Havelock Happenings Highlights Local Life
Community notes from Havelock cover visits to Louisiana and Fonda, new car purchase by Ray Grover, weddings, funerals, and births. Obituary delays noted, multiple relatives visit, and local residents attend services at churches and homes, with social visits to Rolfe Laurens and Pocahontas areas.
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Ro J. Womack
Lousiana
Ray Grover
Allen Garage
Mart Stover
Clara Speer
Dubbert
Ware
N. B. Hersomi
Fonda
Mann
M. I
Willis Knight
Will Obrecht
Rolfe
Geo. Obrecht
Genevieve ‘Merry
Laurens
Duthbert
Luther Miller
Arthur Clarke Miller
Auto Worked Change Turns Man Into City Shark
A man who once kept steady hours at the car barn sank into automobile fever after buying a machine. He now spends long shifts on North Easton line, chasing coins to keep the car running and to take his partner out, declaring the toil worth a possible million someday.
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Toose
North Easton
Brockton
Enterprise
Nut Butter as Wholesome Food Despite British Skepticism
The Royal Society food committee tested cocoa butter in England during wartime butter shortages. The New York Medical Journal reports that cocoa butter is used less efficiently than real butter, causes no digestive issues, has a mild laxative effect in large quantities, and is generally safe and wholesome.
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England
The
Royal Society
New York Medical Journal
Insects Fed by Kansas Birds Prove Valuable to Farmers
A State Horticultural Society publication for bird protection states Kansas birds consume 576 million pounds of insects yearly. The insect-eating role saves farmers from pest damage, with the effort valued in dollars though the exact figure is hard to quantify.
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Bird Protection
State Horticultural Society of
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Blair
Lost property tally includes limbs and gear in transit
The last annual report of lost property notes three artificial limbs found in street cars. The list also contains six gas masks sixty hoes and prayer books and cash to the value of 11465 pounds.
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Street Railways
Tso
Liverpool
Ing
How Iris Promises a Joyful Irish Style Cookbook
A playful verse imagines Iris presenting a joyful Irish stew of tales and recipes. The speaker invites readers to savor solid meat and a sweet finish, imagining a book that blends cooking craft with rhymes.
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Iris
Simple Elegant Salads and Quick Dressings
The article describes simple salads using crisp head lettuce with a French dressing of oil and vinegar, salt, cayenne, and a touch of powdered sugar. It covers onion salad with parsley, cauliflower salad with bacon fat dressing, cottage cheese with peppers, and bananas rolled in peanuts served on lettuce with dressing.
Outdoor Picnic Cooking rightly planned and packed
A guide to packing for picnics covers wrapped foods to avoid dirty fingers, hollowed rolls with salad, canned pork and beans heated in hot water, roasted potatoes with frankfurts, and a variety of sand wiches. Creamed butter with mint or capers adds flavor, wrapped cakes stay clean, coffee remains the beverage of choice, and fruit drinks like grape or lemon juice stay cool with ice carried in a tight seal can.
Too Many Millionaires Urge Limits on Wealth Across Nation
The piece argues that rapid accumulation of wealth signals dishonest methods and harms America. It warns wholesale dishonesty in business could fuel discontent and revolution, urging Congress to cap fortunes and incomes for all residents to protect the nation’s founding ideals.
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America
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Havelock
George Taylor
Sam Kauffman
H. Gill
Almo
Sanford’ Young
Plover
Eileen
Mallard
C. B. Dunlap
Wife
Chicago
John Dunlap
Webb's Two Drug Stores
Rolfe and Plover
Iowa
P. M. Lay
Martin Larson
Gilmore City
Bradgate
Township 92
Range 30
Humboldt County
Nels Larsen Lund
C. Skow
Auctiomeer
Verede
T. B. Aldrich
Congress
United States
Anita Ki
Sys Ag
Locke
Calhoun County Fair
Manson, Iowa
Kruger & Loraine
Hart
Towa
al Wilson
Ruth Law
New Stock Pavilion
Giant Auto Truck and Tractor Exposition
Dept. of Agriculture
Commerce
Des Moines
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