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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1933
Page
4
The R. HS notes describe an upcoming school exhibit with student projects across American literature government and English classes. Teachers discuss Texts by Dickens Lowell and study topics from banking to sentence revision as seniors study physics and French Revolutions.
Leading political scientists show fifteen percent of U S income goes to taxes with most spent by state and local governments The Arrow urges readers to study Pocahontas county board proceedings and discover where tax dollars go Five banks operate in the county with others closed The sinking fund for public monies depleted bonds worth 3 000 000 are issued to prop it up Public money tied up in closed banks takes years for returns Local allowances for domestic animals groceries meat milk and shelter are described and urged to be spent on essential services and schools over federal needs.
IOWA STATE COLLEGE in Ames hosts the 38rd Annual Farm and Home Week February 6 to 11. A colonial costumes drawing by students will reflect period dress. Fifth grade studies include fractions geography and dental honor rolls with ten names. Arnold Dietrich and Paul Olson moved away from the class.
The article notes a shift from quilts to hooked rug making as the season's favored craft. Burlap bases, old dress remnants, and dyes create thick, colorful rugs. Younger locals drive the trend, using large crochet hooks for neat, durable work, often completing a piece in days or weeks.
Attorney General E L O Connor asks Iowans with information on Hartzell or his agents to contact county attorneys as the Drake estate fraud investigation expands. Hartzell, deported from England, is en route to New York. Indictments will target all counties where Drake stock was sold.
Mrs. Ben Freeman shows health improvement after a sick spell. Frank K. Johnson, brother of Perry Nowlen’s owner, died in an Atlantic area auto accident near his hometown. Tuesday Club held a gathering with a one act play directed by Mrs. C. W. Siefkin.
Joe Norby died at his Bradgate home early Tuesday after a long illness. A World War II veteran, he managed the C and W section out of Havelock before retiring. He leaves his wife and three small children. Funeral services are planned in Bradgate with a later interment in Havelock.
Farmers from Pocahontas Boone Buena Vista Story Clay Palo Alto Humboldt and Hamilton counties will meet in Fort Dodge on Saturday February 26 to discuss a statewide united effort to protect property from foreclosure. Lars J. Skromme of Roland says the gathering aims to organize and coordinate a broader movement.
The column comments on social meetups at the Ritz Theatre promotion, a complainant about film deliveries and Rolfe's trade territory concerns, and advice to pass odd jobs to those in need. It notes banks closed for a legal holiday observed Feb 13. The tone mixes gossip with reminders about local events.
An editorial appeals to Rolfe area businessmen to advertise in local papers to lure business back from big towns. It recalls family memories in northeastern Iowa and a midwinter wood-cutting contest with large laborers Big Jim and Big Adolph. The writer invites reader feedback on the piece.
The quote notes that occasionally a new governance concept arises but is quickly dismissed as economically and governmentally unsound, a cycle repeated across centuries. It reflects on recurring swings between reformist proposals and skepticism about feasibility.
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