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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
8
An advice piece on courtesy during rain showing how bad manners with umbrellas and damp garments irritate others. It urges considerate behavior in crowded streets and public places, tips on leaving wet gear in vestibules, and hosting guests calmly on rainy days.
A brief poem speaks to turning to cheer when days turn cold and dreary. It invites warmth from hearths to drive out worry and care and glow through the hours of gloom.
A cryptic fragment hints at a troubled exchange where an older man confronts an unnamed speaker about unpaid funds. The terse lines imply underlying menace and withheld truths.
Mr Fox attempts to woo Miss Henry Plump through a wall while an open window tempts her to come out a night. He drinks grease hidden by Miss Henny, becomes violently ill, and flees to his yard, vowing not to return to poultry. The tale ends with comic misfortune and a cautionary end.
A compact study traces Bertha or Perahta, from old German chronicles to Epiphany and Bertha of history, detailing her mythic roles as comforting nurse and terror, links to Freya and Huldr, famous Berthas in Charlemagne’s era, royal lineages, and cross-cultural reach from England to Italy and Greece, with a snatch of modern note about a freight thief.
The article traces how the word buxom evolved from boughsome meaning yielding to the boughs, through sound changes and misinterpretations of bridal vows, to its modern sense of plump and alluring. It cites Johnson on changes in spelling and the old ceremony phrase.
A father recalls a private joke shared with his baby daughter in a sunlit nursery. The infant's blue eyes sparkle as she grins, and both parents peek in, while the baby guards their joke with a silent smile. Copyright notice appears at the end.
A meditation on a personal sanctuary where one retreats from the world to reflect and renew. The piece argues this private inner space nourishes courage hope ambition and charity, guiding self examination toward better conduct and concern for others. It notes the sanctuary heals fear loneliness and failure, shaping a truer path.
Miss Vera Reents and Opal Holdaway visited Storm Lake relatives before returning home Wednesday morning. Numerous families from Aryshire Pocahontas Rolfe and Laurens called on friends here and at the Reents and Mick homes during the week. A Royal Neighbors ice cream social at J. H. Adams lawn netted 29 dollars.
The statement reflects a belief in an afterlife while expressing a desire for a long life. It frames faith in a distant afterlife as a comfort against the finitude of existence.
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