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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
5
The Sun reports salesmen target “easy marks” in towns including a list naming locals, noting a Sheldon farmer's $40 000 stock sale on notes and a Buena Vista county suit over a $20 000 misrepresentation. The piece urges residents to wake up to get-rich-quick traps and warns money lost to such schemes.
Humboldt earned a label as quitters in sports circles when they drew a volleyball team from this city to challenge them. Local business leaders lacked formal organization but did mobilize a crowd for the event.
A Humboldt team selected and trained to play did not show up. Locals were handed excuses, and the planned contest was not played, seen as a mangy trick but a familiar Humboldt maneuver.
The article argues clothing prices are not higher in real terms, comparing outfits to corn and hog prices from 1914 to 1919. It notes a 60 dollar suit and cheaper shoes could be bought for fifty bushels of corn in 1919 versus 1914, and discusses hog and steer price relationships to clothing costs.
The wedding of James DeWolf and Carrie Twigg took place Wednesday February 18 1920 at the bride’s home with Rev Glenn M Squires officiating. The couple will reside near Rolfe after a wedding trip to Des Moines and other places.
Local visitors and visits with relatives are noted including Zeno Henderson in Laurens and Mrs. Frank Bagley of Audubon staying with Mrs. Chas Watts. The Epworth League hosts a pie social February 20 at the M E church. The Plover High School basketball team prepares for a March 5 Rolfe tournament. Bond issue plans of $20,000 for a high school addition are presented. Fire destroys Henry Nielsen’s farm home. neighbors save belongings. The Plover American Legion plans a lecture by Rainbow Division chaplain Winfred Robb on March 3 at the M E church.
A Patriotic Board of America meeting is set for Sunday evening February 22 at the M E church in Plover. Public invited. Program includes songs and readings by Mayor H Fitzgerald Rev Glenn M Squires Rev C M Whetzel and a Minute Men quartet with five minute speeches and a recessional.
The congregation witnessed the burning of a mortgage as trustees P R Henderson M Hofert G L Pir Win Strong and B C Lebnus presided The ceremony featured a match lit by Henderson after the mortgage’s cancellation and included remarks on the churchs historic role and its call to meet the world crisis with Christian laws and church efficiency.
The Powhatan township Farm Bureau district now has one hundred members, mostly farmers. At a Monday schoolhouse meeting officers were elected: President W W Wheeler, Vice President and Secretary F D Pirie, with ten township cooperators named to cover four sections each. The group aims to boost farmer benefits through organized activity.
The Methodist church celebrated its sixth anniversary on February five with the burning of the mortgage after a debt-free milestone. Trustees and the Ladies Aid Society organized the event, hosting about 173 attendees. Former ministers and officials joined, as Rev C M Whetzel led the service and a three course dinner followed.
Plover Methodist Church lists Sunday services with Bible School at 10:00 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Praise Service at 7:30 p.m. Weekday Bible Study Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Ladies' Aid meets for business. Epworth League hosts a pie social in the basement Friday evening. Bible class tonight at 7:30.
Qualified electors of the Consolidated Independent School District of Plover are notified the annual election will be held in the Plover school building on Monday March 8. The question before voters asks yes or no on issuing bonds totaling 80,000 dollars to construct an addition to the present school building.
H. H. Grove urges customers planning sales this season to contact him early for date arrangements. He notes a very busy period and reports dates quickly filling up, with arrangements possible at The Arrow office or by phone.
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