Plover Patriot notes local social and travels
James Sennett of Rolfe served as a business caller Thursday afternoon. Helen Keller of Indianola visits grandparents Mr and Mrs I M McKim. Mr and Mrs A G Heathman and Mr and Mrs Allen Heathman were among Emmetsburg visitors Saturday evening. Raymond Cassell returned from a year in Iowa City where he studies at the University and found work during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare Plover
James Sennett
Rolfe
Helen Keller
Indianola
I. M. McKim
A. G. Heathman
Allen Heathman
Emmetsburg
Raymond Cassell
Iowa City
University
Community Notes From Mason City Area Weekending Visits
Mr and Mrs Bud Hancher of Mason City visited in C E Hancher home Saturday. Geo Heathman drove to Granville and back with Mrs Heathman and the boys after a ten day visit. The Sroufes attended a family reunion at Rolfe. Kiward Lehnus drove to Ames to meet Eds sister Mrs Chas Wentz who arrived from San Francisco via Salt Lake City Cheyenne and Omaha. Mrs Elsie Lehnus Wentz visited her mother Mrs Lehnus. Ward VanAlstine and sons visited Gilmore. Mekwen VanAlstine is in a C C C camp in Guthrie Center seven months in service. Root beer at Webb's Drug Store. Mrs C J Mekkelson and Leslie Blanche plan a Tucson Arizona to Iowa trip with Alta as headquarters. Mrs Fred McKim and daughter Doris returned from Town City hospital. Doris hurt by a fall with ribs detached from spine and may need a cast. Mother received treatments in Iowa City and two month follow up. Both families glad to be home and improving.
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Bud Hancher
Mason City
C. E. Hancher
Geo. Heathman
Granville
Ames
Chas. Wentz
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Omaha
Elsie Lehnus Wentz
Sunnydale
Cal
Caroline Lehnus
Wentz
Professon
California
Ward VanAlstine
Gilmore
Mekwen VanAlstine
Guthrie Center
Arkansas
Webb
C. J. Mekkelson
Leslie
Blanche
Tucson
Ariz
Iowa
Alta
Fred McKim
Doris
Town City
Iowa City
Giant Saguaro Cactus Guarded as Arizona Desert Wonder
The Saguaro National Monument is established in Coronado National Forest to protect desert flora, with cacti over a century old. Descriptions note creamy May blooms, edible fruit, uses of skeletons for shelters and art, and woodpecker nesting in tall trunks.
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Saguaro
Arizona Desert
Carrier
Hoover
Coronado National Forest
Saguaro National Monument
National Monument
Washington Star
Quebec Seigniors Were Canada's Landed Gentry
The seigniors of Quebec formed the landed gentry in Lower Canada under the feudal landholding system. Lands were granted by the king for military service, with renters paying one fourteenth of grain and living in narrow riverfront parcels. The seigneurial tenure was abolished in December 1834.
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Quebec
Lower Canada
New France
St. Lawrence
Weighing feathers and iron in a vacuum experiment
In air a feather and iron weigh the same by standard measure but in a vacuum the buoyancy changes the balance. An experiment shows a hollow sphere outweighing a solid sphere when air is exhausted, illustrating apparent heavier-feather perception due to air buoyancy.
Innovations in Yale Lock Keys Create Vast Array of Variants
A Yale lock uses irregular key shapes with eight possible depths across five notches, yielding 32 768 potential keys. Notches are cut first, pins later, and grooves milled along key sides enlarge the key-change range by aligning with grooves in the keyway.
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Yale
Cleveland’s ascent from preacher’s son to White House
The text follows Grover Cleveland, son of Rev. Richard Farley Cleveland, born in a manse into five generations of clergy. Raised in faith, his home split by death, his mother’s encouragement and an uncle’s nudge toward law propelled him to become Erie County assistant district attorney, then Buffalo mayor, Albany governor, and finally a presidential path marked by a Bible his mother gave in boyhood.
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Grover Cleveland
Richard Farley Cleveland
Erie County
N. Y
White House
Buffalo
Albany
County Farm Bureau Picnic Set for Rolfe on Aug 20
The Garfield Unit sponsors a county wide Farm Bureau picnic at Rolfe City Park on Tuesday August 20. A noon picnic dinner precedes an address by Louis Kelehan director of insurance with the State Automobile Insurance Co. An afternoon program features Sports led by the Garfield Township Boys Club and a refreshments stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Rolfe
Garfield Unit
Pocashontas County
Louis Kelehan
The
State Automobile Insurance Co
Garfield Township
Farm
Glass windows praised as treasures through English reigns
The account recalls how Henry III presented Edward I with a glazed windowed house on returning from Spain. Elizabethan times valued glass panes as treasures and lore says the Duke of Northumberland hid his house windows with a caretaker to keep them safe from robbers.
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Henry III
Edward I
Spain
Elizabeth
Duke of Northumberland
Lost Policies Notice For Fire Dwelling Insurance Policies
Advertisement regarding lost fire policies numbers 352948 to 352950 and combined dwelling policy number 201973 noted for public notice. Claims should contact authorities as required by law.
Missing Columbia Fire policies declared void and unrecognized
The Columbia Fire Underwriters Agency of Hartford warns that policies Nos 202 to 210 issued via the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford lack countersignature and have not been issued or paid for. They are void if found and claims under them will be illegal. Return any copies to the Western Department Office at 175 Jackson Boulevard Chicago. No claims will be recognized. Signed by George H Bell and A V Graeber.
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Columbia
National Fire Feance Company
Hartford
Western Department
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Columbia Fire Underwriters Agency of
Conn
George H. Bell
Myr
Illinois
A. V. Graeber
Rolfe, Towa
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Eversharp
Inksshaeffer
Carter
Denison’s
Il le
Quinsland
Laawrence Quinsland
Elaine Quinsland
Rolfeigh School
Canada
Cleveland
F. B
C. B. Bowen
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Chas. Lehnus
Floyd Russell
Lehnus
Petersons
Chambray
Kaynee
Oxfords
Kip” Wilson
Old Rolfe High School
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