Gblars Plan Home Return With Law And Happiness Theme
Fragmentary text shows Gblars planning to settle at home upon return with words about law and happiness guiding their dwelling.
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows Gblars planning to settle at home upon return with words about law and happiness guiding their dwelling.
Fort Dodge visitors Mrs. G A Everson and Miss Gladys Simmons. Hess family welcomes baby girl born Oct 25. John Bush and Sprig Heathman on trips. Fern Dielman visits Rowan. Cecil Meredith moving from Hewitt to Iowa. Y M and Y W C A joint meeting praised. Halloween stunts at Meredith home. Magic and Music lecture Nov 5. church invites to services. John Seaman West Bend visitor. Pocahontas Mutual Fire Insurance backs Liberty Bond with 1000. Fred McKim in Story City. Ehlers to manage mercantile stock with Lundy and Peacock. Parradee buys house, plans move. Seaborn visited Berkley, Cal.. Liberty Loan totals for Powhatan $29200. camp Dodge sendoff social at M E church. J Shaw addresses Ware patriotic meeting. Squires honored with gifts at M B church. Willing Workers to meet at Presbyterian church basement. Hendersons visit Drake. Farmers and Housewives clubs meet at Plover school. teachers meeting at Hummetsburg. Red Cross work day Wednesday. L B Thompson visiting home. Harrigan Knapp farm sale yields bargains.
Chris Lastine and John Stowell returned from Syracuse New York after a auto trip from Plover on Wednesday arriving Monday. They found the journey smooth with no motor or tire trouble. John studied the county and favors hard surfaced roads and modern bridges funded by long term bonds. Iowa could see such changes soon.
The local Red Cross chapter held an election of officers Saturday evening in the basement of the M. E. church. The chairman is G. A. Everson, with vice chair Mrs. C B White, secretary Mrs. Chas Hancher, treasurer C A Garlock, and a board including I M McKim, Mrs. Nel ile Wallace, C A Campney, Mrs H Fitzgerald, Mrs Jon Helderson, Mrs Belle Comer, Mrs G A Dawson, and Mrs C F P Lathrop.
Church notices announce morning worship Epworth League and evening services at Plover with youth groups Y M and Y W C G gatherings. Riverside Church lists Bible School preaching service prayer meetings and finance and trustees meetings for planning a strong Methodist year in the community.
A series of fires hits Marshalltown with losses above $19,000 marking a third blaze in a short span. Pringhar and Primghar residents join Liberty loan efforts as Iowa youths prepare for military training. Herrick of Storm Lake, 93, aids Red Cross by donating scarves while teachers’ college offers a week’s leave to fund Liberty bonds.
Witnesses in a $60 slander case linked to former Senator F. Jones and others allegedly aiding in the ax murders. The proceedings name Wilkerson as accusing party, with details sparse but the charge centers on alleged complicity.
Decorah Iowa schoolchildren in Winneshiek county join a Liberty bond drive sparked by Rev. H H Green and organized with Eva M Fleming guiding the plan through the Decorah school system. The class members sign the $50 bond, frame it, and decide how accrued interest and principal will be used.
In Sioux City thirty thousand residents observed beefless day and saved 6500 pounds of beef. The three largest hotels served fish poultry and vegetables while Daniel Cameron urged meatless Fridays. A Liberty day luncheon announced oversubscription of the 98 million bond quota.
A collage of political tidbits and social commentary references Senator Borah declining re election and Mrs Borah urged to run. Mentions Hoover wheat prices Edison prophecy clothing costs and the Hindenburg line with scattered observations on rabbits and dogs and bread. Tone resembles a late 1920s or 1930s newspaper column.
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