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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
3
An old newspaper listing advertises Silk Lisle Hose and Children's Hose in assorted sizes. The price for a dozen Silk Lisle Hose is noted as 2.0, with additional formatting indicating promotional or catalog-style pricing and vendor markings.
Earl T. Jossem was arrested at Meadow township schoolhouse on black hand charges. Sheriff Lidman and others watched the site, Jossem was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing. Also noted is the death of Fred Hagen known as the Millionaire Tramp in Burlington. Other items mention wets in Plymouth County appealing to the state supreme court, a Presbyterian conference at Storm Lake, a Fort Dodge fire threat to a gypsum plant, and a brakeman losing an arm in Gladbrook.
At Des Moines Roy Word of Storm Lake was re elected secretary of the Iowa mail carriers association and chosen as delegate to the national convention in Washington D C in August. John Avenell of this city withdrew when Ford was proposed and Ford received 113 of 168 votes for delegate at large.
Arthur Caldwell of Logan seeks Pasteur treatment in Chicago after a dog bite. Azel Turner of Portsmouth injures his arm for the second time in a wagon fall. Capt. W. H. Ingham dies in Olympia Washington at 87 from a neck carbuncle. Mrs W A Beers dies after a long illness in Sac City. H F Watson killed by auto in Chicago. Ottumwa opens a popular bathing beach with a cottage for bathers. Waterloo jail escapeers prompted posses. Miss Mary Lane of Dubuque charged with murdering her husband’s child. bound over to grand jury without bail. Bellboy Carlaird bound to grand jury. Jewel Smith, 14, a key witness, faces case in Fort Dodge. After 40 years service, Rev Thomas Fleming to retire to join American Mortgage and Trust in Manchester.
Sealed bids for twelve steel and concrete bridges in Pocahontas County Iowa are due August 16 1914 at 2 PM. Bids must include five percent bid bond, fifty percent contract bond, and be on regular county forms. Locations span Lake Garfield and Roosevelt Townships with varied bridge lengths. Work starts within 20 days for some items and within 60 days after engineer permits for others. The county reserves right to reject all bids.
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