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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
3
A lively Friday show titled A Happy Night In Dixie delivers singing and dancing entertainment. The production features clever humor and stylish stagecraft with attractive performers and strong audience appeal. Admission is 25c to 50c plus tax.
George Miller transacted business at Rolfe on Wednesday. Miss Pearl Hercom and Misa Wallin of Laurens shopped at Sioux Rapids Saturday. W. A. Smith and family of Laurens visited town Saturday. Thomas Edge shipped a carload of hogs to Sioux City Saturday evening. Riichard Chinn came from Perry for a visit with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs George Miller were Mallard visitors Saturday.
Monday events include a fire arson report and care for Mrs. Elmer Sandvig who is ill. Laurens man Jake Nicewander visited town. A spring return from California is noted. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society plans a Friday April 9 meeting at 2 30 pm hosted by Mrs Johnson Mrs Speer and Mrs Cole with leader Mrs Chas Swanson. Mrs John Elberts Denver Cole death reports are corrected as a mistaken claim. she remains very ill but improving. Local business calls and visits feature Althe Mrs Elberts recovery angels at Laurens Pocahontas and Rolfe. Balancing notes mention Quaker Oats auditor Phl Bourett of Fort Dodge and other shoppers in town Wednesday and Thursday trades with Rockwell City Sioux Rapids and Laurens.
Mrs. Fred Ogden of Des Moines visited her sister Mrs. John Logan and family. The school board and wives attended a six course dinner hosted by domestic science classes. City officials and residents including C. E. Jarvis and C. D. Kiser joined events, with several residents listed as callers in Fort Dodge and nearby towns. The new city council members took their oaths at Monday’s meeting.
Miss Marie Larsen visits with friends at Fairmont on Main Street this week. Mr and Mrs W B Bryarly from near Gilmore City spend Sunday with the A E Olsen home. Miss Dugan enjoys a visit from her brother a student at Ellsworth College. Ward McCreary is on the sick list. Township trustees held their regular meeting in the city hall Monday afternoon. Dr Wilson of Rolfe was a professional caller in town Sunday.
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station promotes growing soybeans for seed due to high prices and seed scarcity. Seed costs eight dollars per acre including sack, with one bushel provided to seed growers who apply, yield reports to be sent to Ames, Manchu and Black Eyebrow varieties available, inoculating material included, and seed shipped by express.
The seed corn situation is less secure than many think due to last fall’s moisture and extreme cold. Farmers are urged to test seed corn now using the rag doll method, sampling six kernels from each ear and observing germination after five to six days to prevent future seed corn losses.
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