Advertisement and notices mix in a rural column
Local item notes advertisements for Powhatan Horse Co and star horse Jon Burke, lodge business for I O O F, and social notices. Several residents like Jeffries, Krejci, and J. M. Bush appear alongside road work and vehicle purchases. Inspections of land, sick lists, and a county public notice thread through community life with dances, meetings, and a public call to attend.
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Cobbs
Powhatan F.heron Horse Company
Jon Burke
I. O. O. F. Lodge No. S
Ots Jud Mehaffy
Fort Dodge
Etta Miller
Grinnell
Dode Roush
Krejci
Emmetsburg
Plover Presbyterian Church Announces Meetings and Services
The C. EB. Society will hold a special business meeting at the Manse Friday evening May 15 at 7 30. All members are requested to attend. The Willing Workers meet Thursday afternoon May 14 at Mrs. Frank Jarvis’s home. Regular services at the usual hours next Sunday. All cordially invited.
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G. C. Grove
Fort Dodge
Vera Grove
Geo. Shaw
Blanche Stewart
Detroit
Mich
Rolfe
T. P. Comer
Worth Nannamaker
Hazel Helvig
Leo Dobbs
Mesdames Garlock, Heathman, Anderson and Eliott
Mabel Grove
C. P. Lathrop
Breeke
Rossland
E. R. Smith
Bert Young
Mr. Ehlers
Peterson & Ehlers
Alva Northrop
Ford
White Bros
E. E. Grove
Rockwell City
Circle No
Ladies’ Aid Society
Heathman
Earl Cook
Arrow Force
J. M. Bush
Mary Mentz
Perry
W. S. Chinn
Ted Fisher
Riley Winegarden
Lou Miller
Plover
Cherokee
Pocahontas Democrat
C. EB. Society
Frank Jarvis
Plover M E Church Notes Pastor G J Poppenheimer
The Plover M E Church under Rev G J Poppenheimer plans a luncheon on Thursday May 21 in the basement. A Ladies Aid Society meeting precedes the meal. The pastor will administer the Lord's Supper next Sunday and invite members to join.
Auto Upsets Injures Eight at School Grounds
A noon spin in Harold Warren’s car driven by Glee Line overturned on a school corner. Eight students, including Maggie Ellis and Madge Burkhaler, were injured. The two girls were pinned beneath the vehicle and rescued. feared fatally hurt, they are recovering while others suffered varying injuries.
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Lewis
Harold Warren
Glee Line
Maggie Ellis
Madge Burkhaler
Miners Turn to Bugs in Seward Alaska
In Seward Alaska an odd craze has taken hold as residents hunt insects for cash. Scientists aboard Captain Klein smidt's schooner Abler sparked a bug fever with finds worth over 100 dollars in a day. Locals now chase beetles caterpillars and seagulls with red feathers trading specimens for goods as a potential livelihood.
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Seward
Alaska
Hudson Bay
Kenai Peninsula
Kliensmidt
Abler
Woman Walks Railroad Trestle With Child Charged With Insanity
Mrs Bessie M Fonts 37 Ward 1320 A St SE walked a three year old on a Delaware avenue trestle with a child in her arms. she was taken to Washington Asylum Hospital for observation after stating the child was her light. Thomas Quigley 23 of Brooklyn claimed ownership of a car at 1918 Pennsylvania Ave NW. he was charged as mentally affected and sent to the asylum.
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Washington
Bessie M. Fonts
Delaware Avenue
FE Street
Lynn
Washington Asylum Hospital
Thomas Quigley
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Flick
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Gaffney and Saunders
Quigley
Large Houck Family Reunion Celebrates Eighty-Eighth Birthday
Mrs. J. D. Moore attended a Houck family reunion in Hickory for Mrs. A. C. Houck born today. The matriarch, mother of twelve all living, with sixty-one grandchildren ninety-one great grandchildren and one great great grandchild had her kin join in the celebration. Elder brother Iving at eighty six also attended.
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North Wilkesboro
N. C
J. D. Moore
Hickory
A. C. Houck
Birthday Celebration Marks 116 Years in New York
In New York, Hannah Ko kom celebrated her 116th birthday at the Daughters of Israel home. The event drew residents and staff to honor the elderly resident with a quiet gathering and well wishes.
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New York
Hannah Ko#kom
The
Daughters of Israel
East One
Deaths and Injuries After Auto Crash Near Sac City
Sac City resident Albert Vienry TRaursehikee aged 61, wealthy farmer, was killed when a car driven by Rusehke plunged from a bridge two miles southeast of the city. Neighbor John DeBourgh and a man named Higetns were slightly injured as the speeding vehicle went out of control.
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Sac City
Albert Vienry
Traursehikee
John DeBourgh
Higetns
Rusehke
Iowa City Elks Set June Reunion Schedule
The Iowa City Elks announce their annual state association reunion from June 17 to 29. The convention opens with UI commencement exercises and will be headquartered at the Iowa City Elks home where delegates register, receive badges, and are assigned rooms.
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Iowa City
Iowa State Elks’ Association
University of Iowa
Sage Tea and Sulphur to Darken Hair Promoted in Ad
An old advertisement touts Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a popular bottle from drug stores. It claims the concoction darkens gray hair softly and evenly, restoring youthful color with two applications. The copy emphasizes ease of use and a bright, lustrous result, appealing to those with thinning or fading hair.
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Cally
Siya
Les
Percheron Stallion Lou Burk to Stand at Stud in Iowa
The dark grey four year old Percheron stallion Lou Burk, 2000 pounds, owned by Plover Percheron Horse Co., is registered in the Percheron Stud Book of America and certified free of major diseases except Laryngeal Hemiplegia. He will stand at G. C. Grove Barn in Plover, Iowa, with a service fee of 15 dollars and terms due to insure the foal. State certificate No 6989 and stallion No 79650 acknowledge the registration and examination by Dr. W. A. Moler. Des Moines date of March 13, 1914.
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Lou Burk
G. C. Grove
Plover
Iowa
Plover Percheron Horse Co
Pocahontas County
Towa
Towa State Department of Agriculture
Percheron Stud Book of America
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
W. A. Moler
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Beye
Department of Agriculture
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Kreeji
Plover Presbyterian Church
H. T. Lockett
Little One
Reunion
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Plover Mercantile Company
Plover Meat Market
Joe Soucer
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