Community notes from Rolfe and surrounding towns
Local items report visits and travel of Mrs H J Wotapek and Mrs A B Symes. D W Trick moves from Camp Forrest to Camp Funston. Harold Bruce children recovering as others fall ill. Miss Regina Sennett returns to Des Moines for care after a mastoid operation. Local politics see Will Gilchrist running as independent for county auditor. An estate sale for F E Seaman set near Rolfe with horses and machinery. Rev C S Burnette family leaves for Sibley. Urban fishing trips and social news fill the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gilchrist
Pocahontas
I. C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Rolfe
C. W
Will
The
Arrow
Dear departed pioneer mother Mrs. Barney Hancher obituary
Mrs. Barney Hancher died October 5 1918 at the home of her son John H Hancher in McHenry North Carolina and was interred at Rolfe Powhatan cemetery. She was born Margaret Elien Thomas in 1842 at Xenia Ohio to Henry Thomas a Virginia freesoiler who moved to Ohio and Illinois. She married Barney Hancher in 1862 uniting two southern freesoiler families and lived much of her life in the locality. She leaves three sons John H McHenry ND Alva G Newman s Grove Nebraska and Frank W Leedale Alberta with wives attending the funeral. She is survived by a sister Sallie A Bryce North Yakima Washington and by other relatives. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Rolfe October 7 with sermons by Dr R D Echlin and interment in Powhatan cemetery. She was active in local churches and remembered for a cheerful disposition. The obituary was prepared by J J Bruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Ohio
Henry Thomas
Virginia
Bureau County
Ill
Barney Hancher
Hancher
al Leland
Humboldt
Better Land
John H
McHenry
N. D
Alva G
Newman’s Grove
Nebraska
Frank W
Leedale
Alberta
Canada
Leland
Sallie A. Bryce
North Yakima
Wash
Bryce
Powhatan Township
Sallie Strong
G. W. Strong
Powhatan
Pelham Bay Park Letter Describes Cross-Country Trip
C L Barcus writes from Pelham Bay Park New York September 16 1918 detailing a trip by train through Kalamazoo Detroit Winsor Ontario Buffalo Rome Rochester Utica Syracuse and Albany to New York City. He comments on the Hudson River mountains city life and workers at a section project. He notes the city’s size and elevated railways and mentions stock tanks wind mills and a mule whip sale offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Kalamazoo
Mich
Detroit
Winscor
Ontario
Can
Buffalo
Rome
Rochester
Utica
Syracuse
Albany
New York City
Hudson River
New York
Plover notices and local incidents fill weekly update
Plover residents track family visits illnesses and accidents with varied news. A. J. Eggspuehler leaves for Wisconsin to visit relatives while Mrs. Watts and baby Virginia stay with kin in Audubon. Lenore Mueller near Des Moines remains critically ill after pneumonia and influenza. Gidward Johnson survives a car crash near Henry Twigg corner. Morgan Dunn sustains facial injuries after a fall beside a moving car. Red Cross election set for Oct 26 at the Plover schoolhouse. Henry Fitzgerald hopes to return to work soon. Canada land prospects draw W. L. Porter and Nora Porter on a domestic trip. Squire Heathman returns from Dows. Garlock home coating under way as the family prepares to move. F. H. Day arrives as Farmers' Grain & Coal Co. manager from Clarion and plans to reside in Heathman house. L. T. Anson departs for Marshalltown to farm near his father’s place. Miss Gwendolyn Wallace grapples with Spanish influenza. John Fisher ships a hog car to Fort Dodge. Cement walks built along properties north from Frank Hildreth’s provide needed improvement. J. G. Obrecht visits from Havelock arrive in Plover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Eggspuehler
Wisconsin
C. I. Watts
Virginia
Audubon
Mena Mueller
Miss Lenore
Des Moines
Ford
Gidward
Morgan Dunn
Plover
Morgan
Red Cross
Henry Fitzgerald
W. L. Porter
Nora Porter
Canada
L. T. Anson
Farmers’ Grain & Coal Co
Marshatown
Anson
Gwendolyn Wallace
John Fisher
Fort Dodge
Levert Swanson
I. E
Conrow
Mary Whitney
Frank Hildreth
J. G. Obrecht
Havelock
Plover M E Church Announces Activities and Services
Rev Glenn M Squires presides at prayer meeting tonight at eight. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Saturday afternoon with Mrs J R Lundy. Choir rehearsals shift to Wednesdays. First lyceum course event Saturday night with Featherstons as entertainers. Seats at Shaw's hardware. Dr McBurney preaches at Mallard Sunday afternoon and Plover Sunday evening with brief conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plover M. E. Church
Glenn M. Squires
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
J. R. Lundy
Lyceum
Featherstons
League
Shaw’s Hardware
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. D. Jones
First National Bank
Relfe, Lewa
H. W. Lyon
Relfest
Lewa
L. M. Graham
D. W. M. Rolfe
Iowa
Chicago Veterinary College
McGowan’s Pharmacy
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
Prompress
Pocahontas, Iowa
Mason Contractors
W.8. McEwen
State Savings Beak
Belfe, Iowa
Alwin G. Tietze Rolfe Sign & Decorating Company
A. J. Baker
Phone 35
H. J. Wotapek
J. A. Baird
Perry
A. B. Symes
Ft. Dodge
D. W. Trick
Camp Forrest
Camp Funston
Kansas
Deane
James Bruce
Harold Bruce
Harold
Regina Sennett
J. S. Pearce
Helen Sothern
Veroqua
Wis
Andrew Simonson
Pocahontas County
C. Hanson
Fred Nelson
Miss Sophia Nelson
J. P. Peterson
Gilmore City
Woodruff
Updike
St. Paul
Geo
COOK
Variety Store
City
Robert Bruce
Lake Koronas
Minn
Bert Cooper
Dow City
Old Home
Laura Jensen
Anton Williams
N. A. Lind
Cora
Minneapolis
F. E. Seaman
Relfe
Seaman
C. S. Burnette
Sibley
Burnettes
Lfe
Burnette
Merrill
Grandmother Burnette
V. Hauck
Mrs
John H. Hancher
N. C
Margaret Elien Thomas
Washington
D. C
Philadelphia
New London
Bridgeport
Pelham Bay
Navy
Great Lakes
National
Superintendent of Bankings
McCartan State
Farmers’ Trust & Savings Bank
Laurens, Iowa
First ‘National Bank
People's Savings
Lene
Boston ‘Store
DODGE
C. L. Barcus Writes
Pelham Bay Park
N. Y
Jordan
Big Tyne
Poland
F. L. Watson
Minnesota
GEO, C. Hauck & Company
J. FE. Grove
Towa
Louis Koesling
Barnesville
Hampshires
P. H. Bendixon
Goodmiller Sisters
Gray
D. D. de Groote
Franklin Barn Equipment Co
E. E. Dickey
Frank L. Mac Vey
Town
United States Bonds
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