Lusitania survivor Ben Davies leads Welsh Male Quartet on Rolfe tour
Welch singer Ben Davies, survivor of the Lusitania tragedy, returns with four members of the Gwent Welch Choir. The group joins Rolfe chautauqua this summer, promising entertaining programs that celebrate Welsh song and vivid memories of 1916 performances. Wales’ rich choral tradition is highlighted as the quartet blends national pride with popular appeal.
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Ben Davies
Welch Male Quartet
Gwent Welsh Choir
Lusitania
Welch
Davies
First Play Day at Pocahontas County Fair
Eight thousand cups of coffee and 46 cases of pop fed attendees at Pocahontas first play day. About 500 grade children competed in track events with winners from Pocahontas Rolfe Fonda and other towns. The event featured bands from Pocahontas and Rolfe and drew 900 automobiles and a large audience.
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Sioux Ciyt
Commercial Club of
Pocahontas
Poccahontas
Rolfe
Donald Schultz
Fonda
Orvey Nelson
Donald Seargent
Elwood Everson
Plover
Chester Schallan
Havelock
Howard Bruce
Arnold Harold
Marshall
Allen Heathman
Frank Dockal
Pocahonas
Leo Jensen
Lester Herman
Curtis Dingman
Warren Freeman
Frank Cornwall
Donald Ogden
Onda
Back Wilson
Ponda
Frank Wells
Ralph Hauswirth
Ware
F. Wells
Millard Dayton
Monda
Ira Oust
Palmer
Kenneth Trimble
Charles Heflin
Chas. Heflin
Fred Strong
Charles F Heflin
Ionda
John Junkman
Lizzard
Unknown father returns in Bridgeport lodger tale
In Bridgeport Marian Weaver shelters old Tom Smith a former convict. Her son Augustus clashes with him while Marian defends the lodger. Quiet years reveal a bond as Mr Smith aims to keep near the children without returning to past life. A note ends with a stamp design showing Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on a new postage stamp.
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Augustus
Smith
Marian Weaver
Bridgeport
Mr. Smith
Ike
Elsie
Wilsie
Marian
Mia
Mo. Smith
Ti Stern
Tam
Arlington Samphitheater
Unclear fragment hints at political lecture materials
Fragmentary note mentions a reporter and speaker Balger with references to Proepesn tenerel and Chantanqua lectures. Details are obscured, names may be misspelled, no clear event or date established.
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Svini
Balger
Memorial Day Services in Plover for 1930
Ex service men from Spanish American and Civil War eras along with W R C and Auxiliary are urged to gather at the lodge room in Plover on Wednesday May 30 at 9 30 a m to take part in Memorial Day services at the M E church at 10 a m Rev H O Ward will deliver the address.
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W. R.C
Lodge Room
Plover
M. E
H. O. Ward
Fine distinction over insurance and a rug
A tale from an Indianapolis Star column recounts Henry Coe paying a fire loss on William A s Axminster rug after a lamp toppled and charred it. The rug was later cleaned with cornmeal and the issue ended with the insurer reimbursed, prompting humor about jail and luck.
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Henry Coe
William A
Axminster
Cee
William
Henry
Flower Gaission
Indianapolis Star
Red Tape Delays Papal Greeting at Marseilles Congress
A Marseilles diocesan congress debated sending greetings to the Pope but halted after a post office official demanded a full address. The exchange ended with no message sent. The piece then describes frontier prairie monitors built to defend Kansas ranches during Indian conflicts in the 1860s, noting their earth-covered roofs and underground passes that gave defenders a clear firing position.
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Marseilles
Rome
Kansas
Cow Digestive System and Rumination Fundamentals
A historical note explains cows digest coarse roughage with a four chamber stomach totaling about GY gallons. Food moves from the first pouch to the second, can be regurgitated as cud, then swallowed into the third and finally the true fourth stomach. Cattle lack upper front teeth and graze by pulling vegetation with the lower incisors.
Plover Notes Highlight Visits Illness and Events
Maurice Northrop at Ames visits home friends. S T Grove hospitalized in Rochester after illness. Nick Muerer moves into Grove residence. Plover delegation attends Pocahontas Play Day. Local officers seek health recovery for J W Ferguson. Spring hat sale by Vogue Hat Shop Rolfe. Many locals visit family and fish lakes. Plover high boys lose 12 9 at Bode. New baby born to Mr and Mrs Fae Stiles. Ladies Aid bazaar June 2 at ME church. Langfitt sisters to host May 31 social at I R church. Subscribe for The Arrow- NOM.
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Maurice Northrop
Ames
S.T. Grove
Rochester
Minn
G. A. Everson
L. P. Hess
Nick Muerer
Pocahontas
J. W. Ferguson
Sulphur Springs
Vogue
Rolfe
Iowa
Joe Roberts
Saint Paul
Leslie McBride
Nevada
Frank McKim
Marvin Stouse
A. J. ‘Eppelsheimer
Thelma Heathman
Fort Dodge
Phyl
H." Fitzgerald
Plover High
Bode
Fae Stil
Stiles
Edith Horsman
L. E
M. C. Thompson
Havelock
Theodore Kietzman
Squire Heathman
Marshalltown
Paul Kerns
Marshall, Minn
W. Kerns
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Harvey Hoskins
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Eldora Reiter
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Mary Cornwall
Katherine Nacke
Eva Fisher
Beulah Christensen
Doris Grove
Ruby Carlson
Dover
Hazel Trimble
Ruth Chase
Elsie LaVene
Bertha Wilson
Red Cross
Miss Bonstetter
Old Tom Smith
By John Palmer
Western Newspaper Union
Indianapolis
Pope
North Pole
South Pole
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Admiral Peary
Amundsen
Scott
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Rowa
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