09 Aug 1956
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1956
Page
1
Advice on tornado and hurricane safety notes best shelters and actions. It covers seeking underground or reinforced rooms, avoiding large roofs, moving at right angles to tornado paths, and escaping to inland areas during hurricanes. It includes pre storm preparedness, securing belongings, shutters, and post storm safety tips.
Farm economists Earl Heady and John Heer of Town State College outline three points from consumer price signals. Fewer workers in agriculture, fewer farms, and larger yet family-operated farms to exploit lower unit costs while maintaining family labor.
A vintage advertisement promotes Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for premenstrual tension and related headaches cramps and nervous tension. It claims many women experience relief with regular use and suggests trying the product this month.
Twenty five years ago Tilton and Guthrie performed nightly at the town show grounds with music and acting praised as above average. Sam Thomas sang Under the Stars, and three men planned a Chicago trip after work Saturday night. Plover Telephone Co directors proposed lowering the October quarter rate from 8.75 to 2.25, cutting annual bills to 13.50 amid hard times.
45 Years Ago J. T. Grant and his group visited Clarion on Friday to purchase a pony cart. The piece notes a trap and comments on the town’s lack of motorcycles, deeming them noisy, while hinting at more effective work ahead.
Rolfe undertakes extensive street improvements to halt water and drain basins after rain while warning that ten mile per hour limits are impractical. Citizens see the upgrades as essential, noting the frog pond near the Presbyterian church has been addressed. Superintendent Eels has rented the Lemon residence east of Kirkpatrick's.
Bradgate News reports visits to Chicago by local families to see the White Sox against the Yanks and a Wisconsin cottage stay. A Fort Dodge couple hosts a scaled bridal shower for Patricia Jacobs and Thadd Hall with floral corsages, readings, music, and multiple helpers. Carmalita Jarvis and the Robert Munson family are noted guests, with travels by John Pierce Leon ard Smith and other local households mentioned.
Eldon resident Jim Reardon now retired estimates he has traveled about two million miles all on a switch engine in Eldon yards. The story also notes Cresco residents Dianne McGee and Colleen Minnick created a two wheeled bicycle trailer by attaching Dianne’s bike to Colleen’s bike.
Patrolmen find two teen boys dead in a wreck under an overpass as they urge a wounded survivor to stay conscious The scene evokes a father's reflection as the ambulance nears and night shadows close in on the tragedy Read Aaa.
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