The Laurens Chautauqua Conflicts With Rolfes
The Laurens chautauqua dates conflict with Rolfes with sessions starting July 7 as a bureau chautauqua. The Fortnightly Club hosted a Tuesday evening meeting at C. W. Biefkin home with a committee including Mesdames Biefkin McIntire and McCray. Also notes on H H Jacobs death, water piping by W R Jones, and E Wilcox testing alfalfa on ten acres near the town.
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Rolfes
Mesdames
C. W. Biefkin
W. P. McIntire
P. A. McCray
Cobhbs
H. H. Jacobs
West Bend
West Bend. Mrs. Jacobs Has One Sister Residing In Rolfe ~—Mrs. H. D. Smith
Jacobs
Brown
W. RR. Jones
H. A. Lind
Hill
Rolfe and Webster City Playball Headlines and Social Notes
Saturday baseball between Webster City High and Rolfe High is noted alongside local social items. D. D. Cornick traveled from Des Moines for Mrs. H. H. Jacobs funeral. Mrs. Cornick later left for Wyoming visits. Community updates mention visits to Fort Dodge, Chicago and Indiana, road work on a bridge approach, Rosary Club gathering, a Doll Contest at Bonner Millinery with 100 votes for $1, and various local residents’ activities and remarks on statehouse study.
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Webster City High
Rolfe High
D. D. Cornick
Des Moines
H. H. Jacobs
Hansell
Howard Clarke
Rosary Club
Bonner
Rolfe
Robert Bruce
Robert
Bob
Free Methodist Church Notes in Green Valley and Pleasant View
Mrs. T. Gardner, pastor, notes Sunday school at Green Valley school house at 10:00 A M with preaching every two weeks. Next appointment May 2. Services start at 11. Pleasant View school house hosts Sunday school at 2:30 P M and a meeting on Sunday Apr 26 to arrange classes elect teachers for supplies. Preaching at 3:30 P.M.
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We Free Methodist Church
T. Gardner
Green Valley
Pleasant View School House
Rolfe Flock Plans Free Methodist Church Building
The Rolfe community moves to complete payments on the Free Methodist church lots and begins plans for a new church building this summer. Rev Mia Gardner and Mr Gardner recently moved from Illinois to lead missionary work at home and a tabernacle meeting is planned for late May or early June.
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Green Valley
Free Methodist
Rolfe
Rev
Mia
Gardner
Illinois
High School Notes Record Busy Weekend Activities
The second grade earned a half holiday after perfect attendance. Teachers and guests gathered at Mrs. Clarence Boyce for a Monday evening with lunch and music. The seventh grade debated a loaded topic with Rollin Grant and Kathryn Green leading for the affirmative. Invitations went out for a lawn party for Seniors and Juniors. St. John's baseball beat by I.R.H.S. last Friday. Webster City game ahead this Saturday. Attorney Moon visited Humboldt recently.
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Stockwell
Babcock
Norton
Butler
Colebaugh
Miss Gingrich
Manson
Kathryn Peterson
Miss Crane
Laurens
Miss Packard
Clarence Boyce
Boyce
Miss Butler
Graeber
Rollin Grant
Kathryn Green Raymond Malcolm Vera Everett
Myron Cook
Nellie Million
Lois Lighter
Olive Moffett
St. John’s
Ball Park
Webster City
Obituary of Henry Tilley first Rolfe postmaster dies in Kansas
Telegram from Mrs Tilley in Ransom Kansas reports the death of Henry Tilley at home on April 16 1915. The former Rolfe postmaster is remembered as an honest patriotic neighbor and a respected pioneer of Pocahontas County. Born 1843 in Ware Somerset England he came to America 1855 and settled in Des Moines Township Iowa before enlisting in 1862 with Company B 4th Town Cavalry. He married Belle Hancher and later moved to Kansas during grasshopper years. Surviving family includes wife and children, sisters Mary Jarvis and Ellen Hayward, and brother Edward in Idaho.
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Henry Tilley
Ransom
Kansas
Matthew Tilley
Ware
Somerset
Eng
America
Dyersville
Pocahontas County
Henry Jarvis
Des Moines Township
Henry
4Th Town Cavalry
W. S. Fogles
Chas, Jarvis
Dennis
Thos. Quigley
Powhatan Township
Belle Hancher
Tilley
McEwen
Mary Jarvis
Ellen Hayward
Rolfe
Edward
Idaho
J. J. Bruce
Secy
Pocahontas County School Convention Opposes Consolidation
The Rolfe Arrow reports that Pocahontas county school convention went on record in opposition to consolidation. The editorial questions public leaders opposing consolidation, calling it a major issue for Iowa schools and noting its potential to attract capable teachers and improve districts.
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Pocahontas County
Rolfe Arrow
Iowa
Pocahontas
Pomeroy Herald
Uncle Zeke Tries A New Story For Schoolboys
A Murray restaurant encounter with Uncle Zeke yields a tale about a farmer Snarly Snifter and a pond sign Cant you boys read It ends with a moral on boys growing into men and choosing paths in life.
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Zeke
Murray
Charlie Webb
Jim Wilson
Gwan
Nixie
Snarley Snifter
Olell Kirkpatrick
Kenneth Pearce
Pol Mwog
Cal
Kent
The True Heroes Beyond the Football Field
A speaker urges earning hero status through work and duty not just sports glory. He recalls football and baseball heroes but highlights a hardworking young man caring for an aging mother, sacrificing personal time and money to shield her from hardship.
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Republic
A Hero’s Quiet Return to Honor His Mother
The speaker notes a hero’s private gratitude toward his mother, who worked for him as a hero from birth. He seeks no public acclaim, valuing personal virtue over applause. He embodies Washington wisdom, Lincoln love, and Grant grit to inspire future generations.
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Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Sage and Sulphur Darkens Gray Hair
A vintage cure claims Sage and Sulphur restore dark rich hair color. The ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound sold for 50 cents at drug stores, promising natural darkening with gloss and reduced itching. It advises applying with a damp sponge or brush to small strands.
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Wyeth
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BE. E. Wilcox
Oklahoma
Nels Lillegard
Fort Dodge
Geo. Bruce
Bradley Moore
Ed McMahon
Chicago
Mr. McMahon
Indiana
J. F. Bonner
Fannie Hammil
Britt
O. BE. S
Hoyne
Rolfe Chautauqua Association
W. P. Wheeler
J. T. Grant
Bonner Millinery
Sunset Hill Club
BB. C. White
J. H. Waterman
C. W. and
W. A. Waterman
Newell
F. B. Hoyne
J. & W. C. Shull Kolfe
W. C. Shull Rolfe
Taaka Noorrten
Moon
Humboldt
The
Variety Store
Geo. R. Cook
Rolfe, Iowa
Saturday Evening Post
W. P. McIntire & Son
Young Martin
Percheron
Martin
N. A. Lind, Rolfe
W. W. Campbell, Groom
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