Another Pioneer Gone in Laurens Widow of G W Hawley Passed
The body of Mrs G W Hawley was brought from Laurens for interment in Clinton cemetery beside her husband who died in Rolfe on October 4 1889. She lived to about seventy five, mother of ten, and survived by all children. The Hawleys moved to Iowa in 1880 and during the 1880s lived in Rolfe where Mr Hawley ran a livery stable. The obituary recalls typhoid fever era and the family visits, noting a sister relation to W F P Atkinson and ends with a blessing on her memory. Subscribe for The Arrow NOW.
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G. W. Hawley
Laurens
Clinton Cemetery
Mother Hawley
W. FP
Atkinson
Self taught brilliance and the value of pleasure in learning
The piece argues that extraordinary minds like Darwin Spencer Curie and Tyndall educated themselves or followed pleasure in learning. It notes universities aid by providing emulation and access, but genius often forges its own path beyond formal schooling, with Shakespeare and Lincoln as enduring self teachable models.
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Charles Darwin
Herbert Spencer
Thomas Henry Hanley
University of London
John Tyndall
Madame Curie
Francis Bacon
Shakespeare
Lincoln
College of Oxford
Hallmarks of precious metals and assay marks
The hall marks prove purity and origin of metals, with London’s leopard’s head and other city symbols. Carats for gold and sterling or standard marks for silver indicate purity, while a year letter completes the genuine assay seal.
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England
London
Dublin
Glasgow
Birmingham
Hieter
Sheffield
White Cross Sunday at Methodist Church Fueled by Faith
A Methodist Episcopal Church report highlights White Cross Sunday and rising attendance. It notes 181 in Sunday school, a goal to exceed 200, and calls for strong morning worship participation and inviting others to services. The piece credits White Cross leadership and urges continued community Christian unity.
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John Wesley
London
American White Cross
Iowa
L. C. Jones
Bishop Stuntz
iThe
Presbyterian Church
Pastor O Shelveland Conducts Multilingual Services
Rev. O Shelveland leads next Sunday services with Norwegian language morning communion at 10 30 and English evening service at seven o'clock. A cordial welcome to all.
Wise men and fools in public life and friendship
A reflective piece notes that wise men can act foolishly by choice while friendship is valued only if it yields advantage. It praises General Wood as governor general of the Philippines, while remarking on prophets' honor tied to their own ideas and influence.
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Wood
Philippines
Reduced excursion rates for holidays announced
The Chicago & North Western Railway offers holiday excursion fares based on one half the round trip fare to points with one way fares at or below 25 dollars. Minimum excursion fare is 2.50 dollars. Tickets on sale December 22 to 24 with a return by January 4, 1922. Full details from any ticket agent.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
The tom-tom sounds distant when near yet close when far
The text notes a paradoxical echoing tom-tom sound that seems far away when near and near when far, alongside a statement that fewer than seventy stars lack fixed luminosity.
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Poland
A. E. Hancher
Plover
Town
Buick
Gilmore City
Fred H. Guderian
Rolfe
Guernsey
T. H. Fisher
Chet Alberts
Handerdale Buster P
Pirie ‘Bros
Rolfe, Towa
O. A. Campney
Williams
Julius Hansen
Arrow Office
Simonson
F. A. Malcolm
Rhode Island
Roy Adams
Bradgate
P. B. Kelts
Duroe Jersey
A. P. White, Rolfe
Hampshire
T. H. Seibert
M. P. Hancher
Duree Jersey
Nis Behrendsen
First National Bank of
J. K. Lemon
F. A. Walker
R. Garrett P. Shaviss
Virgil
Serviss
Methodist Episcopal Church
T. Ernest Hoony Pas
Bible School
J. Ae Ae
Epworth League
O. Shelveland
Mhis Bank
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Brunswick
Brunswick Records
Nacke’s Pharmacy
Bi.hole
Father
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