Pikertown Pickings Spotlight Local Births Events and School News
Mr. and Mrs. S. Simonson announce the birth of a baby boy on June 10. The Pijot Creek Crusaders held their biweekly class at B. F. Rutgera home. Miss Marie Siemnson led Bible study. Dr Chas Howland of Des Moines performed adenoid operations nearby. A party at Robert Alexander home drew many youths. Miss Mildra Strickland closed her term in District No. 6 and a picnic followed in A. E. Hancher grove. Children’s Day at Pikertown was a success with a notable pantomime by Lillie Spangler and a $6.53 collection sent to the American Sunday School Union. The Lemon and Green families of Rolfe and Folk family of Lincoln township attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Simonson
Pijot Creek Crusaders
Nsual
B. F. Rutgera
Marie Siemnson
Chas, Howland
Des Moines
Robert Alexander
Mildra Strickland
Plover Independent
A. E. Hancher Grove
Misa Strickland
Pikertown
Lillie Spangler
American Sunday School Union
J. K. Lemon
B. L. Green
Rolfe
D. K. Folk
Lincolnstownship
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Claims Childworm Relief
An old advertisement warns that worms afflict children causing growth stunts and digestive issues. It promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer candy lozenges as a simple remedy said to kill worms and restore health, suggesting a 25¢ box from a druggist.
Comedy Players To Stage July 9 Performances At Assembly
The Comedy Players present short one act comedies and scenes from She Stoops to Conquer and The School For Scandal with original sketches by Russell and Wayne. Frances Stanley and Ferne Doubleday headline a cast alongside Irene Bewley who arrives July 7 with notable success in character impersonations.
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Comedy Players
Goldsmith
School For Scandal
Sheridan
Mesars
Russell
Wayne
Frances Stanley
Ferne Doubleday
Irene Bewley
Central States
New England
Newfoundland
Esmeralda
Magdalen
Marvelous Exhibits at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
The Agriculture Palace shows a shift to the caterpillar power tractor over high-wheeled engines, with the chain drive supporting heavy engines on soft ground. The Roosevelt shotgun exhibit and a four-manufacturers display draw many sportsmen. Pearl culture demos by Japan highlight Mikimoto’s method and the pearl industry’s global challenges. A note ends with a joke on a cure for grouch at a chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Africa
Far East
Japan
Kokichi Mikimoto
One Spoonful Adler-i-ka Astonishes Rolfe Residents
Rolfe residents report rapid and thorough bowel relief after taking Adler-i-ka a buckthorn bark glycerine mix. A single spoonful is said to act within a minute, easing constipation and gas with noticeable cleansing effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Percheron Stallion Young Martin II Registered in Iowa
A 4-year-old ice grey Percheron stallion named Young Martin II owned by N. A. Lind Rolfe Iowa is described with pedigree back to Martin 1708 and Bartholdi lines. He will stand at the old lumbershed in Rolfe on Wednesdays and Thursdays with remaining time at Lind’s farm three miles north. State certificate No 9514 confirms registration in the Percheron Stud Book of America and full breed eligibility.
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Percheron
Rolfe
Martin
Percheron Society
America
N. A Lind, Rolfe
Gri
Mink
Bartholdi
Brilliant
Coco II
Vieux Cassin
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Nancy
Flora
Floreda
Martin IL
A. Lind, Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Iowa States Department of Agriculture
Perieron
of America
Des’ Moines
A. R
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RUDE
Iowa
Gingham & Percale
Joc
Palm Beach
Athletic Union
Father and Son
Krotch
Frank Hoyne
Sellitak Pa
Chau Tauqua
Henry Clark
Hann Jubilee Singers
Lfe
Clark
Clarke
Chamberlain
Mary McMullen
Phelps
N.Y
M. Webb
LaptEs Lath Deston
Chichester
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