Local clubs entertain across town this week
Mrs Hood hosted the Carefree club at home on Thursday with Mr and Mrs Francis Hood. Prizes for high score went to Mr and Mrs George Shors of Pocahontas. Sorosis club met with Mrs R G Hunter on Thursday afternoon and reviewed a book and heard a short subject.
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Hoods
Francis Hood
George Shors
Pocahontas
Hunter
Sorosis Club
R. G. Hunter
H. C. Wiegman
Canada
America
John McCormac
A. A. Brinkman
Luther Thompson
Justamere Club
Barry
Justamere Bridge Club
C. R. Barry
N. J. Bixler
George Jeffries
Oda Reid
Diet Linked to Fox Disease in Iowa Study
Dr J Earle Galloway of Drake University investigates fox illnesses among breeders in Iowa and Wisconsin. He finds domestic diets too rich in carbohydrates and imbalanced proteins, suggesting enzyme disruption from cured meat as a key factor. In 1939 farm work accidents killed about 4,200 people.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wisconsin
J. Earle Galloway
Drake’s
Pharmacy College
Galloway
Rocks Hint at Roanoke Fate as Eleanor Dare Tale Surfaces
A chain of inscribed rocks found from North Carolina to Georgia is being studied by Dr. H. J. Pearce and others. They claim Eleanor Dare arrived at the Chattohoochee banks in 1593 and 1598 while the Dare family and the Lost Colony saga are investigated for authenticity. William Eberhart of Atlanta spearheads the search, hoping to uncover Eleanor Dare's tomb stone and the full story.
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Atlanta
Roanoke
North Carolina
Georgia
Chattahoochee River
H. J. Pearce
Brenau College
Eleanor Dare
Virginia Dare
America
South Carolina
Chattahoochee Banks
Nain Lutheran Church Schedule Brief
James N Lund pastor notes Friday Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs Dave Henderson at 2 15 PM Confirmation class Saturday at 9 30 Morning service Sunday at 11 Sunday school at 10 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nain
Trinity Lutheran Announces Services and Classes
Pastor J. O. Wangberg will deliver The Son of Man on the Judgment Seat from Matth 25 31 46 at Sunday morning service Luther League in evening Catechism class meets Saturday at 1 30 pm at the church Sunday school teachers course Monday evening November 18 at the church Missionary society meets with Mrs J O Wangberg Wednesday November 20 You are cordially invited to attend these services
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Trinity Lutheran
J. O. Wangberg
Son of Man
Luther League
the Missionary Society
Methodist Church weekly schedule and Thanksgiving service
E. J. Plummer is pastor. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Choir practice at parsonage Thursday 8 p.m. Ladies Aid meets with Woman's Society of Christian Service on Wednesday Nov 20. Circle three serving. Union Thanksgiving service at Presbyterian church Sunday evening Nov 24.
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Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Union
Presbyterian Church
Thanksgiving Season Visits Across Iowa and Nearby States
ACCALS Mrs Cora Klein and Mr Parker of Humboldt visited in the W R Rogers home. They request children photos for Christmas with an extra enlarged portrait if taken in November at Strathman Studio Pocahontas. Mary Cathryn and Barry Thomas of Ames visited their grandmother Mrs A C Thomas over the weekend. H F Thomas joined Sunday. Mrs Mary A Wallace of Sioux City and Mrs Edna Greene and Bert Green of Los Angeles visited L I Howe. Wallace is Howe's sister. Mr and Mrs H C Wiegman hosted dinner with Mrs Leonard Martin Richard of Oak Park Ill Don Oleson Graettinger Lena Vaughn and family Esther Ragan and daughter Marilyn as guests. A G Hille traveled to Kansas City for Armistice holiday with his son Karl and to meet new granddaughter Mrs Hille.
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Strathman Studio
Pocahontas
Mary, Cathryn
Barry Thomas T of Ames
A. C. Thomas
H. F. Thomas
Mary A. Wallace
Sioux City
Edna Greene
Bert Green
Los Angeles
L. Ih. Howe
Wallace
Howe
H. C. Wiegman
Leonard Martin
Richard
Oak Park, Ill
Don Oleson
Graettinger
Lena Vaughn
Esther Ragan
Marilyn
A. G. Hille
Kansas City
Karl
Mrs. Hille
New Device Alleviates Plague of Grasshoppers
In Bakersfield California farmers test an electric pest control device on cotton and potato fields. A 3,000 foot copper wire frame mounted on a truck delivers 8,500 to 12,000 volts to stun grasshoppers as they rise. Inventor S Fingerhut says this mobile strike method is highly effective.
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Bakersfield
Calif
S. Fingerhut
Fingerhut
Presbyterian Church Announces Schedule and Rally
Morning worship at 10 o'clock and Sunday school at 11 10. Missionary society meets Wednesday Nov 20 weather and road conditions pending. Praise Sunday Nov 24 with a mission sermon and special envelopes. Annual district No 2 young peoples rally at Al gona Nov 17 with registration at 2 30 supper at 5 80 and talk by Howard Daven on Youths Place in a Changing World. ROLLING LOGS: Harvey Hoyt Hubbard crushed to death by a rolling log while timbering last week.
