Health Tune-Up Advises Annual Physical Exams
A health check-up message urges yearly physicals with Dr. Ralph Heeren stating early illness detection via exams. The piece notes potential undiagnosed diabetes and cancer signs, plus heart disease awareness, aimed at prompting family health responsibility. It also reports two elderly Pilot Mound residents, Fred Wolford and Minnie Wolford, found dead from likely gas fumes, with $1786 found in Fred’s purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pilot Mound
Fred Wolford
Minnie
Mr. Wolford
Financial thrill from rubber purchase at Ormstown
Joe McEwen recalls a damp day in Ormstown Quebec when he bought a pair of rubbers with a ten dollar bill and received 10.65 in Canadian change. He kept the Canadian money without converting it, earning 65 cents for the transaction as a small financial thrill. New Year’s Eve storm did not disrupt the Mather family gathering with 38 members in Rolfe community, including R B and Arch Mather, Mrs Geo Ham, Reed and Arlo Seaman, and Clyde Kelsey families.
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Joe McEwen
Ormstown
Quebec
U. S
R. S. Mather
Mather Mather
R. B
Arch Mather
Geo. Ham
Reed
Arlo Seaman
Rolfe
Roland Hoag
Clyde Kelsey
Mrs Jennings of Bradgate and the way to save on coal
Sunshine Coal promises lighter days with affordable pricing at Grant's Lumber Yard offering coal at $6.50 per ton on the car on track. Mrs Jennings of Bradgate is tied to the sale as a local buyer seeking relief from high costs.
Boy Scouts Prepare for Work As Dr Hollis Lectures Begin
The piece notes the Boy Scouts focusing on hard work with time for troop tasks, and announces Dr Hollis starting lectures on First Aid to the Injured every Monday from January 15, plus Dr Wilson and Dr Beam guiding ambulance work and exams. Prairie chickens are plentiful this winter and may return next season with care. M B Haskin traveled to sell nursery stock but hobbled by poor rail service. The first official American flag was displayed on Prospect Hill on January 1, 1776.
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Hollis
Wilson
Beam
M. B. Haskin
Mallard
Rolfe
Bradgate News social notes from Viborg and surrounding towns
George and Oscar Hattering of Viborg visited Theodor Benjamin and the Fred Benjamins before their uncle Mads Gunderson's funeral at Bede Thursday. Delmar Johnsons and children of Manson visited Esther Curry and Richard Friday evening and attended a basketball game. Will Bowen and others hosted dinner guests in Humboldt and Bennett Wisconsin, with more visits in Fort Dodge and at the Turley home.
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George
Oscar Hattering
Viborg
Theodor Benjamin
Fred Benjamins
Mads Gunderson
Bede
Delmar Johnson
Manson
Esther Curry
Richard
Hans Isacson
Victor
Caroline Madsen
Will Bowen
Kenneth Placer
Audrey
Howard Placer
Donald Bowen
Humboldt
Muriel
Bennett
Wisc
Walter Turley
Dean Hoag
Fort Dodge
R. E. Hoags
Kenneth Dayton
Robert Ellsworth
Roy Ellsworth
Fred Benjamin
Willie Naeve
Gordon Lanning
Duane Benge
Don Naeve
Morris Fuller
Bernard Jacobs
Elmer Naeve
Laurel Worster
Naeve
Melford Zemans
Art Petersen Home
Harold Williams
Richard Williams
Near Livermore
Wesley Anderson
Rudolph Olson
Jerry Curry
Cedar Falls
Duane Fuller
Simpson
Indianola
Dennis Fuller
Merlin Anderson
Eagle Grove Junior College
Audrey Benjamin
Roger Madsen
Marvin Olson
Dana College
Blair
Neb
Percy Alcott
Belmond
Morris Fullers
Cleland Isacson
Hans Isac Bon
Rudy Olson
John P. Jensen
Bode
Howard
Bennett, Minn
Roger Naeve
Bertha Naeve
Ferdie Burris
Denise
Willis Naeve
Donald
Placer
Wise
Art
Community guests, travels, and a Mallard theatre crisis
The column lists numerous weekend visits and house guests across several farms and towns including Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Livermore, and Bennett. It also recounts a 1943 Mallard Iowa theatre funding crisis, noting diversions to town revenue and calls for public support to prevent closure. A Jan incident in Waverly reports a semi truck damaging a service station wall. driver Charles Krutzinger of Mason City was unharmed.
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Greater Amusements
Mallard, In
Little Village
John Froh
Mallard
Commercial Club
Iowa
Waverly
Charles Krutzinger
Mason City
Your Highways by Jay Scott Highlights Truck Driver Safety
Dr Herbert J Stack of New York University says truck and bus drivers are among the safest on the road with proper training. Over 200 Texas drivers have been honored in two years by a statewide program recognizing acts of good deeds on highways, from first aid to helping stranded motorists and courteous driving. The Hobbs Knights of the Road program, co sponsored by Hobbs Trailers Fruehauf Trailer Co The Texas Safety Assn and the Texas Dept of Public Safety, showcases these deeds and notes other states are adopting similar efforts.
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Herbert J. Stack
Center For Safety Education
New York University
Stack
Texas
Hobbs Knights of the Road
Hobbs Trailers
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Texas Safety Assn
Texas Dept. of Public Safety
Wendel Family Trips South With Six Shetland Ponies
The C. D. Wendel family of Maquoketa left for Florida last month taking six Shetland ponies they planned to sell as Christmas gifts.
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C. D. Wendel
Maquoketa
Florida
Notice of Probate of Will in Pocahontas County Iowa
In Pocahontas County District Court an instrument purporting to be the last will of Leona B Hamilton dated April 19 1950 has been filed for probate. A hearing is set for January 29 1957 at 3 00 PM in Pocahontas Iowa before the District Court or Clerk to determine validity and probate. Katherine Boozell Clerk of District Court December 29 1956.
Testament of Louis E Peterson probate notice in Pocahontas
In District Court Pocahontas County Iowa the will of Louis E Peterson deceased dated April 27 1949 was filed January 29 1957 for hearing proof at 2 00 PM at the Court House before the District Court or Clerk all interested persons must appear and show cause why the will should not be probated Katherine Boozell Clerk of District Court month and year noted Jupiter mentioned in text but not relevant to probate.
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State OF Iowa
Pocahontas County
Leona B. Hamilton
Pocahontas
Iowa
Said County
Katherine Boozell
Louis E. Peterson
Court House
District Court
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the Rolfe Arrow
Robert Swan
Marion Bruce
Annel Association
Mational Pochertan Association Spear
Ralph Heeren
Division of Preventable Diseases
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Grove Laboratory
Prospect Hill
Bradgate News
Jay Scott
Treasury Department Bank
The
Advertising Council
Stan
Vicki Hayes
Boone, Iowa
Farmers Co-op
Thornton
Droopy
Joe Lehman
Rolfe, Iowa
Electrolux
KREUL
Etna
Necchi
Young’s Standard Service
Dial
Humboldt Rendering Co
Jupiter
Carl J. White
Optometrist
McCormick
Loxterkamp
M. D
Rolfe Clinic
Surgery
Res
Joseph Schoofs
Fred Smith
Automobile & Property Insurance Real Estate Dial
Fuller
J. E. Hynds
Ritz
T. J. Raynes
F. H. Molyneux
Methodist
H. G. Frigaard
Chiropractor
X-ray Service
DR. L. W. Feldman
R. B. Ranney
Rea
E. P. Hansen
Lone
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