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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
8
A fragmented notice promotes Jad Salts as a cure all for kidney and bladder issues. It claims kidneys can clog and urges a daily tablespoon of Jad Salts dissolved in water before breakfast. It cites lemon juice and galium compounds, touting safety and year round use to prevent complications.
Neighborhood notes report Hon J H Allen sold a controlling stake in the First National Bank at Pocahontas to J D E Anderson of Hardy Iowa. The item questions whether the deal is business or political and notes potential banking consequences from Allen’s retirement. West Bend plans an election on 82500 in bonds for a new school building after a December 14 bond issue of 30000.
Miss Willey and daughter Miss Marguerite visit Humboldt relatives. Will Cornell returns from Christmas with parents in Correctionville. Miss Ruby Mote ill. Prussner couple visit Pocahontas. Mrs John Wickerson and Alta visit Fort Dodge. Earl Gill returns from Pierson to spend Christmas at home. EK Garner on Marathon business. Ruby Mote returns from Waterloo to holiday at Chas Mann’s. Wm Obrecht visits Rolfe. Brodsky family visits Conrow home in Plover. Rinehart spends holidays with Laurens. Local youths attend Rolfe dance. Floyd Dickerson home for holidays from Fort Dodge. Mr Hanna spends Christmas in Webster City.
The January term petit jurors include list members from Rolfe Des Moines Pocahontas Pomeroy Laurens Swan Lake and nearby towns. The notice notes jurors like Grant Rolfe Laurens Pocahontas and Palmer among others and mentions Kansas City Star and The Arrow editions for 10 cents.
Mrs Will McCullem and daughter Daisy visited Bradgate relatives. Humboldt callers Ed Wittman and A Hutchinson. Rolfe shoppers Jens Peterson Floyd McCreary. Miss Johanna Hoveland visiting Minnesota. School closed for holiday vacation. Teachers and students traveling to Ellsworth Iowa Rucka City Montana Des Moines colleges. Resignation of Miss Masters as Consolidated schools principal. Christmas Day family reunion at John Anderson home. Des Moines visitors and local depots. Various residents visiting kin in Madison Wis Gilmore City Ottosen Paullina and Rolfe. Pneumonia illness of Myrtle Kelsey with nurse arrival.
Mr and Mrs Roy Ellsworth and Jeanette visited relatives in Fredricksburg Iowa on Christmas day. Mrs TD M Clow left for Boulter Colorado to visit her daughter Mrs Will Howell Rey. Mrs O E Ellefson left for Dows Iowa to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of his grandparents.
A British general delays a Tommy's marriage request to test constancy, then grants permission a year later only to learn the woman has changed. The note closes by promoting calendar sales from The Arrow line with ample variety and competitive pricing.
A Des Moines note cites harbingers of cold birds and a looming hard winter. State Senator Charles TH Thomas of Union County launches a bid for state treasurer, backed by strong early support, as Iowa politics gears up for a busy year with candidacies timed after January 15.
Frank Bennett, a blacksmith, digging at the former Howe brickyard site near Sullivan, Indiana, unearthed copper coins and white metal plates more than 500 years old. The coins, buried five feet down along a pioneer trail between Terre Haute and Vincennes, include 1410 dated heads and a Six pence Henry VIII mark. Large plates bear inscriptions referencing John Cabot and Sebastian Cabot with dates 1496 and 1498.
Fayal G Stone and Miss Leach Derr of Berwick Pa wed after a whirlwind courtship begun through a Kansas City correspondence club. The couple’s engagement and marriage drew half the town of Shenandoah to greet the new bridegroom and his wife in a cheerful ceremony.
Mrs. William White of Hartsville attempted to milk her cow after it strayed across Clifty Creek. She waded barefoot through a recently risen stream, milked the cow, and began returning when the water rose and swept her toward a deep hole. She scrambled to the bank, but the milk was spilled.
The text notes a man claiming to be President’s double, Vr. Leonard th. Moolish of Washington, bears strong resemblance to President Wilson. It suggests the likeness is so striking that with minor aging signs it could pass for the president, reflecting frequent mistaken identity.
Federal officers believe they have solved the mystery of the “old man of Kelly's Creek” by indicting Louis Peters a 22 year old man alleged to pose as an elderly bootlegger wearing false gray hair and whiskers. Peters is accused of selling Bold whisky in violation of the prohibition laws while presenting as an old miner.
Seattle report notes Hazel Edison, a Rush Medical College graduate, named deputy coroner for Tolt. She opened practice in July and will investigate violent and suspicious deaths across her mountainous district.
Early morning routine promotes health by flushing the digestive tract with hot water and limestone phosphate. The regimen claims to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels, reduce acidity and feverish symptoms, and boost appetite before breakfast. It targets constipation bilious spells and dull complexions, urging daily inside bathing with a quarter pound of phosphate for low cost.
A Crookston Ohio woman says Chamberlain's Tablets cured her stomach trouble and restored her health after two years of invalidism. She used three bottles and now is in best health. Sold by Viewer Drug Co.
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