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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
5
Rolfe Chautauqua closes to its largest audience of the session yet runs a projected deficit near $600 due to low receipts. Attendance fell short of previous years, costs ran higher, and a light crowd left organizers worried despite some strong acts and a positive closing note.
The Tanuma Pacific Exposition features a colossal Horn of Plenty display showing a river of Iowa corn. Visitors from corn producing states gain new respect for Iowa leadership as the exhibit, planned for reproduction at the Iowa State Fair opening August 20, aims to showcase the state's corn supremacy.
The Rolfe Speedway hosts a two day carnival and race meet on Thursday and Friday September 7 and 8. The event features top auto racers from across the country including Clergy Special and Deusenberg entries plus stock and stripped car races with purses from 50 to 300 dollars. Ball games Ayrshire vs Havelock and Bode vs Pocahontas headline Friday's program with motorcycle and carnival attractions and Hilles band providing music.
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Rolfe establishes a new automobile firm led by Frank Charlton and Will Eikenberry taking over the county Ford agency from the previous operator. The partners report eleven Ford cars already sold before arrival and anticipate a busy season aided by lower prices and strong crop profits.
Rolfe’s up to date dentist Dr. C. W. Siefkin has installed a modern X-ray machine with a factory expert on site for the setup. Radiographs prove indispensable in dentistry by revealing hidden conditions and helping save teeth and aiding surgeons in diagnosing fractures and other examinations.
The Pocahontas County Medical Society met in Rolfe at Dr. Wilson’s office with outside doctors Townsend Gilmore Behrthel Riordan Hovenden Nielsen Byerton Kepler Palmer and Drs Townsend Kepler Beam delivering papers. A clinic treated the injured ankle of Will Gibbons and the county clinic remained in the best condition.
A consolidation election will be held at the F A Malcolm office in Rolfe under the State Savings bank on Friday August 25 from 1 to 6 PM Voters in the territory listed in notices and posted at school houses may vote A yes carries only if approved in both incorporation areas If consolidation fails the independent district can issue bonds for a new school building in August 31 and operate until then
Rolfe public school starts Monday September 4 led by new principal and band teacher. Superintendent Ernest D. Bloom and staff assignments include George W. Hahn as Agriculture and Manual Training, Daisy M. Day Domestic Science, Ness PowellMusic, Mayvne KE Ford Latin, Edna Marcum English. Grade teachers retained with one exception. Football prospects bright with veterans Fuller, White, Hoover, Lighter, Million plus younger players.
Will Gibbons known as Du gan sustained a broken ankle when he jumped from a moving car to brake a freight car in the M and St L yards. He aided loading ice and chicken coops before the accident and helped until first aid from Dr Beam. X rays later showed both processes broken off.
Fred Jarvil drowned in the Des Moines River near Rutland on Sunday afternoon while swimming with a party including Mrs Jarvil, Mr and Mrs Locke and Miss Jone Coatin. Divers recovered the body about ten feet deep and thirty feet downstream. Jarvil, 21, married to Teasie Rising, had run the City Bakery in Rolfe with his wife before moving to a new home. funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church in Rolfe.
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