Mrs. J. C. Brogotti Triped Canada and East States
Mrs. J. C. Brogotti and her daughter Christibel return from a trip August 14 visiting Detroit Ohio and Canada. They left Manson July 19 by train and saw caverns castles and oil fields in Ohio and Detroit attractions including the Shrine of the Little Flower and Henry Ford birthday celebration. A July 27 reunion in Petersburg Michigan brought 29 cousins, with a Chicago stop to visit Calvin Martin and view the Art Institute Field Museum and Chinatown.
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Canada
Ohio
Little Flower
Detroit
Henry Ford
Petersburg
Mich
Brogotti
Chicago
Calvin Martin
Art Institute
Field Museum
Chinatown
Hail Damages Crops Across Northwest Iowa
A Saturday night storm hit northwest Iowa with heavy wind and hail. The Mallard Curlew area reported corn and garden losses while some small grain in shock was 50 percent threshed. Near Plover Otto sen and other areas suffered hail and a cloudburst with standing shocks in water. A barn ten miles south of Pocahontas was destroyed by lightning as unroofed buildings and a threshing separator were tipped over.
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Iowa
Plover
Ottosen
Pocahontas
St Johns of Gilmore Picnic With Free Baseball Game
St John s church at Gilmore City hosts its annual picnic next Tuesday August 16 featuring a free baseball game between Gilmore City and Manson at 4 pm a chicken supper at 6 pm and evening events including a dance boxing and wrestling games The Lizard parish five miles west of Clare holds a Sunday August 14 chicken dinner at noon and afternoon games.
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St. John’s
Gilmore City
Manson
Lizard Parish
Clare
Rialto Theatre Schedule and Featured Films
Friday and Saturday August 12 13 Richard Arlen Beverly Roberts in Call of the Yukon Lloyd Nolan Lynn Overman in Hunted Men Sunday to Tuesday August 14 15 16 Dick Powell Pat O’Brien in Cowboy from Brooklyn Travel talk Czechoslovakia on Parade Wednesday Thursday August 17 18 Kay Francis John Litel in My Bill Trials of widowed mother with four children.
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Richard Arlen
Beverly Roberts
Lloyd Nolan
Lynn Overman
Dick Powell
Pat O’brien
Brooklyn
Czechoslovakia
Kay Francis
John Litel
Farm Bureau Camp At State Fair Offers Low-Cost Lodging
The Farm Bureau Camp Ground at Des Moines will host affordable lodging for farmers and families at the State Fair from August 24 to September 2. Tent space is free, baths with 20 showers for each gender are available, and campers may pass between camp and fairgrounds after paying one day’s admission. Police protection is provided, but belongings are left at campers’ risk.
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Farm Bureau
Des
Moines
E. J. Schmuecker
Pocahontas County
Fairgrounds
Care Farm Bureau
Des Moines
State Fair Management
Fast Races At Kossuth County Fair Draw Strong Field
Algona’s Kossuth county fair Tuesday features 25 plus speed kings racing on the Algona oval with electric timing to verify any new half mile record. Gus Schrader holds the fast mark and is defended as the I M C A timing device arrives for the national circuit showdown.
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Algona
Kossuth
America
Gus Schrader
Algona Oval
Schrader
Tilton Guthrie Co Opens Four Day Rolfe Engagement
The Tilton Guthrie Co begins a four day run in Rolfe in their large tent. The company is well known and has performed here before. Reports from other shows suggest the four features vaudeville and special acts are very good.
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Tilton-Guthrie Co
Rolfe
Iowa State Fair to Open August 24 With Centennial Exhibits
Final plans announced for the Iowa State Fair to begin August 24 in Des Moines. The 200 acre exposition features include old fashioned farm implements, period rooms 1838 to 1938, a 19th century fashion show, transportation exhibits, pioneer locomotives, and a vast mural on Iowa agriculture. Other attractions include a national livestock show, farm and grain displays, flower and garden shows, fish and game exhibits, 4 H congress with nearly 3,000 youths, auto and art shows, and horticultural exhibits.
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Des’ Moines
Iowa
Third Annual 4-H Club Fair Sees 75 Baby Beef Calves
At Pocahontas August 18 19 County Agent E J Schmuecker announces over 75 baby beef calves expected for the third annual 4 H Club Fair. Entry nears 82 with 75 shown. judges Rex Beresford Iowa State College Extension Service. Breed breakdown includes 34 Herefords 84 Angus and 7 Shorthorn. Judging starts 12 30 p m Friday. Calves parade at night show on Thursday and Friday at the public school grounds.
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Pocahontas
E. J. Sehmuecker
Schmuecker
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College Extension Service
Beresford
Promotion Club Met In Regular Session
Rolfe's Promotion club met at the Central States building with Rev. Wangberg presiding. Attendance lagged. members urged to contact absentees. C. B. Bowen to preside next meeting on Aug. 18. M. W. Webb named chairman for the following meeting where the yearly report will be given.
Swearingen Buys Moore's Barber Shop
A deal was reached between C. S. Swearingen and Mrs. J. L. Moore to sell the Moore barber shop to Swearingen. Possession was given Monday August 8. Swearingen plans to rearrange the interior and repair the building.
