Local notes on residents and events in Guthrie Center area
Arrowettes visit. Mrs Allen Ditto and child return home from Guthrie Center after visiting relatives. E E Bloom back from Des Moines hospital. attends graduation exercises and shows rapid recovery. Mildred King returns for summer. Drake Conservatory graduate offers piano lessons in Rolfe. Earl Cook, San Antonio, Texas, survives ordeals and plans air school. Fort Dodge trip for tonsil removal. Damborg discusses recovery. Baptist Union service honors Class of 1918. thunder disrupts event.
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E. D. Bloom
Des Moines
Mildred King
Ching
Lily
Casey Coffin
Shumway
Sutherland
E A. Montgomery
J. T. Grant
Earl Cook
Kelly Ld
San Antonio
Texas
Aviaton School
Jenty
Plover Y W C A Gospel Team Set for Next Sunday
Pikertown Sunday School notes invite in for Plover Y W C A Gospel Team to share in the service after Bible school at two o'clock. The girls promise uplifting messages and announce plans for a bazaar and supper to benefit the Army Y with date to be announced.
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Plover Y. W. C. A
Bible School
Unclear Names and Places Provoked by Ship Conflict
The passage mocks pronunciation of Dutch terms and remarks on Holland backing Germany during a naval dispute. It notes a post settlement arrangement where Holland will receive supplies if she keeps her back door closed and locked.
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Voormezeele
Poeperinghe
Holland
Germany
Decoration Day Benefit for Epworth League Play
Local notes describe a benefit event on Decoration Day May 30 to aid the Epworth League. Cast lists include MR CAPELL and family, MEADOW STREAM staff, and Loyalty Club members. The plot follows Evelyn Capell and David Bourne amid war rumors, Home Guard plans, and evolving relationships across multiple acts.
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The
Epworth League
Guards
Haymond Malcolm General Woodson
Ben L. Green
Remus
David
Evelyn
Ross Wilson
Miss Wallach
Lillian Kelner
Warler
Washington
War Department
Meadguw Stream Guard
Bourne
Percy Alban
Percy
Mr. Capell
Mr. Capelli
Miss Wallace
Rens
Non-Essential Industries In Wartime Conservation
The piece argues that broad labeling of industries as nonessential is impractical due to interdependence in American business. It notes government efforts to conserve coal by curtailing outputs rather than wiping out entire sectors, citing autos and railroads as pivotal yet nonessential in theory, and describes selective reductions across industries to meet necessities.
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Sheerest Bashc
Usi
Edison
Will Continue To Do As Occasion Requires
A brief statement notes resolve to press on as occasions demand involved in a public or organizational context. It reflects a commitment to follow necessary actions without specifying details or outcomes.
Important Registration Notice for Men 21 and Older
By proclamation of the President on June 5 1918 all men who have turned twenty one since last registration must register by June 5 1918. Exceptions include military or naval service. Registration sites in Pocahontas county are Fonda Opera House Rolfe Savage Block Pocahontas Court House with specific registrars listed. Absentees may file cards at their local board and mail by deadline. Penalties apply for noncompliance. Registration hours are 7 am to 9 pm.
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Vet
Congress
United States
UAT
Naval
Pocahontas County
Fonda Fonda Opera House
J. YP. Mullen
Sam Baldwin
Ed Tiedman
Rolfe
Rockefeller pays income tax as nation debates reform
The excerpt notes Uncle John D. Rockefeller paying income tax of 32.4 million dollars, leaving 22 million for family support. It critiques Hoover era rules and questions wooden shoes urged to cure cold feet, hinting at broader fiscal policy debates.
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John D. Rockefeller
Y M C A Adopts Two Women Per Cantonment Posts
County Y M C A notes W B Holliday explains the new policy placing two women in each cantonment building to aid American troops. He cites 97 YMCA secretaries in Russia and Siberia, 600 buildings in Americas and Europe, and thousands of men in home and overseas camps as part of the war effort.
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W. B. Holliday
YM. C. A
Russia
Siberia
Hatfield
Pocahontas County
West Central Field
America
France
England
Rogers
Outlook
Free Methodist Church Notes Sunday Services
W. G. Taylor, pastor, lists Sunday School at 10:00 AM, preaching at 11:00 AM with class meeting following, and evening service at 8:00 PM. Weekday prayer meeting also held. Come with us and we will do you good.
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Free Methodist Church
W. G. Taylor
Presbyterian Church Notes Rev RB D Echlin Pastor
Presbyterian Church notes list service times Bible School at 10:30, worship 11:35, evening preaching 8:00 and a 7:00 prayer meeting. Decoration Day alters schedule with morning prayer hour. Next Sunday Visitors Day invites members to bring nonattenders and report May calls. Afternoon report by Mrs Fae White Mewen on National Federation of Women’s Clubs. Community invitation to attend. remark on Kentucky death from whisky.
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Christian Endeavor
Fae White Mewen
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Rolfe
Church of Good Cheer
Notice to Contractors Rolfe Iowa Water Main Bids 1918
Sealed bids for about 2800 feet of four inch water mains and two hydrants in Rolfe Iowa will be received by the Clerk until 8 p m on June 4 1918. A certified check of 500 dollars must accompany each bid to insure contract if awarded. Specifications on file with the Clerk. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
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Rolfe
Iowa
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Milne
Daphe Malcolm
Drake University Conservary of Music
John Damborg
Fort Dodge
Mr. Damborg
John
R. D. Echlin
Methodist Church
Behiin
Pikertown
Lacker
Metro
Mli
Sdrge Alden
Frson
Rolfe High School
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. 8. Burnette
Epworth
Symphony Society of New York
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