Rolfe Area Social News and Local Happenings
Local residents shared visits from neighbors and relatives across Rolfe and nearby towns. Reports include Wiegman and Madeiran visitors, a Modern Woodmen convention in Pocahontas, a birth announced for Roy Funkhouser in Chicago, and family travel to Sutherland and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Wiegman
Sac City
Z. T. Carroll
Myron Boos
Cupper
West Bend
A. D. Clear
L. H. Smith
Darlene
Madeira
Minn
Lee Harmon
Woodmen
Pocahontas
W. P. Wheeler
Rolf
Minneapolis
Olsen
Fertilizer plans for Pocahontas county in 1929
Projections show higher fertilizer use in Pocahontas county for 1929 with heavy use of super phosphate for corn and small grain on peat soils. Rates may reach 200 pounds per acre of 16 percent or 160 pounds per acre of 20 percent superphosphate, and mixtures with ground limestone may be needed to prevent plant burn. Alkali spots may receive 200 pounds per acre potash, applied only where spots appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Iowa Leads in Auto Registration and Dairy Output
The state boasts 741,989 registered automobiles and over 190 million pounds of creamer butter produced last year. Iowa is noted for corn production and Newton as a world washing machine center with higher output than any other city.
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Iowa
Newton
D M T School Notes Broad Range Student Projects
D M T school notes detail health charts for younger grades with pins for six weeks tasks, reading and language work using Bolonius Reader, letters to Little Georgie Porgie, tulip boxes and map puzzles, vase making with colored papers, and ad themed vase decorations. Senior play Apple Blossom Time features cast and plot at the high school auditorium with ticket prices. Track news, newspaper staff appointments, yearbook planning, and map projects conclude the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Porgie
Cowboy and Cowgirl Club
Council Bluffs
Arlene Ham
Nancy Prescott
de Petra Menase
Evelyn Snook
Bob Matthews
Arthur Weishaar
Charlie Lawrence
Robert Rutgers
Spud McClasky
Sunshine Alley
Albert Hermansen
Mickey Maguire
James Winter
Cal Pickens
Fritz Johnson
Betty Ann Stewart
Loretta Harris
Polly Biddle
Tad Forrest
Elsa Cordes
Malvina Kurtz
Charlotte DeWolf Law
Ei Rehe
Kathryn Bruner
Annabell Sprigging
Edith Coxings
Constance Meisenbach
Forrest
Tad
Trinity Lutheran Church Announces Apr 14 Concert by Augustana Choir
The Augustana A Capella Choir of Sioux Falls will perform at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bode on Sunday Apr 14 at 3 00 p m. Rev J O Wangberg invites music lovers to hear the fine choir. A humorous note about modern maid and mud appears at the end.
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Augustana A’capella
Sioux Falls
S. D
Bode
Messer Leith Reports on State Meeting
Sherman township delegate Messer Leith covered the State Farm Bureau Federation gathering. Highlights include a reserve fund over 2000, 1200 new members in 1928, and 210 unsettled townships yet to organize in women’s work. The convention praised township standards, music interludes, and speeches by Dr. Carl C. Taylor and M. S. Winder on farming organization and legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messer Leith
Sherman Township
Pocahontas County
State Farm Bureau Federation
Leith
Ellsworth Richardson
Frmers
Des Moines
Garfield
Carl C. Taylor
State College of North Carolina
Washington
M. S. Winder
American Farm Bureau Federation
Lost Island Quartette
Palo Alto County
M. E
Insurance Department
C. M. Huntley
Iowa
State Federation
J. P. Stark
Service Department
Chas. E. Hearst
J. G. Jones
A. B. Myhr
Winnebago County
Farm Bureau Board Considers County Picnic Speaker
The Farm Bureau board weighs a county wide picnic set for June. M. S. Winder of the American Farm Bureau Federation is eyed as speaker. Committee members named: Nis Behrendsen Ben Bryson and A. G. Obrecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Board
Farm Bureau
M. S. Winder
American Farm Bureau Federation
Nis Behrendsen
Ben Bryson
A. G. Obrecht
Rolfe Iowa Considers Sunday Movie Permit at Special Election
Mayor J James Bruce certifies that Rolfe town council will put to voters on April 16 1929 the question of permitting Sunday movie operations. Ballots read Shall Sunday movies be permitted to operate Yes in the town of Rolfe No. Attest F E Grant Clerk.
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Lorraine Morrison
Fred Nelson
Des Moines
June Barnes
Mt. Sterling
Iowa
Junior
Jeanie McEwen
Mt. Carroll
Frances Shrimer
B. F. Rutgers
B. F. Pike
G. C. Harris
Chas. Lehnus
Nellie Smith
Pocahontas
M. P. Hancher
Rolfe
M. Bruce
Mrs. Cronk
Cedar Heights
Mr. Cronk
Bon Ton Bridge Club
B. C. Rudolfson
H. F. Olerich
Arthur Vaughn
Earl Fisher
J. C. Hosier
Olerich
Louis Hartgraves
Chicago
J. James Bruce
Mo Reans Debate Debt and Dance in Fragile Fight
A murky passage notes Mo Reans clash over debt relief amid wary dancers. The piece hints at easy payment plans as locals try to erase obligations while steering through disputed claims.
Rolfe Mayor Calls Citizens to Clean Yards and Alleys
The mayor orders residents to clean yards and alleys by May 1 or the city marshal will supervise and charge the cost to property taxes. Inflammable material must be burned and cans hauled to the town dump south of town. Dumping along the grades will require moving items.
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Rolfe
James Bruce
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Victor Shimon
C. EK
Boyce
A. L. Mills
Telephone 59
Bermuda
W. H. Howland
Claude White
Plover
Pringle Oi
Hampshire
Simonson
Towa
Pat
Cora Lind, Rolfe
A. W. Hess
Broadwell Hatchery
Burt Orpington
Jasper Tyler
Rolfephone
Cora E. Sharp
Havelock
Wilcox
B. E. Wilcox
A. V. Graeber, Rolfe
R. W. Wilkin
D.M.T
Donald Clarke
Weslie de Wolf
Helen Kauffman of
Trinity Lutheran Church
J.O. Wangberg
Luther League
F. E. Grant
Mayor
Rogers
Webb’s Drug Store
W. Kennedy
State Savings Bank
Corn Belt
Central States Electric Company
Central State Electric Company
Merchants
National Bank Bldg
Cedar Rapids
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