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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
4
The author argues that effort is needed to retain knowledge and spelling. Relying on parents or asking endlessly hinders exams, while practical knowledge comes from searching printed authorities. True learning comes from digging for answers, reasoning, and repeated reflection.
The article describes fingernail shapes as insights into character. Short broad nails with skin growth suggest a domineering, critical personality with a taste for order and control. Spatulate fingers imply a passion for tidying and arranging surroundings.
A vintage recipe excerpt lists White Cookies Ginger Cookies Fruit Cake Raisin Drop Cakes and almond sugar meringue cookies. It provides ingredient lists including butter sugar eggs cream molasses soda ginger cinnamon cloves coconut dates lemon vanilla and rose water with baking instructions and cooling or baking steps.
A devotional verse by Will M Maupin offers morning gratitude and a plea for guidance health and rest. The prayer asks for courage for the right and cheer, blessing the speaker with calm renewal and steadfast faith.
In a playful exchange, Usual Accessories jokes about obtaining venison pies to throw during a Shakespearean comedy filming, with one speaker asking the other where to procure pies and the other replying with a humorous intention.
Local Rolfe and Plover communities drew a strong crowd to Legion Hall for a tense basketball game. Rolfe Legion and Plover town teams delivered a hard fought, high energy clash with four players leading the final push to a narrow finish.
The Des Moines Valley area joint session of Palo Alto Humboldt and Pocahontas counties Iowa met by call of the auditors. Members from each county discussed the C N W Railway bridge over the Des Moines river and a recommended crossing, with Rheims named chair and Gilchrist secretary. The group approved minutes and an agreement with the railway company, authorizing Rheims to sign, then adjourned.
Joint session of the Clay Palo Alto and Pocahontas boards in Emmetsburg on December 22 1922 elected Johnson of Clay as chairman and C W Gilchrist clerk. A committee to inspect Joint Drainage District No 73 was formed with Johnson Rheims and Hopkins, and the meeting adjourned at the auditors call.
Pocahontas Iowa December 7 1921 Board of Supervisors met as adjourned. Members present Elsen Hopkins Dooley Rudolfson. Linnan absent. Engineer Wei ng final report on W R Ewing contract for Drainage District 9-13 approved. Bonds for Albert Hansen Company graveling approved. Lungren Reis bridge contract bond approved. Taxes refunded for Lieb, Hartsock, Garlock, Trick. First National Bank Laurens refund rejected. Carleson refunds rejected. County fund claims audited: D O Blake printing 172.00 R D Bollard bailiff district court 24.00.
February four AM Bureau notes a school concert program featuring violin solo by Mrs. George Hilton and a "Littlest" children act. Students and staff are invited with no admission charge, and the meeting invites new ideas for the program while calling for dress style reform for men with knee breeches and bare legs.
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