Local notes from Plover area residents and visitors
Plover residents and friends are listed visiting Storm Lake Marshall Minnesota Cedar Falls Okoboji Pocahontas and other communities. Many families report outings visits to relatives and fairs, school starts, threshing demonstrations, and sewing club activities with extensive mention of neighbors and traveling to Osage Des Moines and Ames for events and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roush
Ham
Silver Lake
Rev. Manifold
Manifold
Wiley
Ovette
Shirley
Robert
Plano
Jas. Krejer
J. L. Johnson
Emmetsburg
Iynvold Christensen
Harry Wegele
Edward Vestegaard
Dakota
Ila Fisher
Fred Perkins
Alva
John
Peter
Sac City
Ed Hefley
Carlisle
I. M. McKim
C. E. Watts
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
P. Hendricksen
West Bend
Ray McKim
Spencer
Chas. Krejer
Gilmore
Peter Bendixon
L. E. Garlock
Okoboji
Wes
Meyersen
Siliey
M. T. Blessing
Rolie
E. W. Kerns
Hart Day
C. D. Ferguson
Ray Ferguson
Norma
Elizabeth
Rolfe
Paton and
Dana
J. A. Arnold
Baker Boys
Euting
Lakes
Henry Fitzgerald
Frank Fitzgerald
F. R. Eggspuchler
Ft. Dodge
Herbert Barrett
Clarence Pringle
Minnesota
Harold Breckler
Curlew
R. E. DuBoise
Pocahontas
Garfield
Powhatan
Edgar Cornell
Ames
Frank Jarvis
Paul Kerns
Comer
N. J. Muerer
Clear Lake
Harry Smith
J. M. Bush
A. Smith
Desota
Plover School Opens With Familiar Faculty Mix
Plover starts Monday August 1 81 with most of last year’s teachers. High school gains Ruth Sumner replacing Kay Ley who pursues B S degree. Textbooks unchanged and Sept Sanders aims to begin September 1. A brief opening day session will cover textbook purchases and schedule conflicts. Principal Holmes arrives soon to meet students. Superintendent Sanders available Saturday August 29 at the school and during the week at his home. Program announcements for H S and grades to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover
Ruth Sumner
Rockswell City
Kelley
Sanders
Miss Holmes
H. S
Local social notes from Mallard and area gatherings
A batch of community updates notes visits to relatives in Wellsburg and Okoboji, sewing club reviews led by Mrs. Chas Otto and Mrs. G. T. Moffett, and instructors from Ames. Foreman Henderson moves his family into Mrs. Snyder’s home, while Ward Strong enjoys a short Okoboji vacation. Additional items include hospital visits, family gatherings, and neighbors hosting social events locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Zeck
Mallard
Wellsburg
J. H. Pollock
Chas
Otto
G. T. Moffett
Ames
Henderson
Spencer
Andrew McFadzen Ig
Cedar Falls
Mr. Carlson
A. G. Peters Co
Val
Fred Gembler
Cherokee
Clarence Stouse
N. J. Muerer
Ed Wegele
Ayrshire
Manifold
Fort Dodge
Bus. Anderson
Gems' dinner party draws wide Rolfe connections
Mr and Mrs J H Gems hosted a Rolfe area dinner party with many relatives and friends from Callender Otho and Rolfe attending. Guests included John Gems aunt and family along with Ethel Taylor Gladys Larson Ella Taylor and Roger Roush who recently visited Rolfe. The gathering sparked talk of future rural visits and enjoyable company for young travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gems
John
Anton’ Mer
Otho
Vien Peterson
Callender
O. K. Hastings
Fred. Gembler
Imagination Warned the Feet in a Cold Journey Tale
A fragment recounts Charles Brookfeld telling of a miserably cold journey to a country house. A private omnibus arrives with no foot warmers until two heavy cases are revealed to hold the imagined warmth. The riders, warmed by their own expectation, find their feet thawed by the improvised heat. The bit ends with the butler noting the cases were theirs all along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Tatler
Charles Brookfeld
Ray
Gtain
Gooding
My Hose
Gelen the Father of Medicine Title Earned by Galen
Galen, born in Pergamon, studied in Alexandria and Rome where he dissected animals and wrote on anatomy. He framed disease around the four humors bile blood phlegm and black bile linked to elements fire air and earth, with heat cold and moisture traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chudius Galen
Galen
Perymany
3A Minor
Aleandria
Rome
Unusual Skowhess Maing Stairway Remembers Fashion
A narrow stairway in Skowhess Maing built for a dentist Dr Henry Leavitt features a five inch rise and tight tread made for hobble skirt era. Women struggled climbing the stairs during a hot day, turning the design into a memorial of a forgotten fashion trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhess Maing
Henry Leavitt
Leathl
Louisiana Purchase Payment Details From 19th Century Document
The note outlines a complex cost structure for the Louisiana Purchase including 64,000,000 francs in US 6 percent bonds valued at 11,250,000 dollars, plus ten years of interest, surveying, exploration, and land sales expenses. It also mentions the U S assumption of French obligations to American citizens tied to French ships, estimated at 17,000 dollars, with a total payment around 15,000,000 dollars.
