Stover of Havelock Killed After Leaving Eastbound Train
Sherm Stover, recently from Iowa City, was found dead after reportedly stepping from an east bound North Westarn train near Eagle Grove. He had been suffering illness and mental decline, with his wife asleep on the railcar as it stopped. authorities believe he wandered east from Rutland and perished.
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Sherm - ‘Stover
Havelock
Eagle Grove
Stover
Iowa
Rutland
Cornell Conservatory Orchestra to accompany Handel's Messiah
J Rollin Grant of Rolfe is the French horn player in the Cornell Conservatory Orchestra under Prof. Horace Miller and Prof. Frank Shaw. The sixteenth annual performance by the Cornell Oratorio Society occurs at the college auditorium next Sunday. After the concert, the orchestra plans a spring tour through northern Iowa and part of Illinois.
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Mt. Vernon
Horace A. Miller
Frank .H. Shaw
Cornell Conservatory Orchestra
Cornell Oratorio Society
College Auditorium
J. Rollin Grant
Rolfe
Iowa
Mllinois
Independent School District Bans Student Smoking
The Rolfe Iowa board of education unanimously adopts a rule forbidding tobacco use by any pupil anywhere with penalties determined by the athletic director. Parents and the community are urged to cooperate as complaints rise and funds remain tight for physical culture and athletics.
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Independent School District
Rolfe
School Board
Death toll and rate in the United States for 1919
Statistics show 1,096,486 deaths in 1919 at a rate of 12.9 per 1,000. The prior year's rate spiked to 18 per 1,000 due to the influenza epidemic.
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United States
Obituary for Mrs J H Elberts from Rolfe Iowa
Lena Ellen Johnson born January 27 1856 in Macon county Missouri died December 9 1920 at her daughter’s home near Rolfe Iowa after a long illness. She married J H Wibert September 18 1876 and had seven children three of whom died earlier. She lived in Hardin Pocahontas and Ware Iowa and spent four years in Colorado seeking health. She was a devoted wife mother and Christian. She leaves her husband three sons William Chester of Rolfe and John of Ware and one daughter.
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Lena Ellen Johnson
Macon County
Missouri
J. O. Spencer
Rolfe
Iowa
Hardin County
J. H. Wibert
West
Pocahontas County
Colorado
Christian Church
William
Chester
John
Ware
Mrs J O Spencer service held at Rolfe home
Mrs J O Spencer of Rolfe is mourned by one sister and fifteen grandchildren. The funeral was held at the Spencer home with Rev J P Lester presiding. A quartet sang hymns. Interment followed at Marble Valley cemetery Gilmore City. Separately, the U S Army received 118000 machine guns 1500 87 millimeter guns 11000 guns and howitzers of various calibers 58000 automatic rifles and more than one million rifles during the last fiscal year.
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J. O. Spencer
Rolfe
J. P. Lester
Presbyterian’ Church
Ruth Webb
J.R. McIntire
C. H., Moon
Harriss Thomas
Marble Valley
Gilmore City
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
Minors Barred From Smoking Within Rolfe Town Limits
A new law bans minors from smoking outside their premises within Rolfe corporate limits starting at 12:00 noon on December 18, 1920. Any minor smoking after the hour will be arrested and handled under statute.
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Rolfe
Dorothy Cole Concert Co. Readies Dec 28 Entourage
The Dorothy Cole Concert Co led by Dorothy Cole will entertain as part of the Woman's Club program a week from tonight. The ensemble features soprano vocals instrumental trio and readings with all members acting as soloists. The show starts at 7 45 PM to allow a company member to return home for Christmas.
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Woman’s Club
Dorothy Cole
Lyceum
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Ihigles
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
J. H. Elberts
Hite
W.S. McEwen
Robt. Bruce
James Bruce
Jos. McEwen
D. D. McEwen
Board of Directors
J. B. Kent
Robert Bruce James Bruce
W. S. McEwen
Joseph McEwen
the State Savings Bank
Hoyne
Silk
Madras
Percales
Pati
F. E Hoyne
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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