Local notices from Rolfe and nearby reflect community life
Mrs. T R Campbell Ralph Edith and Mrs Campbell's mother attended the Junior Class Play in Rolfe. Kennesaw Mountain Landis Bell postponed the kittenball league opening until spring. P E O met at Mrs Morris Webb's home. Mrs Jennie Bowen led a talk on the Old Wayside Inn near Boston. Mr and Mrs Harry Dickey and Ernest Cox visit Fort Dodge to see Mrs Cox who is at St Joseph's Hospital Webster City. Earl Cook visited from Clarion to help at the Senior Cook home and Mrs Earl Cook joined him for the day. J H Engel becomes district agent for Northwest National Life Insurance Co based in Minneapolis while staying in Rolfe. he will handle farm loans. Methodist Sunday School Board surprised superintendent H D Brinkman by voting to keep him in place amid social gathering. Mrs Field to undergo goitre treatment at Mercy Hospital with mother Mrs John Schinzel staying at home. Live Wire Class held a party with supper and contests and guests from the countryside braved the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennesaw Mountain Landis Bell
Rolfe
Bell
Morris Webb
Jennie Bowen
Wayside Inn
Boston
Harry Dickey
Ernest Cox
Fort Dodge
Cox
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Webster City
F. M. Field
M. E. Sunday School
Guy Butler
Weslie Wheeler
Abe DeVaul
Geo. R. Cook
E. S. Colebaugh
Cora Lighter
Clark Jolliffe
W. R. Rogers
H. D. Brinkman
Fort Dodge District
J. A. Johnson
A Cautionary Tale of Health Hoaxes and Folk Wisdom
An elderly man spends ten dollars on a supposed hernia cure via cheap adhesive pads and misused instructions. He trusts the salesman and doctor but gains nothing, loses money, and learns the hard lesson that false promises prey on hopeful patients. The piece ends with a warning against hokum in health cures.
Presbyterian Church Notes Rev J P Lester, D D Pastor
The note outlines Sunday services at 10 00 am 11 15 am and 8 00 pm with Junior Endeavor at 3 00 pm Christian Endeavor at 7 00 pm Week Day prayer meeting at 7 30 pm Rev Lester will be away Sunday due to his mother's death in Chicago Rev Shaw of Pocahontas to preach in the morning Reports from congregational meeting include re elected trustees M P Hancher and Rh B Ives and J T Grant J H Wiegman as Ruling Elder Young people plan to attend County Christian Endeavor Rally in Laurens and District Rally in Hampton Fort Dodge Presbyterian Society meets at Netherville Presbytery meetings at West Bend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Hancher
Rh. B. Ives
J. T. Grant
J. H. Wiegman
Laurens
County Christian Endeavor
Hampton
Fort Dodge Presbyterian Society
Netherville
Presbytery
West Bend
Methodist Church Weekly Schedule and Social Highlights
Sunday services drew strong attendance despite bad roads. Epworth League and evening worship proceeded with a large crowd. The Live Wire class and social events filled the week with games, races, and a surprise for H. D. Brinkman. A Fort Dodge District Preachers Double Quartet concert is planned. Helping Hand Class social follows. The note ends with a call for a world peace conference.
Incoherent 1920s column snippets about Chicago and politics
A mosaic of truncated quips and opinions touching Lindbergh, prohibition, oil disputes, golf, and Chicago life. The piece reflects fragmented commentary on politics, crime, and society without a cohesive narrative.
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Ford
Thos. H. Fisher
O. G. Ryen
Plover
Lettie Ferguson
Iowa
Poland
China
Farrow
Minnesota
T. O. Bakken
Johnson Bros
Havelock
Stegge
Miller's
Geo
Miller
W. H. Howland
J. S. Roberts
McCormick
E. W. Meredith
D.E. Young
Jerry DeYoung
Ware
M. E. Church
A. J. Applegate
E.R. Weaver
Avery
Carl Louis Peterson
Burt Orpington
L. F. Sinek
John Doyle
N. A. Lind
Alfred A. Julius
RFD
Palmer
Gilmore City
B. P
H. K. Squires
Essex
Tom Simonson
McCormick-Deering
Andrew M. Simonson
Jolliffe
Allen C. Clemons
A. W. Hess
Farmers’ Union Mutual
Milan Sharp
Pocahontas Rendering Works
RE. C. Olson
Albert T. Reid
T. R. Campbell
Ralph
Edith
Mrs. Campbell
Mrs
Luse
Sioux Rapids
Strathman Studio
Pocahontas
Earl Cook
Clarion
O. N. Cook
J. H. Engel
Northwest National Life Insurance Company
Minneapolis
First National Bank
Engel
Methodist Sunday School Board
Rolfe, Iowa
Plymouth Rocks
Aes L. T. Lundy
AOL
C. EB. Clifford
W. H. Strickler
Arrow-Adz
A. H. Hancher
R. W. Wilkin
Rolfe Shoe Shop
Peterson & Dahl
John Joseph Gaines, M.D
Presbyterian Church Notes
J. P. Lester
D. D
Mak Bible Wass
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. H. Walker
Epworth League
Lindbergh
Lindy
Jim Reed
Jim
Mexico
Wyoming
Chicago
Illinois
Chi
Cago
Thay
Nicaragy
Buck Beauty Parlor
Bradgate
Patterson's Grocery
UY Koo
McLaughlin
Merida
C. M. Patterson
The
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
J. H. Engel, Rolfe
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