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Louisiana
United States
Weather blamed for infelicity and cooling off time
The brief notes hot weather blamed for a mild discomfort or happiness dip while advertising costs are reviewed in a final analysis. It suggests the heat affects mood and spending, with a nod to cooling off as a remedy.
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Ruth Crook
Ila
Ivadelle Jarvis
John Hiede
Andrew
Charles
Beatrice McFadzen
Storm Lake
A. G. Heathman
Phayne
LeVon
Clarence Heathman
Marshall, Minn
Velma Henderson
Ida Fisher
Gladys
C. R. Henderson
Velma
Duane
Ward Sharp
Harry McFadden
Lena Kling
Cresswell
Bertha Bowers
Joe Arnold
Wayne
Pocahontas Point
Orville Klinge
M. E. Hess
Miss Kelly
Paton
B. W. Lathrop
Vivian
Dickens and Primghar
A. O. Campney
Robert Thompson
Tom Simonson
Rochester
Sharp
Clarion
Thos. Jones
G. L. Sanders
Dorothy
Junior
Mr. Sanders
Myr
Jas. Horsman
Garwin and
Florence Foley
Gyla Shriner
Rodman
W.J. Johnson
Walter Langfitt
Wisconsin
Grandma Langfitt
D. E. Young
R. F. Buck
Ernest Langfitt
New Virginia
Ivaae Young
Panora
D.E. Young
Miss Aurelia
Jefferson
Chardan
Fred MecKim
Rumley
Fae Pirie
Waterman
H. F. Knapp’s
C. W. Roberts
Presbyterian Sunday School
C. D. Smith
Chas. Smith
Don Dalley
E. J. Struthers
Andrew Crawford
Frank Eno
Havelock
Earl Whiting
Lee Meyers
Bruner
I. J. Struthers
Manson
Merry Makers Sewing Club
Millicent Eppelsheimer
Verna Hendricks
Eppelsheimer
Millicent
Tillie Swanson
Epworth League
Frank Knecht
Kankakee
Ill
Martin Kerbs
Ed Lehnus
Fred Prussner
Reddick
Leslie Lehnus
Herschel
Clarence
Rosella Lehnugs
Banfield
Doc Kauffman
Harry Knisely
Webster City
S. T. Grove
Presbyterian Church
Aurelia
Chet Carpenter
Maxine
Grandma Carpenter
Roy Dobbs
Joe Krejer
Harold Drayman
Floyd Ferguson
Marie Ditch
Crouch
Farmers’ Union
Methes’ Hall
W. J. Johnson
Johnson
Rumboldt
Chas. Otto
Marney
Chas. Seymore
Clarinda
Joyce Christensen
Humboldt
M. I. Helvig
J. W. Hall
Moorehead
Minn
P. R
G. S. Shaw
A. J. Eppelsheimer
Dawson
M. E
Fred Smith
Zola Bucher
Danbury
Edythe Shaw
Will Dunn
R. E. Dunn
Wesley
Earl Haucks
Geo, Arnolds
W. H. Hansens
F. A. Pringles
Harry Smiths
Jas. Harsmans
O. A. Smith
Floyd DeVauls
Henry Stowers
Laura
Byron
Howard Bryant
Ladies Aid Society
B. W. Jeffries
Earl Houck
J. H. Bucher
G. 8. Shaw
Will Nowack
Peter Christensen
Chicago
Saint Paul
Fred Kerns
Geo. Arnold Place
Arnolds
Judd Mehaffey
Hamilton of
T. P. Comer
Snyder
E. Comer
M. H. Bryant
Fairfield
W. P. Bryant
W. S. DeWolf
Elmer Albee
Velma Cook
Osage
Will Cook
Ethel Mae
Will Hendricks
W. R. Ter
Rockwell City
Blanchard Baker
Gardner
Clyde Maulsby
Harry Knnsely
Dee Kauffman
Hendricks
J. H. Seger
M. EB. Hess
A. W. Hess
Iowa
August Studer
Studebaker
A. M. Hofert
Chas. Archer
Fred
E. F. Grove
Geo. Smith
Nellie
S. J. Christensen
Lura
Nelva
Harrison Knapp
Lucille Kerns
Will Hanisch
Laurens
Louis Schoenberger
Joe Roberts
A. L
Armstrong
Ira Hildreth
Arthur Hawkins
Claude Cook
Windom
Lura Christensen
Plover School
Gelen
Father of Medicine
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