Debate over Shaff bill ends in swift Senate action
Senator Gilchrist argues against centralized control over expenditures and a powerful new secretary under the Shaff bill. The president pro tempore orders it to third reading with no debate, while Haskell and others seek unanimous consent for remarks. The measure would shift funding and oversight away from local boards to a Highway Commission.
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Senate
Varga
Gilliat
Pate
Ator
Haskell
Kchrist
Gilchrist
Highy Commission
Farm Bureau Calendar and Funeral Obituary Note
Township and clothing meeting dates listed for Feb in various towns. Timothy Hay funeral described with pallbearers and church tribute, followed by Farm Bureau notes and a Short Course report from Carl Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dovey
John Rosendahl
Lake Township
Mon Kendall
Marshall Township
John Aschenbrenner
Jintay
Lutheran Church
Anesterday
John Elsasser'se
Varina
Court House
Ontag
Timothy
Timothy Hay
Farm Bureau
Hayseed
Carl Anderson
Iowa State Ege
Rolfe Community Club Hosts Busy Church Supper and Meet
The Rolfe Community Club held a large supper at the Methodist church basement with 160 attendees. The event featured the High School Orchestra, two local quartets, and a talk by Dr. F B McTigue, highlighting the club’s aims and encouraging broader membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Community Club
Ramona Nelson
Charlotte Walker
Clifford Gyraeber
Russell Ives
Lorraine Morrison
Lulu White
Mary McIntire
Gussie Bruce
Juanita Nelson
Russell McIntire
R. W. Wilkin
Geo. Ivey
Walter Holt
Wilkin
F. B. McTirue
I Emmetsburg
Emametsbure
Emmetsburg Club
Dr. McTigue
Rolfe
Free Movie Show Sponsored by Rolfe Business Men
The Business Men's Department of the Rolfe Community Club sponsors a free film event for Rolfe residents on Wednesday and Thursday February 23-24 with two showings daily at 2:30 and 4:00 at The Scenic. The feature is Where the North Begins, a recent release praised for scenery and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men's Department
Rolfe Community Club
Rolfe
Milo Reno to Speak at Plover Friday Evening
Milo Reno state president of the Farmers Union will address a public meeting Friday February 25 at eight o'clock in the Plover school auditorium. The well known farm movement leader is expected to draw a large audience and discuss current farm issues in an engaging talks.
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Milo Reno
Farmers Union
Plover
Mr. Reno
Farm sales slated next week attract buyers and livestock
A flood of farm sales continues with notices for Feb 22 to 29. F P DeVaul lists six horses forty bred sows and milking cattle near Rolfe while EB Yocum announces a three mile east of Plover sale with nineteen cattle and twenty nine hogs. KE White plans a West Bend sale with mules horses four milk cows and large farm machinery line. Mrs W C Larson advertises a Laurens sale featuring purebred Shorthorn cattle.
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F. P. DeVaul
DeVaul
Washington
Rolfe
Poland
EB. R. Yocum
Yocum
B. C
Rudolfson
Plover
KE. H. White
White
West Bend
Johnnie
W. C. Larson
Larson
Laurens
Two Des Moines Men Arrested In Pocahontas Rooming Case
In Pocahontas Iowa last Saturday two men identified as John and Alfred Todd of Des Moines were held after being accused of staying two nights in a rooming house without paying. They were arraigned, found guilty and fined five dollars plus costs totaling thirty seven dollars. They offered to pay rent and damages. the second case was dismissed on promise to pay thirteen dollars and costs. The pair had dug holes in a wall to view the bath room and had raised about twenty five dollars from selling apples to cover the balance."}
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Pocahontas
J. A. Crummer
John R. Smith
Alfred
John
Alfred Todd
Des Moines
Ike McKim Takes Over Davenport Dairy Farm Venture
Ike McKim leaves Pocahontas County for Davenport to manage a model dairy farm built by Geo. M. Bechtel. The bond broker envisions a top sanitary dairy with Thorebred cattle and seeks McKim to lead operations. Farewell notices reflect community goodwill and hopes for a return if needed.
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Ike McKim
McKim
Davenport
Geo. M. Bechtel
Bechtel
Mr. McKim
Alfalfa and Sweet Clover Seed Meeting Set in Pocahontas
County wide seed buying meeting led by M A Hauser of Marshalltown Iowa and the County Agent will be held Tuesday Feb 22 at the Pocahontas courthouse Soil tests will be free Bring a No 2 tin can for each test sample from diverse field spots Northwestern States Portland Cement Co will send a Gilmore City plant rep with limestone samples Fifteen to twenty seed dealers are expected to attend to provide seed samples and discussions aim to weed out quack grass and Canada thistle and help farmers plan spring purchases.
