Old Friends Meet in Rolfe City Park Picnic
Mr and Mrs J W Arnold and Mr and Mrs J H Pollock hosted a Rolfe gathering in honor of Mr and Mrs C S Fraser of Yakima Washington. Old friends from Rolfe and Pocahontas attended, sharing a 6 30 dinner and reminiscing after a quarter century apart.
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J. W. Arnold
J. H. Pollock
Rolfe
C. 5
Fraser
Yakima
Wash
Hattie
Charlie
Frasers
Clarence Lathrop
S. L. McIntire
O. P. Malcolm
Pocahon
Plover Methodist Church Notes on Services and Encouragement
The Plover Methodist Church reports Rev. C J Mekkelson as pastor with V V Schuldt in charge. It lists Sunday and midweek services and choirs, urges farmers to bring children to Sunday school, and notes upcoming absence of the pastor with Clarence Thompson of Laverne guiding pennies day. The piece calls for support of church expenses and end‑of‑year efforts.
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Plover Methodist Church
C. J. Mekkelson
V. V. Schuldt
Clarence Thompson
Laverne
Morningside College
Meickelson
Plover Presbyterian Church Announces Pastor Rothwell Schedule
Plover Presbyterian Church notes Rev. Walter Rothwell as pastor. Sunday services include Morning Worship and Sunday School with Bible Class at 10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. Next Sunday services follow the above schedule. this will be the last preaching service until August 30 when regular services resume.
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Epworth League
Plover Presbyterian Church
Walter Rothwell
Old-Timer Passes Barlow Family Remembered in Community
Mrs. W. E. Pirie returned from Clear Lake where she was called by the illness of Chas. F. Barlow who suffered a paralytic stroke last week and died a few days later. Funeral services were held last Sunday. Barlow, eighty two, was an early Powhatan settler who came in 1872 and lived on a farm east of Plover later owned by I. & Conrow and occupied by Almond Young family.
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Newell
J. D. Reyman
C. A. Reyman
Maxine
Corrine
W. B. Perrigo
Vera
Marie
Delmar
Olive Reyman
Laurens
John Perrigo
J. M. Bush
Boysen
Martin Gehrt
Havelock
Maurice Northrop
Des Moines
Mary McGovern
Plover
J. H. Horslover
Iowa
Susie Smith
Mary Whitney
E. L. Wallace
Gilmore City
A. McEwen
Wallace
Ames
Iowa State College
A. G., Casey
Eldo Heathman
C. E. Miler
G. L. Sanders
W. John Pollock
Rolfe Golf Club
Plover Telephone Co
Vera Grove Blue
H. H. Grove
Lutheran Hospital
Sioux City
Merle Blue
Farnhamville
G. N. Jeffries
Rolfe
J. A. Northrop
Galliopolis
Ohio
Edith
Kathryn
Cincinnati
E. W. Kerns
M. E. Hess
Squire Heathman
Heathmans
Mabel Sickman
Albert City
Helen Herbert
Storm Lake
J. H. Pollock
A. W. Hess
Hess
Addie Cobbs
Lake Okoboji
Woman’s Club
Presbyterian Church
Newel
William Goodchild
Curlew
Gallipolis
Kathryn Northrop
Blessing
Paul Kerns
Rolfe City Park
Lewis Eppelsheimer
Avon and
Frances
Kankakee
Eppelsheimer
A. J. Eppellsheimer
Geo. Seipel
Hemstitching
Picot
Harriss F. Thomas
Clarence Roberts
Clarence
Mary
Jean Pollock
Ellen Christensen
Fern Matthiesen
Nellie Helvig
Phil Martin
Davenport
Marvin Sroufe
Denzel
Marvin Crouch
Webise City
R. E. DuBovise
James Meredith
Wayzata
Wis
Meredith
C. E. Miller
People’s Savings Bank
G. G. Butler
Donald McFarland
Chicago
Geo. S. Shaw
Mr. McFarland
William
Mr. Wallace
Henderson
Kansas
W. S. Strong
Elsie
Thomas Temple
Werdeaux
Montana
Walter Fisher
Eldon Heathman
Hoff
Bode
Dorothy Sanders
N. J. Muerer
Wesley
J. T. Muerer
W. P. Rohrbach
Madgie
Cedar Rapids
George Arnold
R. E. Houck
B. A. Kerns
A. J. Eggspuehler
Arlene Groves
F. R. Eggspuehler
Billy
Don
Jack
Ortonville
Minn
W. D. Heathman
Minnesota
Elmer Heathman
Mary Ann
Fonda
Chas, Archer
Rockwell City
Fred Groves
West Bend Consolidated School
Henry Fitzgerald
Mallard
Edward Garlock
Frank Henderson
Scotland
S. D
W. H. Henderson
Chas. Sroufe
Otis Weaver
Susie Thompson
Wilbur Layton
Ottosen
Levert i Swanson
Thompson
Byron Byrant
Warren Heathman
John Henderson
Fred Phelp
Bemidji
Land O’ Lakes
Fred Forsythe
Russell
Nevada
