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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
4
Dad Elder left last Thursday for a visit down through the east central part of the state. O. A. Smith the Leverett magnate and Pickerel Lake promoter was transacting business in town Saturday.
G. W. Kyle departed Tuesday evening for Remington Indiana to spend Decoration Day with his son A. E. Kyle and family.
W G Runyan made a business trip to Des Moines at the start of the week, signaling active work travel and regional engagement. The brief notice records the visit as part of routine business activity without detailing purpose or outcomes.
Laurens will observe Decoration Day on Monday May 31 with general stores closed as usual. Citizens are urged to finish trading beforehand. Local notes include personnel changes, visits, and upcoming events such as a Decoration Day address by Senator J. H. Allen and a wrestling match at the opera house.
Soldiers of Veterans group calls all members to Woodman Hall next Sunday at 10 o clock for a body march to the Methodist Church to attend memorial services. Wear uniforms if available. Old Soldiers invited to join. A L Gill Com.
C. E. S. announces a regular meeting of the Eastern Star chapter next Tuesday evening June 1 with initiation planned for attendees.
The Havelock Review lists principal W H Bushy of Albert City grammar Clara Rinehart Laurens intermediate Cora Spencer Havelock and primary Kittie Goodchild Havelock. Also notices sale notices and farm supplies from local merchants and a business sale by A Morton and J P Shoemaker with contact details and prices.
Good quarter section with house barn double corn crib granary and outbuildings, well, grove, drainage tiled, no waste land, level with slope for drainage. Consolidated school district at Laurens R F D and telephone. $185 per acre. seller will carry back $17000 at 5 percent. Also other land for sale.
H L Ryan and J T Ferguson advertise two polled Durham bulls for sale. Also offered is pure bred Silver King seed corn from prize stock with strong germination. Contact L E Ferguson 384 miles north of Laurens, phone 2 on 24.
Full blood Buff Orpington eggs offered at 50 cents per setting by W C Larson. Also sale or trade items: three Shetland ponies with buggy and harness, a motorcycle, and a second hand Rambler Roadster listed by B L Allen.
Tailoring and Cleaning service advertised with guaranteed satisfaction. Also a sale notice for an eight room cottage with a barn, possible trade for horses or cattle. Local flour and feed store promotes Quinns products, calf and pig meal, poultry tonic, and cream buying at high market price. Strong local business notices and trade offers from M. Hakes & Co and B. L. Saum.
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