Poland Chinas For Sale By Brearley of Emmetsburg Iowa
Public sale announced for 100 Poland Chinas on November 9, 1920. Brearley lists location Route 4 four miles north of Mallard and eight miles south of Emmetsburg. Also notes drayage by Spiker and advertises Tarzan of the Apes showing at The Scenic in Rolfe on Monday and Tuesday November 8–9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
China
M. P. Hancher
Rolfe
H. A. Minkler
Pirie Bros
Iowa
R. W. Brearley
Emmetsburg
Mallard
Wisdom and humor mix in a rural note from 1920
A jumbled column blends political, social, and commercial asides with a formal legal notice. It references Christmas, meat market specials, and a Pocahontas County Iowa court filing appointing Mrs. Edna Henderson as administratrix of William Henderson's estate with standard claims procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
State of
Iowa
Pocahontas County
William Henderson
Edna Henderson
Semitic mind opposed to a regional Arabian empire says Lawrence
Col Thomas E Lawrence argues in Asia Magazine that history suggests no Arabian empire will form. He notes Semites lack organziational strength but produce many creeds Judaism Christianity and Islam. He links desert life to pure religious universality and notes no Bedouin prophets yet desert influence shapes Semitic beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Lawrence
Asia Magazine
Animal Life at Its Worst in Pinar del Rio Cuba
The piece describes Pinar del Rio as overrun with animals with dogs most numerous. Chickens and pigs are common though emaciated. Pigs are tethered with ropes passed across shoulders to prevent escape. Horses are thin and small, while goats appear the only well-fed animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuban
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
National Geographical Magazine
Mitch
Pinay de Rio
New Rigid Airship R-80 From Vickers Aims For Speed
The R-80 airship by Vickers emphasizes reduced head resistance and weight. It has 1 percent million cubic feet capacity with speed and endurance equal to R-33 and RB-34, 530 feet long, 70 feet in diameter, 85 feet high, gross lift 38.5 tons, disposable lift 17.5 tons. At full power speed exceeds 60 mph with a 4000 mile cruising radius and 6500 miles at 50 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickers
Scientific American
Mechanical cow serves milk on navy hospital ships
The Mercury and Comfort now carry a machine that makes milk aboard at sea. Supplying it with unsalted butter and skimmed milk powder, the device can produce milk with any fat content and cream that whips, tasting like the finest dairy milk available ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Mercury and Comfort
Eruptions on the Sun Observed at Yerkes Observatory
A sun eruption photographed at Yerkes rose material 500000 miles above the surface. A detached cloud appeared thousands of times Earth's volume, underscoring that solar outbursts far surpass earthly volcanic events in scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerkes Observatory
The Remedy Offered For Friends And Fliveer
A brief quip suggests a remedy to keep friends by taking them out in a fliveer, reflecting a playful wartime or social exchange. The exchange centers on friendship and a humorous workaround rather than a serious action.
Epworth League Social and Armistice Day Hunt in Plover
The Epworth League plans a monthly social in the M E church basement starting Friday. Plover Post 258 American Legion announces an Armistice Day hunt on November 11. Entry is open to all by 8:00 p.m. November 10, with registration through F R Eggspuehler or C E Miller. The hunt begins at 1:30 p.m. with a 1:00 p.m. gathering in Plover to split into two groups. The losing side provides supper for the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Plover
American Legion
Legion
F. R. Eggspuehler
C. E. Miller
Plover School Notes and Local Activities Highlight Week
Des Moines township visits to Plover School mark two days last week. Fall corn picking vacation closes school while teachers attend state meeting in Des Moines. Halloween activities featured in several grades with elaborate decorations. Girls basketball losses to Pocahontas and Gilmore City preceded a successful Salvation Army fundraiser. Teachers hosted a Halloween party for seniors and faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Howe
Des Moines
Plover
Plover Girls
Altho
Pocahontas Girls
Gilmore City
Salvation Army
Dorothy Shaw
Wilma Mueller
Phyllis Heathman
Zola Bucher
Edith Shaw
Ruth Crowl
Dorothy Swanson
Leota Smith
Tilda Swanson
Ruth Climpson
Swanson
Hallowe’en
Farmers' Grain & Coal Company Amends Articles in 1920 Meeting
The Farmers' Grain and Coal Company of Plover Iowa amended its articles by majority stock vote on June 5 1920 changing director numbers from five to seven removing ownership limits and altering officer selection to board appointed president vice president and secretary treasurer with the president and secretary to sign acknowledge and record the changes. The corporate officers I M McKim and C P Lathrop certified the minutes and Wm L Smith signed as president with notarization on July 7 1920 in Pocahontas County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Grain & Coal Company
Plover
Town
I. M. McKim
C. P. Lathrop
Pocahontas County
Wm. L. Smith
C.P. Lathrop
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Rankin
Telephone
Towa
Chester
W. J. Rodda
Havelock
Grant Pollock
W. H. Howland
I. M. Mc Kim
W. Meredith
Buick
M. N. Dingman
Mabel
F. L. Watson
Nis Behrendsen
A. P. White
C. J. Calligan
Laurens
Rocky Mountain Tea
C. M
Webb, Rolfe
L. W. Kennedy
B. F. Rutgers
A. Simonson
Hordson
Ford
W. W. Wheeler
Spiker
Drayman
William
Peterson’s
Nate Kendall
Hollistex
Webb’s
Princeton
Tim
Callahan
Fiboeve
Yale
White
Mike
Innet
W. W. Beam
TAR. C
DRS
E. L. Holl
T. D. Jones
First National
Res
L. M. Graham
N Pharmacy
Pocahontas Loan Trust Company (Incorporated
Pocahontas
Jos, McEwen McEwed
W. 8
State Savings
Robt
Klein Sr
Kle
Robert Klein & Si
Col
H. H. Grove
U. S
United States
First Liberty Loan
Second Liberty Loan
Third Liberty Loan
the People’s Savings Bank
Lowa
Joan
Andrew J. F. Trite and
N. L. Lund
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