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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
8
A fable features a vain Cricket claiming superior night songs. The Toad and a Robin challenge the claim, arguing birds can outsing crickets in daytime, while the cricket insists on nocturnal performances. The Robin lures the cricket away for breakfast, ending the contest.
The name Juanita grows from Juan and Juana with a feminine ending and spread from Spain to the Americas. It gains fame through queens and songs and remains linked to Spanish endearments. Talisman gem fire opal marks its lucky charm with Tuesday as a lucky day and seven as a lucky number.
A proposed 700 mile transmission line would carry electric power from Victoria Falls along the Zambesi to mines near Johannesburg. The project aims to supply energy to regional mining operations and boost regional electrification.
A friend recounts Tony the child who cries at home over school problems. The boy is judged harshly by a teacher for talking too much yet asserts he only speaks briefly. he fears punishment for speaking out. The older man hopes Tony learns English well to become articulate.
Pocahontas papers named county official papers for the year. Elizabeth Moir of Burlington dies in Washington after sleeping sickness. Fairfield women lose 26000 to stock salesmen. Marriages near Rolfe and Anita noted. Local farms endure thefts hogs and cattle. Officials, fires, and accidents across multiple towns. notable deaths include Judge Smith of Council Bluffs and Marco Bachman in Glenwood. Mediterranean trip for Laurens residents begins. Southworth dies in West Virginia incident while serving as state police.
H V Holt handled business in Laurens Monday. Mallard visitors Joe Gradin and Ed Barber called here Wednesday. D F Reents and Alta visited Geo Allen Tuesday evening. G W Schielder stayed at Hartung home in Pocahontas last week. Reents party went to White home Curlew for Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting. Meeting reported excellent. Howard Albaugh shelled corn last Thursday. Otto Gneuple of Mallard called Thursday. Chris Hacker did business in Emmetsburg Wednesday. John Hacker visited Plover Thursday. Edge spent Friday in Laurens on business. Residents attended Maxson sale in Rolfe last Thursday. Dr J Hovenden of Laurens was here Friday. Thos Edge and family at Harry Nible’s Sunday. Alfred Mick of Manson weekend with family. Lou Stover of Bradgate visited Saturday. John Kline shipped hogs and cattle to Chicago Saturday night. Legion meeting at Pocahontas Sunday included R Graver and others. Jay Williams runs the ice house this week. Laurens ladies attended Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society meeting at M E church Friday. Phil Martin sold property to a Laurens man. Mrs H Kruse sick. Phil Clayton and children spent Friday in Pocahontas. W E Mick and Pocahontas baby visited Saturday. Havelock basketball beat Pocahontas Ware 11 to 9 on Friday. Mallard teams visited. Mallard girls won, Mallard boys lost. W A Bloomer home under diphtheria quarantine. Miss Grace ill. Speedy recovery wished.
The practice began in the Middle Ages when most houses were wooden. Town watchmen rang a bell after sundown to signal residents to extinguish fires and retire. The term curfew derives from the French couvre feu meaning cover fire. William the Conqueror introduced it to England, though the custom existed across Europe earlier.
Des Moines Tribune promotes more pictures features and markets than any other Des Moines evening paper. Price reduced to four dollars a year. Request free samples from local representative H. F. Thomas, contact numbers 146 and 1230.
Community news from Bradgate Humboldt Rolfe and nearby includes visits home from Mrs Jens Peterson and Mrs We Wallace, a Danish church posting for Rev Grarup in Newell, birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Frank Marchant on January 28, and a Miss Olga Madsen shower hosted by Mrs H Severson. Elizabeth Putnam of Iowa State University Extension will lecture at Bradgate school Feb 3 on Home Furnishings Decora tions and Pictures for the Home.
20 head of horses and mules including several mares geldings and colts with weights from 71850 to 3200 and ages from 2 to 9 years. Also eighteen hogs including sixteen full blood Duroc sows bred to farrow in March and April and four grade sows to farrow in March and April.
A sweeping sale features men and women's shoes from $1.55 to $2.98, dresses from $1.49 to $19.95, undergarments and linens at deep discounts, plus blankets, rugs, draperies and housewares. Hundreds of items across clothing, housewares, and fabrics with many items priced to move.
A dense catalog of everyday items with prices including milk at 11¢ and 10¢, crackers at 15–18¢ per pound, Karo syrup from 9–47c, cocoa and coffee specials, Macaroni and spaghetti four for 25c, navy beans 19c for 8 pounds, and Del Monte canned fruits with 28–69c can prices.
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