Local Diddings and Community Musings in Pocahontas County
Local notes report Avis and Grace Clausen visiting Mabel Clausen from Goldfield while spring work progresses in Pocahontas County. The piece laments weather misfortunes, praises secretary Myrtle Hammond of the Pocahontas Business Men's Club, and satirizes political and national issues including European credits and the coming election season.
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Avis
Grace Clausen
Goldfield
Mabel Clausen
Pocahontas County
J. P. Lester
Fort Dodge
Myrtle Hammond
Pocahontas Business Men’s Club
Card of Thanks From Sophia Christensen and Daughters
We extend sincere thanks to friends for sympathy and floral offerings during our recent bereavement. Mrs. Sophia Christensen and Daughters.
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Sophia ,Christensen
Rolfe City Council Sets Light Contract Review
Rolfe city council, in adjourned session, discussed appointing the mayor to obtain from Rolfe Light & Power Co. a written contract for street lights and a motor power installation, including rates. The council adjourned to meet Monday May 10 1920 with Mayor C H Moon and Clerk B G Boos.
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Rolfe
Moon
Bowen
Blessing
Brinkman
Carroll
Meckwen
Tast
Rolfe Light & Power Co
C. H. Moon
B. G. Boos
Wanted All He Could Get
A Kokomo Indiana pilot offered tours for a dollar a minute and obliged an eighty year old passenger by performing risky maneuvers. The elder rider, eager for thrills, urged the aviator to “give me all you got” and the pilot complied, delivering a more action packed flight than the first. The incident was reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Kokomo
Ind
Immelman
Indianapolis News
Lost gold mine of the Upper Salmon district rediscovered
Idaho tale of a rich four to six foot wide ledge with a gold quartz streak, found by two prospectors then rediscovered after a long search by a Spokane policeman who knew of the mine. The ore is said to be richly gold bearing and the discovery adds another chapter to mining lore.
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Sir Rider Haggard
King Solomon's
Idaho
Upper
Salmon River District
Spokane
Rockefeller Provides Libby Castle as Home for Paulist Choristers
John D. Rockefeller Sr. has donated Libby Castle on Washington Heights in New York City as a home for the Paulist choristers. The house, built 25 years ago, offers grounds and a fine setting to develop the group’s music.
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Washington Heights
New York City
Libby Castle
Orphan Boys at Libby Castle In Stately Grounds
The article notes a group of 50 boys aged ten to seventeen living at Libby castle. Recruited from nearly every state, they receive music and academic training to prepare for higher education, with grounds suited for physical training.
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City
New York Times
Libby Castle
Lost at a Canadian railway station seeks a colored woman
A Savannah News excerpt describes an elderly black man at a Canada railway station asking about how to find a colored woman, explaining he has hunted on both sides of the border and has not seen a colored lady in a long time. The exchange includes a white ticket clerk pointing him toward the other side.
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Congress
Canada
Columbia
Hugh
Savannah News
Turtle Eggs Surprise Marines At Guantanamo Bay
Two 200 pound turtles were captured by marines at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Upon killing them more than 100 eggs were found in each. The boiled eggs have soft shells and taste like yolk, about the size of a hen’s egg, peeled like onion skin.
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United States
Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sponge Gatherers Discover West Indies Sponges
West Indian sponge fishers in boats scan the sea floor from the surface using a bucket with a glass pane in the bottom to spot sponges. A fork on a long pole tears the sponges from the rocks for collection.
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West Indies
Inconsistency sparks dispute on trolley car
Patrice recalls a man who defended her at a meeting but did not intervene on a trolley car that night, prompting questions about loyalty and courage in public versus private moments.
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Patrice
Talking for Effect in Public Speaking
The piece argues that a good conversationalist speaks to share authentic thought, not to impress listeners. It warns against those who talk to appear clever, focusing on imagined audience reactions rather than meaningful content.
Lenathens Life of Chain
It is discovered that a hemp rope twisted through iron chain links lengthens the chain by about 70 percent by reducing friction and cuts replacement costs by one-fifth to one-third.
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J. T. Grant
Watson, Rolfe
Lowa
George Sandy, Rolfe
Spiritake
Mason City
Iowa
Tubbs
Windmills
Thompson
Geo. Stinton
Draying
Ransom’s Cream Station
Wm. Spiker
Rim
W. A. Huffman
Ice House
Thompson Brothers
L. MacVey
Sunset Hill Addition
Niedelsen & Cornfield
Salis
E. D. Bloom
Niehersen & Cornfield
C. EE. Clifford
Woodruff
Des Moines
Walter Cook
E. L. Hollis
Arrow
C. J. Morrow
C. T. Olsen
Sam
H. J. Nielsen
John Deere
Deere Gang
M. P. Hancher
Ford
Plymouth Rock
G. M. Squires
Town
Pocahontas
Towa. Ratt
City Council
Rolfe and Vicinity
R. L. Klein JR
Jones
Rolfe High School
George Hauck
Ebenezer Goodly
Roy Zimmerman
Anthony Goodly
Ballarat
Richard Heatherly
Thomas Holder
William Bigbee
Marjorie
Paul Carroll
Lloyd Coffin
Park Kauffman
Henry Fuller
Foster Fraser
Sanitarium
Mrs. Goodly
Cissy
Marjorie Minerva
Richard Smith
The
Elva
Ebenezer
Lorraine Dawson
Ebenezer's
June Moore Fern Thomas
Alvina Starlight
Helma
Hileen Sandvig
Kathleen Barnes
Rolfe, Iowa
A. H. Bryan
Princess Theatre
Pocahontas, Iowa
Bryant Washburn
Johnson
Wiswell
Kodak
Minnesota
Farmers State Bank of
Mountain Lake
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