27 May 1915
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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
1
The Postoffice Inspector tightened Sunday openings, allowing only one hour of service once per day when mail arrives between Saturday close and 6 p.m. Sunday. The regulation also limits Sunday activities to protect church services, with optional delivery and limited mail services. The piece then shifts to rural life, detailing 19th century prices, farm wages, and a nostalgic Arcadia landscape.
Vintage reminiscence contrasts Iowa summers barefoot youth with brass-tipped boots and two-seat buggy lore. The narrator recalls boss-and-buggy outfits, spelling matches, and corn yields of 60 to 100 bushels per acre, hinting at a slower agricultural era and evolving scene.
The excerpt paints a portrait of a land with abundant small farms, accessible credit, and sturdy homes. It contrasts frequent borrows for plows with modern households owning two to three cars and buying new ones yearly, noting rare crop failures but occasional low prices, and highlighting fertile black earth, large barns, silos, dairies, interurban trolleys, and home owned factories free from trust interference.
The S of V gathers at 2:00 PM to escort school children and Old Soldiers to the Methodist Church for a 2:30 PM program led by Rev. George Henry Male Quartet with Adelaide Wheeler recitation and Hon. F. F. Faville of Storm Lake. Afterward a procession to the cemetery conducts Sons of Veterans ritual services ending with Rev. Gerkin's benediction. Transportation is provided for Old Soldiers and Widows.
The Excelsior Farmers Club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roewe’s home on Thursday evening May 18. Guests included Aug Roewe F K Hawley and John Furnace with two Laurens daughters. Members answered roll call with conundrums and shared a talk on school lunches and stock market facts. A social hour followed with a lively debate and a two course supper before adjournment.
W E Crane leads the area as the first to use a milking machine. After a month of operation, he says it is indispensable. The device milks twenty cows per hour, with an initial test of seventeen cows in forty five minutes. A gasoline engine powers the system, located away from the barn, keeping milking clean and sanitary. It is simple to regulate the machine for each cow, and easy to clean.
Mrs J W Morgan Mrs M W Shaner and Mrs H L Bruett hosted a large group of invited ladies yesterday afternoon They toured the Magic Theater at 230 pm enjoying reels Each guest received a pink carnation on arrival At the Morgan home a throwing stunt awarded a prize to Mrs G T Johnson Light refreshments followed The house was decorated pink and white The same ladies will host another large gathering this afternoon.
Laurens schools will present their annual exhibit at the Masonic Hall on Friday May 28, with students from several grade levels showcasing projects and achievements to the public.
An afternoon exhibit from 1:30 to 5 P M will feature student hand work from grades and daily productions. Sewing and Manual Training articles will be shown, with each child’s efforts displayed for parents to view. Domestic Science girls will sell canned fruit, and everyone is invited.
Rev. E T Gerkin delivers baccalaureate address at the Christian Church on May 30 at 8 PM. Governor Geo W Clarke gives the commencement address at the Opera House on Wednesday June 2. Class play titled At the End of the Rainbow to be performed June 4.
Frank Miller of Des Moines helps McAtee & Sons with rush work while Roy Bunch buys a new Buick 95 at McAtee and Sons, joining the region’s top drivers. A. F. Hoffman of Boone visits his son Frank and farm interests, and D. Anderson plans a modern bungalow with basement digging underway this week near his former residence.
To help rural and grade teachers meet the new law requirements in Iowa, Iowa State College at Ames offers summer training in home economies agriculture and manual training tuition free. Two sessions will run to accommodate all teachers and complete the program before July 1.
Two six week sessions start June 14 and July 26 at Ames offering practical rural teaching methods not in standard classrooms. Emphasis on preparing warm noon lunches as a basis for home economics in country schools with a specially designed domestic science cabinet. About 300 teachers from last summer praised the program, which offers state certified examiner approvals and direct college credit.
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