Nell and Florence Marie Phillips were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs.

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