Farm Bureau To Trade Corn and Hogs Across Counties
County farm groups organize a systematic exchange through the Iowa State College agricultural extension service. Farmers with surplus corn list their needs at the Farm Bureau office, Ki home county, and agents forward listings to Ames for matching with hog buyers and sellers. In emergencies, the county agent will notify Ames immediately.
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Farm Bureau
Pnorthern
Agricultural Exten Department
Iowa State College
Yaid
Ki Home
Ames
Iman
Informa
New Era Movement in Presbyterian Church Noted
The note discusses church plans with no Thanksgiving or Sunday services temporarily, mentions resuming services, mailing calendars in December, and highlights the New Era movement in the Presbyterian Church. It contemplates denomination views and broader national concerns around tax bill policy and military service identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dever
Ient
Obituary of Mrs M C Foster of Rolfe Iowa
Mrs Myrtle Oliver Foster born October 4 1886 in Palmyra Nebraska died November 21 1918 after a nine day illness. She lived in Iowa Colorado and back to Iowa final years in Rolfe. Survived by husband M C Foster two daughters Evelyn and Miriam, her parents J C Oliver and Mrs Oliver of Huron SD, three sisters and one brother. Funeral services were held November 22 at the home with Rev A H Bryan in charge and Clinton cemetery burial. Out of town relatives included M T Foster Sac City and J C Oliver Hur on SD.
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Goldie Myrtle Oliver
Palmyra
Neb
Iowa
Sac City
M. C. Foster
Brooklyn
Grinnell
Dickens
Corydon
Rolfe
Foster
Evelyn
Miriam
J. C. Oliver
Huron
S. D
Christ
Methodist Church
A. H. Bryan
Clinton Cemetery
M. T. Foster
J. C. Oliver and Son
Walter McLaughlin
Varney
Pioneering Civil War veteran Nathan E. Bradburn
Nathan E. Bradburn born March 25, 1838 in Stockbridge Plains Massachusetts. Orphaned young he followed Shaker faith and later joined the Baptist church in Bradgate Iowa. He served in the 105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and fought at Stone River Nashville. He moved to Kossuth County Iowa in 1881 and to Bradgate in 1901. He leaves a wife dead, two sons and a daughter, twelve grandchildren and many friends. Funeral at Bradgate Baptist Church with interment in Humboldt. The closing observe war bread reply to German and Austrian bread cries.
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Nathan E. Bradburn
Stockbridge Plains
Mass
Shakers
Baptist Church
Bradgate
Kane County
Illinois
Marcella Carlisle
Burlington, T
Humboldt County
Lyman H. Bradburn
Eureka
Mont
Nellie May Winrow
Gary
S. D
Fred
Bradgate Baptist Church
R. D. Echlin
Rolfe
Dwight McMasters
Humboldt
Health Board lifts quarantine Saturday morning
At a Wednesday afternoon meeting the Board of Health ordered the quarantine lifted on Saturday morning. Church services are planned for Sunday and moving pictures will be shown Saturday night.
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Board of Health
Moving Pictures
Methodist Church Notes and a Plan for Global Outreach
The church notes praise relief from the flu but mourn many losses, hopes for Thanksgiving services once churches reopen, and reports the district conference in Manson. A five year plan aims to raise 80 million dollars to strengthen church work at home and abroad and recruit new workers for the kingdom.
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Manson
Mrs Ed Shelgren Dies At 26 In Rolfe After Influenza
Mrs Ed Shelgren died at her Gilmore City area home on November 2 from pneumonia following Spanish influenza. Laura Ellen Green born June 8, 1892 in Plover Iowa grew up in Rolfe and married Ed Shelgren at age 20. She left two children, Edna Laura and J Gordon, plus a large family. funeral was private from the Rolfe home with Dr R D Echlin in charge.
