Local Notes Highlight Travel Visits and Community Events
Mrs. L E Boster travels to Northern Minnesota to visit her mother. Will Harrison Knapp begin use of the new engine for threshing and plowing. Visitors arrive from Milton Vermont and Amsterdam New York to stay with the Watts family. Several Fort Dodge visitors greet locals. Ward returns home from hospital. Rochester trips for tonsil operation and medical care noted. Farm sale, bazaar, and supper succeed. A nine pound daughter born to Mr and Mrs FR W Peden. Ernest Hilton begins barber shop ownership. Town government nominees circulate petitions. Ike Eggspuehler and Lloyd Thompson car mystery ends with Tommy returning car. Zeno Henderson recovering from pneumonia. Hazel Helvig improving gradually.
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L. E. Boster
Minnesota
Harrison Knapp
Harrison
Clara Phelps
Milton
Chas. Watts
Marion Wilkie
Amsterdam
N. Y
C. A. Garlock
KK. R. Wiswell
Nellie Wallace
Gwendolyn
John Hull
Fort Dodge
A. G. Heathman
St. Paul
Everett Hancher
Rochester
Minn
P. J. Shaw
J.H. Bucher
Geo. Shaw
Rolfe and
Pocahontas
Mallard
Ernest
Hilton
Ike Eggspuehler
Lloyd Thompson
Lloyd
Tommy
Zeno Henderson
Aimate
Hazel Helvig
Prover Presbyterian Church Sees Strong Social Hour Support
Prover Presbyterian Church reports the Christian Endeavor Society held a social hour after the prayer meeting on Wednesday. The supper drew a good crowd and netted a neat sum for the group's efforts. Morning service attendance was gratifying. Regular services will be held next Sunday with a warm welcome to newcomers and the unchurched.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Sermon Uplifts Church Members as Groups Plan Growth
Rev. Lewis N. Moody and Dr. McBurney draw a sizable congregation with a strong sermon. A push to improve the Sunday school and Epworth League continues with Fay Prite to lead next Sunday evening at 6 30 and a discussion on The Promise of Heaven. The Ladies Aid Bazaar and chicken pie supper follows in the church basement next Saturday afternoon and evening with supper served from 5 40 until exhausted.
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McBurney
Epworth League
Fay Prite
Epworth ‘League
Ladies’ Aid Society
The Panama Exposition at Plover Iowa Explored in Picture
The article promotes a film about the Panama Exposition featuring the Great Army and Navy Review and Hawaiian exhibits. It highlights the production crew, scenes, and a visit by officials. It notes school improvements including a ventilation system and new chairs, plus student declamatory contests and inspector visits to raise standards.
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Marshall
McAdoo
Roneseavelt
Coronado Beach
Plover
Christmas Gift Display and Supper Sale
A note invites visitors to a large display of aprons and fancy work with a chance to buy unique Christmas gifts. The event also offers an excellent supper at a price far below cost, presenting a combined shopping and dining opportunity.
Plover School Notes Under Supt M A Foster
Ernest Hanisch enrolled in the Grammar Room this week. A Christmas program is planned by the Intermediate and Grammar Rooms before the Christmas vacation. The regular vacation starts after Christmas and lasts two weeks. January will include two weeks of school to finish the first semester. Hazel Helvig’s health has improved somewhat but prospects of her return remain poor. Ivis and Sylvia Helvig are back in school working to catch up. Everett Hancher traveled to Rochester Minnesota last Thursday for tonsil removal and has returned to school.
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Taurens
Willie
Rolte
Frank Llenderson
Hinen
Laurens
M. R. Fayram
Highland Graded Schools
Verna Grove
Leonard Johnson
Clara Dahson
Wilma Mueller
Esther Johnson
Lulu Roush
Lena Gembler
Harry Webb
Howard Pollock
Hilda Swanson
Lucile Kerns
Laura Hanisch
Ernest Hanisch
Grammer
Hazel Helvig
Ivis
Sylvia
Everett Hancher
Rochester
Minn
Morality Drive Targets Young Men at M E Church Parish
County Secretary Holliday meets with our group as the board accepts new members. The MLB division invites all to a Wednesday devotional led by John Tombler at the M E church parlors to promote moral uplift among Christian youth. Parents of twelve to fifteen year olds urged to cooperate while plans include a Boys Group and post corn shucking athletic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliday
MLB
Chaveh Ot Lever
John Tombler
M. E
Notice of Town Officers Election in Plover Iowa
Commissioners appointed by the Iowa District Court call an election for town officers in Plover Pocahontas County to be held December 1916 at the Presbyterian church. Polls open 8 a.m. close 7 p.m. Voters include qualified electors within described land boundaries. Five councilmen a mayor a clerk and a treasurer to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Pochontus County
DD. F. Coyle
Presbyterian
Plover
Porcahontas County
Pocahontas County
Towa
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Community Bank
Fred Ehler
Geo. S. Shaw
Chichester S Pills
BRAND
Draaniet
Chichester
RAND
Rivandy Soup Metalic
Anat
Alvoee Krivshie
ALL ’Druggists
Prover Presbyterian Church
J. W. Huber
Lewis N. Moody
Panama
M. A. Foster
Bob White
Lis
Santa Claus
F. J. Nacke
P. R. Henderson & Sons, Plover
The
DeWolf & Wells Grain and Feed Co
Plover Y. M. C. A. Notes
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