Chautauqua Attendance and Talks Highlight Sunday Program
The Rolfe chautauqua week featured a large gospel choir, a sacred solo by Lor d Morrison, and remarks by W A Wilkinson on love as the basis of Christianity. Iowa lecturer Royal H Holbrook offered statistics with humor, while the Community Band and Lorraine Morrison contributed music. The Community Players presented Bought and Paid For and Two Blocks Away to pleased crowds, and promoters indicate a favorable outlook for next year with a nearly signed guaranty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinson
Lord Morrison
W. A. Wilkinson
Athout
LaChancestra
Suovie
Lorraine Morrison
Rollin Grant
Associated
Chautauquas of America
Topeka
Kan
Redpath Vanter
Rolfe
Home Furnishings Work Organized in Pocahontas County
Organization work for the Home Furnishings Project began in Pocahontas County with a July 9 meeting led by Mrs. Mary Gregg assistant state leader. Ten of sixteen townships attended as they plan training schools subject lists and goals for the county with township committees and chairmen named in Garfield Marshall Cummins Dover Colfax Grant Lincoln Sherman Roosevelt Garfield Powhatan Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Mary Gregg
Garfield
Lincoln
Powhatan
Dover
Lake
Colfax
Swan Lake
C. N. Carlson
Marshall
Herman Jochims
Cummins
Jay Ryan
Frank Murray
Frank Johnson
Grant
Joe Peters
Dawson Saylor
Sherman
Geo. Tuttle
Roosevelt
Glyde Brinkman
H. F. Olerich
T. R. Jones
Des Moines
Clarence Jensen
Pocahontas Group Opposes Bell Franchise
Two representatives of a Pocahontas group filed an injunction notice to block the town council from granting a Northwestern Bell Telephone Co franchise. The dispute concerns permitting Bell to install its system in the town while noting that European corn borer moths can travel up to twenty miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Methodist Church Announces Services and Missionary Hope
Sunday service and Sunday school at 10 and 11 with Epworth League at 7. The Missionary Societies meet Friday June 19 at Mrs. Rogers home with Mrs. Beam and Miss Brown assisting. Election of officers postponed. no Epworth League due to Okoboji Institute delegation. Mrs. Wilkinson leads home missions classes. audience urged to bring families and donate a dollar to missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Societies
W. R. Rogers
W. W. Beam
Katie Brown
Kenneth Squires
Epworth League
Okoboji Institute
Wilkinson
Geo. Lehnus
Board of Home and Foreign Missions and Allied Societies
Trinity Lutheran Church Services Announced by Rev Wangberg
Sunday morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7 30 p.m. Weekday prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. The gospel lesson for Sunday highlights who shall enter the kingdom of heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
J. O. Wangberg
Kingdom of Heaven
Fire Blight Adapts Across Pocahontas County Orchards
A Pocahontas County report describes widespread fire blight in apples this year with twig blight most noticeable in summer. Leaves turn dark brown and die, creating a visible line between diseased and healthy twigs. Control is difficult. winter pruning should remove all dead twigs and diseased branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Ant control tips using carbon bisulphide or arsenic
The article advises housewives in Iowa to destroy ant nests by placing carbon bisulphide in a deep hole near nests or by soaking a sponge in arsenic and syrup. It notes two ant types and suggests testing bait with syrup and grease to determine the method. It also mentions shark liver oil as a poultry supplement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keo A. Minert
Household Administration Department
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
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H. Holbrook
Holbrook
Towa
Commonwealth
Albert T. Reid
Porcelain
Loutside
Daireillion
Central States'electric CO
Rolfe, Iowa
Pocahontas Group
BELL
I Methodist Episcopal Church
Bible Lass
Goodyear
Goodyear Tires
Our
Year Board
Rolfe Auto Company
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