Local residents attend visits and Memorial day events
Numerous families and friends travel between Rolfe Pocahontas and nearby towns visiting relatives and attending Memorial day observances. The piece notes shifts of residents moving homes, hospital visits, weddings upcoming, and community activities including a shower and preparations for Beulah Cole and Melvin Von Eschen’s June 3 marriage.
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Jay Ackland
Humboldt
Irs
Donald Gibson
R. E. Grover
Pearl Mick
Rena Huseby
Betty
Sonny
Chester Whistler
Leverett
Bentley
Harry Herscher
Eldon Buck
Will Hilton
Clarence’ Wader
Pocahontas
Sunshine Club
Will Pirie
Pirie
Clara Keerles
Pete Smith
Mallard
Lutheran Ladies and Society
Mgr
Chester Whisler
Rushlake
Mollie Crawford
Iowa City
University Hospital
Martz
Sioux Rapids
Roland Keerles
Frank Crawford
Silver Lake
Messrs
Ray
G. A
H. D. Grover
Will Crawford
Will Brazier
Lake Mineawashta
Forest Mason
S. T. Mason
D. W. Glascock
Danbury
Glenn
Will Hulse
Jolley
Wright
Ray Gruver
Henry Gruver
Rolfe
O. D. VanHorsen
Axel Carlson
Charles Philp
Fred Buck
Jackson
Shelby Glenn
Lee Glenn
Lottie Grover
Melvin Vonkeschen
Bue- Ish Cole
Shelby
Willis Speer
G. A. Speer
Walter Knight
Clinton
Jay Stowell
Kanawha
Frank Ralle
Walter Hersom
Laurens
Chas
Enyeart and Family
Calvin Hersom
Eileen
Clair Salton
Dickens
Clarence Cornwell
Amanda Hersom
Decoration Day Observed at Methodist Church Service
Decoration Day observance held Sunday at the Methodist church with Rev C L Day delivering Sword or Cross. The program included Gettysburg Address and end with veterans and auxiliary marching to the cemetery for firing squad salute and taps.
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Rev
C. L. Day
America
Miss Myrle Barth
Bride to Be Honored at May Showers and Bridge
Joyce Hopkins hosted a pre nuptial shower and bridge at the C C Cole home on May 26 for Miss Buelah Cole. Gifts were plentiful and a lunch followed. On Sunday May 30 guests gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs E L Stoull in Mangon for a further celebration with 54 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Buelah
Cole
Joyce Hopkins
C. C. Cole
Bridge
E.L. Stoulill
Mangon
First Clocks and the Medieval Timekeeping Craft
The first church and public clocks used weights and gear trains with escapement to regulate motion. Early clocks featured vibrating elements, later pendulums, and dialed displays tracing time from Greek water clocks. Strasbourg cathedral’s 1352 clock, rebuilt twice, illustrates medieval ingenuity and three stories tall.
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Gugens Guild
Washington
Strasbourg
Schipperke Named Blackest Dog Among Breeds
A Los Angeles Times writer notes the schipperke as the blackest breed. The tailless, 12 pound coastal watchdog has a fox like head, alert carriage, erect ears, and expressive dark eyes. Origin traced to Belgium where barge watchers gave the dog its name little skipper.
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Schipperke
Skiperke
Belgium
Los Angeles Times
Early Ohio Myths Spread to Entice Settlers
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer notes myths circulated in the East about Ohio settlement days. Tales include brandy springs and oversized melons, contrasted with rumors of an dangerous hoopsnake whose venom could kill trees and leaves.
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Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer
East
Paper making machine a giant of industry
The Scientific American writer notes the paper making machine as the central element of paper production. A full sized machine runs about 200 feet long, weighs nearly a million pounds, and costs around half a million dollars. It combines fifty motors, twenty five pumps, thousands of feet of piping and miles of wiring, requiring perfect coordination to deliver quality paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Hickory Wood Proves Very Heavy and Useful
Hickory is one of the heaviest Northern woods with a dry cubic foot weighing 52.17 pounds. Early American settlers used it for tool handles due to strength and elasticity. Second growth hickory is in demand for its compact, close grain, though the wood decays in heat and moisture and warps if not seasoned properly.
Old Tales From Powhatan Sawmill Times and Tragic Dramas
Frank L. MacVey recalls 19th century Powhatan days with Hall’s sawmill, an ox race to be freed from a yoke, and athletes like John Anderson of Canada. A second Dan Thomas family death brings a mournful coffin voyage amid rain, a dog chase, and a drifting coffin into a slough near Powhatan cemetery.
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Fonda
Hawkeye
British Isles
Australia
M. Owens
Owens
Hall
John Anderson
Powhatan Township
Robert Anderson
John
Beaver Creek
Mr. Hall
Canada
Dan Thomas
Emerson Farm
Old Courthouse
Alex. McEwen
Bruce
Powhatan Cemetery
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Chester
Whisler
Joe ‘Edge
Norma Can
Paul Voegtlin
Little Daughers
Des Moines
Voegtlin
Rene Hawk
Oegtlin
Ella ‘Chase
J.S. Stover
Hazel
C. D. van Horsen
Henry
Buck
J. P. Graves
W. C. Nystein
Mason City
Bettie
Dickie
K. Nystuen
Northwood
Jack Hoover
Clear Lake
Colenett
Mason
Frigidaire
Central States
Frank L. MacVey
Arrow Adz
ASPET
Atlas Tire
Atlas
Brinkman’s Standard Service
Iowa
Rea Stu
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
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