Rolfe News Roundup Dates and Local Happenings
Mrs Miller Klein and Mrs Jesse Peterson visit Humboldt friends. A son Jack born to Mr and Mrs Dean Stowell of Lizard Lake. Bert Nielsen visiting relatives in Rolfe and Plover, first time in twenty years. Chapter FR PEO Sisterhood met at J R McIntire’s with lesson on Spring Pastures. John Witt and Axel Heisel ill with erysipelas. both improving. Lighters of Minneapolis and Rockwell City guests at Emma Lighter home. Geraldine Cleaver of Anita wrote a song Dreaming of You Copyrighted and published. She has two more songs ready for release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Klein
Jesse Peterson
Humboldt
Rolfe
Dean Stowell
Lizard Lake
Jack
Stowell
Jane Snook
Bert Nielsen
Omaha
Neb
Plover
Nielsen
Christine Nielsen
Hans W. Nielsen
J. R. McIntire
Clyde Brinkman
Spring Pastures
W. R. Rogers
John Witt
Emma Lighter
Mrs. Lighter
Iowa
Mrs. Shrader
H. Poppinga
Roberta Lighter
Dick Bush
Geraldine Cleaver
Anita
Jerry
Work and play balance under Lowell study in school life
A senior English class theme from Lowell discusses types of people in school and business, urging balance between study and activity. It questions why students cram or neglect, then calls for wholehearted effort and a habit of Work while we work and play while we play to build better school spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Reuben Waneberg
Mayor Warns On Free Roaming Chickens And Dogs
James Bruce the mayor declares an ordinance restricting wandering fowls and predatory dogs near gardens. He notes that upon complaint, penalties apply and enforcement rests with the authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bruce
Pay Water Rents Amid Clerk Office Notice
Water bills are due and payable at the City Clerk office run by J. T. Grant at the Rolfe lumber yard. Clerk F. EF. Grant oversees the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Grant
Rolfe
F. EF. Grant
Card of Thanks for Fdna Claire Family
Grateful hearts thank all who assisted during our daughter's illness and funeral. Mrs Henry Otto and Children express appreciation for the helpful and sympathetic services. The text also notes unrelated items about twin births in Ireland and Greenwich Observatory.
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Fdna Claire
Henry Otto
Ireland
Greenwich Observatory
England
Queen Elizabeth
Steax Falls
Argus-Leader
Get Rid of Border Cows Says C A Tester For Dairy Herd
The Cow Testing Association urges farmers to join to know if their cows are profitable as milk prices stay low. February set a record month with 427 cows tested, averaging 670 pounds of milk and 23.4 pounds butterfat. The Woman's Reformatory herd led with 886 pounds milk and 34.3 pounds butterfat, while Allen & Watson averaged 1038 pounds milk and 84.1 pounds butterfat. Clothilde, owned by Allen & Watson, produced 96.7 pounds butterfat, the month's top cow, with other records including a grade Guernsey and Randall Melson's cow producing 151.5 pounds milk and 80.5 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Beck
Pocahontas County
Allen & Watson
Woman's Reformatory
G. A. Shoepke
Allen & Searcy
Clothilde
Guernsey
Randall Melson
Mud May Bring Plenty Grief To Little Chicks
Weather pushes farm mud onto poultry operations as R L Cochran of Iowa State College warns producers. Mud carried into brood areas spreads diseases and parasites to young chicks. old-ground contamination can occur via muddy pails and careless handling, undermining prior precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Cochran
Poultry Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Corchran
Tax policy questions shade Iowa into tax fairness debate
Marshalltown Times-Republican warns of declining income tax receipts amid rising expenditures and ponders Congress and state rate changes. Atlantic News-Telegraph advocates fair statewide assessments and real economy in public affairs to curb perpetual demand for more money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Congress
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Iowa
General Assembly
Obituary Mark Masters Chronicle of a Departing Brother
Mark Masters son of Benjamin F and Lavina Emey Masters was born December 18 1873 in Watseka Illinois. He moved with his parents to Ne after nine years of age and later life is summarized as a lifelong resident whose passing is chronicled with reverent verse.
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Lsing
Mark Masters
Benjamin F. and
Lavina Emey Masters
Watseka
Minister Masters portrayed as devoted church builder leader
The obituary details the life of Methodist pastor John Masters born in Nebraska who trained at Western College and Northwestern, served thirty years across Iowa churches including Pocahontas Rolfe Ireton Correctionville Alta Galva Silver Creek Merrill and left a lasting impact by expanding memberships debt-free church property growth and revival services. He married Minnie Zilm in 1894 and left behind four children wife and siblings with a final illness ending March 19 1931 at Sioux City Methodist Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Zilm
State Center
Iowa
Masters
Tama County
Methodist Church
Upper Iowa
Bassett
Melbourne
Laurel and Montour
Northwest Iowa
Pocahontas
Rolfe
Ireton
Correctionville
Alta
Galva- Silver Creek
Merrill
General Conference Board of Education
Methodism
Harold
Fort Lupton
Colo
Dorothy
Fern Paulson
Sioux City
Glenn
Frank
Omaha
Chase
Tacoma
Wash
Jessie Troy
Detroit
Mich
Emma Kimmel
Methodist Hospital
Schoyer
McCabe
Adieu and All Hail Reflection at Whitfield Funeral
Funeral services were held at Whitfield church in Sioux City Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. J. Davies with assistance from Dr. T. S. Bassett and others. The body was shipped to State Center, Iowa, Sunday for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitfield Church
Sioux City
J. J. Davies
T. S. Bassett
J. D. Wolcott
R. B. Acheson
John V. Madison
IS. Pickersgill
State Center
Iowa
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Geraldine
Geo
Sailsbury
J. P. Lester
Teonarc Smith, Rolfe
Plymouth Rocks
Nat Landolt
Rhode Island
Birt Osking
Delco
Fords
F. W. McLaughlin
Wm. McKim
Blue Star
Thompson Bros
Wood
Ames
Pat Wood
Bull Orpington
H. G. Albaugh
Generral
Ed Bates
Cora Lind
Rolfe, Ant
Hess & Son
R.H.S. Arrowlet
Fort Dodge
Jones Piano House
Piano House
Carver
Jolliffe’s Bake Shop
M. & J. R. Hakes
Sernett
Phone We. Ie
Fort Dodge Ice Company
Thompson Brothers
Rolfe, Iowa
Decker
Dahl’s Meat Market
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