Local Notes From Humboldt and Nearby Areas
Local brief items report Freda Peterson returning from Humboldt after visiting relatives and Sterling Ritchey vacationing with the Robert Bruce family in northern Minnesota. Avxt Brown of Colorado visits here Wednesday. J S Pearce suffers severe gall stone attack Monday night. Mrs Orville Cobb and two children from Spencer visit at J S Pearce's home. Mr and Mrs WarI Hays travel from Lanesboro. Mrs Hays stays with her parents M A and Mrs Howland for an extended visit.
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Freda Peterson
Humboldt
Sterling Ritchey
Robert Bruce
Minnesota
Avxt Brown
Colorado
Orville Cobb
Spencer
J. S. Pearce
Mrs. Warl Hays
Lanesboro
Mr. Hays
Mrs. Hays
Mrs. M. A. Howland
Local notices from Rolfe Iowa late 1910s ad roundup
Taken Up-Sow weighing 225 pounds found Aug 4. Owner proves property and pays expenses. Wanted notice for Cornwell Rolfe Iowa. Male round reed baby buggy in trade. Pony for sale or exchange. Residence for rent with electric lights water and garage. Seven room house for sale cheap in Rolfe Iowa. Contact J A Johnson or N A Lind via Rolfe listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwell
Rolfe
Towa
Guy Graham
J. L. Young
N. A
J. A. Johnson
Iowa
Rolfe Implement reports deliveries and local notices
Rolfe Implement Company delivered a Titan 10-20 tractor from Sac City to a buyer on Tuesday and the service was completed by Wednesday morning. W P McIntire scored a hole in one in a recent golf game, tying with three others from Rolfe. Community updates include visits from Clell Kirkpatrick, Charles Locke, and Mrs. Bruce, plus funeral attendance for Mr. Knoblaugh in Emmetsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort. Dodge
Buena Vista County
Petersons
Rolfe
The
Campbell
Stewart
Transfer Co
Fort Dodge
Sac City
Rolfe. Implement
Mac
Clell Kirkpatrick
Indepence
I. Kirkpatrick
Jas. Bruce
Isabelle
Bruce
Foral
Marathon
Luverne
Muscatine
Young
Charles Locke
Sioux City
J. 5. Pearce
Tobin Business College
Monk & Findlay
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
H. Clarke
Fleming
Havelock
Ben Green
Abbie Chinn
Spokane
Wash
M. A. Howland
Cavanaugh
Lhild
Bradgate Breezes and Local Movements Round town
Jas Johnson and family move to the Smith house in the east part of town. Mr Johnson becomes manager of the Bradgate Co Operative Exchange. Buck and Miss Lucile of Humboldt visit Jens Peterson home. Petersons Clothes Shop advertises Boys School Clothes. Mrs Wallace and Mrs Higby enjoyed an outing at Lake Okoboji. Miss Templeman and Miss Kent visited relatives near Pioneer. Mrs Walter Larsen and Ellen visit Geo Grant home in Newell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas, Johnson
Smith House
Johnson
Bradgate Co-Operative Exchange
T. S. Buck
Lucile
Humboldt
Jens Peterson
Petersons
Rolfe
Iowa
W. S. Wallace
M. R. Higby
Lake Okoboji
Primrose Cream Separator and Titan Tractor Ad Feature
An old advertisement extols the Primrose Cream Separator as central to a milkhouse, promising higher cream yields and year round income. It promotes Titan 10-20 tractors for balanced belt and drawbar power, ease of switching to belt work, and overall reliability. Also mentions corn elevator sales and a humorous line about senators and windmills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval
Daniel
ER. Waters
Keep the Boys at Home Manure Spreader Promotion
An advertisement touts an International Manure Spreader as a labor saving farm implement. It claims reduced drudgery for boys, cheaper labor, faster manure disposal, higher yields, and greater profits. The copy invites buyers to visit while prices are at a low point.
Local Social Roundup At West Bend And Surrounding Towns
Mrs M O Weaver and children and Mrs Woods visited Jess Woods at Clear Lake. Perry Lanning traveled to Dubuque for a county supervisors meeting. Geo Kelsey and family visited Roy in Colfax. John Logan family stayed with friends in Rockwell City. Caywood and Smith families visited West Bend. Olsen families visited Alta and Belmond. Rev and Mrs Olsen returned from Lake Okoboji. A son was born Aug 15 to Ed and Mrs Maupin. Harold Lees hosted visitors from Paullina. West Bend hosted a Humboldt picnic. Clifford Woods of Clear Lake stopped by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Maupin
Stanley Norland
Trossem
Paullina
Harold Lees Home
W. C.hoag
Humboldt
West Bend
A. E. Olsen
Belmond
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Idaho
J. T. Grant
State Savings Bank
Rolfe Storage Battery Co
Wannted
John Hartnett
Gilmore City
Hay
H. F. Peterson
Livermore
N. A. Lind
West Rolfe
Byron G. Boos
Graham Tire Co
Canal
Benton Harbor
Mich
Fors
J. E. Rickard
W. C. Shall
Rolfe, Iowa
Bradgate
Josephine Templeman
Pearl Kent
Pioneer
Mrs. Walter Larsen
Ellen
Geo. Grant, Thome
Newell
Capper
Senate
Amd
International
Stee
Mrs
Parental Olsen
Alta
Clifford Woods
Clear Lake
Harold Schaeffer
J. R. McIntire
Firestone
Oldfield
Paulson & Wheeler and Rolfe Auto Co
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