Local Plover notes highlight war effort and community events
Mrs Brownlee and daughter visit in Plover. Red Cross work room fills Wednesdays. Willing Workers dinner at Presbyterian church well attended. Epworth League to meet April 22 at 8 PM. Local residents travel, enlistment, and Liberty Bond updates accompany social notices. Belgian horse season announced. Bible School and church events scheduled with no collections. County Y M C A secretary to speak. men urged to attend.
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P. R. Henderson
J. T. Grant
Rolfe
John Fisher
Chicago
Fort Dodge
L. E. Garlock
A. W. Hess
Letha
Lake City
P. G. Hess
Spencer
Dobbs
O. A. Zech
Studebaker
Parsons
Plover
Epworth League
Red Cross Drive Aims to Fund Local Work All Year
The Plover Red Cross chapter canvassed the township for funds to support ongoing local relief. Every family was solicited by volunteers who proposed quarterly payments to ensure continuous access to materials and supplies. The effort sought broad support despite occasional criticism of the chapter’s methods.
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Plover Red Cross
Seed corn available from local farmers in township
Farmers list seed corn for sale including B. A. Kerns with 1916 stock, P. Lathrop with seed corn, and L. B. Buck offering about ten bushels of shelled 1916 crop. They invite neighbors short of seed corn to purchase at reasonable prices.
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B. A. Kerns
Co. P. Lathrop
L. B. Buck
Iowa
Boston
Fort Dodge Messenger
Okoboji Investment Co Dissolved in Iowa
The Okoboji Investment Company of Plover Iowa announces its dissolution by mutual consent dated April 4 1918 The company lists L E B Garlock as President and H H Hoyt as Secretary in the dissolution notice filed at Plover Iowa.
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Okoboji Investment Company
Plover
Iowa
Okoboji Investment CO
L. EB. Garlock
H. H. Hoyt
Meaning of Ship Tonnage Confuses Lay Readers
Captain C A McAllister United States Coast Guard explains in Popular Science Monthly how tonnage terms differ. Gross tonnage often exceeds net tonnage used for taxes while displacement tonnage applies to warships. a 10 000 ton battleship does not imply equal size with a merchant ship.
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C. A. McAllister
United States Coast Guard
Popular Science Monthly
Custom House
First Independent Design Teaches Humility in Architecture
A young draftsman recalls a moment of failure when his railing and gate design drew hearty laughter from the head draftsman. The expert offered critique, apologized, and granted his first real insight into architectural design, marking a pivotal learning point.
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Century Magazine
Appointment of Administratrix for Estate of Zoe Co. Stowell
Notice in probate court announces the appointment of an administratrix for the estate of Zoe Co. Stowell deceased. Creditors and all persons with claims are required to present them for allowance in the district court of Pocahontas County.
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State OF
Ae Astate
Zoe Co
Work of Nature Describes Crystal Patterns in Minerals
A writer explains how minerals crystallize in distinct patterns from salt to metals. Salt forms many perfect cubes, while gold and silver crystallize as cubes and iron sulphide resembles a wild rose. Ice is a low melting rock that provides drink when molten.
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Mother Nature
Homage to Joan of Arc in Orleans New Orleans Meeting
Paris reports a joint visit by United States delegates to Orleans and New Orleans marking the bicentenary of the new world city. Homage to Joan of Arc with speeches, flowers, a bronze palm leaf, and a Tourelles fort pilgrimage amid a modern Wilson and Marne context.
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Joan of Arc
Orleans
New Orleans
Hotel de Ville
Lotre
France
Paris
New World
United States
Tourelles
Manders
Wilson
The
Marne
Two Travelers Argue Over Train Brake On Oregon Route
On an Oregon Electric Railway train, two commercial travelers argued about the automatic brake for an hour. They sought motorman’s ruling, who explained simply that stopping the train is done by turning a tap to fill the pipe with vacuum.
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Oregon Electric Railway
Weill
France Coal Production Rises in Loire Region
The Loire department in the St Etienne district remains a key coal producer in France with annual output above 8 million tons. Production figures show an increase from 1.8 million tons in November 1916 to 2.367 million tons in March 1917 and a total rise in production and importation from 8.4 million tons in early 1917.
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France
Department of the Loire
St. Etienne
Sava
Scientific American
Jim
To -Oy
Unclear OCR Fragment Prompts Ambiguous News Card
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Dutchman and Uncle Sam with unclear events and timing, lacking identifiable people, places, dates, or concrete actions to anchor a summary. The readable bits do not form a coherent report or reportable event.
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Ese Ee Bible School
Red Cross
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P. J. Shaw
W. J. Pyne
Pgp
C. H. Pill Furniture Co
Sam
E. L. Hollis
Ratus
Waibiy
North Presbyterian Church
F. Fuller-White
Nat'l Bank
A. C. Hackley
Osteopathic
Mcewen Block
T. D. Jones
First National Bank
H. W. Lyon
L. M. Graham
D. V
Mi. Rolfe
Chicago Veterinary College
McGowan's Pharmacy
G. P. Seifert
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Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
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