Funeral Held for Mrs Charles Ferguson at Plover Church
Funeral services for Mrs Charles Ferguson were held at the Methodist church in Plover with Rev E RedMayne in charge A mixed quartet provided music and pallbearers included local men from Rolfe and Plover Burial took place at Clinton cemetery Rolfe Friends and relatives from Corwith Gilmore City Bradgate and Emmetsburg attended Dinner followed at the Kerns home The obituary notes she was born May 22 1872 in Columbia Missouri and died February 28 near Rolfe She had lived in Iowa Falls and Plover and leaves two sons Thomas Diggs and Earl Diggs one daughter Mrs C E Eppelsheimer five grandchildren and many friends
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Charles Ferguson
the Methodist’ Church
E. Redmayne
Lela Wilson
Eldo Heathman
Edward Lehnus
Curtis’ Jones
Gang “Beautiful
Isle ‘of Somewhere
Jesus
Garden of Prayer
Dick Reigelsberger
Leonard Ripperger
Rolfe
Paul Kerns
Franklin Majorowicz
William McKim
Charles Lehnus
Plover
Clinton Cemetery
R. E. Ferguson
Lois Jean
Corwith
N. J. Reigelsburger
Gilmore City
G. C
Jessie Langdon
George W. and
Sally Langdon
Columbia
Thomas Diggs
Pear
Mervin Mer
Stover
Iowa
Charles D. Ferguson
Iowa ‘Falls
C. B.eppelsheimer
Farl Diggs
Thompson
Mrs. Ferguson
Arid
Curtis Jones
Howard Luft
Raymond Dixon
Stan Richey
Somers
Henry _ Fitnger
I Marjory
Hansen
Artis Jones
Thomas Wilson
Jean Ann
W. L. Wilson
M. ¥. B.club
C. E. Miller
H. C. Beneke
Merle Blue
Vincent
George Jeffries
T. Groves
Curtis Joe
W.R. Iler
Rockwell City
Lyman Williams
A. G. Heathman
R. E. DuBois
G. L. Sanders
R. E. Houck
Roger Heathman
Fonda
O. A. Zeck
Laurence Heathman
Havelock
Wm. Goodchild
Harry Smith
Laurens
Myrtle Horsman
Elizabeth Grove
Milwaukee
Wis
Ida Forney
S. T. Groves
A. J. Pulliam
Algona
C. E. Vorster
Stanley Richey
Glen Forsythe
Fletcher Pringle
B. D. Baker
Community Service Oil Co
Pocahontas
Amy Ireland
Royal Neighbors
N. J. Meurer
Wesley
J. T. Meurer
Charles Pavik
Amboy
Minn
J. J. Pavik
Alta Vene Baker
Clayton Jones
Ajee Agee
Lohrville
Y. An
Pranty
R. An
R. An Rs. W. H. Ah Aree, W. H. Buchanan Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Poundston
Earl Houck
Cedar Falls
Kathleen Bucher
Marilyn Miller
Pauline Mere
Beatrice Bruner Wins Honors at Iowa State College
Beatrice Bruner, a student at Iowa State College in Ames, was elected to the Iowa Alpha chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the honorary mathematics fraternity, and named to the Chi ...
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Beatrice Bruner
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Alpha
Pi Mu Epsilon
Chi
Community Notes From Plover and Surrounding Towns
A long list of local happenings from Plover Rolfe and nearby towns includes social visits, hospital updates, and community events. Key items mention Lars Gunstead’s funeral attendance, a birthday surprise party for Mrs. C B Kauffman, Allen Stearns’s appendix surgery, and multiple visits among neighbors. Various residents move homes, attend meetings, and participate in church and school activities across the region.
Seed Catalog Time for This Iowa Gardener
Mrs. Ben Hitzhusen of a 400 acre Iowa farm near Cartersville pursues three yearly gardens. She plants early potatoes and peas with oats, then May 1 for vegetables, and a third garden in dunes for melons and squash. She rotates crops, harvests every three weeks, and enjoys trying new varieties while keeping family health and savings in mind.
