Rolfe Chautauqua Closes After Record Crowds Attend
Rolfe closes its ninth annual chautauqua with a record attendance and near break-even finances after a week of strong programs. Lectures by Mrs. Mabel Quam Stevens and Dr. Frank E. Jayne, performances by the Kilties Orchestra and the Dietrics, and Buckner Jubilee Singers highlight a varied lineup drawing large crowds.
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Rolfe
Dietric
Miss Campbell
Dietrics
Buckner Jubilee Singers
P. T. Barum
Hancherdale Poland China Sale At Hancher Farm Ring Tuesday
Auction at Hancher Farm near Rolfe features 25 hogs eighteen gilts and seven boars led by Hancher dale Topaz sold for 550 to Tau Bros Norway Iowa. The sale totals exceed 5205 with an average of 208.20 as Col H S Duncan presided and Mrs Hancher hosted a large meal for attendees.
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Hancherdale
Hancherdale Farm
Rolfe
Hancher
Hancherdale Orange
Poland
America
Hancher Farm
Col
H. 8
Duncan
Tau Bros
Norway
Iowa
Clarinda
John Grant
Preston
Dr. Sams
Clarion
F. A.patton
Tricoli
J. P. Wiese
Manson
Tau’ Bros
Sams
Henry Oakin
F. Olerich
C. A. Christensen
Gilmore
W. Berry
Rutland
A. Christensen
Warfield Campbell
Plover
John Maxwell
Santa Clara
California
Who Uses the Coal The Mined Output and Its Uses
Government statistics for 1918 and 1919 show coal use by sector. Factories and railroads together account for about two thirds, domestic use about one eighth, with exports and other uses making up the remainder.
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Pneti Encadesit
Old-Time Harvesting Echoes In Rolfe Field
An elderly settler recalls farming changes from the handrake reaper to the present day tractor driven binder near Rolfe. He notes oat yields, labor shifts, and the steady rise in hired harvest labor, with A L Urick commenting on the local labor market.
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Rolfe
Pocahontas County
A. L. Urick
Free Methodist Church Schedule and Visitor Note
Free Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10:00 a.m Preaching at 11:00 a.m Class Meeting follows Evening Service at 8:00 p.m Weekday Prayer Meeting Thursday 8:00 p.m Visitors welcomed Clair and Frank Carey arrived from Chicago to visit the J A Carroll home.
Pocahontas County Day Picnic Arranged at Lakeside Park
Arrangements are under way for the Second Annual Pocahontas County Day Picnic at Lakeside Electric Park Ruthven on Friday August 27 under the American Legion and Red Cross. Last year county towns closed shops and thousands gathered for a community celebration with picnic dinners on Lost Island Lake shore. The event aims to rally all county businesses to close and join in a large family outing with Legion posts supporting mothers fathers sisters and sweethearts. Mr F J Tishenbanner donates Electric Park facilities including the baseball diamond and dance hall for the day.
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Lakeside Electric Park
Ruthven
American Legion
Red Cross
Lost Island Lake
Pocahontas County
F. J. Tishenbanner
Friday August schedule previews multiple shows in city theater list
The page lists entertainment for Friday through Thursday including The Lost City chapter twelve and a comedy, Hall Room Boys with Neil Hart, yacht racing by Lipton's Shamrock, Mack Sennett's Down on the Farm, Madelaine Traverse in What Would You Do, and Mabel Normand in The Pest with promotion of her greatest comedy triumph.
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Neil Hart
Lipton
Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand
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Mabel Quam Stevens
Palestine
Altho
Solomon
Frank E. Jayne
Jayne
Hunchback
Kilties Orchestra
Campbell
Lloyd George
J. S. Ladd Thomas
Chicago
Dr. Thomas
Wales
Llyod-George
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Great Britain
Melanie
Nise
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Free Methodist Church
Wm. G. Taylor
Pocahontas County Day
Neves A Savings Bank
W. S. McEwen
Robt. Bruce
James Bruce
Jos. McEwen
D. D. McEwen
Board of Directors
J.B. Kent
Robert Bruce James Bruce
Joseph McEwen
the State Savings Bank
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