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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
4
This reflective piece condemns hypocrisy across life’s domains from business and religion to charity and leisure. It contrasts stated virtue with actual practice, highlighting the gap between ideals and actions in society. The tone is admonitory and broadly social, urging self exam.
A quaint New England village tale set on a dreary October night features a livery stable keeper who courts a maid. She rejects his embrace explaining that the greenhouse scent on his coat sets the differing tone between love and stables.
The piece argues that lawlessness in Mexico under Carranza demands decisive U.S. action. It warns that continued inaction could invite British or other intervention, threaten the Monroe Doctrine, and provoke further abuses such as consular kidnappings and governor seizures.
A 1920 era column extols the American Legion as a non political force defending Americanism and law and order while warning radicals. It contrasts discipline and public virtue with a skeptical view of insincere appearances and urges cautious judgment of individuals. The piece includes assorted quotes on work, childhood, and Mexico.
A. A. Firkina expresses deep thanks to those who offered comfort, kind words, and deeds during the recent bereavement of his beloved wife.
Harold Bell Wright, then Redlands resident, sees his novel The Eyes of the World adapted into a cinema feature by the Clune Company. The film, based on a bestseller with nearly two million copies in print, debuts in Rolfe at The Scenic Theatre on Tuesday December 16. Wright recalls using Redlands society as inspiration while translating the book to motion pictures.
Reports from the Seventh District show rising popularity of new $100 and $1,000 Treasury Savings certificates described as the marvel of finance by Secretary Glass. They offer tax exemptions, safety as U S government obligations, liquidity, and yields above 4 percent with short terms to January 1, 1924.
A noted waste expert cites that Americans discard about 700 million dollars worth of food annually. If each of 20 million homes wastes a single ounce daily, losses reach 1.8 million pounds per day. The comparison notes coal waste equals two weeks of all U.S. mine output.
An investment of 100 dollars in Liberty Bonds grows to 150 dollars in about 17 years if interest is reinvested at 4 percent, with quarterly compounding. War Savings Stamps pay this from the day of purchase.
Plover area reports include obituaries for Harold Graham and Mire A A Firkins, funeral details, and community sympathy. Local shipping to Chicago by John Fisher, Red Cross drives, church and Union services, club meetings, and fuel shortage impacts on daily life and business hours are noted. A farewell party for S C Hildreth family marks relocation to Minnesota.
A notice from Mrs. and Mrs. C. A. Graham thanks friends for help during their son Harold's illness and burial. A separate remark comments on profiteering broadly and hints at Paris peace commissioners possibly missing Christmas at home.
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