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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
5
The school board has engaged A. W. Cole of Ames to oversee repair and construction of the new school building. He will direct workmen employed by the board, promising at least a month saved on completion. Cole comes highly recommended, with parts of the rooms expected to be ready for fall work.
John Doyle uncovered copies of the Pocahontas County Journal while reviewing the late W. D. McEwen's effects. The journal is identified as the first paper established in the county, indicating its historical significance.
The Rolfe Iowa journal from 1869 highlights its editors W. D. McEwen and J. J. Bruce, later J. J. Bruce and Thos. L. MacVey. It notes subscription at $2 yearly and advertising at $1.50 per eight lines, with issues printed in Fort Dodge. The writer reflects on early suffrage article attributed to MacVey and the paper’s curious typography, calling it a glimpse of a past age.
Miss Mildra Strickland and Don Bingham eloped to Spencer for a wedding with Miss Fern Tolbert in attendance. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Strickland, is a Laurens High School graduate and former rural teacher. The groom has worked at the Bank of Ware for years. They will live in Ware after a brief Minnesota honeymoon.
Mr and Mrs George McAfee traveled to Ft Dodge Tuesday and secured additional land adjacent to their property, intended for a garage construction.
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