George Ryen
Des ‘Moines
B. W. Jeffries
Clarence Pringle
James Moore
J. H. Horsman
Fred McKim
Fort Dodge
Martha Zeck
Iowa City
Miss Zeck
Letty
O. A. Zeck
Dad Mehaffey
J. H. Gembler
Plover Mercantile
Roger Heathman
Gembler
W. Crowley
Iowa Falls
Joe Mueller
St. Cloud
Marion Butler
Hudson
C. R. Henderson
S. L. Horsman
Walter Rothwell
Pocahontas
W. E. Pirie
Clear Lake
Chas. F. Barlow
I. &. Conrow
Almond Young and
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Barlow
Leona
E. Ross
Slayton
Frank
Barlows
County Auxiliary Unit Meeting At Mrs Bush Home Plover
The regular County Unit American Legion Auxiliary meeting gathered about fifty members from across the county at Mrs J M Bush home in Plover last Wednesday afternoon. Dorothy Sanders played a piano solo Bertha Fisher gave a reading and Lucille Bucher sang with Mrs F R Eggspuehler at the piano. Local/unit members served ice cream cake and iced tea. The next regular meeting will be held in Havelock in September.
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The
American Legion Auxilary
J. M. Bush
Plover
R. B. McEwen
Pocahontas
Dorothy Sanders
Bertha Fisher
Lucille Bucher
F. R. Eggspuehler
Junit
Fire Destroys Farm Buildings Near Plover
A fire at the Mrs. Andrew Simonson farm three miles southeast of Plover destroyed a corn crib granary and a large barn. Fire departments from Plover and Rolfe fought the blaze with hundreds of volunteers. About 5 500 bushels oats 1 500 bushels corn plus straw and hay burned. Partially insured.
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Andrew Simonson
Plover
Rolfe
Auto Crash Injures Four Near Frank Lomer Site
An automobile crash Wednesday evening near the Frank Lomer place injured four occupants: W H Sroufe driving, along with Fred McKim James Moore and John Perrigo. Sroufe suffered a facial cut and forearm gash while Perrigo had two broken ribs. All were taken for treatment and began recovering. others suffered cuts and bruises. An earthworm note is tacked onto the report.
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Frank Lomer
W. H. Sroufe
Fred McKim
James Moore
John Perrigo
Simonson
Mr. Sroufe
F. E. Broadwell
Srouse
Lomer Yard
Mr. Stoufe
Iowa State Fair plans big expansion and low travel costs
Exposition officials report the Iowa State Fair will cost families under a few hundred dollars for eight days of exhibits and entertainment. Amusement features exceed 100 thousand dollars with livestock shows valued over two million, plus machinery, women’s features, and educational exhibits across 200 acres. Roads link the fair to Des Moines and northern Missouri, with reduced rail rates and free camping available for attendees. The event runs August 28 to September 4, expecting about 25 thousand vacation seekers and claiming status as the nation’s largest agricultural fair.
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Amnowisi
Iowa
Missouri
Pg Roads
Varatij
Guna
Des Moines
Gasolene Tax Collections Rise in July
State Treasurer Johnson reports July gasolene tax collections total $1,150,077, up $101,353 from July last year when $1,048,723 was collected. June and prior month figures show $1,144,863. Primary road account received $583,359, secondary road $400,000, and fund account $166,718.
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Johnson
Iowa Farm Pigs Hit Ten Million Mark in Apr Census
Federal census shows 10,055,591 swine on Iowa farms as of April 1, with 4,260,711 pigs born between January 1 and April 1. Comparisons show 8,567,131 on Jan 1 1925 and 7,864,304 on Jan 1 1920. Sows and gifts farming between Jan 1 and June 1 totaled 1,748,112.
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Towa
Baseball origins myth and early New York club play
A fragmented report notes baseball as a development in New England, credits Abner Doubleday and a supposed 1889 origin at Conversinns Tubs U., and mentions organized clubs playing in New York.
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New England
Abner Doubleday
Conversinns Tubs U
New York
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