For Sale Classified Items and Notices in Rolfe Area
assortment of local sale ads from Rolfe Iowa including Rhode Island Red cockerels priced at 2.00 to 2.50 each, boats and Plymouth Rock roosters for sale, stray taken up with owner paid expenses, cut stove length wood, popcorn and other small ads. also subscription offer from Des Moines Capital and a Watkins Co. dealer appeal.
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Rhode ‘Island
Carl Behrendsen
Gilmore ‘City
Awa
Geo. Stinton
Rolfe
Bote
G. T. Moffett
J. C. Bigger
Poccahontas
Des Moines Capital
H. H. Thomas
Automobile adoption and oil use in Iowa Nebraska
The piece notes two and a half million farmers using cars to save time and money, cites a car per six people in Iowa and Nebraska, and mentions 401 individuals earning over $25,000 annually in those states. It also states the US could use one billion barrels of oil yearly. The tone frames driving as a risky modern shift with economic implications.
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Iowa
Nebraska
United States
When We Grow Old in Silent Autumn
A fragmentary verse sketch recalling aging and memory with imagery of summer wheat maps to maple winds and autumn. The speaker reflects on fading ambitions and the sacred resting place of dust. The tone is elegiac and intimate, centered on time and place in Toronto.
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Toronto
Constructed harp in cell shows prison talent in Honolulu
A Filipino prisoner in Honolulu's city jail crafts a harp from Kukui wood in the yard and performs operas and popular airs daily for inmates, officers, hospital patients, and police. Separate notes mention asbestos mining in China's Szechwan and Shensi provinces and the shooting cucumber that explodes when ripe.
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Honolulu
Filpino
Pacific Commercial
Hawaii
Wanted Company In Flooded Road Misadventure
Heavy spring rains flooded a road as the narrator stalled in deep bog. After a backfire and a crawl over the fender to crank the engine, a second backfire threw them into mud and water. A quarter turn finally started the motor and the speaker sought company to continue through the flooded stretch.
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Chicago Tribune
Big Game Herds Grow on Four Reservations
The United States Department of Agriculture reports increases in all big game species on four big game reservations. The Bureau of Biological Survey tallies 868 bison 274 elk 54 antelope and 21 deer, up from last year. Visitor numbers to the reservations are also rising.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Biological Survey
New London Subway Cars Feature Five Sliding Doors
To speed loading and unloading at stations some London subway passenger coaches are built with five sliding doors along each side. When the train stops the car side opens widely allowing rapid emptying and filing of passengers.
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London Subway
Christmas Eve plans at Presby church and sermons
Special offering and Christmas program planned at the Presbyterian church with a large tree Santa Claus and meals. Sunday services include a morning and an evening sermon titled The First Criminal addressing Cain and crime, with research highlights for teachers and citizens.
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Everthing
Presbyterian
Cain
Rolfe
Local notes and society items from Estherville area
In Estherville and Rolfe district notes, Leni Ripperger visits for business. Mrs. Thompson visits Alta before returning home to Garretson. Togress Club meets with three new members Mrs Dyson Hoag and Mrs Kendal. Various residents visit relatives in Humboldt Fort Dodge Des Moines and Rolfe. school cantata slated for December 22.
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Leni Ripperger
Estherville
Thompson
Ovie Sheldon
Alta
Hone Garretson
Togress Club
Roy’ ‘Ellsworth
Vernot
Club
Arthur ‘Dyson
Conlee “Hoag
Theron Kendal
Vand
Geo. Lanning
A. E. Olsen
George Curry
Rolfe
Des ‘Moines
A. B.olsen
Perry Lanning
Humboldt
Margaret Kiser
Muriel Walcott
Esther Zeman
Kiser
Schol
Caywood & Wallace
Cedar Falls
Day-Dreaming as Path to Real Success
The piece argues people daydream about wealth and fame but should use ten minutes daily to solve problems and plan a practical path to success. It suggests concentrated reflection helps identify the best life route and motivates real achievement.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure For Catarrh
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for cold in the head and chronic catarrh, claiming it builds up the system, cleanses the blood, and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It advertises take internally and promises $10.00 refund if not cured. FP J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Halu
Hall
FP. J, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Unclear fragment hints at forthcoming event
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled words and broken phrases lacking identifiable people, places, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
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RC RT
G. Behrendsen
Gilmore
Plymouth Rock
Roosters
Pirie Bros
Towa
Plover
W. McClannahan
Bradgate
Poland
China
W. H. Howland
Inda
Orpington
P. A. Bendixon
Spiker
B. F. Rutgers
J. W. Rankin
I. W. Meredith
Buick
M. P. Hancher
Nis Behrendsen
Gilmore City
Guy Bendixen
A. J. Applegate
A. P. White
Philip Rose
Country Gentleman
H. F. Thomas
W. P. Bryant
Mallard
Des Moines
H. I. Thomas
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Dept. C
Winona
Minn
the State Savings Bank
Ecknow
Derry
Szechwan
Chungking
Shensi
Paotingfu
Pekin
Tientsing
Turtle
Mr. Goat
Rabbit
Sunda
Bible School
Vane
Jack, Pickford
Louis ‘Bennison i
Constance
Talmadge
Buck, Jones
Squ
Moore
Toni
Bes
Lade
Edison
Priscilla
Betsy Ross
Akbar Wiltons
Balbeck Wiltons
J. R. McIntire Rolfe
Windsor
Straube
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