Local social notes and community updates from Rolfe area
Mrs. Lewis Christensen and family visited Gilmore City last week and returned Saturday. Mrs. Roush and daughters left for Pontiac Michigan where Mr. Roush has a good job in an automobile factory. Several neighbors and visitors are noted, including Vera Means Bertha Combs Inez Archer and George Grove. School interrupted for a short course with a lecture by Cathedral Male Quartet on March 7. Lost auto chair, Jan 2. Local residents travel to Des Moines Pocahontas and Extherville for business and visits. Illness and recovery updates as well as a death in Audubon affecting local Mr. Watts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Christensen
W. Howe
Gilmore City
H. L. Roush
Pontiac
Mich
Roush
Vera Means
Bertha Combs
Rolfe
Pocahontas
A. E. Dobbs
Spencer
P. G. Hess
W. D. Heathman
Panora
Story City
Moore
Martin
A. M. Hoffert
J. W. Phillips
Geo. Shaw
Phillips
Cathedral
I. M. McKim
P. J. Shaw
F. J. Nacke
J. A. Carroll
John Fisher
Jon. Mueller
Extherville
Ehlers Cash
Gern Dellman
A. E. Bush
Lyle Jeffries
Des Moines
Oliver Lehnus
Petit Jury
Comba
Meana
Nasby
T. Grove
Lagrippe
Wilbur Abibee
Julia
BE. Watts
Audubon
Watts
Iowa
Service Flag dedication honors community servicemen
Epworth League leads a union service dedicating a service flag for about fifteen local boys who have served or will serve the country. Names and addresses to be published next week. The crowded church featured patriotic selections by Plover Band, prayers by Rev. G. M Squires, and a flag ceremony led by Milton Hess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Plover
America
G. M Squires
Milton Hess
Whetzel
Zella Wallace
Sale of Bonds Notice for Des Moines Township ISD
The Consolidated Independent School District of Des Moines Township Iowa will February 26 1918 at 1 00 p m at the school house corner of Section 15 offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder sixteen thousand dollars 16000 worth of bonds in denominations of 1000 each to draw 45 percent interest payable semi annually and run twenty years The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids W B Watson Secy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Independent School District
Des Moines Township
Iowa
Watson
Hoover Threat Prompts Doctor Backlash Says Editor
A remark warns that if Hoover continues his policy he will provoke a wave of doctor outbreaks nationwide. The builder suggests cures will be overwhelmed, and chronic ailments like dyspepsia or gout could surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Poon
Plover Short Course and Farmers' Institute Highlights
The Plover event featured a well attended evening program led by Millard R. Myers and a patriotic drill by sixteen local girls. Prof. Quaife taught live stock judging while home economics and cooking demos showed wartime savings. Community groups served meals. proceeds supported high school and eighth grade tuition. Awards were given for corn yields and other grains in a concluding prize list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover
Farmers’ Institute
Cvening
Ty Millard R. Myers
Pedelion Co-Operative Journal
Chicago
Plover Red Cross
G. M. Squires
Myers
Plover High School
J Hauser
Janet Callon
Washington, D. C
National Capitol
Florence Watkins
Jennie Campbell
Ames
M. E. Church
Fred Grove
Plover M. E. Church Notes and Contests
Church notes list recipes and prize winners for Plover M E Church events including Butter- Barley Bread Angel Food Cake and more with names like Mrs Hancher Roberts Kerns and McKim. Chorus reports Bible School Haworth League services and meetings plus Riverside and union service notices and upcoming district conference dates March 6 7 and March 11. Editorial closing urges wartime productivity and a call for officials to return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Bush
A. L. Roberts
B. A. Kerns
Chas. Hancher
W. L. Smith
Boston Brown
A. E. Hancher
Angel
A. EB. Hancher
W. J. Smith
Maudelle Kerns
Schyler Hildreth
C. E. Hancher
Henry Fitzgerald
Mabel McKim
I. M. McKim
C. EK. Hancher
Ruth Ferguson
Gertrude Peterson
Plover Church— Bible School
Haworth League
Y. M
Y. W. Mestings
Thursdee
Geo. Shaw
Riverside Church— Bible School
The
Presbyterian Church
Marathon
Keeping Winter Apples in Storage Areas
The passage outlines methods for storing Winter apples in basements, outdoor cellars, banks, or pits. It notes coal-like cool temperatures preserve both apples and potatoes, with near freezing points safe for storage.
Enigmatic War Time Notes From Local Ledger
A compilation of diverse wartime items includes immigration inspections at the penitentiary and deportation prospects, local arrests and military service notes, Filipino soldiers at Camp Dodge, and a Des Moines booze seizure destined for hospitals. Also described are home front food preservation tips and community health concerns amid ongoing global conflict.
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People’s Savings Bank A
Community Bank
Co. P. Lathrop
C. B. Watta
Mary Whitney
G. A. Arnold
Gardner, Ill
Sidney Swanson
Grove & Lathrop
Mr. Farther
J. H. Pollock
N.S. Beverson
Besond
Hiner Albee
Congress
Atutts
St Dairy’ Department
Alexander Barrie
Morhingstte
Sioux City
Fort Madison
T. C. White
St. Louis
United States
Grinnell College
John Read Wood
Frank Wood
Logan
Delisle
Sask
Canadas
France
Des Moines Drug Company
Davenport
National Army
Camp Dodge
Leon Magsico
Candido Bicaro
Guan Yatto
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hospital Corps
Fort Riley
Kana
366Th Colored Infantry
Ben Votrondek
Cedar Rapids
Votrondek
Smith
North Liberty Bank
Bank
Cedar Rapida
Charles E. Wry
National Retail Clothiers’ Association
Wallace Adams
Council Bluffs
Walter Grim
Myre
Grim
Tun
Cae Eo
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