Banquet at Hotel Kermore and May play announced
Local events include a junior senior banquet at Emmetsburg Hotel Kermore on Friday night and a May 7 senior class play The Phantom at the school auditorium. Community notes report real estate sale Henry Thompson farm to J S Trimble of Marathon with possession March 1, 1988 and multiple local social visits.
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Haniel “School
Plover
J. S. Trimble
Marathon
Chris
DeYoung of
Ware
Washington Cemetery
DeYoung
Martin Larson
George Wood
Chicago
Lemerson
Gowrie
G. A
H. D. Gruver
G. A. Gruver
Gruver
Loren Whitman
Whitman
Lewis Hawk
Battershell
Pocahontas
Irene Hawk
Ray Eno
Fort Dodge
Albert Zeck
Jay Stowell
Kanawha
Stowell
Dora Knight
J. H. Goodchild
Ladies’ Aid Pasta
New Deal
C. BE. Eppelsheimer
Millicent
Will Hilton
Des Moines
Ray Grover
Milt Hunter
K. P. Hunter
John
Wappelo
Maude Schaffer
West
Notice of Assessment for Secondary Road District No 78 hearing
Notice to all persons listed in the schedule that a report of the board of apportionment for Secondary Road District No 78 will be heard May 5 1987 at 2 02 p m in the Pocahontas County Iowa auditor’s office. Assessments total 107 97 with owners Metropolitan Life Insurance Co George Corray Joe and Otto Gneupel Earl R Smith Laurence Garlock and others. Objections must be filed by noon that day or waivers will be presumed.
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County Auditor of Tion of Tract Sec. Tp. Kg. Ac
Board of Supervisors
Eir
Posuiontas
Towa
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
George Corray
Joe
Otto Gneupel
Earl R. Smith
Laurence
Garlock
Laurence E. Garlock
First Watches in Germany by Peter Henlein
The passage notes Peter Henlein of Nuremberg likely made the first watches around 1500 after Columbus's voyage. Early watches were pocket-sized, thick, round or drum shaped, with no face crystal or minute hand, and used a spring to power them. They were valued as jewelry by royals and wealthy alike, including Queen Elizabeth and her court.
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Peter Henlein
Nuremberg
Germany
America
Washington Star
Europe
Queen Elizabeth
Farmer Confessel Keeps Congressman at Home
A rural voter quip notes Farmer Confessel will not send his congressman back to Washington. He says the representative is so good company that they have decided to keep him home.
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Washington
Farmer Confessel
Burglary Interlude Ends With Quick Trade
In a tense domestic encounter Abe spots a burglar in his home and negotiates a swift exchange. The intruder demands money and a gun, offering to sell it back. Abe complies and the incident concludes with the transfer completing the deal.
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Abe
Treasury Launders Old Dollar Bills in Washington
A fragment notes the Treasury in Washington handling old dollar bills. The line hints at questioning where worn notes are processed or retired, suggesting a laundering or drying process without explicit details.
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Treasury
Washington
Plum Silly Bud Bargain Sparks Hoarder Hype
A playful exchange shows a cartoon huckster offering plums at six for a nickel. Bud asks for one fruit while the seller hints at a party, underscoring a light humorous moment in a rural market scene.
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Huckster
Pauses and Punchlines: A Wordplay Exchange
A light cartoon style exchange shows a child noting the humor in the word wholesome. The father asks about the joke with a simple ambling response highlighting the wordplay.
Out of Respect I Saw Ye Oot with the New Minister
A Scots dialog notes mock respect for the new minister who did not drink whisky. The first fisherman asks about a catch, the second says none and mocks his teetotal stance, taking him to a place without bass.
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Montreal Star
Young Writer Refuses Cereal Ad Assignment
In a brief noted exchange, a junior copy writer declines a fast food ad brief, citing inability to craft cereal themed stories. The discussion highlights creative assignment conflicts within the advertising office.
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Advertising Office
Around Old Rolfe in the Seventies Fire Memories
A reminiscence recounts prairie fires in the Rolfe area from 1870 to 1879. It notes low county voting, early fires that killed a Cedar Township family, neighborly aid by Fulcomer and others, and rescues by threshing crews who saved the settlement. It highlights firefighting efforts, migration, and nearby losses including Romaine Fish and Peter Jensen families.
Prairie fire threat ends in neighborly response
In late September a 16 year old boy and his sister started a fire at Blessing farm to satisfy a curiosity about flames. Neighbors fought the blaze through the night, with hay stacks lost by Robert Lothian Sr. and Bar ney Hancher. The fire was halted by a gully east of Dick Hancher’s. The youth received sharp counsel and likely remembers it.
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Illinois
Blessing Farm
Fannie
Robert Lothian Sr
Barney Hancher
Dick Hancher
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Markley
Twin Cities
Rena ‘Huseby
Spencer
Otto Maltzahn
Donald ‘Gibson
New Deal Rocery
M.G. ‘Herscher
Chevrolet
W.E. Gower
Robert Winter
Rodman
Laurens
Rolfe
Merle Grodland
Stebbins
Jake Wagner
Mallard
Ernie Froh
Mercy Hospital
Augusta Froh
Roswald Hauswirth
Leland Williams
Jim Williams
Cloone
Huschen
Holstein
Fred Hauswirth
Epworth League
Calvin Hergom
Dickens
Pete Smith
Cedar Falls
Hubert White
Ray Gruver
Pearl Mick
Ben Eby
Ray
Henry Gruver
John Hess
Geo
Price
Fred Morischeck
Lelia Bass
Bert Ass
Geo. Beatty
G. A. Grover
Emmetsburg
Woman’s Foreign Missionary ‘Society
Algona District
Jay Williams
L. D. Goodchild
G. A. Hollenbeck
Agricultural Mutual Hail Insurance Association
Har
Karl Wagner
Agricultural Mutual Insurance Association
GLOG
Otto Tiebben Havelock
I. M. McKim
Pres. Plover
C. E. Lehnus Rolfe
Roy A. Johnson
County
Henry Fulcomer
Mr. Fulcomer
Mr. Thomas
George Cook
Dan Thomas
Clinton
Peter Williams
Anton
Root
Branch
Henry Classon
Old Rolfe
Algona
Romaine Fish
Mr. Jensen
John B. Jolliffe
George Rowley
Mr. Clemmons
Palo Alto
A. H. Hancher
Center Township
Joe Biederman
John Fraser Sr
Spence
Robert Lothian
Schonberger Farm
Alex. McEwen
Frank L. MacVey
Rolfe State Bank
U. S
Westinghouse
U. S. Public Works Administration Housing Division
Bien
Tange
Westinghouse Electric Ranges
Tral States Electric. Company
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