19 Years Ago Crushed Toe Incident and Livestock Market Update
A report recalls a 19 year old accident where George Smith crushed a toe while riding a diesel hydraulic plow with Ray Smith. Charles Zeman shipped heifers to Sioux City last Wednesday, topping the market at 28.50 with average weight 1097. Mrs. Earl Kerna fell while cleaning, injuring her arm. Mention of the 101st Airborne Division appears in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Smith
George Smith
Charles Zeman
Sioux City
Earl
Kerna
101St Airborne ‘Division
Weekend guests at Monmouth visit Dr and Mrs G Butter
Dr and Mrs G Butter hosted weekend guests with Mr Ingalls, state representative from Jackson County, reflecting local political and social connections in a Monmouth area society note.
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Monmouth
G. ‘G Butter
Ingalls
Jackson ‘County
Railway derailment scare noted at Rolfe in 1943
A reader report recalls a 25 year old April 29 1943 event finding a rock large enough to derail a train on a Gi & NJ Wictracka line near Rolfe Iowa. H Clarke agent and local officials described the incident as a notable derailment hazard seen during test week.
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Rolfe
H. Clarke
Anderson
Evans
Keokuk
Deys Moines
Grant
Lois Wilson
80 Years Ago Ed Weiland Krecantlys Wildcats Find Hen and Bull
An unclear fragment reports Ed Weiland obtaining two hens and a male chukker from Gaittoraiay Theasta, described as a native person, in a historical note.
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Ed Weiland
Gaittoraiay
Miss Eunice Ivey Visits Rolfe for Weekend
On April 26 1928 Miss Eunice Ivey a teacher about ten to twelve miles north of Rolfe spent the weekend in Rolfe with her parents Mr and Mrs Baginooditer due to community happenings. Coal dealers report tight supplies amid cold weather and S.Van Alstine from Gilmore City checked in on business. Golf club members will work harder this season and residents are urged to use pick up days to discard unwanted items while town workers offer assistance for hens or large items by calling 68 3582 or 8 3124.
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Eunice ‘Ivey
Rolfe
van Alstine
Gilmore
Rolfe. Golf . Club
Rolfe News Notes New Baby and Fred McKim Farewell
A local note reports the birth of Suzanne Marie at Pocahontas Community Hospital and Fred McKim leaving Rolfe to manage the West Bend Elevator. It highlights McKim’s civic work with the Chamber of Commerce Town Council Lions Club and church, plus his role in the Northern Natural Gas Expansion program. Eggs price 18c a dozen and nightcrawlers 25c. Spring Clean-Up Week reminder given amid weather delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Community Hospital
Suzanne Marie
The
Arrow
Fred. McKim
West Bend
Fred
Rolfe
Farmers Cooperative Company
McKim
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Lions,‘ Club
Dore
Washington
D.C
Federal Power Commission
Bsoubt
F.P.C
Norther Natural Gas Co
In Memory of Charles Henderson
Poetic obituary fragment lamenting Charles Henderson with nautical imagery of tides and moorings. Authors note missing lines and incomplete verses, mentioning friends and kindred craft awaiting a peaceful end to the voyage. The piece reads as a memorial meditation on departure and remembrance at sea.
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Owena
In memory of Charles Henderson
Mrs Myrtle Henderson of Lake View Nursing Home Emmetsburg and daughters Mrs August Anderson Cylinder Iowa and Mrs Mike Strong Rolfe mourn the death of husband and father Charles Henderson who passed away May 21 1987 at Lake View Nursing Home.
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Charles Henderson
Myrtle ‘Henderson
Lake View Nursing Home
Emmetsburg
August Anderson
Cylinder
Iowa
Mike Strong
Rolfe
Towass
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Don ‘Kauffman
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PELCO
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America
United States
Brewers Association, Inc
P.O
Osceola
Rae
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