Senate Honors Mrs Gilchrist in Des Moines Visit
The Iowa State Senate paid tribute to 88 year old Mrs Hannah C Gilchrist of Des Moines who visited with her son Senator F C Gilchrist of Pocahontas county. Bowman introduced her and read tributes, noting changes from early railways to radio and describing her as a former country schoolteacher earning twenty dollars for sixteen weeks.
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State Senate
H.C. Gilchrist
FF. C. Gilchrist
Senate
Des Moines Register
Hannah C. Gilchrist
Des Moines
F. C. Gilchrist
Pocahontas County
Bowman
Black Hawk County
Gilchrist
Ames
Mr. Bowman
Mrs. Gilchrist
Gilchrist i
J. C. Gilchrist
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
J.H. Allen
Maude Gilchrist
Des’ Moines
Laurens
Miss Gilchrist
Wellesley College
Heinrich Products Secures Local Agency
Heinrich Products have taken the agency in this locality for the above products known to residents. The speaker asks readers to hold their orders until further notice and promises to call for fulfillment.
Merchant of Venice seen at Fort Dodge thrills Rolfe notes
Eugene Clarke reviews a Fort Dodge performance of The Merchant of Venice calling it very good with beautiful costumes and strong acting. Shylock and Portia are praised for their performances while the modernized love scenes and lighting affect the setting.
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Fort Dodge
Shylock
Laucelot
Tubal
Grantino
Portia
Nerissal
Miss Olerich
Jessica
Eugene Clarke
Fort Dodge school notes and faculty meeting update
Gene Clarke spent Thursday Friday and Saturday in Fort Dodge. The school plans a weeklong April vacation starting April 2. Gaylord Ryen returned after a several week vacation. Marion Speer was out due to a broken collar bone. The entire faculty attended a teachers meeting in Fort Dodge Thursday afternoon and all day Friday, reported very successful. Ruth Fisher has been absent for some time with the flu. Mrs. Walter Holt visited the first grade last week. A new bulletin board was installed in Junior High for Civics clipping display.
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Gene Clarke
Fort Dodge
Gaylord Ryen
Marion Speer
Ruth Fisher
Walter Holt
Mix
B. “A. ‘Kerns
Ralston
C. E. Watts
Zola Bucher
Plover
Petersons
Rolfe
Iowa
W. J. Johnson
Curlew
Kling
P. J. Shaw
M. D. Thompson
Emmetsburg
Womans Community Club
County Federation
Ladies Aid Society
Plover Mercantile Go’s
George Shaw Hardware
Geo. Shaw
C. E. Miller
MacMillan Reveals Map Errors In Baffin Bay Waters
The Bowdoin exploration led by Donald B. MacMillan shows western Baffin land is incorrectly mapped and waters mischarted. The find hints at future Arctic economic potential, including possible oil wells, making accurate charts increasingly important for global interests.
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Donald B. MacMillan
Baffin Bay
Bowdoin
Baffin Land
MacMillan
Arctic
New York Herald
Britisher in Washington Misses Dry Nation Joke
A witty British correspondent in Washington mocks US prohibition, recounting his lapse at a musicale when asked who composed Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes. He quips that the composer is likely 18 years old, highlighting his playful misunderstanding of America’s dry stance.
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Washington
United States
A caustic view of modern art in Paris salon
An enthusiastic friend shows an unusually caustic critic an art salon in Paris. They stop before modern works by a woman painter who creates striking images likened to a sand storm or steam roller. The exchange ends with a sharp remark about marriage and art.
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Paris
Friends Prove Loyal or Not in Public Life
A reflection on friendship and loyalty as individuals seek public office. The piece notes that true allies reveal themselves when careers demand public exposure and scrutiny.
Local Plover News Highlights and Community Events
Plover readers learn of residents visiting and calling in town, school staff changes, and upcoming community activities. The piece lists visitors from Rolfe and Havelock, shifts in teaching staff at Plover High School, and plans for free summer movies. It also notes Womans Community Club and Ladies Aid meetings, plus upcoming Easter food sales and local club events.
Plover High to Stage Windmills of Holland Saturday Night
Plover school notes that the high school operetta Windmills of Holland will be at the auditorium Saturday at 8:00 PM directed by Mrs Myrtle Skagspuehler. Admission is 35 and 25 cents. The program lists Act I items including Overture Opening Chorus Vet Is It Hertogenbosch Mother Mine Wilhelmina The Spider and the Fly and a duet There Are Others featuring Hilda and others.
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Wilhelmina
Bob
Dreamland
Hans
Bob and Hertogenbosch
Hilda
Bob Yankee
Hertogenbosch
Edythe Shaw
George Jeffries
Lucille Grove
Farmer's Daughters
Penne
George Bush
Franz
Qvidh
Farmer
Katrina
Rich
Farmer’s
Holland
Myrtle Skggspuehler
Mother Mine
Vrouw Hertogenbosch
Chronic loafers and the rest cure praise
A witty aphorism notes that chronic loafers cling to rest cures and that wisdom lies in recognizing folly. It sneers at delayed judgment by claiming sins may stay hidden but a wife will expose them.
Easter Services Drive Church Attendance and Baptisms
The church announces updated Sunday hours for Sunday School Morning Worship Epworth League and Evening Service Prayer Meeting on Thursday at 10 00 a m 11 00 a m and 8 00 p m The pastor notes growing interest in mid week prayers Next Sunday Easter encourages all members to attend and those wishing baptism may present children at the altar during the morning service
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Epworth League
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Heinrich
Ward Sharp
W. W. Beam
First National Bank
E. L. Hollis
T. D. Jones
Towa
Kent Building
Bessie Gay Patterson
School of Music
Grinnel College
M. H. Hammes
Dr. Shcholl
Venene
Hammes & Sons
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
Col
H. H. Grove
Plover, Iowa
Joseph Zimmerman
Gilmore City
Syn Franz
Rus
Plover M.E. Church
H. C. Ward
Saxon
Ina
Matthews
Florence
Rude Lawson
Sarah Matthews
Amy
Boston
Jane Hoover
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