Palmyra and Stowaways on the Rainbow Yacht
Palmyra aboard the Rainbow discovers a stowaway named Burke and a second man aboard. Burke jokes with a ten inch knife visible, Palmyra grows close to the stowaways while avoiding Van and John. On Honolulu the stowaways are ashore, Palmyra falls for Van as the Rainbow strikes a reef and John rescues them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra Tree
Burke
Palmyra
Brown Man
Van
John
Honolulu
Island Rescue and a Daring Message on the Reef
On a hostile island Palmyra and Olive watch Burke's plan unfold as a Japanese warship nears. Olive uses a coded exchange with Burke through a bird containing a written message, signaling a daring bid for escape. Olive signals a joint swim to safety as Burke closes in and the bird delivers its ominous summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Olive
Jit
Baijing
Iin
Burke
Lee Beach
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings July 10 1928
Pocahontas Iowa July 10 1928 board of supervisors met in regular session to fix hearing date for the county budget estimate. The board set August 7 1928 at 1 30 p m at the court house for hearing and directed publication in The Pocahontas Record. Claims against funds were audited and allowed including salaries and misc. charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
G. W. Ferguson
Randall Melson
Jas. L. O’keefe
E. A. Rude
A. H. Buscher
Towa
Jas. L. O'Keefe
Turner, Kalsow
Griffin
Humboldt Gravel & Tile Company
Fred Grundon
Roehlk
Fitzgerald
Et al
Same
Elias Rolles
Grimes
Henry A. Hostetler
John E. Auman
Mable M. Auman
W. A. Wiegert & Son
Lester Brown
District Court
John E. Alman
John FE. Auman
Charles R. Lewis
Township 91
Range 33
W. A. Wiegert
Peeahontas
J. M. Berry
Atty
Ocean escape unfolds as Olive launches life raft plan
In a dramatic scene a man traps Olive with improvised flotation as a signal of danger. Olive’s parlor plan becomes a life preserver as she drags a silk parasol from the sea and the couple drift toward a thousand miles of empty ocean. The page also carries a district court notice from Pocahontas Iowa and a South Dakota rail fare ad offering $11 round trip to Miller Faulkton and the Black Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Olive
South Dakota
Chicago & North, Western Ry
Miller
Faulkton
West
Black Hills
Chicago & North Western Ry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anley
Osborn Cruatacre
Ponape Burke
Lupe-a-Noa
Ponape
Noah
W. W. Beam
First National Bank
Rolfe
S. E. Higgins Osteopathic Physician
Oak and _Miver Sts
J. White
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Abe M. DE Vaal
Robert J. Kent Insurance Life
W. R. Bates, M. D
Fort Dodge
L. M. Graham
Kent
Rolff
Yowa
Amy Ireland
Rolpe
J. M. Bush
Phone
Plover
C. A. Julianeal Fatate
J. H. Engel
COL
H. H. Grove
Mallard
Mike Saathoff
A. S. Wood
T NZ
M. J. Murphy
Zon R. Wiegert
Barton Warner Grates
Barton Warne Grates
Compa
Roy A. Johnson
W. F. Kiefer
S. L. McIntire
Fonda Times
A. L. Thornton
Grace D. McMichael
Chas. Stebbins
J. F
Insane Pung Waters Brothers
Adel Lieb
J. H. Lampe
Jeanne Shimon Drug Company
Hane
W. H. Habermehl
C. A. Wessman
A. J. Kleen
J. T. Hughes
Farmers’ Union Service
H.C. Coleman
J. Soehelan Sheldon
Famio
Zablow A
L. M. Williams
Sheep Kind Bridge Fund
Standard Oil Company
Guanc
Manhattan Oil Company
W. Eppetran
Ray Mather
O. T. Olsen
Perry E. Luke
Johnson Implement Company
Central States Electric Copany
J. R. Sinnett
Kaison Brothers
W. C. Porath
Elizabeth M. Griffin
Louis J. Turner
A. R. Peters
Labor
C. W. Nedved
Anton Nedved
A. W. Vodraska
V. C. Callon
Chas. R. Lanus
R. A. Crummer
Geo. Gilleland
Manuel Kemp
Paul Buffington
M. George
Nels Olson
John Cornath
J. R. Gain
Henry Martens
J. Wade
John M. Schultz
Fred Eickhoff
E. F. Hogan
Matt Fitzgerald
Jos. A. Miller
District Court of
W. D. Wallace
Buick
Fisher
Kaiser Auto Company
Pocahontas, Iow
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