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Presbyterian Church
W. F. Schneck
The
Missionary Society
Howard Daven
Pocahontas News Briefs Include Visits and Travel
Miss Dolores Shimon and Miss Virginia Watts drove to Des Moines Saturday with Walter Shimon returning to visit his parents. Also returning were Jean Miller Kathryn Mackovets and their Alfred Miller and Anton Mackovets parents. Earl Stelpflug underwent surgery for appendicitis at Mercy Fort Dodge. Stockdales travel to Washington for an AEA conference and Thanksgiving trip. Dobbs sails to California with Williams relatives.
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Dolores Shimon
Des Moines
Virginia Watts
Walter Shimon
Will Shimon
Jean Miller
Kathryn Mackovets
Alfred Miller
Anton Mackovets
The
American Institute of Business
Earl Stelpflug
Sacred Heart Eagles
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Sugar boosting golf scores says Oakland doctor
Dr Paul Michael of Oakland reports to the American Medical Association that higher blood sugar improves golf performance. In tests on 30 golfers aged 30 to 45 with handicaps 10 to 27, consuming sugar during play reduced handicaps notably and better scores were observed.
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Oakland
Calif
Paul Michael
Michael
American Medical Association
Marion Methodist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Mayhem marked by a fight left Jack McQueen of Tama needing 16 stitches to repair a badly chewed ear after the incident. The Marion Methodist church recently observed its centennial celebration.
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Jack McQueen
Tama
The
Marion Methodist Church
Mussolini Siamese Chickens Move To Mid Middlesex
West Action Massachusetts story recalls 14 year old Robert W. Creely who grafted two fertile eggs to create joined twin chicks. The hatchlings named Mussolini and Hitler showed one choked by cartilage joining, with Hitler pulling Mussolini around before a compromise emerged.
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West Action
Mass
Middlesex County
Robert W. Creely
Creely
Mussolini
Hitler
Father of Waters mentions by Mrs Lippi and local buildings
The speaker notes a lineup including a chicken house self feeder hog houses and adjoining yard all well made with good lumber by local home workmen reflecting practical rural work and pride in construction
Largest Sugar Pine Log Cut For Four Room House
In Medford Oregon a sugar pine log weighing 5038 board feet was cut as a 16 foot log with a butt diameter of 9 feet 2 inches and a top diameter of 6 feet 9 inches. It is believed to be the largest of its kind ever cut.
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Medford, Obe
Say On the Election Republicans Weigh Polls and Outcomes
A historical column examines the 1940 presidential race and polling accuracy. It notes two influential polls by Dr. Gallup and Fortune, Wendell Willkie’s high vote total despite losing, and Iowa Democrats seeking an inquiry into Polk County results amid Western state shifts toward New Deal policies.
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Dr. Galljup
Fortune Magazine
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Iowa
Election results show mixed county loyalties and vague voter trends
Fragmentary reads suggest states display dissatisfaction with the press and farm programs. Governors and candidates like Wilgon and Waly Town perform variably across counties, with margins differing from the 1988 race while some home states show early defeat or uncertainty as results come in.
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Wilgon
Henry Waly Town
Weyland
Happy life sentence for the penis man bandit
A garbled item reports a life sentence for a criminal dubbed the bandit. The text references a romance and a connection to magazines in Chicago, with unclear details and numerous garbled phrases.
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Anican Weekly
Unveiling of Bronze Tablet for Hy Push-e-to-nequa
A bronze tablet honoring Hy Push-e-to-nequa, the last Indian oil recognized by the United States government, was unveiled in November at a Quakie cemetery near the Inn river. The ceremony occurred on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation in Tama.
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Hy Push-e-to
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Lutheran Missionary
Ben Munson
Trinity Lutheran Missionary Society
O. G. Ryen
Wangberg
Philip
Wanegberg
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Clarence Jensen
E. Struthers
Leland McIntire
Fort Dodge Presbyterial
Earl Young
John Klein
Art Berden
Havelock
D. E. Young
Rolfe
Henry Lovig
Ottoten
Harold O’neall
Earl Firkins
Charlene
C. B. Bowen
Delta Delt Bridge Club
Marion Bruce
Pearl Sawtell
Louis Schonberger
Howard Bruce
Mesdames L. W. McIntire
Merle Stoner
John Tiernan
Lucile Hart
Drake Makes
Accals
Cora Klein
Mr. Parker of
Humboldt
W. R. Rogers
Harvey Hoyt
Hubbard
George Stockdale
Washington, D. C
Stockdale
AEA
R. B. Dobbs
California
Howard Williams
Ventura
McCartan
Waters
Mrs. Lippi
J. T. Grant & Son
H. A. Grantham Dopesters
Hampshire
Louis Stoulil
Ottoson
Poland
East Havelock
Lawrence Christensen
H. H. Willard
China
S. Rolfe
J. Struthers
Pat Wood
Arrow Office
John Deere
Pitts Mallard
Plover
Francis Forey
Richard Hosier Rolfe
Campbell, Rolfe
Eleva Thompson Bros
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