Miller Family Ties Span Iowa to Minnesota in Community News
The piece notes Miller leaving near Princeton Minnesota to return to Rolfe and Mason City, with Mr and Mrs Dickson and Ben Green’s family visiting Sioux City. It mentions servicemen heading to Paris and a crime tale involving Vere tied to a robbery and murder case in Minot, with sentencing and bootlegging context.
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Miller
Princeton
Minn
Geo
Havelock Sun
Mrs. Dicks
Mason City
Innesota
Rolfe
Ben Green
Sioux Inneapolis
Paris A
Arthur
France
Y Vere
Tolante
Fonda
Oven
Minot
Poca County
Rolfe Notes Chronicle Local Happenings And Plans
Local column details teaching posts and schooling plans for Ruth Green and Maude Gilchrist, plus military and public service moves by Arch Mather and Chauncey Cleaver. It reports bond votes, war work shifts, civic projects, road and gravel drives, and community updates from Rolfe and nearby towns.
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Ruth Green
West Bend
Bondurant
Arch Mather
Coast Artillery
Fort Worden
Washington
Arch
Rolfe
Workforce Demand For Railroad Men Listed In Notice
The notice requests men for railroad and related trades including locomotive engineers firemen track foremen carpenters repairmen linemen surveyors instrument men telegraphers drafters pile driver foremen stationary engineers steam shovel operators electricians auto mechanics drivers cooks clerks brakemen and conductors. It states that those qualified for general military service are not desired for this service.
Brinkman family heads south for potential lodge visit
J H Brinkman and family left Monday for the south. He will attend the Mansonic grand lodge session at Ottumwa while Mrs Brinkman and the children stay with relatives in Indianola.
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J. H. Brinkman
Limited Men Eligible for Army Aeronautics Service
Notice to Limited men qualified by physical examination may list their names for the military aeronautics branch of the army. Enlistees will be engaged in spruce production work.
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Military Aeronautics Branch
Army
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Small Town Events
Mrs Jessie VanBuskirk and child ren of Montgomery Iowa visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Logan this Saturday. Epworth Tagne attendees Florence Imus Luft Logan Zella Wallace Emily Schoonover Edna Hoag attended Fort Dodge convention midweek. A. B Olson visited Rolfe Thursday. Miss Eva Tilton visited Fort Dodge. Mrs N P Olson of Ellsworth Iowa visits her daughter Mrs Glenn Wallace. Edward Zeman Dewey Lanning farewell party drew large crowd as they head to training camp. Progress Club met at Mrs Ivan Dayton's. comfort kim made. Hoover red luncheon served. Minnie Olsen leaves Alta to help care for James Olsen.
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Jessie VanBuskirk
Montgomery
Towa
John Logan
Florence Imus
Luft Logan
Zella Wallace
Emily Schoonover
Edna Hoag
Fort Dodge
Bryarly
Gilmore City
C. E. Ellefson
Popejoy
A. B. Olson
Rolfe
Eva Tilton
N. P. Olson
Ellsworth
Glenn Wallace
Christ Overby
Fred
Hans Smith
Alta
J. R. Madison
Little James Olsen
Innovations in Food Administration Drying Fruits and Veggies
The food administration promotes drying as a new method to conserve the nation’s food supply. Drying is presented as a means to save produce for domestic use and for export to foreign countries. The practice is already common in Europe.
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Food Administration
Community Driers Boost Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables
The article urges reviving drying as an art and practical method to store produce. It highlights sun or stove drying, notes community dryers as the most successful form, and mentions the Red Cross offering cartons to ship surplus. Communities in Pocahontas county are expected to install such plants this summer.
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Pocahontas County
Red Cross
Fighting Potato Beetles and Other Garden Pests
Garden note outlines control methods for Colorado potato beetle and striped cucumber beetle. recommends paris green or arsenical poisons with spray or leaf application, and advises regular treatments to protect crops including cabbage worms and related pests.
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Colorado
Uliess
Paris Green
Paris
Fragmentary wartime gardening note appears in ciphered text
Readable parts describe using paste of water for plants and dew dusting with lime. Mentions Hun allies and numbers 2 bg a, but the context is unclear and garbled.
Grace D. Br Involved in Late May and June Events
June 26 and 27 and May 25 and 26 referenced. Grace D. Br appears in the notices with events spanning late May and late June. Further specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
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Tas
Take the time Buy now for coal before shortages hit
Local plea warns that last year's coal shortage nearly hurt households and urges residents to buy now this fall. Officials stress delaying purchases will risk not having fuel when winter hits and caution against waiting.
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Happel
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