Local Community Notes and Front Porch Updates
Local items cover church social plans and officers including Mrs A M Hofert B W Jeffries and W S Chinn serving for the Thursday parish meeting October 11. Rebekahs schedule regular meeting October 8 with business and refreshments. October 16 lecture course promo and farm silo push noted along with weather aiding corn crop.
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Ladies Aid Society
A. M. Hofert
B. W. Jeffries
Chinn
T. Grove
Myers & Co
W. 8
Andy Rasmussen
Plover Gospel
Pocahontas
M. KE
Chas
Watts
Audubon
W. D. Heathman
Mangan
Algona Bunday, Co
E. Heathman
Brushy
Fort Dodge
Heathman
P. R. Henderson
Algona
F. J. Nacke
Fonda
Plover M. E. Church Announces New Preacher
The Plover Methodist Episcopal Church invites members to attend Sunday services morning afternoon and evening with the new preacher on deck for the year. The pastor aims to meet every member at the Sunday meetings and urges valiantly planned service for Christ.
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Kingdom of Christ
Woodmen Camp Urges Members to Attend October Meeting
Plover Camp No. 4310 calls all members to the regular meeting Monday evening October 8. A referendum vote on the Patriotic Fund Assessment will be taken. Clerk H Fitzgerald signs the notice.
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Patriotic Fund
H. Fitzgerald
Auction Lot Sale At Plover In October
An auction of thirty eight desirable lots in a single tract is scheduled for Saturday October 20 in Plover. Full particulars will be provided in the next issue. Henderson & Phillips announce the sale and urge readers to watch upcoming papers. The rest of the text notes wartime opinions and Camp Dodge deaths and signal corps transfers without a cohesive local event.
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Suanee River
Theodore Kietzman
John Fisher
Fisher
Kietzman
Brodsky Place
Plover
Johnson
E. D. Hilton
Minnesota
Henderson & Phillips
Call Due Oct 15 at Camp Dodge Third Increment
Maj. Gen. B H Plummer states about ten thousand men of the third increment will be ordered to report at Camp Dodge between Oct 15 and Oct 20. He adds the construction quartermaster’s department confirms camp readiness by Oct 15 and has informed the War Department.
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Camp Dodge
B. H. Plummer
Constructions Quartermaster’s Department
Plummer
War Department
Oddball Wit and War Era Sayings and Observations
A collection of quips and reflections on manners, war, prices, and society. Jokes on aging, patriotism, and honesty mix with light political commentary and notes on prices, women, and fishing safety. Various puns and observational lines reflect wartime humor and everyday concerns.
Boss Gone But Clerks Offer Saturday Specials
Readers note that the boss is away but clerks promise specials for Saturday shopping. The brief hints at a limited-time sale event with potential store promos. Local shoppers are encouraged to visit for deals.
Saturday Specials Aluminum Kettle Giveaway with Coffee Deal
Local offer promises a fine aluminum kettle free with 10s of coffee. Extra special regular coffee priced at 30 cents per pound while supplies last. Advertises highest prices paid for produce. Call for details and pickup.
Governors Bid Farewell to Fighting Third Iowa
Iowa officials from Des Moines including Senators Cummins Kenyon and Governor Harding sent farewell messages to the 168th Infantry at Camp Mills New York. They praised the unit, expressed confidence in victory, and noted state defense efforts and farm production gains as the war nears America’s cross‑sea fight.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
A. B. Cummins
William B. Kenyon
W. L. Harding
Camp Mills
N. Y
France
Cummins
Kenyon
America
Congress of the
Congress
Harding
Iowa War Emergency Food Committee
J. F. Deems
Burlington
State House
Herbert Hoover
State Agricultural College
Iowa Soldiers Voting Options For Special Election
Iowa officials discuss how soldiers stationed from Mexico to the Atlantic coast may vote in the upcoming special election. Alternatives include a commission plan or absentee ballots, with Polk County Auditor F J Alber arranging ample blanks to protect voters. Women’s wartime work and food pledge signings also receive focus, while Governor Harding presses for lower coal prices amid federal controls.
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Mexico
Atlantic
Polk County
F. J. Alber
Iowa
Alber
North
Third Iowa Boys Have Newspaper in New York Camp
Des Moines reports the Wild Rose, official paper of the 168th United States infantry formerly the Third Iowa, forms on Long Island under Chaplain Robb. The mimeographed issue, dated September 22, cites the chaplain’s fund growing fast and thanks Des Moines supporters for aiding soldiers’ comfort.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Wild Rose
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth United States Infantry
Third Iowa
Long Island
Robb
Des Moines Cansistory No. 3
Soldier Loses Foot In Mishap Near Polk Junction
Private Francis Drake of Company K, 349th Infantry from Illinois, was struck by a gravel train on interurban tracks near Polk Junction. He suffered a smashed left foot requiring amputation at Camp Dodge base hospital after being found by a baggage train motorman.
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Cantonment
Camp Dodge
Eighty Eighth Division
National Army
Frank J. Schultheis
Minneapolis
837Th Field Artillery
Cyril Carpenter
Moline
349Th Infantry
Fort Desa Moines
Des Moines
Polk Junction
Francis Drake
Drake
Illinois
Steal Eggs By Carload Reported From Eldora Iowa
Chief of Detectives McDonald received a sheriff report from Eldora about thieves who broke into a grocery in Eldora and carried away a carload of eggs. Nothing else was taken and the thieves used Ford vehicles in the thefts.
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Dee Moines
Ford-load
Eldera
McDonald
Eldora
Ford
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Pae W. McEwen
C. E. Watts
Cashler
W. O. Wolcott
Sanborn
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Pheu
J. R. Lundy
Grove &Lathrop
Plover M. E. Church Notes
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L. W. Ainaworth
Foign
Clyde L. Eastman
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Germany
Russia
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Roush & Calhoun
Iowa Defense Council
State Council of Defense
Washington
John H. Winterbotham
Chicago
National Defense Council
James A. B. Scherer
Pasadena
State Defense Council
Defense Council
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H. J. Metcalf
John A. Kirk
United States Reserve of
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R. E B. Logsdon
Washington, D. C
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H. W. Spaulding
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