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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1914
Page
8
A terse remark contrasts two groups on Earth as some stay to get tasks done while others delay. One group runs the machinery while the rest hurls monkey wrenches, hindering progress.
The notice lists names summoned for the 1926 Grand Jury and the August 1926 term Petit Jury. Names include A Gregerson Pocahontas C H Sanders Fonda Lola Ritchey Rolfe A G Quinn Pomeroy Geo Obrecht Havelock Mrs Eben Wyncoop Pocahontas Messer Leith Havelock F C Oleson Laurens Ed Whannel Laurens Mrs Ed Carlson Pocahontas James McCreery Gilmore City J D Fitzgerald Varina and others across Pocahontas Fonda Rolfe Laurens Pomeroy Gilmore City Palmer Varina Blanden etc.
Des Moines Iowa August 19 Special An effort to set a new pulling record for draft horses will be made by owners of Iowa champion teams in the two day pulling contest at the Iowa State Fair August 30 31 Cash prizes totaling 50 are offered in this event this year Iowa teams previously held the world record at the State Fair last summer before it was lowered in subsequent months Iowa horsemen aim to reclaim honors in the August contests.
Plover residents share weekend visits from Harry Wegele and Filessie Roberts while S. L. Horsman returns to Des Moines. Many families travel to Sioux City and Emmetsburg. upcoming fairs, picnics, and church services are announced along with local shop trips and a Busy Bee booth. The column records numerous acquaintances, household moves, and social visits across towns.
Mr and Mrs Richard Buck visited Rolfe with Mrs Bucks parents Mr and Mrs Dick Miller. C L Smith Ira Smith Glen Smith and Allen and son Earl of Jefferson visited Mrs C L Smith at Alex Struthers home. Frances Young returned home from Rolfe Earl Ferguson home. Leota Ham on sick list. W F E Struthers Rolfe and W E Struthers visited Robert Struthers in D M T. Paul Kerns and Clarence Pringle families shopped in Fort Dodge. J H Pollock omits a page of budget items. they will appear next week. Subscribe for The Arrow NOW.
A compact meditation on rest as essential to health and happiness. It argues that medicines cannot replace sleep, warns against overwork and constant hustle, and urges heeding quiet signs of fatigue before a breakdown.
A new club in Plover named the Pp. S. G. Club gathers former students from 1898 through 1915 for a yearly dinner and meetings at the Presbyterian church basement. Charter members include Ridith Wallace Reddick and Stella Bucher. dues are ten to twenty-five cents.
The Sei Plover Consolidated School opens Monday with a staff of experienced teachers in multiple grades and subjects. Principal Genevieve Huff leads a capable team including Myrtle Sherwnd in Grade 1 and Mildred Palmer among junior high instructors. several staff are listed with home economics and science duties. A note mentions drivers unchanged and stock cars observed around Plover Saturday evening, with several boys owning horses.
Article One establishes The Plover Telephone Co with principal place in Iowa. Article shows capital stock of $10,000 in $50 shares and a 1926 organizational date. Directors number five, elected annually in January, with officers including president and secretary. Restrictions require stockholder status for officers and directors.
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