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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
4
Pharmaceutical ad claims lime stone phosphate can cleanse the blood and improve digestion. It urges readers—suffering from constipation bile disorders stomach trouble or skin issues—to buy a pound from the drug store for little cost and quick effects. It presents health benefits in a period newspaper voice.
Head of horses mares four years old weigh 2400 one in foal bay mare ten years old weigh 1400 bay mare eleven years old weigh 1060 grey mare ten years old weigh 950 in foal suckling colt six months old span a r old mules brown well matched weigh 2100 three head fatale eleven head imlich cows Trem about Jan 16th ten head seven year old heifers sixteen yearlings one Shortbern bull
Rolfe residents report festive commerce with candy sales and theater plans at the Opera House. A property sale by James M. Smith agency moves the Everson residence to Peter Mylenback with March possession, while Grandma Dunn injures her hip after a fall.
A critical opinion argues universal military training would lower medical fees and questions its value. It praises army physical training as a potent tonic that quickly builds strength, vigor, and discipline in growing youths, claiming it reforms posture and overall fitness.
In France superstition stays strong with Christmas day rites valued for cures and good luck. Beliefs include Christmas day baths preventing fever and toothache, meat abstinence to avoid fever, prune avoidance curing ulcers, and the "Le pain de calende" loaf used as a remedy. Bread baked Christmas Eve stays fresh ten years, and portions remain on the table hoping the Madonna may share. Cattle health and harvest luck hinge on post midnight mass drinks, New Year fountain offerings, and avoiding lending on January 1 to keep luck for the year.
A lyrical recounting of Santa Claus arriving at night. The poem describes Santa on the wintry blast with a reindeer team, soot on his beard, a toy loaded sleigh, and stockings hung by children. He enters through the chimney, checks beds, fills stockings with sugar and toys, then departs with a jolly laugh.
A cheerful home guide praises laughter as a healthful aid to digestion. It markets Chamberlain’s Tablets as a more effective remedy for indigestion, priced at a quarter and sold by Wie Wel Dritgap Advertivenien.
A blunt dispatch notes an underwater vessel clashing with neutral shipping actions and the crew is said to be lost to a grim fate, with officials expressing sorrow over the events and the vessel’s departure from the scene.
Havelock News notes illness of Prof. Busby and visits by Mrs. Barth and Mrs. Gill to Laurens. Numerous travel and friendly calls include Miss Rinehart and sister J, Will Pattee and Mrs. Torpy in Rolfe, Miss Gladys Veazie visiting Grace Rudolph, Heathman visitors from Fort Dodge, Mrs. Goodchild with daughter, and Emma Conklinson listed as sick. Across towns, many relatives visit, Miss Onnen and Iva Conrow travel through the area, and Social Club members in Laurens enjoy a Thursday gathering with Nellie Goodman and Clarice Lucas, plus an ample luncheon.
Mrs Albert Blosser of Lima Ohio endorses Chamberlains Dougs remedy as the best medicine for colds and croup. Many others share the opinion. For sale by Vie wer Drug Co. advertisement.
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