Local Happenings in Plover and Surrounding Towns
Mrs Hess and Miss Letha Hess visited Spencer last week at the Orville Cobbs home. A W Hess and Milt Hess aided P G Hess with disposing of about 16090 pounds of potatoes there. The M Y B Club will meet with Mrs A G Heathman Friday. Byron Lathrop hosted the Senior class and faculty Tuesday night. The Plover baseball team faces Pocahontas today with a full report next week. The Christian Endeavor Society plans an ice cream and cake sale Saturday May 20 from 3:30 to 5:30 PM with supper to follow. Miss Catherine Nacke celebrated her third birthday with friends.
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3. Hess
Letha Hess
Spencer
Orville Cobbs Home
A. W. Hess
Milt Hess
P. G. Hess
Maude Kinsey
Fort Odes
Okoboji
A.J. Egrspuehier
Tom Hancock
Humboldt
J.P. McCreery
M. J. Griffin
Fond
Cher
Des Moines
A. G. Heathman
Oliver
W. Mangan
Plover
Iowa
Byron Lathrop
Wilbur Roberts
Lyle Jeffries
Kay McKim
Jack Glannon
L. A. White
Rolfe
Mallard
Gilmore City
Ives Helvig
Hampton
Gould Heathman
Milton Fisher
Casey” Coffin
J. W. Mangan
Louis Miller
E. E. Grove
Wm. Smith
Martin Helvig
Christian Endeavor Society
We Specialize In Groceries We Specialize In Groceries
Advertisement notes stocking groceries and general merchandise with daily needs and special prices. It invites customers to call in and see stock and ask prices, emphasizing comprehensive department offerings and readiness to supply.
Consolidation Election For Powhatan Township Schools
An election in Plover will occur Saturday May 20 to decide consolidating sections 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 10 11 12 18 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 the Nig of 18 the E44 of 20 and sections 27 28 34 into a single Powhatan township district. Polls open 1 to 7 p m. Ware Implement Co Ware Iowa urges farm machinery purchases with its large county stock.
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Plover
Powhatan Township
Plover School Notes Highlights Consolidation Talk and Activities
Plover schools eye consolidation vote next Saturday with tax implications noted. Transportation under study with emphasis on maintaining current bus system if feasible. Gypsy tea at Lathrop home reports thirty guests and festive decor. Hawkeye-Cleo debate Friday invites all, with no admission. Students miss days for spring farm work and a Cleo banquet follows, while senior Ivis Helvig plans return after appendix operation and Grace Heathman faces time in fifth grade. An agricultural chart joins the lab equipment and Miss Allie Morris of Mounta Mo is mentioned.
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C. P. Lathrop
Lathrops
Cleo
Cleos
J. N. Moody
Mallard
Ivis Helvig
Ivis
Plover Methodist Church Notes Rev Moody Pastor
The Plover Methodists report a pleasant visit with the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning and a profitable return visit in the evening. Mothers Day Epworth League anniversary postponed to next Sunday evening. New member reception planned. Ladies Aid Society to meet in the church basement next Thursday afternoon with Mesdames Roberts Meredith and Snyder in charge.
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Tts
Presbyterian Church
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames J. W. Roberts
T. E. Meredith
O. Snyder
Short Course Assured for Agriculture and Stock Judging
The guarantee for a Short Course in Agriculture and Stock Judging for next winter is complete. A meeting of the signers will set a permanent organization and elect officers. A speaker from Ames will talk on farming topics, with potential discussion on silos, hog feeding, cattle feeding, or dairying.
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Ames
Chas. E. Watts
Town Establishes 12 MPH Speed Limit Citywide
The town enacts a 12 mile per hour speed limit for all motor vehicles within limits with signs at boundaries and strict enforcement planned. The rest of the text humorously notes human nature and marriage in a brief aside.
Drury's Specials and Bargains Across Men’s Wear
Local ad lists discounted items including ladies skirts shirts waists and white skirts with values from 75 cents to 1.50. Men’s and boys’ hats on sale and a big reduction on all shoes. Butter and eggs prices touted as highest paid. customers urged to call Saturday for current offers.
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Auatineet
Valun Breda
Lotavalue
Ries
Wyalue
OOC
Pikertown Sunday School Notes and Tent Meetings
Pikertown remains active with a Young Peoples class Bible study this Friday at the schoolhouse. Attendance has dropped recently, and members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed. A three week series of tent meetings begins Sunday June 5 with evangelist Frank E. Lindgren of Chicago in charge.
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Pikertown
Young Peoples
Frank EK. Lindgren
Chicago
Evangelistic Tent Meeting Plans Circulated in Community
A local Sunday school leads the campaign for a major evangelistic effort with several committees formed to handle preliminaries for upcoming tent meetings. A Bible study gathering is also scheduled this week as part of the outreach.
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Altho
Doings Of The City Dads May 10 Passed Several Ordinances
The town council met May 10 and enacted ordinances for purchasing a dumping ground at $100, defining nuisances and abatement, prohibiting stock from running at large, and arranging sidewalk grade layout by an engineer. Plans call for four to five cement crossings this summer and all property owners must remove alley and street refuse to the provided dumping site.
Grading Eggs for Market in Large City Markets
Eggs are graded into five classes Extra firsts firsts seconds thirds checks and leakers. Extra firsts weigh at least 27 ounces per dozen with clean strong shells and uniform size and color. Firsts weigh at least 24 ounces per dozen and match extra firsts on most points. Seconds weigh at least 22 ounces per dozen with clean uniform appearance. Thirds cover all under 22 ounces per dozen and include dirty cracked or poorly formed eggs as well as double yolks and dark yolks. Checks and jeakers are cracked eggs not suitable for shipment and should be kept for home use while fresh.
How to Grow More and Better Corn Says Purdue Expert
Purdue entomology chief James Troop outlines practical preventive steps for corn pests. Crop rotation late fall plowing and thorough weed removal reduce damage, while vigorous growth from manure and fertilizers helps plants withstand injury. untreated fields show poorer development.
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James Troop
Purdue Experiment Station
Troop
Sides, Wit, and Warnings in a Patchwork Column
A fragmentary column blends humor and aphorisms about men and women, advice from Solomon, and reflections on ads, marriage, and public boycotts. It riffs on prudence, humor, and everyday folly with scattered quotes and slang.
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Catherine
Catherine Nacke
the Community Bank
Ivory State
Ware
Lowa
M. A. Foster
Plover Methodist Church
Lewis N. Moody
Drury’s Specials
K. C
Minneapolis & St. Louis
R. R
M. & St. Louis R. R
McKenzie
Plover Lumber Company
Plover, Iowa
Ford
Solomon
Sliggard
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