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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
6
A string of visits from Dodge and Des Moines relatives. Camp Dodge and Plover ties appear as residents attend gatherings. Court activity includes Cundiff guilty verdict awaiting sentencing and Byrne will case set for trial with many county witnesses present. Local social news covers anniversaries travel and Red Cross dressings lesson.
Glenn Wallace visited Blisworth with friends while Brank Ritchey came from Rolfe. Mrs. Annia Goodenough Smith stayed with Mrs. D. M. Clow. Mrs. Jack Tackaberry from Pioneer visited her sister Mrs. Caywood. Eva Tilton spent Sunday with Rolfe relatives. John Anderson attends Grocers' Wholesale Co. meeting in Des Moines. C. M. Nichols family to move to Harold Lees house March 1. Hemmerson called at Havelock. Noll of Eagle Grove leads railway carpentry crew. Hans Porter called at Humboldt. Bradgate, Gilmore City, Rolfe, West Bend, Camp Dodge mentions occur. Royal Neighbors surprised Mrs. Weaver with flowers. family to move near West Bend March. Bryarly of Gilmore City visited Bradgate. James Bradbury from Camp Dodge in uniform. Tony Carlton from Rolfe visited. Ruey Jarvis of Fort Dodge spent Sunday at Bradgate farm home.
County records show numerous workers and payments for gravel hauling and related road work. Included are John Kemmer 34 00 Edward Stoulil 106 76, F X Eberle 60 46, Roy Stoulil 66 20, Ben Flessner 67 60, Ed Quinsland 16 00, Frank Nedved 31 80, A L Clarke 18 00, Albert Hronek 29 00, Fales 161 50, Elmer Johnson 71 38, Harold Shimon 67 00, Erickson Bros 18 60, Frank Peterson 80 00, totaling 253 90.
A garbled OCR item lists individuals including van Gerdes Bale Ada and Henry Lampe Sr engaged in gravel hauling and shoveling tasks. The fragmentary text implies a work detail or community labor scene with multiple names attached to manual labor.
Basement sale offers women waist shirts and middies at dramatic cuts from former prices of 60c 7c and 1.00. Large selection for women and girls with substantial discounts noted. Shop location tag indicates basement display and store branding.
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