George Potgeter Co. celebrates 61 years in Steamboat Rock
The Herald-Index congratulates George Potgeter Co. of Steamboat Rock on its 61st anniversary and the dedication of a new office and yard. Started in 1889 by Henry Potgeter, the firm has served farm trade in the region for six decades, with George Potgeter taking sole proprietorship in 1919. The business is described as sound and progressive, a credit to south Hardin County and the Steamboat community.
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Herald-Index
South Hardin County
George Potgeter
Hardin County
Money Ha Ha and the War Budget Warred
The cartoon Li’l Abner suggests money is the root of all evil but the new twist is the struggle to earn enough to offset rising prices and taxes for war preparedness. Fixed incomes suffer as taxpayers face deficits, prompting thoughts of a Money Ha Ha to balance personal budgets and avoid red ink.
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al Capp
Sad stats show faith gap in weekly church attendance
A Gallup survey finds only 39 percent of Americans attend church in a typical week while 94 percent say they believe in God and 82 percent believe in life after death. The piece calls this a sad commentary on present-day flying.
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Gallup
War time strikes and traffic risk urged by editors
Editors warn that strikes cannot be tolerated during war. A claim notes four percent of automobile drivers cause thirty six percent of accidents, suggesting license penalties for the minority drivers responsible.
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Washington Evening Journal
Rumblings From Your Town and Neighborhood News
A friend notes 17 bicycles on the sidewalk between Piper's and Andrie and Creps and seven more near the theatre as a new school safety idea. Residents plan a six-house babysitting intercom system for group nights out reducing costs, with amusing scenarios of monitoring. Also mentions signs at businesses, a 1915 Eldora hay season, and Bob Meader reporting northern hits in the Iowa river with a 26 inch four pound catch.
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Piper's
Andrie and Creps
Piper’s
Betty Lou Lauterbach Queen Candidate At Buckeye
Betty Lou Lauterbach of Alden, a 4-H club member, reached the queen’s semi final and helped with a parade of attendants. She is now teaching first graders at Buckeye to read, sharing a shift from pageant to classroom work as noted in community updates and local quotes. The column also recalls a large 75-Year club gathering, local humor, and rural notes on raccoon activity and lifestyle.
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Betty Lou Lauterbach
Alden
Betty Lou
Hollywood
Buckeye
Apostle Paul and Barnabas Split Over John Mark
A boarding house tale frames a biblical lesson about John Mark. Paul rejects Mark after he deserts them in Pamphylia, while Barnabas supports him. Mark later aids Paul and is trusted by Peter, illustrating that past records do not define a person and leaders may err. The piece weighs judgment by record versus faith in potential.
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John Marl
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Barnabas
Jerusalem
Pamphylia
Lonesome Ranges
Bandit Country
Mark
Twva
Simon Peter
Mary
Dems appoint Hubbard postmaster and local notes
Fred Sterns of Steamboat Rock is replaced by Henry Laiken as postmaster. Calvin Boylan works at the Strother Milner store in Hubbard. Congregational church friends host a reception for Mr and Mrs W J Mohr with torchlights, lanterns, and First Regiment band. Ezra Nucholis returns from New York with fall goods. 92-year-old George Elroy improves after illness. Eldora flouring mills run full time. recent rains fill mill ponds. A C Buchanan marries Ida Johnson in Sloan. 1903 notes cover Des Moines visitors, a Des Moines clerk, a fatal railway yard accident, and Hardin county fair attendance. 1915 items note Hubbard building boom, local plays, farm sale, sorghum molasses, and a private water system in Point Pleasant. A L E Lytle obituary and reorganizations marked town life.
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Fred Sterns
Steamboat Rocks
Henry Laikent
Henry
Ood
Calvin Boylan
Strother and Milner
Hubbard
tCat
Congregational Church
W. J. Mohr
First Regiment
Eldora
A. C. Buchanan
Sloan
Ida Johnson
Church Activities Schedule for Confirmation and Festivals
Saturday confirmation classes at 9:90. Sunday September 10 mission festival. German services at 9, Sunday school and Bible classes at 10, English services at 11. Morning speaker Rev. E. Kirschenmann of Omaha. Dinner in church basement. Afternoon service 2:30 with Pastor M. Pape of Hubbard as guest. Monday choir rehearsal at 8. Tuesday men s club kitten ball city vs country. Wednesday men s club meeting at 8 hosts Harald Wehrman Wendell Clark Geo Goschke Fred Panthen Herb Balyanz.
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E. Kirschenmann
Omaha
M. Pape
Hubbard
Harald Wehrman
Wendell Clark
Geo. Goschke
Fred Panthen
Herb Balyanz
First Methodist Church to Host Fellowship Tea
Pastor W. R. Ehlert leads morning worship at 11 with the sermon "The Challenge of Religion." Junior and adult choir meetings occur Thursday at 7, inviting all sixth to eighth grade youths and all adults. W S C 8 hosts a fellowship tea at the church, group one led by Mrs. James Brown and Mrs. Harry Marks as hostesses.
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Will Han
James Brown
Harry Marks
Freezers in Christian farming spark rural modernization
In the August Christian Farmer, the NCRLC argues modern farm life includes food freezers. Pastor L McDonough hosts Masses at St. Mary's with a Sunday pilgrimage devotion on Sept 10. The piece urges rural Catholics to embrace progress and read the Christian Farmer for updates.
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ST. Mary's
L. ¥. McDonough
Christian Warmer
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
NCRLC
Rural Life Conference
Using Fall Fertilizer Not Best for Most Crops Wisely
Iowa State agronomists say fall fertilizer is limited to special cases. Spring applications benefit most crops, but fall use may help fall-seeded legumes and some bromegrass to establish stands and boost next year yields. A pamphlet outlines rates. store fertilizer dry and raised off damp floors.
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Iowa State College
M. A. Anderson
O. K
Anderson
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