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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
3
Ron and Mrs Hubbard welcomed a daughter Friday February 13. Local movements include the Gravers moving to the W T Waugh farm and visits among townspeople at the Mick and Obrecht homes. A Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting featured Miss Simmons from India and a well attended Miller hall dance.
Nobles Highy has been on the sick list for several days. Mr and Mrs John Wallace welcome a daughter. Mrs Will Bowen visiting Humboldt this week. Little Orlo Sheldon ill. Miss Lillian Watts ill with influenza. Jack McBride of Gilmore City a town caller Sunday. Dr Fuller-White of Rolfe a professional caller last Saturday. Mr and Mrs A E Olsen and children ill with influenza but recovering. Mrs Laurence Meech sick. Miss Olga Holden a Humboldt caller Sunday. Mrs Chas Templeman and Miss Josephine Rolfe callers last Friday. Royal Neighbors entertained at Charles Nichols home. Fred Bradburn business caller in Humboldt Tuesday. Minnie Avery Humboldt here for business. Nick Holden of Humboldt a town caller Monday.
The snippet records a home gathering at Géo. Laning’s, a Hum boldt caller, word of Mrs. Wes Tulton’s illness, and the final Gordon Entertainers lecture at the M. E. church. It then details Edgar H. Doe’s birth in 1851 and death in 1920, his family’s moves through Hebron Belvidere Algona Humboldt Bradgate, marriage to Lucia Garlick, three children, conversion in 1907, and service to the Bradgate M. E. church, noting Albutus could not attend due to illness.
A letter reflects on wartime medical progress from Fort Sheridan and Civil War lamentations, predicting future hand grafts for amputation stumps and praising surgical advances while noting evolving treatment norms. It notes public figures like Hoover and mockingly mentions politics amid a crosstown salvos of opinion.
The article advises farmers to inventory farm assets including livestock feed machinery cash and receivable and list mortgages and payables. It notes March 1 as moving day for starting accounts and obtaining records from the county agent. It warns that excessive work can be dangerous and cites the lure of night life as a risky pursuit.
A loud man’s disruption triggers a local hearing on noise control and nuisance rules. Officials consider stricter limits as residents demand quieter streets and balanced enforcement. No injuries reported and no charges filed at this time.
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