Plover News Highlights Local Health and Baseball
Mrs Ed Lehnus returns from Cedar Falls hospitalized and improving. Plover prepares for a baseball game with Pocahontas next Friday on home grounds as local clubs report injuries and player moves. The Rebekah Convention is announced for June 13 1916 in Plover with plans for a full program and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover
Pocahontas
Ray Mangan
John Fisher
Jas. Henderson
Oliver
J. W. Mangan
Iowa
General Merchandise Promotes Fashionable, Affordable Apparel
A local store touts stylish, serviceable garments for women including dresses skirts and waists. Emphasizing value, the shop invites customers to view its selection.
Saturday Specials Prompt Cans and Pkgs for Sale
Saturday specials list grocery items with prices 25 cents each. Items include canned peas eight packs Graham crackers peeled apricots eight packs hominy P C flour two cans Clover salmon and extra peaches and grapes priced to attract shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Crax
P. C
K. C
Larson
Plover School Notes Highlight Commencement Events
Robt. H. Atchison delivered an instructive commence ment address to a large audience despite rain. He remained Friday to coach the Seniors in their class play. Friday noon dinner by graduates' parents honored the faculty. Delay in high school record cards noted. most pupils have their classification cards for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt
H. Atchison
Mr. Atchison
Migs, Conner
Misa Ives
Cedar Falls graduates pursue varied paths after school
Miss Coleman plans to return to North Dakota kitchen work after summer teaching in Cedar Falls. Byron Lathrop aims to farm and study auctioneering. All graduates except Lathrop will enter high school special work next year. R. M. Foster photographed Plover schools during a visit with his son M. A. Foster. A new consolidated school board was elected: C. P. Lathrop, J. H. Pollock, J. M. Bush, Co. D. Ferguson, G. A. Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Plover
Foster
New Consolidated School Board
C. P. Lathrop
J. H. Pollock
J. M. Bush
Co. D. Ferguson
G. A. Dawson
EXTRA SPE Seven Bars Bob White Extra Special 50c
A vintage notice lists Seven Bars Bob White Extra Special men’s work shirts priced at 50 cents each. Availability indicated in the period catalog likely for workers' wear and shop shelves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob White
Pikertown Sunday School Notes Big Tent Meetings Grow
The big tent meetings opened with large attendance from distant and local supporters. Rev. H O Ward of the American Sunday School Union visited from Spencer to assist. Piketown will host a Children's Day program at 2 30 pm next Sunday followed by a young people's meeting led by Lindgren. The campaign is a union effort across churches and local attendance is encouraged. Pikertown location details are given for area residents. Pilot Creek Crusaders held a Bible study at A L Johnson home led by Andrew M Simonson with strong turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Ward
American Sunday School Union
Spencer
Ward
Pikertown Sunday School
Lindgren
Moody Institute
Chicago
Pikertown
Rolfe
Havelock
Plover
Pilot Creek
Andrew M. Simonson
Local Roundup of Visits Births and Travels in Havelock
Havelock notes report Mr and Mrs Wm Steen and Miss Katherine and Miss Maxine of Harrisburg visiting relatives in town. Several Laurens visitors stop by, fishing trips to Mud Lake noted, and other social calls. A newborn son was born to Mr and Mrs B Weinhold on Saturday June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Steen
Bert Jacobson
Shaveland
Jas. Williams
Mary Wilson
Ruth Wright
Ware Os CO
Ware
Iowa
Ott Will Gardner
Harold Wright
J. 8
Cole
B. Weinhold
Nellie Eno
Madge Veazie
Ruby Mote
Chicago
Grimes
Rochelle
Cannon
Restored To Good Health After Stomach Trouble
Mrs O Gans of Zanesville Ohio says four years of stomach trouble left her weak and wasting away but after using two bottles of Chamberlains Tablets she became well again. Sold by H Fy McGowan. Adv 7-5.
Summer spraying for first class apples
Summer spraying is essential for high quality apples. Un sprayed fruit is scabby and damaged by cooling moth and curculio. The Missouri program recommends three sprays using lime sulphur and lead arsenate to combat scab codling moth curculio and other diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Careless Spraying Is Not Effective
A horticulture bulletin warns that spraying must cover the entire surface in a fine mist. Partial spraying leaves disease or pests a path to enter and rains wash away the spray, yielding little or no benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Rapp
Department of Horticulture
Oklahoma
A. & M. College
Stillwater
Pointers on Using Shears in Orchard
Double cutter shears aid pruning on branches under three inches in diameter. Cut around the bark to promote clean healing and avoid crushing the bark and wood. Lift the limb when forking cuts are made to prevent splitting and keep fruit load from breaking the limb. Cut off the branch beyond the crotch then remove the stub with a second cut.
Practical Points on Art of Pruning
Practical pruning guide by A J Gunderson of Illinois Experiment Station. Steps include removing dead and diseased limbs water sprouts and crossing branches. Warns against overpruning and emphasizes thinning to half inch branches and preserving fruit spurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Experiment Station
A. J. Gunderson
Prime essential in setting out a plant
In planting, firm soil firmly around the tips of the roots while keeping the top soil loose. Avoid direct contact between roots and fresh manure to prevent damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Cady
Horticulturial
University
St. .Paul
Farmer Advice and Farm Implement Warnings Found Nearby
A fragmented farm tale warns that misplacing duck and farm tools leads to misfortune. It suggests checking fence corners for implements left in the fall and notes dangers of smothering during the farrowing time.
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Ed Lehnus
Henry Twigg
A. M. Hofert
Hampton
Horton
Presbyterian Church
Frank Hagan
J. B. Kent
Dolliver Kent
Des Moines
Ruth Webb
Lucerne Symes
Ferne Coiner
Leona Grove
Williamsburg
P. J
Geo
A. J. Shaw
M. H. Foster
Lost Island Lake
Wm. Stoltenberg
John
Theo. Fisher
A. J. Eggspuehler
the Lakes
Geo. Ande
Minnie Bush
Lucy Smith
Ike Eggspuehler
Ernest Hilton
M. J. Helvig
Ayrshire
Kendall
Altho
Tommy Thompson
Smoky
Ike
Martin Helvig
Calhoun
Pikertown School House
P. R. Henderson
Gen
Zeno
North
South Dakota
Montana
Ray McKim
C. M. Webb
Ray Ferguson
Ernest
M. A. Foster
Highland Park
Rebekah Convention
Hall
Florence Roberts
Jesse F. Cutting
Fonda
I. N. Moody
Sexston
N. G
Maggie Heathman
Blanche McKim
Josie F. Cutting
Peoples Saving Bank
the Community Bank
General Merchandise
Fred Ehler
Drury
Simonson Jr
Havelock News
Missouri College of Agriculture
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