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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1933
Page
8
The report lists numerous Sunday visitors and family gatherings across Gilmore City Pocahontas and Laurens. It notes deaths and funerals in nearby Oskaloosa and Laurens, plus church group meetings, hospital recoveries, and a planned public supper by the Ladies Aid on Washington's Birthday.
Fred Southern born May 2 1870 near Silver Lake Ayrshire Iowa died Feb 5 1933 at University Hospital Iowa City aged 62 9 3 taken to Iowa City Jan 24 for treatment funeral services held at Twilight Theatre with Rev C L Day pallbearers listed interment Washington Cemetery a neighborly man known as Big Mike survived by uncle C J Southern Oregon and niece Mable Matson Waterloo mourners recall his work at the city water works and his love of nature and children
Rev c L Day leads Havelock Methodist Church with Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m Epworth League 230 p m Intermediate and Junior Leagues also at 230 p m No evening services Week plans follow pulpit schedule The community is invited to make this their church home and all will be welcome.
Mr and Mrs Otto Trebbens visited relatives in Pomeroy on Sunday. F B Johnson and family called on Bert Smiths. Ernest Froh and Frank Johnson visited William Nowacks Sunday evening. Lester Goodchild and family shopped in Rolfe and attended a business men sponsored nickel movie. The Bougheys hosted Goodchild and Pirie families Sunday afternoon. Adrian Logan and John Kline visited Pocahontas and attended the delinquent tax sale moved to Apr 3. W A Goodchild returned from a visit with Hansen family near Cylinder. Herman Bittner and mother Mrs Matilda Hearst hosted callers last Sunday amid her illness. Beginning Monday through Friday this community continues local events.
The week saw the season’s coldest weather in Pocahontas County with temperatures from 10 to 20 degrees below zero and down to 25 below on Wednesday morning. Strong northwest winds persisted as residents spent the week hauling wood and coal to fuel stoves.
The Tuscaroras myth linked to Niagara Falls explains a sky maiden canoe event that saved the tribe from escape blocks in North Carolina. Dr. Erl Bates notes the legend ties the river story to a ceremonial gift launched over the falls, reflecting a Tuscarora word meaning roaring waters.
A Spanish historian Ulloa argues Columbus was 28 when he first reached the New World, challenging the conventional 50 year old claim. Canadian National Railway notes uncertainty about date versus Columbus's age, while official discovery date remains October 12, 1492 at San Salvador in the Bahamas with Nassau as capital.
The article argues that French and Scotch culinary prowess arose from civil wars and resource constraints, while England, with peace and better food, wastes dainties. It notes French kitchens offer greater variety than English ones, citing National Geographic Society Builtin.
The passage discusses riddle tales that avoid detective work and rely on a mystery with a concealed explanation revealed at the end. It cites examples by Poe Kipling Collins Stockton De Quincey and Bulwer, noting the reader confronts puzzling facts with the solution withheld.
Joseph Addison laments foreign phrases infiltrating English in the Spec tator. He calls for superintendents of language to ban French terms as wartime vocabulary corrupts speech and confuses future generations.
The Sandwich glass house pioneered pressure manipulation of glass, often credited with the pressing process though pressing predates it. Early specimens, especially from the first 25 to 80 years, show nearly every design and color used in this industry.
Pocahontas Iowa January 28 1938 regular session of Pocahontas county board of supervisors. Randall Melson elected chairman pro tem W P Hopkins named justice of the peace Swan Lake township J A Hansen appointed constable Garfield Swan Lake town C A Reyman appointed constable Swan Lake bonds of Hopkins Hansen and Reyman approved meeting adjourned to February 7 1938 County Auditor A Johnson signed needed note. It's so easy to be a statesman.
A historical note reports that certain whale species are capable of remaining submerged for more than twenty minutes, highlighting remarkable diving endurance observed in marine mammals.
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