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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
6
Alexander C. Johnson proposes a method to curb car theft by classing automobiles as real estate with titles and deeds. Cars would require transfer registration to be sold, removing casual resale value and reducing theft incentives.
The text muses on arbitration rising in popularity while noting its temporary nature. It imagines a former crown prince seeking film work in American cinema if funds run low, and jokes that making a movie involves many kinds of people. It ends with a metaphor about taking a bath and repeating dirt.
A campaign summary praising Gov. Frank A. Lowden of Illinois for cutting taxes 33 percent in two years and implementing a businesslike, efficient state government. It highlights a nine-department consolidation, a new budget system, cash balance growth, and major public works including roads and waterways.
A local man who predicted twenty six snow storms last fall says his forecast was too conservative as the season brings snow nearly every day. Citizens note heavy accumulation and ongoing travel disruption across the region.
Local society reports include Ladies Aid meeting plans at Methodist parlors with hostesses, housing moves by the Bosters to Windom Minnesota, farm sales at Leslie farm, and Ferguson Brothers to operate the Boster land. County Nurse Association formed, tuberculosis fight organized, and leap year social planned by Presbyterian youth. Military honors to Roy Forsythe with Croix de Guerre, and Pershing updates noted. editor recalls past prices.
Close allies of Theodore Roosevelt and former Progressive leaders in Illinois and the Midwest rally behind Gov. Frank C. Lowden for the Republican nomination. Medill McCormick Harold Ickes Ira Copley B F Harris Frank Funk George H Porter Thomas Knight back Lowden. Roosevelt once hosted Lowden at the Springfield mansion and October 2018 is cited as a historic nod to unity.
Notice to qualified electors of the Consolidated Independent School District of Plover. The annual election on Monday, March 8, in the school building will decide whether the district issues bonds totaling 30000 for constructing an addition to the current school building. The notice specifies the bond question and election details for voters.
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