Local Diddings and Community News in Rolfe
Miss Erma Pavey visits Garner for several days with her father J. W. Pavey. Miss Mabel Cox of Des Moines enjoys an extended visit with her parents in Rolfe. Edsell and daughter Winifred from Fort Atkinson Wisconsin and Anna DeWolf of Rolfe return from a Black Hills auto tour. College girls urged to mend stockings before leaving town. Mrs. Knutson of Gilmore listed for postage paid. J. E. Sehnug, Frank Larson and Irene Calligan with Roberta Lighter brought a string of new Fords to Rolfe Auto Co. Rev and Mrs. Wangberg return from vacation. Mrs. Larson of Soldier joins them for a week. Presbyterian Missionary Society sets picnic at City Park next Wednesday afternoon August 28 with program by the children under Miss Charlotte Cumming. My and Mrs. Howard Thompson and Ruth of Marshalltown dine with J. C. Brogotti after two weeks in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Mrs. Thompson is sister of Pearl Taylor visiting the Brogatti home. Tilton & Guthrie Players performing to crowded tents all week with a free Saturday matinee sponsored by Rolfe business men. Tickets available at local businesses.
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Erma Pavey
Garner
J. W. Pavey
Mabel Cox
Des Moines
Ernest Cox Sr
Edsell
Winnifred
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Anna DeWolf
Rolfe
Black Hills
Chas. Knutson
Gilmore
U. Cook
J. E. Sehnug
Frank Larson
Irene Calligan
Roberta Lighter
Ford
Rolfe Auto Co
J. O. Wangberg
O. L. Larson
Soldier
Larson
Wangberg
Presbyterian Missionary Society
City Park
Charlotte Cumming
Howard Thompson
Ruth
Marshalltown
J. C. Brogotti
Minnesota
Dakotas
Thompson
Pearl Taylor
Bregatti
Tilton & Guthrie Players
Barry Cousins Hold Big Reunion at Sutherland
The Barry Cousins Association gathering near Sutherland brings together many Barry family descendants from Iowa Minnesota and nearby states for a large Sunday picnic at the Barry homestead. Attendees include Edwin A Barry and family Claude Barry and family and Harriss Ford Thomas with other kin from Rolfe Peterson Tracy and Peterson areas.
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Barry Cousins
Sutherland
Golf Championship Contest At Rolfe Club 1929
The Rolfe Golf Club resumes its 1929 championship with members qualifying last Sunday and through Saturday night. Match play starts Monday with flights set by qualifiers. On Sunday August 25 members are invited to Twin Lakes for team play against Rockwell City. A G Hille seeks expected attendees.
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Rolfe Golf Club
Twin Lakes
Rockwell City
Rockwel City
Rolfe
A. G. Hille
Reverend G H Duty Celebrates Eightieth Birthday
Friends remember Rev George H Duty former Presbyterian pastor of Rolfe Iowa as he marked his 80th birthday at the Duty home in Montrose with about a hundred relatives and friends. A chicken dinner, music from sister Miss Sarah Duty, and hopes for an annual gathering highlighted the celebration. Duty served 36 years as minister and home missionary and once edited The Montrose Journal.
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Presbyterian Church of
Rolfe
G. H. Duty
Clark County Courier
Kahoka
George H. Duty
Montrose
Old Duty
Sarah Duty
Israel Duty
George Duty
The
Presbyterian Church
Isadore Ellis
George Clairman
Oxford
Iowa
L. F. Miller
Missouri
Duty
Montrose Journal
Turner to Speak at Rolfe Falls Festival
Dan Turner of Corning will speak in Rolfe on Wednesday afternoon September 4 at the Falls Festival. Turner is a declared candidate for governor of Town next year and the event offers residents a chance to hear his views from a capable speaker.
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Dan Turner
Corning
Rolfe
Turner
Wesley Lehnus Weds Amy Couts in Cooper Iowa
Wesley Lehnus and Amy Couts married at the Methodist church in Cooper Iowa on August 14 with Rev Rose Peoples of Flushing Ohio officiating. The bride, daughter of Ike and Mrs Couts, previously ran a Rolfe beauty parlor. the groom is Ben Lehnus’s son and farms near Rolfe. They plan a wedding trip to Ohio New York and Washington DC and will live on the Rolfe farm after September 1. Relatives Hattie Pearl and Mable Lehnus attended. Robert Ives remains ill and unwell with visitors trying to cheer him.
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Amy Couts
Wesley Lehnus
Cooper
Iowa
Rose Peoples
Flushing
Ohio
Ike Couts
Rolfe
Ben J. Lehnus
Des Moines
New York State
Washington, D. C
Hattie
Pearl
Mable
Low Rates to Des Moines by M and St L Ry for Iowa State Fair
Travel at 14 cents per mile on sale Aug 24 to 28 for Iowa State Fair tickets. Return limit two days plus the sale date at fare plus one third on sale Aug 20 to 30. Return limit Aug 31. Trains depart Rolfe at 9:59 a.m. daily except Sunday. See agent for details.
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Des Moines
Rolfe
Kibler Family Guests Visit Richmond Home
The C. E. Kibler family of Boca Raton called at the A. A. Richmond home Sunday.
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C. E. Kibler Family
Bocahontas
A. A. Richmond
Great Power Light Weight Tractor Sets Efficiency Records
On farms of all sizes the powerful tractor is setting records for lower fuel and oil consumption. Its light weight supports continued operation month after month with fewer interruptions, challenging other tractors to match its performance.
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John Deere
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Earl Ives
BE. B. Thompson, Rolfe
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Arthur Applegue
Chore
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R. W. Wilkin
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O’brien County
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A. J. Eppelsheimer
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Aurelia
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Lighter
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Lost Island Lake
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Howland
Chas. Howland
Albert Howland
Manning
E. A. Hayes
Lake City
Henry Gill
Cylinder
M. A. Howland
Clarence Howland
Jas. M. Smith
Claude Barry
Barry Lawn
Lenora Tracy
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Harriss Ford Thomas
Adelbert Munger
Peterson
Edwin A. Barry
Stanley
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Carl Barry
Edwin
Rodger
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Adelbert
Henry Hakonson
Tracy
Minn
Lenora M. Tracy
Donald
Thomas E. Berry
Billy
Greely
Cole
M. B. Condon
Sanborn
Chas. B. Smith
Nedra
George
Minneapolis
Vernon Squiers
Eldora
G. F. Cobts
Minneola
Addison
B. Tracy
Joan
Towa
Harriss F. Thomas
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Robert Ives
Mia
Emmet Roberts
Granite Falls
A. A
John Deere Farm
Thompson Bros. Rolfe
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