Local social ties and incidents unfold in Pocahontas and beyond
Report notes visits and meetings across towns including Pocahontas and Fort Dodge area. Residents like Mrs Wittel Froh and Mrs Hi ded attend Aid Mallard gathering. health concerns bring Mrs Schleusner to Mayo Clinic. several trips, a fire incident via a blaze starting from a money-related cause, and church activities including a Sunday school sale at Sheldon drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froh
H. Hi
Aid Mallard
Otto Schleusner
Sheldon Drug Store
Oberlin
Laurens
Knowledge and wisdom power mix in practical living
The piece argues power comes from practical knowledge, not mere facts. It divides knowledge into three kinds: power, culture, and wisdom. It uses examples from history and literature to show how each form serves different ends, warning that knowledge alone does not equal wisdom or liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Barrie
Alexander the Great
Oscar Wilde
Durant
Havelock community notes from church to dances
Havelock residents report visits from Miss Gertrude Young and Miss Wilma Chase, a Malaysia lecture at the M E church with a Bess Oldfield vocal, and several local visitors. Federation of Women’s Clubs met in Havelock with a full program, while school officials announced re-elected staff and a new yard boss at Eagle Grove. Obscure travel and health updates accompany local shoppers, a birthday gathering for Mrs. Ralle, and influenza recoveries as Frank Ralle rests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Kunkle
Havelock Consolidated Schools
Board of Education
Joyce Clarke
Gladys Obrecht
Eilert Sandvng
Eagle Grove
Sanding
Altho
Wilert
Alton
Schallen
C. W. Miller
Emmetsburg
Lowell
Cedar Falls
Local visits and social notes from Curlew and area
Mr and Mrs Brooks Hersom visited Gus Ahlstrom in Pomeroy on Tuesday. Mrs W E Stiller sold household goods last Wednesday as she breaks up housekeeping and will visit relatives this summer. Mrs C E Miller of Plover visited J B Sheldon Ward Leister and John Jacobson. Curlew and Laurens residents Barns Tuesday evening. G J Corbett business caller in Laurens Thursday and Friday. Mr and Mrs Joe Davis of Rolfe visited Lou Stover on Wednesday. Luther Miller handled Remsen affairs Wednesday last week. Foster Dixon hauled Ray Kendall household goods to Grimes Town on Wednesday and Saturday and Kendall bought a barber shop in Grimes. The family wishes happiness in the new home. Prose humor notes remark on work and early rising. Senator Borah on China sees a dawn for the nation. foreigners may hear doom’s crack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Gruver
Rolfe
Harry Pyle
Fort Dodge
Pyle
Jennie Stiller
Mallard
E. 0. Gehrt
Thos. Edge
Ray Gruver
Pocahontas
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Clarence Hendricks
Frank Ralle
H. E. Bachman
Joan
D. F. Reents
Miss Alta
Jolley
William Randolph
Webster City
Geo. Allen
W. E. Stiller
Burt Forbes
Laurens
Havelock
Brooks Hersom
Pomeroy
Gus Ahlstrom
Stiller
G. J. Corbett
Joe Davis
Lou Stover
Luther Miller
Remsen
Foster Dixon
Grimes
Town
Ray Kendall
Mr. Kendall
Borah
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Klies
Jee
Ams
Moines
Ley
Boon
Wittel
Amney
Rans
J. C
W. W. Beam
E. Higgins
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Ebe M. Devaul
Over State Savings Bank
Iowa
Robert J. Kent
JL. M. Graham
Kent
Ireland
J. M. Bush
Plover, Iowa
DL. H. H. Grove Luctioneer
Rm and Stock Sales NO
Rolke, Iowa
Gertrude Young
D. E. Young
Wilma Chase
Des Moines
Malaysia
M. E. Church
Bess Oldfield
John Nickell
Gus Ahistrom
Amos Marchant
Fred Buck
Alpha
Minn
Fred
W. P. Buck
Stevenson
Cedar Rapids
Fred Maltzahn
Chester Hendricks
Grecia Corbett
Fred Groves
Plover
Pocahontas County Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Havelock Methodist
Wilson Gow
Epworth
R. Tine
J. Reynolds Tobacco
Tinston-Salem
N. C
C. E. Miller of
J. B. Sheldon
Ward Leister
John Jacobson
J. S. Schallan
Curlew
the State Savings Bank
W.S. McEwen
James Bruce
Joseph McEwen
Rolfe, Iowa
J.B. Kent
Robert Bruce James Bruce
W. S. McEwen
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