Local notes list visiting relatives sales and travel
Mias Goldie Hendricks visits Harplock aunt L M Barcus then returns home. Bert Snook advertises a farm sale next Saturday October 5 one mile north of Pocahontas with cattle hogs and some horses. Clyde Hull will be at Johnson & Alberts livery barn October 10. Corpl Miller H Klein of U S Army Medical Department noted. Mrs K M Washburn from Grant Park Illinois visits Engar Cornell. Telephone service suspended October 6 10:30 am to 5:00 pm for repairs. Grants Saturday activity on October 5 at 8:00 pm precedes state convention in Perry October 8 to 11. Idella Brinkman returns from Des Moines after tonsil operation. Birthday party for Harriss celebrated with guests and cats. J T Hendricks reports a large potato crop in Shevlin Minnesota. EK Wilcox attends Hampshire sale in Cedar Rapids. Clarence Hendricks, in France, hospitalized then reported improving. front line service noted. Knute Damborg brings home Mrs Damborg after hospital stay. Mae Brinkman proudly drives a car despite a ditch mishap last Saturday. Mae, Idella, and a nephew uninjured. Ralph Hendricks arrives overseas. reports favorable view of country and people. Marguerite Cumming from Des Moines attends memorial for Cecil Cumming killed in France. Roy and Mrs McIntire visit from Pocahontas for patriotic services. Lon Wells returns from Illinois. Prof E D Bloom referees Ames vs Webster City football. Ames wins 3–0 with field goal from 30 yards. Cobb's Cash Shoe Shop promotes repair services in Rolfe Iowa.
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Bert Snook
Pocahontas
Clyde Hull
Johnson & Alberts
Miller H. Klein
Medical Department
U. S. Army
Miller
Miss Mae Brinkman
Miss Mae
Idella
Ralph Hendricks
Marguerite Cumming
Des Moines
Cecil Cumming
France
Roy McIntire
Lon Wells
H. E. Tubbs
Illinois
E. D. Bloom
Webster City
Ames
Ike McKim
Robert Beach
Fort Dodge
Fred McKim
Fred
McKim
Henry Twigg
J. W. Phillips
C. A. Garlock
Jack
L. E. Garlock
B. A. Kerns
Chicago
Andrew Simonson
L. N. Parradee
Henry Fitzgerald
Milton C. Burnell
Newton
Iowa
Hancher
Florida
Glenn Squires
Northwest Iowa
Methodist Church
Estherville
Squires
Squire Heathman
Dows
Fred Ehlers
Ehlers
Fee Fred
Fssherville
John Otto
F. J. Nacke
Catherine of Rolfe
Blood in field leads to call for vigilance committee
Chas. Cook found a pool of blood in his field north of town and discovered one missing pig butchered on his premises. He suspects theft and considers organizing farmers and stock owners to form a vigilante group to catch chicken and pig thieves, noting high prices. The message ends with a time and date reference.
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Chas. Cook
Local notes on war effort and community events
Ike McKim receives a letter from Fort Dodge about Fred McKim in hospital. Local residents buy war bonds, attend conferences, and report new arrivals, travels, sales, and farms. Community notices include a chicken pie supper and a war savings club meeting with Prof. Avery as speaker.
Ladies Aid chicken pie supper at BE Church Saturday
The Ladies Aid Society of BE Church invites all to a chicken pie supper on Saturday beginning at 5 30 p m in the church dining hall. Menu includes chicken pie potatoes baked beans cabbage sliced tomatoes pie bread and butter jellies pumpkin pie pricing lists adults 400 children incomplete in text.
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Mias Goldie Hendricks
Harplock
Ae City
L M. Barcus
K. M. Washburn
Grant Park
Engar Cornell
Grant
Perry
Idella Brinkman
J. T. Hendricks
Shevlin
Minn
EK. E. Wilcox
Cedar Rapids
Jou Cleter
R. Peterson
Clarence Hendricks
Clarence
Knute Damborg
Cobb’s Cash Shoe Shop
Rolfe
A. G. Duncan
Chester
White Boars
Brookside Farm
Palmer
Igo
Wildwood Prince
Sherers Choice
Gale
Chickasaw Kossuth
Eveline
Hattie
Statesman
Minnie
Hiawatha
Duroc Jersey
Jensen
S. D. Jensen
Rolfe, Iowa
Arrow
Jordan
Hampshires
P. H. Bendixon
Goodmiller Sisters
Lester
Colt
Gray
D. D. de Groote
Franklin Barn Equipment Co
E. EF. Dickey
Frank L. MacVey
District Court
State of
Penn
Pocahontas Couny
F. E. Seaman
Pocahontas County
A. D
Mary C. Seaman
J. H. Seaman
Adms
C. M. Webb
Plover
Charlie
S. T. Grove
Mrs
A. W. Hess
Spencer
J. Hi Pollock
Woman’s, Liberty
Loan Coittee
J. M. Bush
Liberty Loan Committee
Powhatan
Harry Kinsley
Cottonwood County
Robert McEwen
Jefferson Barracks
Byron Lathrop
Students’ Army Training Corps
Frank Henderson
Sidney Swanson
Iowa City
Students Army Training Corps
State University
Agricultural College
J. W. Sadler
Ottosen P. O
Bradgate
Avery
Erty Soda
M. E. Church
Glenn M. Squires
Cand Mallard
United States
the People’s Savings Bank
Community Bank
SHIRE
Kossuth County
Hampshire
Tripp
Algona
Beirn
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