Seed Corn Saving Urged by State Farm Leaders
Editorial urges farmers not to neglect seed corn storage and outlines a coordinated effort by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Iowa State College, Buena Vista County agents, and local defense councils to organize seed corn campaigns. It notes Iowa faces a late season and a need to select and store seed corn this fall, with expectations of higher yields from properly chosen seed.
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Peking
Federal Department Figriculture
Coen
Iowa State College
Federal
Ent
Buena Vista
United States
Iowa State
Towa
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
One State College
Imlan
U. S
Im of Agriculture
Estes
Rebekah Fair Next Saturday Evening at Odd Fellows Hall
The Rebekah lodge hosts a fair this Saturday evening September 29 at 7 oclock in Odd Fellows Hall. Booths offer lunches and a home made bakery section with chicken cookies doughnuts cakes pies bread and buns. Prizes include 1 for best white cake 1 for best dark cake 50 cents for best cookies doughnuts and pie 500 for best real bread and 50 for best pan of buns. All entries become property of the Rebekahs. Competition open to all.
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Rebekahs
Hoover’s Heart Entertainments Delight Town Friends
Mr and Mrs W Siefkin hosted a string of dinners for friends during the past week. Several gatherings were held, with guests well fed. The writer praises the Siefkins for being hospitable and notes the town benefits from such entertaining residents.
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W. Siefkin
Town wake up boy fined for auto gunfire
Ray Seaman arrived from Plover last Friday with the aim to enliven the town. He drove a Ford with a muffler blast and machine gun noise, causing a late night uproar. Mayor Kelley ordered a court action. Seaman paid 10 dollars plus costs.
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Ray Seaman
Plover
Ford
Zeppelins
Home Guards
Kelley
Son of U S Cavalryman Heads Home From Philippines
C W Coffin reports his son Wayne, a U S cavalryman, is en route to the United States from the Philippine Islands likely bound for France. Regulars are being concentrated in France with some new troops expected to go to the Islands later.
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C. W. Coffin
Wayne
U. S
Philippine Islands
France
One More Good Race Meeting Before Old Winter Gets on the Job
The Rolfe Racing Association plans one final race day on Saturday October 6 weather permitting. Secretary Ritchey expects at least a dozen cars and many entrants, with events including five mile and ten mile stripped car races a running horse race and a football game between Pocahontas and Rolfe High Schools. The program starts promptly at 1 PM with a colt show suggested and a closing season note from President Gibbs.
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Old Winter
Rolfe Racing Association
Ritchey
Rolle Track
Gibbs
Rolfe
A Chance To Do Your Bit For Pocahontas County
Mrs T F Lynch appeals to Pocahontas county residents to fund warm knitted items for soldiers at Camp Dodge and in France. She will personally oversee knitting efforts, publish receipts, and urge women to volunteer, noting helper cash is needed immediately for yarn and materials.
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Pocahontas County
Camp Dodge
Pocahontas
Red Cross
France
T. F. Lynch
Pocahontas, Lown
Camp Dodge Packing List From Billy Holst Advice
Billy Holst offers practical packing tips for Camp Dodge arriving October 3. He suggests bringing two towels a dish towel three pairs of socks two underwear two shirts needles with white and brown thread toothbrush toothpaste laundry and shaving soap razor brush overalls a blanket if available a pillow and a modest suit. notes clothing delays as slow in coming.
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Camp Dodge
$100.00 to Go Up in Smoke in France at No Distant Date
A local appeal reports a fundraising effort for soldiers’ smokes in France with $98.50 raised toward a $100 goal. An accompanying front line tale notes a cigarette’s morale impact as ambulance crews and wounded men emphasize cigarets over other comforts.
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France
Rolfe Plans 40 Foot Flag Pole For Old Glory
John Doyle urged a flag fund with Perry McCray contributing a dollar that spurred a subscription. Funds buy a forty foot steel pole to be erected in the street with Old Glory raised. Flags on the water tank have been worn and misused. a proper pole promises dignified display and better care. Grover Harris has a rush order for the pole and action is expected soon.
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John Doyle
P. A. McCray
Rolfe
Perry
Grover Harris
United States
Rolfe Hogs Take Ribbons at Big Sioux City Fair
KEK and Wilcox with 8S Whitmore returned from the Tri State Fair in Sioux City last weekend with multiple ribbons. In Hampshire classes Wilcox won first on a boar under eighteen months and first on a sow two years or older, plus two more boar placements. Whitmore's Chester White entries earned second on a boar two years or older and second on a boar under eighteen months. The pair sold about thirty head at the fair for strong prices and praised the Sioux City event as best for stock sales, aiming to boost Rolfe’s blooded stock reputation.
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BK. Wilcox
B. Whitmore
Sioux City
Hampshire
Wilcox
Chester
Whitmore
Thirty
Sioux City Fair
Rolfe
Pay Your Red Cross War Fund Subscriptions
Pocahontas County asks subscribers to pay their Red Cross War Fund by October 1 reporting period. Chairman T F Lynch requests full, itemized payments for transmission to Washington Headquarters. The note thanks contributors and notes strong county participation. John Taylor visited Havelock Sunday.
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RED Cross War Fund
Lynch
Pocahontas County
Washington
T. F. Lynch
The
American Red Cross
Fonda Silk Thieves Linked to Ft Dodge Arrests
Sheriff Winegar den and Chas. Pattee took two men from the M. and St. L. line toward Pocahontas for a hearing after their alleged role in the Tolan Bros. robbery at Fonda. The capture follows a trail from Ft. Dodge, with ledgers and goods traced from a house to St. Paul. The suspects include Jack Kinney and Geo Blomberg, tied to a prior Pomeroy raid, as the investigation widens.
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Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
Tolan
St. Paul
Mr. Tolan
Geo. Blomberg
Blomberg
John Kinney
LeRoy Vore
Pomeroy
Fonda
Ft. Wide
Jack Kinney
Geo
Fords Go Like Hot Cakes At Rolfe Auto Co
Rolfe Auto Co. received a car load of Fords last Friday and a crowded scene formed as buyers rushed to claim vehicles. Notable plum picks included H. F. Rutgern Fred Bradburn J. A. Carroll and Son KK. R. Weaver Fred Mason and J. W. Langfitt who captured cars quickly and dispersed the stock.
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Rolfe Auto Co
H. F. Rutgern
Fred Bradburn
J. A. Carroll
Sale of D. B. Cady estate properties in Rolfe
Real estate auction in Rolfe last Saturday sold Coxsee residence on Rail Road street to Mrs. Cady for 1600 dollars and two Schmuhl shoe store lots to Frank Sinek for 150 dollars each. Tremont hotel property went to W. P. Wheeler for 785 dollars. Ives host C. J. Club dinner at their southwest Rolfe home with an 8 o'clock gathering praised by attendees.
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Rolfe
D. B. Cady
Harry Grove
Plover
Coxsee
Railroad Street
Howard Clarke
W. P. Wheeler
Robert Ives
C. J. Club
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Arbre Abre
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Billy Holst
Robert Klein Ween
Perry T. White
JI. B. Kent Wee
McHose Sand & Tile Co
W. M. Obrecht
Ernest Re
A. Moon W. CG. Struthers
Aes
John Dam
Navid C. McCray Vernon Sharp
Basses
Hans Miller
A. B. Symes
Eddie Lighter
Big Sioux City Fair
John Taylor
Havelock
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