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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1930
Page
2
Rolfe area notices announce Jasper Tyler tasked with collecting service bills for 1929. Listings advertise eggs, chicks, poultry stock, seed corn, barns and barrels, radiators, tires, canaries, hay, and farm equipment from Rolfe, Plover, Bradgate, Havelock, and Spencer Iowa. Many entries give contact names and phone numbers for ordering or inquiries.
Tromberg Hatchery advertises purebred chicks from Iowa accredited stock mated by Towa Poultry Improvement Assn. Prices given in 500 lot sizes include S C White and Brown Leghorns 93c, Buff Leghorns Anconas 10¢, Reds and Barred Rocks 124¢, White Rocks W Wyandottes 134¢. The ad notes KEJY Ft Dodge broadcasts and offers phone refunds on orders.
Community notices list visits among residents of Plover Laurens and nearby areas with names of families and individuals. Events include club meetings church activities and a planned purchase by Knights of Pythias for a house at West Okoboji lake and various social gatherings and visits across towns.
Two class essays recount the ironclad confrontation at Hampton Roads. The Monitor, built by order of Lincoln and designed by John Erickson, fights the Merrimac, raised from Norfolk to iron clad form, with notable damage and a disputed outcome. Clara Barton biography notes her 1821 birth in Oxford Massachusetts, Civil War nursing, founding of the American Red Cross in 1881, and long leadership through 1904.
The piece recalls Mary Pollock as author of History of the Red Cross and The Story of My Childhood who died in 1912 after ninety one years of service. It includes a senior English class theme meditating on spring's joyful renewal and upward striving, quoting John Greenleaf Whittier and reflecting on seasonal optimism.
We express sincere thanks to those who assisted during illness and burial of husband and father A B Symes. Mrs Etta Symes Kermit Symes Robert G Hunter Family Leon M Joy Family. There is a man who specializes in getting jobs yet fails at every job but remains employed.
A brief note observes American cars replacing horses in Iceland as transportation shifts. The passage touches on potential hazards of finely divided metals catching fire in air, and a curious count of ants in a hill. It also comments on books reaching readers by mail and a quirky phrase about corn varieties and vitamins.
A note of gratitude expresses thanks for sympathy flowers acts of kindness received during a difficult time. The message names J F Deegan Madalyy Cheater and Winifred among those who offered support.
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