Pocahontas Legion plays Rolfe town team February 16
The Pocahontas Legion basketball squad travels to Rolfe high school gym on Thursday February 16 at 7 45 p m to face Rolfe undefeated town team in a bid for revenge after a home loss. Rolfe lineup expected same as prior game with Dynes substitutions. Albert Willey schedules public sale February 15 on the Thomas Shimon farm four miles west and one mile north of Rolfe.
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Rolfe High School
Pocahontas” ‘Legion
Rolfe
Poeshontas
Symes
Chambers
Sennett
Graham
Lehnus
Albert
Willey
Thomas Shimon
West
For Sale Pure Bred Hogs and Bulls in Rolfe
Arrow adlets advertise pure bred Duroc gilts from H. A. Minkler and Hereford yearling bulls from H. C. Wiegman both in Rolfe. Low prices and good start in hogs or cattle.
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H. A. Minkler
Rolfe
H.C. Wiegman
Describing Home’s Warm Return After Desolate Silence
The speaker longs for home as a dreary desolate hall gives way to welcoming visions of children and family. A contrast between grim quiet and joyful, foreseen reunion fills the verse with yearning. The poem ends with hope as loved ones return.
Vacations and proper use of leisure time
A discussion on the value of vacations for workers and their rest. It warns against wasting days off on expensive, unproductive trips and urges restful, healthy outings with careful spending. It notes that some vacationers return exhausted and in debt, while others derive little benefit from travel.
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SoMa
The
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Rest Time and The Need for Up to Date Farm Equipment
A column argues that true happiness comes from balance between work and rest and warns against living only to work. It notes that modern, up to date farm equipment speeds work, enabling timely completion and preparedness. It invites readers to discuss their equipment needs.
Manage Your Self for Personal Progress In Work
Classic self help column urges readers to self manage mind and body to increase value to a boss. Guidance covers discipline concentration work ethic and health with practical steps and a closing quip about social invitations and speedings fines.
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Hig
Hig Capital
John Blake
All Steel Inside Bucket Elevator On Display Next Week
Mr. Farmer promotes a chanceless all steel inside bucket elevator model to be shown at the store throughout next week. The presentation emphasizes durability and modern design for farmers and industrial users.
Boys Turn to Civic Service in Scout Community Push
The Boy Scout Good Turn movement trains boys for citizenship through town programs. Campaigns include Walk Rite traffic safety health and tree planting drives, Red Cross searches for lost children, anti pest and weed campaigns, toy drives, bird houses and city government practice. Community meetings in Rolfe invite participation to support local boy development and public service.
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Boy Scout Movement
Safety-First
National Safety-First Council
Red Cross
Real Dream Separation Value Real Dream Sep
Fragmentary line of advertising copy references high test gasolene and kerosene with phrases about grinding saving and feeding ground feed. The readable text presents disjointed marketing language and does not specify a clear event or outcome.
Bare spots and planters cited in old agricultural note
A fragmented OCR passage mentions bare spots and farming gear including Hayes Four-Wheeled and International No. 8 Two-Wheeled planters as reliable equipment for crops. The text suggests survey of gear used for planting in a year.
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Hayes
Oil and Greases The Right Kind at the Right Price
An advertisement promotes oils and greases with emphasis on correct grade and fair pricing. It highlights quality products and practical value for customers seeking dependable lubricants.
Election handshakes would waste energy and water
A quoted remark critiques campaign handshakes as wasteful, arguing the energy lost equals two million gallons of water per election event. The wording suggests frustration with political rituals and resource use.
Fountain of Youth Found in Community Service
Rotary clubs chambers of commerce and many organizations celebrate Boy Scouts of America inspiring leadership and youth service. In thirteen years the movement has enrolled over half a million men as leaders, renewing their own youth through service to boyhood.
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Page Ponce de Leon
Rolfe
Rotary Clubs
Kiwanis
Chambers of Commerce
Lions
Red Arrow Clubs
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Pythias
Magons
Odd Fellows
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Movement
America
Fountain of
HFT
Pocahontas County Sealed Bid for Linoleum Flooring
Sealed proposals will be received by the Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors Iowa until 10 00 a m Tuesday February 20 1928 for furnishing and laying linoleum floor covering in the Pocahontas county courthouse Plans and specifications may be seen at the county auditor's office and at Proudfoot Bird Rawson Architects Des Moines Iowa and obtained from the architects by applying in accordance with bidder instructions Randall Melson chairman and Albert Schroeder county auditor attest.
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Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas
Iowa
Pocahontas County Court House
Proudfoot
Bird & Rawson
Hubbel
Des Moines
Randall Melson
Albert Schroeder
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F. L. MacVey
Good Midland
N. A. Lind
Edna Henderson
Plover
Duroe Jersey
Pathfinders
Sensation King
A. P. White
F.C. Thomas
Pocahontas County
Arrow Office
W. A. Hubel
Profit Maker
H. C. Kauffman
B. G. Benrendse
Gilmore City
Robert Klein
O. N. Cook
Harold Schaeffer
J. R. McIntire
the State Savings Bank
Alice Terry
Indiana
Miss Terry
Will M. Maupin
Johnson
Look
Mr. Farmer
Boy Scout
Rimrock
J. Allan Dunn
Fellows
Fountain OF Youth
G. F. McGuire
Poland
Chinas
Sale Pavilion
Manson, Iowa
Rockwell City
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