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Mary
Ben Hitzhusen
Cartersville
Iowa
Hitzhusen
Sour Cream Doughnuts Then and Now
With milk treated by refrigeration and pasteurization common, sour cream remains a flavorful ingredient. The article notes soda is used with sour milk for leavening and to neutralize sourness, and that sour cream can substitute for sweet cream in baking, provided only a little baking powder is used so the taste remains pleasant after baking.
Washable wool care and fruit dessert notes from 1940s page
Readers learn wool sweater care to prevent shrinkage by careful temperature control and gentle stretching to original shape. A recipe for Grace Apricots uses dried apricots and a sugar syrup, plus tips on boiling and drying. The piece also notes vitamin A in produce and wheat stockpiles and crop insurance uptake through early 1940.
LocalResidents News in Weekend Movements and Health
Sunday gatherings at the par home and weekend visits among residents are noted. Millicent Eppelsheimer of Havelock stayed with her father A J Eppelsheimer. Evelyn Nicol of Mason City visited her parents. A large list of moves, calls, and family news fills the community update.
Plover church services and activities listed
Plover Methodist Church scheduled Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. Pastor E Redmayne to speak on The Test of Religion and Is Religion a Success or a Failure. Ladies' Aid meets Thursday with hostesses Mrs. B. D. Baker, Mrs. Marion Baker, and Mrs. C. R. Linn. Plover Presbyterian Church worship with John Brunn at 10 a.m.
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Plover Methodist Church
E. Redmayne
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid Society
B. D. Baker
Marion Baker
C. R. Linn
Plover Presbyterian Church
John Brunn
Daylight service at Dabytaclan Church Saturday
A brief church notice for Nye Servis 8 Dabytaclan invites attendees to a daylight service on Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at the church. The event emphasizes community gathering and worship in a local setting.
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Nye Servis
Dabytaclan
Uhday
Fire drill and breakfast for Glenwood volunteers
A garbled note describes Glenwood volunteer firefighters responding to a alarm at Tale Station. Members had prepared a sumptuous breakfast of ham and biscuits for the crew. A fireman named Chick Homan began the journey to Harpers after being left behind and thumbed a ride to the scene.
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Glenwood
Altony
Chick Homan
Harpers
On - Foo
Quick car theft caught near Alton ends with swift return
Peter Franston of Alton reported a brand new automobile stolen. Authorities acted quickly and returned the car within fifteen minutes. Finley Murphy of Dickens, who took the car, skidded into a ditch just outside Alton and was immediately picked up by a highway patrolman.
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Peter Franston
Alton
Finley Murphy
Dickens
Never Touched Him: Man Crushed by Car Accident
Paul Cox of Maquoketa suffered a broken ankle in a street accident last week. He stood in the road helping raise a steel beam when the vehicle struck the beam’s far end.
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Paul Cox
Maquoketa
Rais
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Thomas ‘Diggs
Herbert Halver
Kenneth
Fueral
Lars Gunstead al Joe
Gunstea
Allen Stearns
Frank Stearns
Lutheran, Hospital
Herman Beneke
Gérd Beneke
Palmer
Orton
DeSoto
0. G. Emery
Horsman Farm
Roger Roush
George Roush
Ft. Des Moines
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Walnut Grove
Albert Glasco
Ft. Dodge
Mary Emma Thompson
Susie Thompson
Pocahontas County
W. H. Buell
R. Jones
Ilel
George
GH Ham
Millicent Eppelsheimer
A.J. Eppelsheimers
Evelyn Nicol
Mason ‘City
Elmer
Nicoland
John
Brunn
Shevion
Miss Stone
Walter Stone
Peterson
Mervin Iler
W. John Pollock
Sioux
B. FE. Poundstone and Sons
F. S. Forsythe
Tom Shimon
Fred Groves
Charles Archer
Paul Ferguson
Los Angeles
Calif
George Ande
Hughesville
Penn
Berton Jacobsen
Danbury
Marion Ham
A. A. Firkins
Bert Nye
Henry Fitzgerald
Monroe
Breas
Ocala
Chick
Wei Eae Saeed Lie Daa
M. and
J. R. Hakes
McCormick-Deering
Tony
Cal Efficient
McCormick- Deering
Brogotti Implement Co
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