Pocahontas County News Notes Local Holiday Events
Denzil Johnoon visits the city while Santa Claus preparations unfold in Rolfe and Pocahontas. The county meets its quota as the community recounts school events, car crashes, influenza cases, a franchise petition for Bell Telephone, and holiday gatherings at the Bridge Club and church groups.
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Denzil Johnoon
Poster City
Wax
Santa Claus
Rolfe
Lermoon
Strath- Pocahontas
Santa Ft
Lasternoon
Mith
Brownsville
Tex
Shattuck School
Inn
Christa
W. E. Cornwell
Swea City
Wm. Porter
Pocahontas
Jas. Cornwell
Manson
Ben Bryson
Davis Bros. & Potter
Bell Telephone Co
Y. M. C. Bridge Club
Martin Alexander
Denzil Johnson
Gerald Chase
Pocahontas County
Florida suggested policy shift linked to Old Spanish Trail
A reader proposes Congress repeal Florida biases in station law and asks federal flood regulation for Lake Okeechobee. The note touts the Old Spanish Trail from the East Coast to California, praising milder winters and open roads. It also contrasts President Coolidge’s nonmilitaristic stance with a cautious empire view. A social item about an older Massachusetts woman marrying a younger Sunday school pupil is mentioned with humorous commentary.
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Florida
Texas
Gulf Coast
Arizona
California
Atlantic
Pacific
Coolidge
Increased pig crop indicated for 1929
Iowa extension economists report a 12 percent rise in brood sows to be kept for next spring and 4 percent more fall pigs this year. Farmers also show 13 percent more spring pigs than a year ago, with broader state survey noting small declines in last spring crop and disease losses.
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Iowa
Extension Agricultural Economists
Iowa State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Mussolini’s regime contrasted with democratic ideals during tour
The text contrasts fascist Italy’s control with free speech and press, noting Mussolini’s efficient disciplined government, and a satirical line about the White House. It also recalls Eugen Sandow lifting a theatre company of thirty three on his back during a U.S. tour.
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Italy
Mussolini
Eugene Sandow
Red Clover Coal Promises quick heat and low ash
Advertisement touts Red Clover Coal as low ash with fast ignition and long burn. A lump-size car is on the way and customers can save 50 cents by buying from the car. The contact number is 79.
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Christ
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O. B. Fuller
J. A. Hanson
Chicago
Arah Leonard
Bobby Leonard
J. T. Grant
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Pocahontas High School
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C. W. Howard
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Jos. Biedermann
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Dorothy
Yale
J. D. Sheehy
M. E. Sunday School
State Savings Bank
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Louis Christensen
Dover Township
South Dakota
Jolliffe’s Bake Shop
Arthur Brisbane
U. S
Congress
Orida
Okechobee
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Tam Gorrysfer
Ile Osand
Leroy B. Rider
Washington, D. C
US Marine Corps
Longfellow
Alice
Alice Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cambridge
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Meta Marie Keller
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Franco Georgetti
New York
Fred Spencer
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White House
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Aluminum
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Thermos
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