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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
10
An old rat living under a barn moves to a pond bank seeking quiet but returns when nightly frog concerts reveal the source of the racket. He recalls his wisdom facing traps, then resumes his daytime naps and the barn’s familiar bustle. 1923 McClure Syndicate.
The fragment traces Clementina origins to ancient Rome with Clemens possibly linked to St. Clement and a goddess Clementia. It notes legends from England, France, Italy, and Germany, linking Clementina to protective charms and a noon-reflection omen. A stray anecdote ends with a remark on a sold-out seat at a Newport event.
The article traces how jewelry came to mean the jewels themselves rather than the place that stores them, likening it to pastry and confectionery. It explains that signs over shops led the public to apply jewelry to the items and notes historical usage with examples from Howell and references to Felton.
Local notes recount visits by W. P. McIntire and multiple travelers from Laurens, Rockford, and Rolfe with hospital returns and church gatherings. An obituary for Alfred F. Mick details birth in Buena Vista county 1893, marriage to Pearl Grover, a son’s death, and a large funeral at the M E church with many out-of-town attendees.
Frank Manning, born a hunchback in Charlestown, rises from dishwasher to owner of a Cambridge eatery near Harvard University. He opens a small place with a sign Eat Well Think Better, funds growth from $115 saved, and by winter grows to serve 150 patrons with nine waiters and a French chef. By the winter of that year he saves $1,100 and clears his debts.
A man left school after four years with a y balance of 16500 dollars. Friends tutored him and his education equaled high school level. He learned shorthand, became a law reporter, built a large reporting office in Chicago, then sold it for a fortune. He and his wife now live in Southern Italy.
A list of jurors called for September Term 1924 includes FE C Anderson and others from Fonda Pocahontas Laurens and nearby towns. Names span multiple towns with one or more women listed among the jurors.
Mary J. Dower Fonda Carl M. Johnson Fonda Jim Donahoe Pocahontas Frank Weber Palmer A E Christiansen Rolfe F W Klingbeil Palmer John Steinbrink Manson L H Howe Rolfe Thos Tiernan Palmer Ward A Smith Laurens Toke summoned to serve as petit jurors before the District Court in Pocahontas County Iowa at 9 00 a m on the Sunday of September 1924 at the courthouse
A Vermont newspaper profile links President Calvin Coolidge to farm life from his Plymouth childhood. It notes his father tillered the soil and Coolidge regularly returns to farm chores, wearing a smock and boots, to relate with farmers and his aunt who nursed him.
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