Havelock Happenings Record Weekend Visits and Trades
Local notes report visits from Mallard Round Lake Plover Gowrie Humboldt and Clara City with family gatherings out-of-town trips and a few business changes. Mentzer cafe sale R J Womack now owner drag line sale to Billie Nye and Bill Brazier D L Whitney becomes station agent. Large turnout at Mallard and Rolfe band concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Price
Mallard
Geo. Phelp
Round Lake
Minn
C. J. Miller
Plover
Margaret
Alice Hilton
Porestburg
Milt
Neva Johnson
the Lakes
Marion Grover
Gowrie
Roy Hersom
Dave Merry
Atwater
Minnesota
Humboldt
Lake Okoboji
EF. O. Beacon
Lincoln
Neb
Jessie
Horace Buck
Hubbard
George Mick
Laurens
A. F. Mick
Vida Purman
Ft. Dodge
Dick Reents
Minnie Hart
E. O. Beacon
George Allen
Billie Nye
Bill
Brazier
R. J. Womack
D. L. Whitney
Smiths and Holt return from Crystal Lake trip
Henry Andrew Smith and Wade Holt came home Tuesday from Crystal Lake Minnesota. Mrs J G Obrecht and sister Mrs Gus Smith of Illinois visited G A Grover home Wednesday. Edward Orin Beacon born July 1852 Monticello Wisconsin died June 28 1920 at Havelock Iowa. He married Addie J Hart July 19 1896 and left a widow and three sons Don Bert Orrin. Funeral from residence Wednesday officiated by Rev C A Bates. The Beacon family thanks friends for help during illness and funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry and
Andrew Smith
Wade Holt
Crystal Lake
Minn
J. G. Obrecht
Gus Smith
Ilinois
G. A. Grover
EF. A. Albaugh
Howard
Ralfe
Jim Hawk
Des’ Moines
Julius Hawk
Edward Orin Beacon
Monticello
Wis
Havelock
Iowa
Addie J. Hart
Don
Stoughton
Bert
Clarenc
Orrin
Elmore
C. A.’ Bates
Leather money used as shoe soles in Austrian town
In Mattighafen Eyrol residents stamp leather currency into soles for paper money since metal fractions vanished. The leather money was later repurposed as shoemaking soles, reducing costs for locals. In Cornell Bluffs Iowa Mrs Kathryn Bennett is blinded after a house cat leaps from stairs and scratches her eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattighafen
Austria
Eyrol
Cornell Bluffs
Kathryn Bennett
Yew Trees Among World’s Oldest Living Plants
The oldest native trees far surpass others in age with yews known to exceed 2,000 years. Oaks rival them with some individuals around 1,500 years. Chestnuts reportedly reach about 300 years, while elms may live to around 300.
No Nutriment Left in Bouillon Says Expert
An analysis states bouillon contains no nourishment beyond a stimulant. The substance retains all nutrition in the remaining meat used to make the broth, and discards waste the meat represents when the broth is prepared.
County Board Proceedings Pocahontas Iowa June 1920
Pocahontas County Supervisors meet after adjournment to canvass the June 1920 primary results. Officials listed include Gilchrist Elliott Thompson Winegarden Hudson Melson O Keefe Elsen and Hansen. no nominations for Recorder Coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Auditor’s Office
C. W. Gilchrist
I. A. Elliott
P. LB. Thompson
R. H. Winegarden
Fred M. Hudson
Board of Supervisors
Randall Melson
James L. O'Keefe
Wm. Elsen
Farms at 82 Return to Work Amid Labor Shortage
Louis Shoger a DuPage County farmer, age 82, with property valued over a quarter million dollars, resumes farm labor due to a statewide shortage. The notice lists multiple local officials and trustees with terms starting in 1921 and 1922, including Cedar and Colfax townships, and outlines no nominations for several posts. The county board of equalization adjusts weights for livestock and adjourns to reconvene as the board of supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megiect
Louis Shoger
DuPage County
Llinois
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Carey
Carey
Brook’s
Rolfe
Walter Mick
Des Moines
Alfred Johnson
Webb’s Two Drug Stores
Rolfe and Plover
TE. Q. Beacon
H.T. Taylor
Fred A. Hart
Bouillon
County Board Proceedings
Republican
Geo. H. Block
M. J. Quinn
Cedar Justice of the Peace
J. A. Heath
Pat Prendergast
Jno Strauss
J. A. Wood
Eber Horner
Center Justice of Peace
P. J. Forey
Justice of Peace
Pattee
Constable
T. H. Eaton
H C. Goodyear
R. D. Bollard
W. D. Doyle
Clinton Justice of Peace
C. H. Moon
Cummins Justice of Peace
B. F. Riggs
G. J. Peterson
O. I. Hansen
Geo
Colfax Justice of Peace
Alex Peterson
Emil A. Samuelson
Wm. Henrichs
Chas. Holtapp
G. A. Johnson
Martin Olson
Dover
John Clampitt
Des Moines Justice of Peace
James Hewlett
Mads Johansen
G. D. Struthers
W. S. Watson
Perry Amick
Grant
Carlson
E. A. Rude
Garfield
James McCreary
L. W. Ives
H. F. Qlevich
L. W. Kennedy
J. A. Hansen
Andrew Ives
M. N. Ives
Lake No. 1
John Healy
A. H. Buscher
Frank P. Rickletts
Lake
Lincoln Justice of Peace
Constables
H. F. Toben
Aron Bushman
Ben Crummer
Lizard
John Junkman
William Gerdes
G. Peters
John Poppin
J. D. Hoefine
Ben Loots
Marshall Justice of Peace
MD A. Ressigue
W. A. Smith
L. Cook
Powhatan
G. S. Shaw
J. S. Pirie
J. M. Bush
C. E. Watts
C. P. Lathrop
Roosevelt
M. E. Cornwell
J. C. Gunderson
Bill Newans
Jim Brock
W. A. Spence
J. A. Schroeder
C. E. Grant
Sherman Justice of Peace
H. B. Wollen
H. G. Plantz
Geo. Speer
Swan Lake
Gee
B. L. Saum
S. Cundy
L. T. Nelson
G. C. Wright
C. A Garlson
A. H. Richey
J. E. Williams
B. C. Rudolfson
A. G. Quinn
Township
Bellville
Cedar _ Trustee
W. P. Weaver
Center
W. Murray
W. A. Kelley
Cummins
Colfax
Frank Peterson
Joe Lilly
J. H. Kelleher
Lizard Justice of Peace
J. P. Russell
T. P. Carey
Clerk
P. F. Russell
Marshall
Sherman
Ind
Wiese
Cedar
Board of Equalization
Rolfe, Iowa
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