Local Holiday Notes And Social News From Plover
Local residents share Christmas visits and family updates. Miss Eleanor Henderson spends the holiday at home after teaching this winter. A Heathman orchestra played dances in Aryshire. Several residents travel to Audubon and Fort Dodge for holidays. The M Y B Club meets Friday. teachers depart for vacation. town stores will close promptly at 7:00 PM from Jan 1 to Apr 1 except on show nights.
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Eleanor Henderson
Heathman Orchestra
Aryshire
C. A. Garlock
Audubon
James Anderson
Ray Seaman
Claude Kinsey
Fort Dodge
FE. D. Hilton
Menahga
Minn
Tillie Swanson
Fred Ehlers
Oakland
Iowa
M. A. Foster
Thos. Thorgan
Plover
Hazel Welvig
Frank Nacke
Rolfe
R. W. Henderson
Iowa University
Iowa City
Claude Heathman
Wyoming
Plover Presbyterian Church Christmas Tree Exercises
The Christmas tree exercises last Friday were well attended and the children were drilled well. Pastor J W Huber leaves Monday for LaVerne to assist in a two weeks revival campaign. Cottage prayer meeting drew a splendid attendance last Wednesday. This week the church meets with Mrs Mary Anderson.
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LaVerne
Mary Anderson
Lone guard Elijah Coleman scales Mount Hood fire watch
Elijah Coleman, renowned mountaineer and guide, lives alone at 11225 feet on Mount Hood in a tin hut, maintaining a six week lookout for fires in the Oregon National forest and portions of the Columbia National forest. He packs his own food and fuel, communicates by a nine mile copper line, and has reported 80 fires to protect tinder and watershed zones including Portland’s supply.
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Washington
Elijah Coleman
Oregon National Forest
Columbia National Forest
Mount Hood
Cascade Range
Coleman
Uncle Sam's
Forest Service
Usta
National Forest
Bull Run
Portland
Ore
Columbia River Scenic Highway
United States Weather Bureau
Civilization
Plover Methodist Church Notes Rev Moody Pastor
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered at the church next Sunday morning. Public invited including members of the church. Sunday evening sermon topic will be Jacob. Friday evening features a Tom Thumb wedding in the church. Sunday school board elected Supt C D Hobbs Asst Supt P R Henderson Sec Fay Pirie Treas C A Northrop Pianist Lois Comer Asst Pianist Orpha Hildreth Librarian Mabel Webb Vera Grove. Creditors are urged to settle debts before Jan 1 by cash or bankable note. Fred Bhlers
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Jacob
Sunday School Board
C. D. Hobbs
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
A user reports rapid pain relief from rheumatism after applying Sloan's Liniment to affected areas. The testimonial claims improvement within days and credits the product with ending three weeks of suffering.
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Sloan
San’ Francisco
Five Captains Toasts In A 1854 Barroom Exchange
A clipping titled Five Captains recounts a toast exchange among five captains: Russian Turk French American and English. Each offers lines praising their country or critiquing others with playful boasts and jibes. The St Louis Post Dispatch attribution appears, noting magazine subscriptions.
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Russia
Turkey
France
United States of America
Great Britain
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Notice of Referee Sale of Read Estate in Pocahontas County
Notice describes a court ordered sale of about 150 acres in Powhatan Township Pocahontas County Iowa part of the SW quarter of section 9 township 93 range 32. Sale at public auction January 4 1916 at Pocahontas Courthouse with 2000 cash deposit and balance by March 1 1916. Possession reserved until March 1 1916. Sale may be divided and bids rejected.
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District Court
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Weathman
Rosine Woods
Des Moines & Fort Dodge
Powhatan Township
Hiram Heathman, Sr
Pocahontas
Vwo
Bees Stampede Injures Farmer and Pets in Delaware Field
Howard Johns of Yorklyn was badly stung when his team spooked four hives in a field. The wagon bogged down and the bees attacked the horses. Johns wife used a netting shield and molasses to pacify the swarm and rescue him. One horse may have died.
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Wilmington
Del
Howard Johns
Yorklyn
Johne
Pygmy Relics Found Near Los Angeles by Amateur Archaeologists
De Moss Bowery and Charles T. Brown report 30 small skulls and varied artifacts unearthed near Los Angeles. They note steatite bowls, serpentine bowls, chert knives with redwood handles, whale bone grave markers, and a baked clay bowl. Scientists debate whether the remains indicate pygmy lineage or ostracism.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
de Moss Bowery
Charles T. Brown
Mr. Bowers
Santa Catalina Island
San Luis Obispo County
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Pygmies’ Artifacts Unearthed Reveal Craft Skill
Archaeologists uncover shell ornaments and wine cups with fishhook fragments suggesting skilled craftsmanship by ancient pygmies. Ear shells among the finds indicate decorative ornamentation and possible trade connections through crafted wares.
Horned Rabbit Report From Roscoe Texas
In Roscoe Texas a timid rabbit was found with hornlike growths. A. A. Ater reported a pair of about two inch horns protruding from the head just above the ears after killing the animal in West Texas.
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Roscoe
Tex
West Texas
Molly Cottontall
A. A. Ater
One-Pound Baby Born in Johnstown to Oldham Family
A one-pound boy named Calvin Stanford Oldham was born to Sheridan and Ezra Richardson Oldham in Johnstown Pennsylvania. The infant, about one foot long with light hair and blue eyes, is healthy despite being only about one sixth the average size at birth. The mother is eighteen and the father twenty one. Calvin is their first child.
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Johnstown
Sheridan
Ezra Richardson Oldham
Calvin Stanford
Calvin
Matador cattle firm exits state with big herd sale
The Matador company, among the world’s largest cattle and horse raisers, owned by Scotch and English capitalists, ceases operations in the state after holding long leases on Cheyenne and Standing Rock lands. Incoming settlers drive the change, ending a large era for the company.
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Scotland
Matador Company
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
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Community Bank
Fred Ehleyr
Geo. S. Shaw
Plover Presbyterian Church
J. W. Huber
Plover Methodist Church
Lewis N. Moody
Fred Bhlers
Tommy
Read
Delaware
F. J. Nacke
Zeno Henderson
P. R. Henderson & Sons, Plover
She DeWolf & Wells Grain and Feed Co
C.E. Heathman
Mer
Texas
Texas Huntsman
Stork
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Montana
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