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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
6
Rolfe residents share weekend visits and illness notes. The class of 1914 plans a May 2 play Untangling Tony with announcements to follow. Bazaar proceeds net about 55 dollars despite rain. A church remodeling project begins. Vos lock to host a future community event. Various visits to Laurens Rolfe Sioux Rapids and Pocahontas noted along with a death in Indianola.
Our Bargains Call You In Our Bargains Call You In Better than ads the following list of actual reductions on regular stock will prove unusually attractive to the wary shopper 20 lbs cane sugar 1 00 Salmon 10 4 Pkgs Quaker Corn Flakes 26 Large can grated pineapple 16 10e Soda 05 20c Red Salmon 2 cans 36 25c Oatmeal 19 10c Celluloid starch 2 pkgs 16 6c Graham Flour 80 7 Bars Proctor Gamble laundry soap Rub No More Soap Chips 25 All 25c canned goods 22 Vinegar still undersold per gal The above for a limited time only and will be withdrawn without notice Careful buyers will not miss this opportunity Will we see YOU
A Rolfe agent advertises Adler i ka a digestant and laxative claiming to cleanse the upper and lower bowels. The copy asserts it cures appendicitis and relieves sour stomach gas and constipation almost immediately, citing The Viewel Drug Co as supplier.
A special arrangement lets readers continue local access to The Farm Stock and Home Successful Farming and a Kansas City paper. The package costs $1.26 in local territory and $1.75 for those receiving the paper in single markets. Thompson is mentioned in relation to the offer.
Regular services will be held next Sunday April 26 with the evening sermon aimed at the young women of the congregation. Pastor Webb notes appreciation for the presence of young men and now extends a welcome to all. offerings for benevolences may be returned by hand mail or in the contribution baskets.
Attorney Fred Gilchrist of Laurens transacted business here last Wednesday. Mrs. John Kelleher, formerly of Sacred Heart parish, died near Palmer and was interred after services at Sacred Heart church. Len McClain's home west of town burned last Thursday. family escaped with their lives. Henry Stelpflug and Nora McCormick wed at Sacred Heart church. Stelpflug a Varina businessman. J O Burington travels to Colfax for treatment. Pocahontas high school baseball lost to Gilmore City 8 to 4. Julia Zeman of Rolfe visited the Hronek home. Geo Day and Ernest Anderson visited Des Moines and Laurens. Local youths attended a Newell dance. Contractors arrive for hotel work with letting set for April 21. Theo McCartan visited Hagle Grove over Sunday.
El Pais is alone in criticizing the White House heaping suspicion on the United States while most papers report the international situation calmly. Hi pals calls for national unity and sacrifice to defend Mexico, denouncing Tampico as casus belli. American business in Mexico remains despite possible actions.
Robert Whitley, a church trustee in Joliet and head of a faction backing charges by Lucille Clark, reported that Rev Charles H. Byles was found dying in a Lockport cemetery. His clothes were burned, and police investigated possible foul play as they remained at the scene.
Naval actions intensify with a Vera Cruz blockade and Arkansas moving toward Tampico. Expert aviators and five brigades are mobilized. Admiral Badger and Fletcher coordinate via wireless as 13 000 troops return to Galveston. Mayor Colquitt threatens militia call up if needed.
In Trinidad on April 21 three strikers were killed and three wounded after a battle with the Colorado National Guard near Ludlow. A mounted cavalry force under Captain B K Lindefelt engaged about 250 or more Ludlow strikers as the conflict continued.
The joint county boards of Pocahontas Webster and Calhoun opened bids and awarded contracts for Joint Drain No 78-172-175. Lehigh Sewer Pipe and Tile Co to supply salt glazed vitrified clay tile for 7248.50 and Oscar Berg to perform digging laying trenching filling and labor for 3827.79. Authors authorized to contract with the named bidders. Commissioners Tom Griffin W H Fallon and T E Meredith to assess costs damages and benefits. The boards adjourned to meet again on call.
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson's Zema Ointment as a cure for pimples eruptions blackheads and rough skin. It claims mild soothing relief suitable for babies and tender skin and urges readers to ask their druggist for the product.
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