Farm Bureau notes poultry club recruitment and disease control
Township editor reports Farm Bureau plans to organize new clubs through township directors or county agents. Dual orchard and poultry demonstrations on local farms drew attendees. The county agent highlights tuberculosis in flock outbreaks and urges thorough culling, disinfection, and flock inspections to prevent spread.
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Pocahontas County
Ona
Farm Bureau
Hilton
Agaist
EE. Mason
Gilmore City
A. J. Bagge
Fonda
Hie Wiese
Fecahontas
The
Arrow
National Week of Song Suggested Program for Iowa
The Department of Public Instruction urges Iowa schools to observe National Week of Song with a seven day program. It outlines sermons and hymn singing in churches February 19 to 25 featuring works by Mason Dvorak and Hopkinson among others. The guide includes nation themed days Iowa composers Native songs and high school bands plus community singing in public spaces.
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Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Mason
O’hara
MacDowell
Oberndorfer
Dvorak
Land
Washington
Francis Hopkinson
Watha
Lomax
Lowell Mason
Rolfe Students Observe Lincoln Birthday and Plan Contests
Valentin Day activities fill Rolfe schools with student participation. Miss Vivian Jones visits Woolstock. High school orchestra assists M K E church meetings. Marion Hollis to represent Rolfe in Northwest Iowa Declamatory Association sub district at Fonda, then district at Spencer. Basketball teams travel to Ruthven for a tough game. Abraham Lincoln picture presented for history room. Pocahontas basketball double-header upcoming. girls recently beat Gilmore City. Mrs. Robbins judges Humboldt debate. Oyster stew boosts team spirit after a win. Normal Training Club hosts lunch and discusses teaching issues. American Government class acts as a congress with Vera Smith as speaker and bills in progress.
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Marion Hollis
Fonda
Rolfe
Northwest Iowa
A Spoiled Shower Gift Meets Angry Fiancé of Mary
A man recalls planning a humorous baby shower gift for Mary from the board house era. He sends a note with soup and a scrub brush to Mary to help her prepare for marriage. Her fiancé threatens violence over the insult.
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Mary
Pietro
Mary Ees
Marriage of Miss Anna Junkman and Warner Gallery
Quiet ceremony for Miss Anna Junkman of Rolfe Iowa and Warner Gallery of Bird Island Minnesota took place on February 11 in Fort Dodge Iowa. Friends extend warm congratulations and best wishes for the couple as they plan to reside in Bird Island.
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Anna Junkman
Rolfe
Iowa
Warner J. Gallery
Bird Island
Minn
Fort Dodge
John A, Junkman
Christopher Gallery
Altho
Jackie Rabbit and the Goblin Mittens Adventure
In a snowy wood Jackie Rabbit helps a goblin search for his magical red mittens. He dons them, dances oddly until Grandfather Rabbit intervenes, then returns the mittens. The goblin thanks him with greens, and Jackie vows never to wear or touch goblin magic again.
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Jackie
Rabbit
Mr. Wood
Jackie R
Jackie Rabbit
Grandfather Rabbit
Emporia Woman Celebrates Banker's Fast Rise
An Emporia woman praises her son a banker in a major eastern city for being promoted again and “forging his way to the front,” according to the Limporia Gazette.
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Emporia
Limporia
Share in Bright and Stormy Weather Our Blessings
A fragment expresses the idea that happiness shared multiplies. It argues in any time to seek a double, to share blessings and woes together, noting that unity eases hardship even in peace or trouble. The text presents a moral of communal resilience.
Bessie Bessee Betsey and Variants Through Time
The name Bessie traces to Elizabeth and Elisheba, evolving from Beth and Elizabeth. Historical uses show Bess in Shakespearean times and royal circles, with variants across languages and regions. The piece notes Bessies’ cultural spread, symbols of courage, a Sunday lucky day, and a dubious claim about wealth enabling matches.
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Elisheba
Beth
Bess
Woodville
Jacquetta of
Luxemburg
Flanders
Edward IV
Elizabeth of Yorke
Bessee
Henry of Richmond
Simon de Montford
Bessie
England
Betsey
Germany
Babette
France
Betta
Russia
Purse of Pocahontas buyers tops small Iowa towns dispute
Will Shimon of Pocahontas buys Farmers Co operative Supply stock and starts a two week bankrupt sale. Stratford disputes Rolfe on which town is smallest while Benton county forms a tax payers league and expects more such efforts. A quarantine hits Bedford for smallpox with deaths in Iowa. West Union loses court house by fire as Oelwein eyes county seat. Jewell thieves steal cash and pocketknives from Ferbetz hardware. New editors Harm on Storm Lake Register and Jarnigan at Pilot Tribune. Frogs stocked for market. Chicago bound. Carroll reports 182 hoboes in January. Fire whistle replaces factory whistles at Algona. Mexican government buys $380,000 stock for shipment abroad. Ralph Pareaut defeats Chas Rubel in boxing.
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Will ‘Shimon
Pocahontas
Stratford
Benton County
Board of Supervisors
Bedford
Iowa
West Union
Oelwein
Ferbetz Hardware
Jewell
Leon P. Harmon
Storm Lake Register
Harmon
Worth County Index
Northwood
Sioux City Journal
Storm Lake
Roy Jarnigan
Pilot-Tribune
Buena Vista County
Bro. Jarnigan
Pocahontas County
Aurelia
Record of Successful Pocahontas Drainage Bond Sale
A Pocahontas County drainage bond issue of 303 000 sold at a 11 286 premium, yielding about five and a half percent. Des Moines River Drain and other issues sold well with lively bidding from nearly a dozen buyers. The high demand for tax free securities drives the market and affects farm mortgage availability as critics seek to end such tax exemptions.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Big Cedar
Des Moines
Orchard and Poultry Demonstrations At Pocahontas County
The Pocahontas County Farm Bureau and Extension Department hosted orchard and poultry demonstrations. About twenty five people attended and learned pruning spraying and orchard management as well as feeding housing breeding and disease control for poultry. Demonstrators noted neglected Iowa orchards are improving and profitable with proper care, pruning and spraying. The poultry expert cited cases where average egg production rose from sixty to over 128 eggs per hen per year with good management.
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Pocahontas County Farm Bureau
Extension Department
Holland
Iowa
Gordon
Weights Finalizes Three-Hour Wrestling Match At Fonda
A heavyweight bout at Fonda last Thursday evening stretched three hours and nineteen minutes. The smaller wrestler wore down Rabel before securing the fall, delivering a memorable showdown that left spectators feeling they got their money's worth amid the crowd loud with cheering.
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Reas
Fonda
Rabel
Las
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