Local Diddings and Community Notes at Plover
Local shoppers patronize home stores in a bustling page filled with visits and gatherings. Firefighters suppress a house brooder fire with damage noted. Community leaders meet for a Home Furnishing Project lesson guiding glassware china silver and pottery, with demonstrations and valued heirlooms shared.
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Julius Hanson
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Winnett
Wm. Porter
Frank
Swea City
W. E. Cornwell
Wis
Garfield
Powhatan
J. H. Pollock
Plover
Pocahontas County
Irma Garner
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa appoints Fannia Buchanan as entertainment development specialist
Miss Fannia R. Buchanan will lead community development projects at Town State College Extension Service to boost rural cultural life. She will organize county and state choruses, support 4-H music programs, run Musical Moments With Foreign Mothers, and help stage county dramatic tournaments with Farm Bureau women and township groups.
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Fannia R. Buchanan
Victor Talking Machine Co
Town State College
Buchanan
Miss Buchanan
Farm Bureau
Pocahontas County Farm Bureau
Plover School
Plover
Pocahontas County
Grinnell
New York
Grinnell College
Christmas Seal Sale Generates Good Results This Week
The annual Christmas Seals sale has been ongoing for several days under Mrs. Z. T. Carroll’s supervision. An army of young workers reports fine results as the proceeds fund health programs and bring small joys to many.
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Z. T. Carroll
Des Moines Grade Pups To Present Christmas Playlet
The Des Moines Consolidated Schools grade pupils from first to eighth will perform a Christmas playlet titled The Cross Patch Fairies at the D M T school auditorium on Wednesday evening December 17. Teachers supervise the production and the public is invited. Rolfe home owned stores advertise Christmas needs.
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Des Moines Consolidated Schools
The Apple a Food and a Medicine Revised Adage
The article extols the ripe apple as nutritious and easily digested and notes its daily use aids natural bowel movement. It contrasts apples with desserts like prunes canned fruits or tomatoes and frames apples as king of fruits with historic phrases. The piece advocates more daily apple consumption.
Ripe apples at meals day by day
Quote attributed to Robert E. Flickinger noting that ripe apples eaten daily help keep doctors away.
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Robert E. Flickinger
Plate Supper at Kennedy Schoolhouse This Thursday
A plate supper and program will be held at the Kennedy schoolhouse on Thursday evening December 18. Program 1 begins at 7 30. Children ten cents adults fifteen cents with coffee five cents extra. Ina Jolliffe Teacher.
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Kennedy
Ina Jolliffe
Des Moines Township Farm Bureau Meeting Announcement
The Des Moines Township Farm Bureau will hold its regular meeting on Monday evening December 15 at the D M T school building. Special music by the D M T High School Orchestra followed by a community children’s program and a 4 H Club play. Citizens are invited and a large crowd is expected.
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Des Moines Township Farm Bureau
D. M. T. High School
Charity in Silence Marks Moral Judgment
A reader notes that judging people by what they omit can be more just than by what they utter. The piece argues for consistent scrutiny of conduct, though contrasts blind pedestrians with drivers under scrutiny.
State Research Advances Public School Studies
Miss Agnes Samuelson announces that the research division in the Department of Public Instruction has begun studies on school operation to aid readjustments in taxation and financial support. The program, led by director R. C. Williams, aims to identify leaks and inefficiencies through records and continuous investigations.
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Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
R. C. Williams
Iowa Elementary Life Schools In Operation Report
A preliminary report outlines the ongoing operation of Iowa's elementary life schools. It details current status and emerging findings as part of the early phase of examination.
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Iowa
Pro Tleas
Gttion
Lst
City Council Proceedings Rolfe Iowa December 19
Regular meeting of the Incorporated Town of Rolfe opened by Mayor Bruce. Attending council members include Graham Graves Patterson and Wilson. Actions authorize purchase of 200 feet of fire hose and list several payments including Calligan Dolan Fullerton Lumber Co. and Mutual Telephone Co. Meeting adjourned until called by the mayor.
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Rolfe
Iowa
Rolf
Bruce
Wigh
Graham
Graves
Pattee Patterson
Wilson
Patterson
Pattee
P. J. Calligan
J. J. Dolan
Central States
Fullerton Lumber Co
J. T. Grant
Mutual Telephone Co
F. E. Grant
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M. T. Blessing
R. E. Houck
Will Hanisch
John Weishaar
Fisher Strain
White Rock Roosters
W. J. Sennett
Cora Lind, Rolfe
A. V. Graeber
Anna DeWolf
Black Jersey Giant Roosters
N. A. Lind
S. C. Rhode Island
E. H. Rucker
Ottumwa
Sls
J. W. Heald
Harmpshire
D. M. T. School
L. G. Maasdam
Manson
Emery Egli
Towa
Poland
Ed Jensen
Bradgate
W. A. Stadtmueller
4Th Ave
Fort Dodge
R. McNown
Wilkinson
Omaha
Neb
Arrow
Rose Comb
Rhode Island
Red Roosters
Birt Osking
Mallard
Rhode Island Red Roosters
Nis Behrendsen
Gilmore City
Rolfe Telephone
Aliso
Louis Nemecek
Pocahontas
H. F. Olerich
Tom Reed
O. G. Emery
C. I. Howland
W. W. Beam
Route 3
J. E. Grove
Hess & Son
the State Savings Bank
Sheaffer
Lady Fair
Webb’s Drug Store
Farm Bureau Meeting
State Research
Department
Notre Denmark
City Council
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