Gilmore City Hosts Country Editors at Cement Plant Tour
Editor Earl Cook hosts Humboldt and Pocahontas editors in Gilmore City for a tour of the new cement plant. The visit showcased rock crushing operations, power houses, and vast machinery as locals praised the facility and a banquet followed. Editor VanAlstine spoke on business methods amid enthusiastic local support.
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Earl Cook
Gilmore City Enterprise
Humboldt and
Pocahontas County
Gilmore City
Gilmore City Commercial Club
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Bro. Clark
Pocahontas Democrat
Blake
Pocahontas Record
Temple of the Bode Bugle
Bruce and Thomas
the Arrow
Mr. Cook
Enterprise
Allis-Chalmers
Alls-Chalmers
Slaker
Commercial Club
Cook
Humboldt County
Pocahontas
Bro. Temple
Humboldt
Mr. Clark
Howard
VanAlstine
World on Wheels predicts auto sales surge this season
Winter forecasts of slow automobile demand proved wrong as local dealers report the heaviest sales yet this early season. Dealers list buyers including John M. Howe Frank Flynn Grant Pollock R B Giggs Frank King John Thompson EK DeVaul T H Bailey Jas Fox J W Heald P W Peterson with Ford Buick Willys Knight Overland brands noted.
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John M. Howe
Frank Flynn
Grant Pollock
Ford
R. B. Giggs
Frank King
John. Thompson
P. DeVaul
T. H. Bailey
Jas
Fox
Buick
J. W. Heald
Willys-Knight
P. W. Peterson
Overland
Presbyterian Church Notes Visit of A Z McGrogney Pastor
Presbyterian Church notes invite worshipers to morning services with a sermon on Home and Sunday school after. CO E Society meets at 7 P M. Evening platform meeting features C H Moon Hon Robi Bruce C B Bowen and Chris Truelson speaking on Mother with a Mothers choir providing music. Everyone urged to attend. Remember your screens.
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CO. E. Society
C. H. Moon
Hon
Robi. Bruce
C. B. Bowen
Chris Truelson
Mothers Day Observed at Methodist Service With Epworth League Program
Next Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal Church features the morning sermon Flame and Its Influences. Epworth League Anniversary Day will focus the evening service with a detailed program leading to officer installation, including hymns, recitations, solos, and readings by noted congregation members.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
S. Burnette
Epworth League
Lemon Orchestra
Debe Dee
Rolfe to Observe Decoration Day
Rolfe will observe Decoration Day in the afternoon with the Womans Relief Corps in charge. Committees appointed include Speaker Ward Ferguson Band Mesdames W A Marther and J M Wilcox Program Mesdames Wm Matteson B Lothian and J M Smith Finances Mrs Addie Pike Decorating Mesdames C C Delle J B Lothian and W A Marther.
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Rolfe
Womans’ Relief Corps
Mrs. Addie Pike
Mesdames CC
C. Delle
J. B
Special School Election Notice for Des Moines Township
Qualified electors of the Consolidated Independent District of Des Moines Township Pocahontas County Iowa will hold a special meeting at Center School House on May 20 1916 at 1 p m to elect two directors for two years and one director for three years Secretary W S Watson dated May 10 1916 Rev C B Ellefson Bradgate pastor was in Rolfe Tuesday
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Des Moines
Pocahontas
Iowa
Center School House
Watson
Pocretary
Junior-Senior Reception Includes Banquet and Dance
The Junior-Senior reception featured a Friday banquet at the Presbyterian church with green and white decorations and a four course dinner. Supt Bloom presided as toastmaster as students from both classes and faculty were honored before moving to the K of P Castle Hall for the informal portion of the evening.
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Presbyterian Church
B. YD. Bloom
Guenevera Johnson
Laura Everett
Hubert Barnes
Donald Cornell
Elizabeth Lighter
Elva
Lemon
Hach
K. of P. Castle
Death of John Ault noted in Rolfe obituary
John Ault died Friday May 5 in Rolfe from dropsy after a prolonged illness. Born 1840 near Rochester Indiana he married Sarah Keely in 1863 and had nine children, seven living. He left Rolfe last fall for Rochester and is survived by a sister and brother and wife. Marietta Spence also ill with a severe cold and intestinal infection but showing signs of recovery.
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John Ault
Rochester
Ind
Ault
Rolfe
Sarah Keely
Henry A. Stelter
Fall
Aults
Illinois
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Mr. Ault
Marietta Spence
National Suffrage Leader to Visit Rolfe
Mrs Deborah Knox Livingston famed eastern suffrage lecturer will speak in Rolfe on Thursday evening May 25 in support of equal rights. Her reputation precedes her as a polished orator and international leader whose visits draw strong audiences. The speaker is described as a noted wife and mother and the community anticipates a large turnout with a fuller presentation to follow next week.
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Deborah Knox Livingston
Rolfe
Mrs. Livingston
Livingston
Philadelphia Ledger
Prize for Best Alley Promises City Cleanup Spirit
The Womans' Club offers a $5 prize to the best kept alley this season in Rolfe. They will work with city authorities to enforce the mayor's clean-up proclamation and may report noncompliant residents to the marshal if needed. An inspecting committee will be appointed soon to begin the watch.
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Womans' Club
Rolfe
Pocahontic Lawyer Bert Shaw Seeks County Attorney Post
Bert Shaw of Pocahontic announces candidacy for county attorney this week. He has long waited for a challenger, says the absence of announcements suggests Republicans favor his return, and his record shows thorough court paper preparation. If elected, the county's business should not suffer.
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Bert Shaw
Pocahontic
Shaw
Aly
Tess
New Dumping Place Aims to Beautify Depot Grounds
The Womans' Club and the North Western railway plan improvements at the depot grounds. They will fill and level areas using non decaying waste materials while avoiding garbage, and request consulting Agent Clarke for placement and cooperation to create a desirable improvement.
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Womans’ Club
Northwestern Railway
Clarke
Arrival of New Danish Lutheran Pastor Magnussen
The Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church announces the arrival of Rev. J. P. M. Magnussen as pastor. He will hold services next Sunday at 10 30 A M with Sunday school at 12 o clock.
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J. P. M. Magnussen
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