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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
8
A Lincoln community Christmas program drew crowds from farms and nearby towns as Drake University choir performed piano solos and carols at the Lincoln community house. Local families visited, holiday scenes filled the event, and residents planned more Sunday concerts amid festive cheer.
Reverend Dyson and Mrs Dyson visited in West Bend Tuesday. Grandparents Jack Henderson celebrate birth of granddaughter born Dec 24 to daughter Mrs Roy Williams of Lake View. Community Christmas tree program at the schoolhouse drew a large crowd with candy and nuts for all. Students Lillian Watts and Pearl Kent from Cedar Falls Teachers College spend holidays at home. Lulu Logan returns from Des Moines for Christmas with her parents. Several families and visitors from Rolfe, Humboldt, New Sharon, and Charles City noted.
A squirrel named Greedy Tim sneaks from bed to steal a giant nut pie prepared for a party. He chews through the crust, alarms the guests, and is punished by his mother who denies him any leftovers.
The article traces the name Rosalie and its variants from France to England and Italy, linking rose color symbolism, the rosarium devotion, and a spectrum of cultural forms. It notes the ruby as a wearer's gem and Tuesday as a lucky day, then shifts to quips about time and jokes.
Miss Cayenne deflects scandal and refuses to make shocking remarks. The exchange centers on propriety and restraint when hearing about others misdeeds.
Fragmentary verse lines describe a voyage across a river on a ferry with a cheerful spirit and a reference to Charon coming to claim a soul. The text reads as poetic meditation on crossing from life to afterlife.
A discussion on how gossip harms professional and private lives. It urges strict confidentiality in nursing training, cautions workers who enter homes to avoid sharing patient details, and warns that gossip can ruin reputations. It ends with light humor about misquotations and a newspaper photo caption.
A lighthearted dialogue notes cooking on camping trips being irksome but shifts to mother joining to cook. The exchange suggests a pleasant solution with mother seeking a vacation from kitchen duties.
A Plover program features the Liberty Belles in a concert of colonial era costumes and varied music. The show combines old home songs with present day pieces appealing to both young and old audiences.
A critic notes that a pleasing stage picture invites audience receptivity and that producers of large productions plan staging to enhance the setting’s effect on the audience. The author emphasizes the importance of visual environment in theater.
In 1777 near Wheeling, Major Sam McCullough led 40 men to break a siege on Fort Pitt. He outflanked three Indian bands, rode a cliff edge and creek chase, surviving a 50 foot drop and a 250 foot slide, then reached Fort Pitt to organize another expedition. Five years later he died in an ambush near Van Metre's fort.
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