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Swearingen
Moore
C. S. Swearingen
J. L. Moore
Caddie Tournament Arranged with Two Flight Plans
A caddie golf tournament is set with senior and junior flights. Rounds due by August 15, 18, 22, and 25 respectively, with listed qualifying scores for participants including Don Cornwell, Terry Cornwell, Alvin Riches, Dale Rickard, and others plus junior caddies Smith, E Hart, W Sheeley, D Cox, L Reed.
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Don Cornwell
Terry Cornwell
Alvin Riches
Jack Patterson
Dale Rickard
James Hauck
James Severson
Ray Smith
Rodell Long
James McIntire
Wendell Feaster
Jerry Hart
Arnold Landvng
Junior Smith
Smith
E. Hart
W. Sheeley
D. Cox
L. Reed
J. Ferden
H. Chapman
B. Riches
Rolfe Golfers to Meet Manson Sunday at City Park
Rolfe Golf Club members will play Manson in an 18 hole match Sunday at 1 30 p m at City Park. The public is invited to watch and Rolfe members are urged to attend to support their players.
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Rolfe Club
Manson
Rolfe Golf Club
Mosquitoes and Flies Spark Sleeping Sickness Fears
Nebraska and Minnesota report outbreaks of sleeping sickness in horses. County agent E J Schmuecker relays guidance from the American Horse and Mule Association on prompt protective measures. Keeping work animals in screened stables at night, using fly nets, and spraying with vetted formulations can prevent infections.
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Nebraska
Minnesota
E. J. Schmuecker
Wayne Dinsmore
The
American Horse and Mule .Association
University of Illinois
Illinois Experiment Station
Eighth District Garden Club Meet Set at Dolliver Park
The Eighth District Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa will gather August 17 at Dolliver Park for a joint picnic dinner flower show and business meeting. Mrs. Carl Kennedy of Fort Dodge will preside. Pocahontas and neighboring counties are in the district with morning events including a 10:00 address by Mrs. Forest Huttenlocher on Garden Club Objectives and district reports.
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Dolliver Park
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa
Carl Kennedy
Fort Dodge
Kennedy
Pocahontas
Forest Huttenlocher
Des Moines
Farm Bureau REA Picnic Set at Pocahontas Labor Day
The Farm Bureau REA committee plans a large Labor Day event at Pocahontas to dedicate the Central Electric Federated Cooperative Association generating plant. Speakers Donald Kirkpatrick and John M. Carmody will deliver main addresses. The plant, one mile south of Pocahontas, is nearly complete and among the largest in Iowa with eight units and 305000 dollars spent so far.
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Farm Bureau-Rea
Pocahontas Labor Day
Donald Kirkpatrick
American Farm Bureau Federation
John M. Carmody
REA
Labor Day
Central Electric Federated Cooperative Association
Pocahontas
Towa
Home efficiency exhibits at courthouse morning fair
Exhibits and booths will be set up in the courthouse rotunda starting at 9 1 day morning. Each club will feature home efficiency projects mainly kitchen related items. Exhibits are judged by Mrs Aileen Wilson Thompson with a state agent background. Cummins township displays heredity and environment concepts shaping children destinies.
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Aileen. Wilson ‘Thompson
Cummins Township
Jay-Ryan
St Margaret Parish Carnival Thrills Rolfe With Two Days
St Margaret parish of Rolfe sponsors a two day carnival on Wednesday and Thursday August 17 and 18. The event offers games contests concessions a dance and a supper in the K P hall serving fried chicken and gravy mashed potatoes tomatoes baked beans baked ham rolls and jelly along with coffee pie and pickles.
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St. Margaret’s
Rolfe
K. of P. Hall
Improvements Made in Rolfe Area
Several improvements in Rolfe have been noted recently. O. T. Olsen has repainted his living quarters improving appearance. Dr. King residence redecorating first coat finished. Cora Lind updating property vacated by Dr. Hunter family. Peters Market expanded to nearly double its former size.
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Rolfe
O. T. Olsen
Dr. King
Cora Lind
Dr. Hunter and
Peters Market
Correction adds Dodge Park location for Iowa Centennial Exposition
A correction notes that Dodge Park in Council Bluffs Iowa hosts the exposition from August 17 to September 15. The earlier story omitted the park location and dates.
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Dodge Park
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Twin Lakes Guests Discuss Prospects at Venture
L A Rogers and Charles Nieman spoke on prospects at Twin Lakes. The afternoon saw a light program with swimming in the lake and guests including Jones of Mangon and a son of Pocahontas.
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Twin Lakes
Rs. L. A. Rogers
Charles Nieman
Wars Son of
Pocahontas
Migs
Jones of Mangon
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ST. Johns OF Gilmore
Rialto Theatre
Pocahontas, Iowa
State Fair
Kossuth County Fair
Tilton-Guthrie
Westinghouse Electric
Ae Electric Company
Fair
District Garden Club
ST. Margaret Parish
A. P. White
Lida DeWolf
Funn
Ridotto
Moe Goyette
Noble Ross
AL Menke
Fred Fejfar
His
MUS
McCormick
Deering
the Harvester Company
McCormick-Deering
Brogatti Implement Company
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