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M. A. Hauser
Marshalltown
Iowa
Court House
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County
Northwestern States
Portland Cement Co
Gilmore City
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Rosa Dady
Mrs. Rosa Dady expresses gratitude for friends kindness flowers and letters during illness and hospital stay. Includes thanks for support from community and mentions hospital period. Also contains a quoted political remark attributed to the Birmingham News questioning Russian communism.
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Rosa Dady
Five Day Chautauqua At Rolfe High School
The Rolfe Woman's Club hosts a five day chautauqua in one evening at the high school auditorium on Wednesday February 23 starting at eight o'clock. The program features lectures, entertainments, living pictures, children’s shows, broadcasting for town benefit, fiddling, a comedy play and more with a candy and popcorn sale. Admission is twenty five cents for children and thirty five cents for adults, with tickets available at local merchants.
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Rolfe Woman’s Club
Monsieur Rochefort
L. A. Dux de Lux
City Bakery
Smith Brothers
C. M. Webb
Cora Lighter
Geo. R. Cook
Pocahontas County High School Tournament at Plover
Pocahontas county hosts a two day basketball tourney at Plover Friday and Saturday Feb 18 19 with opening games Rolfe and DMT at nine. Pocahontas faces Havelock while Plover meets Laurens then other matchups follow with Rolfe Fonda Pocahontas Varina and Ware. Reports note a crowded gym and an insurrection in Rolfe camp reducing its first team.
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Pocahontas County
Plover
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Havelock
Laurens
Fonda
Varina
Ware
Rolfe High
Ben Hur arrives at Princess Theatre Ft. Dodge this week
The Metro-Goldwyn epic Ben Hur screens Thursday through Saturday February 24 25 26 at the Princess Theatre Ft. Dodge. Star cast includes Navarro Bushman McAvoy and Key with a touring company and orchestra conducted by Clarence West offering a cinema spectacle of vast battles and pageantry compared to the stage version.
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Ben Hur
Lew Wallace
Princess Theatre
Ft. Dodge
Metro-Goldwyn
1Éady Bird
California
Fred Niblo
Ramon Navarro
Francis X. Bushman
May McAvoy
Claire McDowell
Kathleen Key
Carmel Myers
Nigel de Brulier
Leo White
Mitchel Lewis
Frank Currier
Betty Bronson
Chas Belcher
Dale Puller
Winter Hall
Clarence West
Carl Dingman Weds Miss Emma Grunst in Enterprise
Carl M. Dingman and Miss Emma Grunst were married by Justice J. L. Dann at high noon Monday. The couple, after a Chicago visit with relatives, will settle on the Dingman Brothers farm in Enterprise township and begin a life of farming success.
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Enterprise
J. L. Dann
Carl M. Dingman
Emma Grunst
Sherburn
Chicago
Dingman Brothers
Enterprise Township
Jackson County
Minn
Obituary of F C DeWolf marking life span and family ties
Frank Charles DeWolf born November 19 1850 in Moline Illinois died February 1 1927 at Rolfe Iowa after a long illness. He married Frances Amelia Rose in Lanark Illinois March 5 1874 and had nine children. Survivors include wife Frances, children, twenty grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral held at the Rolfe Presbyterian Church with a guard of honor from the Odd Fellows and six grandsons pallbearers. Interment at Clinton Garfield Cemetery. Out of town relatives listed from Minnesota Iowa and Des Moines.
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F.C. DeWolf
Frank Charles DeWolf
Charles
Clarinda DeWolf
Moline
Rolfe
Iowa
Eliza Stone
Elkhorn Grove
Frances Amelia Rose
Lanark
Ill
Viola
Bessie
William
Fannie
Norman
Electa
Agpa
James
Sabula
DeWolf
Presbyterian Church
J. P. Lester
C. B. Bowen
J. White
Messrs
J. R. McInt
Marshall
Minn
C. J. Cruickshank
Rollin
Roberta
Balaton
F. F. Fuller
Jerald and
Donald
Sioux Rapids
Lilie Lothian
Vera Fuller
Des Moines
James Miller
Clear Lake
Nate Miller
Mason City
Howard Bryan
Plover
Basket Social at Garfield District No 8 Friday Evening
A double-header basket social and program is planned at Garfield District No 8 on Friday evening February 25. Hattie and Ruth Rutgers, teachers, extend a cordial invitation to all to attend. Subscribe for The Arrow-NOW.
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Grafield District No. 8
Hattie
Ruth Rutgers
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D. M. Palmer
Glee Club
Palmer
Ministry
Ike” McKim
Biringham
Carl ‘Dingman
Basket
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