Chautauqua opens with strong attendance and calls for support
The Rolfe Chautauqua opened its Annual Session with a fine program and good attendance but faces a small deficit as season-ticket sales lag. Lecturers Dr. James Whitcomb Brougher and Father Michael Collins drew strong praise for wit and frank talks on Mexico, Wall Street influence, and religious tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relie Chautauqua
Howev
Hinshaw Opera Co
Fort Dodge
Messinger
Eva Ues
Tanqua
Rolfe
Brougher
Father Michael Collins
Mr. Collins
Father Collins
Mexico
Wall Street
Wall’ Street
Harriman
Rockefeller
Catholic Truth Society
Carranza
Chuch
Atte
Uncle Sam
Excellent Chautauqua talents finale unfolds at Rolfe
The Rolfe Chautauqua closes with the Lyceum Arts Club Orchestra eight ladies performing preludes, Dan McGurk speaking at 2 PM, and Saturday features Democratic figures E T Meredith and J R Files. Hinshaw Opera Co presents The Mikado with Harry Davies leading a full company. Burns of the Mountains tells the Kentucky story Sunday afternoon as other talent appears with local remarks on Mexican affairs and illiteracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Chautauqua
Lyceum‘ Arts Club
Dan McGurk
Methodist Church
McGurk
Walnut Hill Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
E. T. Meredith
J. R. Files
Congress
Great Hinshaw Opera Co
Egecing
Harry Davies
Welch
Rolfe
Burns
Lincoln
Kentucky
Consolidated School Question Up Again in Rolfe Area
Petition signed by about 65 percent of voters in Rolfe area prompts a ballot on August 25 to form a consolidated district. The 27-section district would include Rolfe Independent, Kennedy Malcolm Ryen Clerich in Garfield, Spence in Roosevelt, and parts of Roosevelt township. Voters in town and rural areas cast ballots separately. both must approve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Grace D. Bradshaw
Rolfe School Board
F. A. Malcolm
Kennedy
Malcolm, Ryen
Clerich
Garfield Township
Spence
Roosevelt Township
The
Arrow
Knights of Pythias dignitaries visit Rolfe for Grand Lodge planning
Members of the Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Board of Trustees inspected the Grand Keeper office in Rolfe. Attending were John H. Harvey Newton William Crowe Boone C H Kenyon New Hampton Dr Ed Embree Winterset W Hoyer Battle Creek Oto Windrath Humboldt Gray Chancellor H G Moore Wellman B B Brown North English. They plan activities ahead of the Waterloo annual meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of P. Grand Lodge
Rolfe
Wara Ferguson
John H. Harvey
Newton
Wm. Crowe
Boone
H. Kenyon
New Hampton
Ed. Embree
Winterset
W. Hoyer
Battlewk
Oto Windrath
Humboldt
Young couple wed at Albert Lea in 1916 wedding notice
Miss Charlotte Forsythe and Mr Everett Spangler were married in Albert Lea Minnesota on July 4 1916 with Rev Carlin of the First M E church officiating. The couple, long part of our locality, plan to reside here and begin married life with well wishes from friends and families. A stray note mentions citizen soldiers returning from a border trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Forsythe
Everett Spangler
Albert Lea
Minn
Carlin
M. E
Ray Williams
Charlotte
Everett
Meredith to Speak at Rolfe Chautauqua Saturday
E T Meredith Democratic gubernatorial candidate will headline Rolfe chautauqua on Saturday at 2 30 PM accompanied by J B Wiles Fort Dodge Democratic candidate for Congress. Local Democrats praise the visit as a tea strike and urge the public to attend the Rolfe event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. McCray
BE. T. Meredith
Meredith
Rolfe
J. 2. Wiles
Fort Dodge
Congress
Pocahontas County W. C. T. U. Holds First Annual Convention
The Pocahontas County W. C. T. U. met August 4 at the Methodist church with Mrs. W. P. Wheeler arranging the program. Mrs. Ida B. Wise-Smith of Cedar Rapids delivered the keynote on temperance, joined by Atty J. M. Berry on the Anti Cigaret Law, Miss Gilchrist on the Iowa situation, Mrs. H. S. Van Alatine on social problems, and readings by Miss Everett of Rolfe. Musical numbers by Miss Eva Wine and Rolfe youths enlivened the sessions amid extreme heat, but attendees found it a rich program, reports the Pocahontan Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Methodist Church
W. P. Wheeler
Ida B. Wise-Smith
Cedar Rapids
Towa W. C.-T. U
Towa
Atty
J. M. Berry
Miss Everett
Rolfe
Eva Wine
Garden
Everett
Union Meeting at Hhautauqua Tent Sunday
Union meetings will be held at the hhautauqua tent Sunday morning at 16 30 Rev. R D Ecklin president of Buena Vista college will deliver the sermon He has spoken here before and is a fluent speaker A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hhautauqua
R. D. Ecklin
Buena Vista College
Ecklin
Harding Sets The Pace In Governor Nomination Fight
Charles City Press notes Harding leads in the governor race due to highway policy and public roads stance. Rivals mimic his road plans, while Meredith tries to distance from his own catchy phrasing. Voters will back the leader who guided farmers away from the Million Dollar Road Mystery. Mrs Baskett returns to Chillicothe after visiting Mrs Kirkpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Meredith
Charles City Press
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James Whitcomb Brougher
Los Angeles
Susy
Chautauqua
Rolfes
Sam ‘Jones
Billy Sunday
Dia
Tesgon
Lyceum Arts Club
Meredith and Files
Homer B. Hulbert
Caliste Conant
Diaz
Collins
Huerta
Madero
United States
Charles Frink
Marylands
Southland
Frink
Heta Ala
Rani Rose
Hinshaw Opera Company
Clinton, Garfield and
Roosevelt
Siantly
Indiana
W. C. T. U. Convention
T.L. Baskett
Chilcothe
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