Wanted Wide track feeder with grass seed attachment
Pirie Bros. Rolfe advertises a Wanted wide track feeder with grass seed attachment in good condition.
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1915
Page
4
Pirie Bros. Rolfe advertises a Wanted wide track feeder with grass seed attachment in good condition.
Intense interest sweeps the central United States as Farm Bureau launches Machinery Fix-Up Week February 14 to 19. Blacksmiths and implement dealers join farmers in repairs with a Havelock blacksmith offering fifteen percent off repairs. Rolfe Implement Co. volunteers to supply repair parts for any machine.
The Pocahontas county basketball tournament will be staged at Rolfe school gym Friday Feb 25 with Fonda Laurens Ware and Rolfe entered. Probable top forwards Mullen of Fonda and Holland of Laurens and Rolfe’s strong squad signal a high quality meet. Referee Prof Parsons of Iowa State College Ames is secured to ensure fair play.
Louis Sernett went to Iowa City Tuesday evening to bring Mrs Sernett home from a hospital there. Robert stays at the Mary Sernett home while he is away. Don’t forget the K P hunt tomorrow. Johnny, get your gun. Mrs Nora Cleaver went to Rochester Minnesota last week to consult the Mayos about her health. Miss Anna Matteson with one of her pupils visited from Ayrshire Saturday.
H F Olerich plans another hog sale at his Rolfe area farm on Friday February 18 featuring sixty head of Poland China sows and gilts in top breeding condition. The offering includes tried sows up to 800 pounds fall gilts up to 600 pounds and spring gilts to 400 pounds with bloodlines from The Yankee Handerdale Handerdale Jones 1st the Busters Designer Big Bob The Clansman and other leaders. This sale doubles as a hog show inviting local buyers to bid and take home money making animals.
Wil SAVE THE CHILDREN reports a relief drive mailing 600 appeals with only about sixty responses by last evening. Chairman Bowen notes that replies are needed to gauge prior donations and finish the effort promptly, easing the committee's workload.
E. W. Meredith offers ten horses including a registered Percheron mare and a registry eligible colt, six milk cows and young stock, Shorthorn bulls, twenty registered Poland China brood sows, a line of machinery, Rhode Island Red chickens, and other items. The sale occurs February 15 and features exceptional stock quality near the Lind farm west of Plover.
Perry R Kaiser died February seventh in Mercy hospital Fort Dodge after a ruptured appendix led to a fatal infection. Born February seventeenth 1902 in Rolfe Iowa he lived in the community and joined the Danish Baptist church near Gilmore four years ago. Survived by his parents a brother and five sisters funeral held at Rolfe Methodist Church with interment in Clinton Cemetery. Linn Grove versus Rolfe Saturday evening mail that return on the Hoover Relief Fund to the committee by Saturday.
Iowa City February report on the Finkbine Kuehnle banquet honoring 100 invited university leaders. Rolfe figures Billy Ritchey and Clyde Charlton among guests from Phi Rho Sigma and A F I senior honorary. Weir Murphy and Walter Jessup attend as senior class leaders.
A large sale near Rolfe includes about twenty head of horses and three mules, thirty-nine cattle, fifty-six hogs with brood sows, and substantial farm machinery. Held on Leslie Hughes’ farm four miles south of Rolfe with lunch at 11:30, the event promises good stock and homegrown draft animals, advertised by Alberts and Hixon.
A series of Duroc and Poland China sow sales and bred sow auctions are listed for February. Sellers include A. R. Graham and Leslie Hughes near Rolfe, E. W. Meredith near Plover, Niss Behrendsen south Garfield SOTani, Harvey Vaux east of Mallard, T. J. Stephenson near Gilmore City, H. F. Olerich southwest of Rolfe, F. L. Watson north of Rolfe, and Will Peterson near Rolfe. Sale dates range February 14 through February 21.
The Mallard Trinity Lutheran ceremony united Miss Mary White and Wallace Rouse in a 7:30 pm service on February 9. Guests enjoyed a three course supper, with about 35 relatives present. The couple plans to reside on the Wm. White farm near Mallard after a wedding trip to Omaha.
The marriage of Miss Viola Smith and Mr. Henry White was solemnized in a quiet, intimate ceremony. Officiants and a small gathering witnessed the vows, with the couple receiving warm congratulations from family and friends.
The senior class and teachers of ITT Plover school were entertained at the McKim home with a bus trip, question contests, games, and refreshments. Plover high beat Pocahontas 23 to 16 in basketball with Pollock and Jeffries leading the scoring and Donovan of Gilmore City refereeing.
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