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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
6
A complaint targets the Spordon-Van Tine lumber concern alleging unfair competition. It accuses the firm of circulating misleading catalogs claiming government endorsement and mill direct sales to consumers. The suit contends deceptive statements inflate savings and shield the firm from retail dealers.
Notice to shareholders of the First National Bank of Rolfe states an election of directors will be held at the bank office in Rolfe Iowa at two oclock p m on January 14 1919. The meeting covers election of a board of directors and other business that may properly come before war.
A local company promotes cattle feed emphasizing quality, health, and milk yield. Stockholders are local investors who reinvest profits locally, framing a loyal, homegrown business appeal and urging customers to choose a community concern.
A hotel sidewalk scene turns tense into tender as ex clown Robert Merrill recalls past ruin and redeems a Christmas Eve miracle. Arnold Drew helps reunite a reunited couple with their children, turning a sorrowful night into a hopeful holiday.
The American Red Cross runs 200 plus canteens on the French and American lines and 300 trained dietitians in hospitals, canteens, and kitchens. The Bien-Etre du Blesse opens model kitchens in hospitals. the US Army staffs base hospitals with trained dietitians. Red Cross farms and dairies provide milk and vegetables. 22 million people have affiliated with the Red Cross. Christmas Roll Call marks the season.
Red Cross workers in northeastern Minnesota aided hundreds of lives and comforted tens of thousands of homeless refugees after a massive forest fire that destroyed a 160 mile district. Duluth and Superior teams set up temporary refuges, First Aid nurses met incoming trains, and the Motor Corps kept roads open to evacuate people and deliver aid.
The 1919 Red Cross membership drive aims for universal membership across all cities and communities in the United States and abroad. A 1919 membership button will be given to each enrollee and a Red Cross Service Flag with a cross for every family member enrolled will be issued. Businesses are urged to display the Service Flag the week before Christmas as the drive proceeds.
Local items record visitors and moves including Mrs Tames leaving Chicago after a two week visit Steve Nelson and Len Ripperger on business in Estherville Ward McCreary and Wm Phillips Jr returning with military discharges Burt Burris moving from Laverne to Woolstock and a new C N W agency. Miss Alta Daniels dies of pneumonia and influenza obituary planned. Mrs Walter Larsen sells her restaurant and Wallace moves in. local social notes mention visits by Miss Lillian Watts and Miss Zella Wallace. wartime reflections and humor end with a Dutch cleanser joke.
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