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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
6
Des Moines visitors Mrs Turley Sr and Mrs Darwin Burris visited, Lora Day Chapman hosts a Ladies Aid gathering, numerous Bradgate area families travel to Fort Dodge, Mason City, Perry, Ottosen, Hubbard, Ellsworth, and Ames for picnics, reunions, and visits. A wide posting notes relatives, sales, and moves across area towns.
Mrs Anna Smith and Miss Anna Wallace left Sunday with the Guy Smith family of Humboldt for Nevada where they visited until Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Geo Godden. Miss Maye Weible of Gilmore City substituted at the telephone central office over the weekend for Miss Anna Wallace. Mr and Mrs Perry Lanning returned Sunday from a two weeks trip to Manitoba Canada visiting Mrs Lanning's mother at Strathclair. The F C Chinn family spent Sunday evening at Mrs Chinn's mother's home in Plover. Stables advice for children over hot weather calls for regular feeding every three to four hours and light clothing for babies. naps, mosquito netting, and avoiding sun exposure midday. A note on German beer consumption contrasts France and Ireland with Germany. Arthur Duerr, rural mail carrier from McGregor, Iowa, has driven his route for sixteen years without a hat.
A big tent show arrives in Rolfe on Monday August 5 featuring George McManus New Cartoon Comedy Bringing Up Father. The one night performance includes Jiggs Maggie and Dinty Moore with a 25 member company of singers dancers and comedians in a aimed at laughter.
The State Department of Health urges daily sponge baths for infants and breastfeeding when possible. It recommends pasteurized or boiled milk for bottle feeds, cooling quickly, and keeping it clean and cold, plus giving water between meals and thorough washing of fruits and vegetables to prevent contamination.
The piece notes a cultural change from revolutionary leaders wearing gray wigs to modern adults dyeing gray hair to appear younger, highlighting changing fashion and social norms across eras.
We thank all who assisted during the illness and at the funeral of Mother Kober or contributed in any way to ease our sorrow. The Kober and Buckman Families.
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