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Ed Shelgren
Gilmore City
Laura Ellen Green
Plover
Iowa
Rolfe
First Baptist Church of
Denison
Iown
Presbyterian Church
Denison High School
Columbia University of Music
Chicago
Rolfe High School
Christian Endeavor Society of
Edna Laura
J. Gordon
Altho
Shelgren
Mother
R. D. Echlin
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
Cash-in-Advance Plan Endorsed by Editorial Association
The Upper Des Moines Editorial Association unanimously backs cash-in-advance, stop-at-expiration policy for subscriptions. Resolutions empower officers to urge the change to the government postal department after wartime restrictions eased. The move favors publishers and subscribers by reducing delinquent periods and may be adopted by the state association.
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Des Moines
Government Postal Department
State Association
Fort Dodge Messenger
Obituary of John A. Kees of Crawford County
John Arthur Kees born April 2 1828 in Crawford County Pennsylvania died after a brief illness in Minnesota at age 97 years 7 months 16 days Interred in Rolfe Iowa beside Kipson Prank Survived by his wife and children and remembered as a devout Baptist minister who preached across Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota and served in the Civil War The obituary notes his faith courage and long life ending with a prayer for peace on earth.
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John. Arthur Kees
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Rolfe
Iowa
Kipson
Kees
Towa
Para
Mixes Margaret Bettys
Boone County
Heavenly Home
Keys
Tie
Harlan
Christ
Bradgate
Havelock
Pocahontas
H. B. Keys
Town
W. H
Laurens
John
Anton Eigler
Arrow Sale Dates Listed for Four Farmers
Will Hunter of Havelock is set for Monday December 2 followed by J H Eno of Havelock on Tuesday December 3. Jacob Vetter of adjoining Rolfe appears Saturday December 7 and G G Graham northeast of Rolfe on Wednesday December 10.
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Will Hunter
Havelock
J. H. Eno
Jacob Vetter
Rolfe
G. G. Graham
Illinois road bond plan would pave main arteries in 20 years
The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes Illinois will fund a $60 million state road bond issue without new taxes, using automobile money for 20 years to pave county-to-county roads. It contrasts Illinois voters backing the plan with Iowa’s rural road policies and argues mud roads may persist.
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Illinois
Iinois
Cook County
Chicago
Ilinois
Iowa
Minoix
Linois
Hlinois
Tlinois
Towa
County Boards of Supervisors
Marshalltown Times- Republican
Employers Pledge to Reemploy Returning War Workers
Large employers nationwide announce they will reopen positions for workers who left to serve in the war. They creditably pledge to honor promises, noting returning veterans will be more valuable with improved health, vision, willpower, and responsibility, reflecting higher ideals beyond common practice.
Glorious update on Fred Smith sight in Brighton report
A visiting sister from Brighton writes that a bandage fell from Fred Smith’s right eye revealing some sight. The letter suggests he may recover vision in the remaining eye, calming prior fears of total sight loss.
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Brighton
England
Fred Smith
Fred
Iowa Plans for World Relief Week Observance
State food administrator and Miss Neale Knowles endorse a World Relief Day December 8 and World Relief Week December 2 7 in Iowa. The plan calls reading Hoover's appeal December 1 in churches and Sunday schools, plus civic meetings December 3 and statewide meetings throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Neale S. Knowles
Iowa State College
Hoover
Husking bee at George Roush home near Rolfe
Neighbors plan a husking bee at the George Roush home northwest of Rolfe on Tuesday December 3 to aid the ill farmer. Roush has suffered illness and loss during the season, with about forty acres of corn left. A warm dinner will be provided, and attendees are urged to come.
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George Roush
Rolfe
Ex-kaiser in Holland Said to Wear Civilian Dress
The article laments that the ex-kaiser in Holland is reportedly in civilian clothes and notes American soldiers hoped to meet him in Berlin, only to be disappointed as the Kaiser did not remain for any introduction.
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Holland
Berlin
Keep Up the Repairs This Winter
Busy days tempt neglect but a dollar spent today on repairs saves two next spring. Prepare your hog house or barn by fixing drafts and gathering materials now. I offer fence posts wire fencing roofing siding building paper storm doors and storm windows to help you get ship shape before cold weather.
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Sbyterian
United States
McAdoo
Cess Theatre
Germany
Austria
REVV
John A. Kees
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