Local residents share visits and notices in community page
Marion Gruver returned home last Friday from an auto trip through Minnesota. Floyd Thompson of Plover called in town last Thursday evening. C Codohnson and family spent Thursday at Pickerel Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Obrecht and relatives visited the Lakes on Sunday. Rev. F E Leazer and Florence of Ocheyedan visited friends. Florence may join as a teacher next year. Weeding along walks and roads has improved surroundings. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kendall visited Rolfe Saturday. Pearl Hersom made a general call in Pocahogenal County Saturday. Floyd Thompson and his family visited Ott Weay home. Hergher and Frieda helped at G A Grover home Thursday. Cade Smith of Rolfe attended to business Tuesday. Peter Smith shelled corn Tuesday. Mrs. M G Herscher and Miss Freda and Mrs P C Clayton with children motored to Laurens Tuesday. N B Hersom and wife returned from a week with relatives in Pomeroy. Geo Miller went to Omaha Friday on business. Bert Riggs family spent weekend at Crystal Lake, Minnesota. James Williams family drove to Fort Dodge Friday for health concerns. Thus Edge handled Laurens business matters Saturday. P O Clayton and M M Henry Peterson of Palmer visited Wade Holt Friday. Miss Wilna Sheldon and Wilma Chase visited Wade Jarvis of Bratown Thursday. Forest Mason and daughter returned to Sanborn, Minnesota after short visit. Mick returned to work in Manson Monday after weekend with wife. Peter Smith family left Saturday for Nicollette Minnesota for a Sunday visit with Henry Smith. HD M W and Chas Grover did Fort Dodge business Saturday. A large group traveled to Pocahontas Wednesday for bargain day sales.
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Marion Gruver
Minnesota
Floyd ‘Thompson
Plover
C. Codohnson
Pickerel Lake
Florence
Floyd Thompson
Ott Weay
Hergher
Frieda
G. A. Grover
Cade Smith
Rolfe
Peter Smith
M. G. Herscher
Freda
P. C
Clayton
Laurens
N. B. Hersom
Pomeroy
Geo. Miller
Omaha
Bert Riggs
Z.hives
Ae ‘Crystal Lake
Minn
Jas
Jas. Williams and Family Motored To Fort Dodge
Williams
Edge
P. O. Clayton
M. G
Weather Bureau Kite Mission Yields Aviation Data During War
An account details the U S Weather Bureau using self recording meteorographs attached to kites to collect aviation data for military and postal services. A March 16 Leesburg Georgia episode describes tandem kites, wire breaks, entanglements, theft, and eventual losses with one intact meteorograph recovered before rain ended efforts.
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Weather Bureau
Weather ‘Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Army
Navy
Leesburg
Aerological’ Station
Ning
Tombstone Arizona Named From Tomb Stone Mine Tale
Prospector James Duncan recounts Tombstone Arizona’s origin in 1879. Md Schieffelin named a nearby mine Tomb Stone Mine due to rocks resembling tombstones. Local lore says friends teased him about his fate and he later returned to be buried near the site with a simple rock monument.
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Tombstone
Ariz
James @. Duncan
MD Schieffelin
Schieffelin
Duncan
How Bacteria Are Tested
The page describes a simple test from Windsor Crowell in Popular Science Monthly to identify positive and negative poles of a storage battery with obliterated polarity. It instructs using a fresh potato slice as part of the procedure. The plain guidance aims to reveal which terminal is positive and which is negative.
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Windsor Crowell
Popular Science Monthly
Music at Work and Color Tied Carpet Weaving Tradition
A discussion on how music motivates workers in roadbuilding and other tasks, with a focus on sailors and carpet weavers. In British India, carpet weavers chant a color linked tune led by a group leader, the chant changing with pale or bright carpet colors and lifting chorus energy.
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British India
Python Giant Scales British Steamer Bolton Castle
Officers and passengers report a 30 foot python boarded the Bolton Castle during a Singapore to Victoria voyage. The snake briefly held the wheelhouse, prompting a crew raid that forced it back into the sea before it could be captured. Three of the reptiles were bound for the Bronx, New York.
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Bolton Castle
Singapore
Victoria
B. C
Bronx
New York
Age and Youth Are Not Matters of Years
Johns Hopkins pathologist Dr. William H. Welch, aged seventy, argues age is not defined by years. He says old age carries negative compensations unless health and mental vigor persist, and that senescence can be delayed or begin at any time depending on constitution and vitality.
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William 8. Welch
Johns Hopkins
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Welch
Bowers
Fall And Constitution Seen As Legacy Not Achievements
A terse remark contrasts a political era, noting that the fall season event is framed as a legacy rather than a concrete achievement. It hints at ongoing debates over what constitutes lasting impact versus measurable success.
Old Corner Store Life in New England Diminishes
Rural New England towns replace corner stores and post offices with new social centers while mail order and delivery reshape village life. The aging storekeeper, once central to the community, faces obsolescence as modern clubs and services supplant his role.
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House
New England
Maine
Hildegarde Hawthorne
Havelock Happenings Brighten Week with Visits and Plans
Mearle Weaver of Bradgate called in town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Miller and baby of Plover spent Sunday with Mrs. Miller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sheldon, and other relatives. Local business men planned a free moving picture show at Twilight Theatre last Saturday but the juice was off, delaying the event. they hope for better luck next time. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. DeVaul with Mrs. DeVaul's sister accompanied by other relatives were mentioned in the rural notes.
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Mearle Weaver
Bradgate
C. E. Miller
Baby
Plover
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