Personal Hems and Local Notices From Rolfe Iowa
A collection of local items from Rolfe Iowa includes social notes Miss Lucy Smith as Rolfe caller and visits by Ernest Grove Ray Mangan Ike Eggepuebler and others. Town events mention a June 17th Mallard opera house dance and attendance at the Eleventh Annual Rebekahs convention in Rolfe. A severe wind storm west of Rolfe damaged outbuildings at the Ed Gehrt farm and caused other local casualties.
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H. T. Lockett
Plover
Lucy Smith
Rolfe
Ernest Grove
Ray Mangan
Ike Eggepuebler
Fort Dodge
Letha Hess
Mica Tolbert
Laurens
Gella Wallace
J. D. Wallace
Sam Johnson
Squire Heathman
Plover church schedule includes Love and Stratagem show
Plover Presbyterian Church will present the delay program on Saturday night June 12 with admission 15 and 25 cents. Children Day exercises set for Sunday at 10 30 AM. Christian Endeavor at 7 PM and evening services at 8. Rebekahs to serve meals June 17 for I C O F convention. Local notes include visits and an annual farmer elevator stockholders meeting with officer changes due to deaths.
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Christian Endeavor
Rebekahs
M. EB
Tom Heathman
Ortonville
Minn
A. E. Bush
Rolfe
Farmers’ Elevator Co
W. W. Bruner
J. M. Bush
Robt, Anderson
Plover M E Church Notes Rev Poppenheimer Pastor
Children’s Day exercises will be observed next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock with baptism of children to follow. Ladies Aid meets Friday afternoon June 19 at the church parlors with Mesdames Hendricks and Webb serving. Riverside church offers a Children’s Day program Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock inviting all attendees.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames Will Hendricks
J. A. Webb
Riverside Church
Special Meeting of Plover Savings Bank Stockholders
A special meeting of stockholders of the Plover Savings Bank in Plover Iowa is set for Saturday June 27 1914 at 2 PM at the banking office to vote on raising the capital stock to 25000.00 dollars. The notice is dated June 3 1914 and signed by C A Garlock president L E Garlock vice president Fae W McEwen director Cora Barker director L G Garlock director First published June 4 1914 7 4t.
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Plover Savings Bank
Plover
Iowa
A. D
Plover M E Ladies Aid Divides in Fundraising Contest
Division No 1 led by Mrs John Bush and Division No 2 by Mrs Will Heathman competed to raise funds for church needs before June first. Final tallies show Division 1 receiving 45666 dollars and Division 2 36604 dollars, so Division 2 will host Division 1 at the M E church parlors next Wednesday afternoon.
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Plover M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society
John Bush
Will Heathman
M.is
C B Picnic Partly Called Off After Rain and Baseball Tie
Rain disrupted the C B picnic held here last Friday. A ball game between the Plover and Rolfe teams ended 6 to 1 in favor of Rolfe. Supper was served in the M E church basement, donated for the event.
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C. B
Plover
Rolfe
M. E
Historic Road From Vera Cruz to Mexico City Tours Three Armies
The Vera Cruz to Mexico City route spans 240 miles and witnessed the 1519 Spanish march, Scott’s 1847 campaign, and Maximilian’s 1864 entry. It links Cholula, Puebla, Jalapa, and Teotihuacan while noting rail lines built after Maximilian’s fall and the high volcanic peaks visible from Puebla.
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Chicago
Vera Cruz
City of
Mexico
Winfield Scott
Maximilian
Carlotta
Porfirio Diaz
True Cross
Hernando Cortes
Cortes
Cuba
Tlaxcala
Montezuma
Scott
Gulf
Puebla
Mexico City
Napoleon III
Queretaro
Mexican Railway
Interoceanic
National Railways
Orizaba
Tierra Caliente
Tierra Fria
Orizabas
Cinco de Mayo
Jalapa
Illinois
Santa Anna
Pyramid
Cholula
San Juan Teotihuacan
Gaid
Cheops
Some Public Eye Quips About Our Line
In a light exchange a genial station official and a traveling passenger discuss improvements for convenience and comfort. The traveler jokes about things always in the public eye, and the official asks for items to name. The punch line: cinders.
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Cinders
Ought-to-mobile or one to-mobile joke by Judge
A courtroom quip from Judge Slathere and Jimpson ponders language on paying. The exchange riffs on ought to and cannot pay. Jimpson invites Slathere for a ride in his oneto-mobile, a playful pun in a casual banter.
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Jimpson
Slathere
Not What He Expected
A fragment shows a quoted line about a pleasant dream spoken by a woman as she and Thad meet in a street scene, hinting at an intimate or uneasy moment in a narrative. The readable text centers on character interaction and mood.
Percheron Stallion Lou Burk Registered in Iowa Stud Book
Lou Burk a dark grey vigorous four year old Percheron stallion weighs 2000 lbs and will stand for the season at Grove Barn Plover Iowa State Certificate No 6989 No 79650 foaled 1910 owned by Plover Percheron Horse Co Des Moines March 9 1914 registration by Iowa State Department of Agriculture after examination by Dr W A Moler notes laryngeal hemiplegia as sole unsoundness terms 15 dollars to insure colt to stand and suck colt held for service service fee due on ownership change or if mare leaves the community no responsibility for accidents stated
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Lou Burk
C. CG. Grove
Plover
Iowa
Plover Percheron Horse Co
Pocahontas County
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Percheron Stud Book of America
W. A. Moler
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meredith
Will Smith
Hank Srouse
Holt Agency
Hart Chinn
Snooks
Carrie
A. G. Heath
Helvig
Tor Blue Earth
Plover Presbyterian Church
Nolice
THE
Plover, IA
ODD Fellows
W. P. Webb
Havelock
Pocahontas
Business
Heathman
Maxmillan
Peterson & Ehlers
General Merchandise
Plover Mercantile Company
Spencer Milling Co
Brody
Plover Meat Market
Joe Soucer
Prop
DeWolf & Wells Grain and Feed Co
W. E. Chinn
Mar
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