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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
1
The piece lampoons nightlife perils and modern habits with humor. It jests about air conditioning, tax season, sleep, and drunken driving in a rambling, satirical tone. It notes businessmen seeking to collect bills and couples clinging to each other while driving.
The piece urges energetic local promotion and aggressive advertising to draw trade from nearby towns. It highlights the value of a “live wire” leader who takes initiative, supports fellow business and civic efforts, and helps the town’s barometer of progress by spending and organizing locally.
In the district court of the state of Town Pocahontas county Iowa the executors Geo W Johnson and Henry G Johnson are appointed and qualified as executors of Lena G Johnson deceased. Those indebted must pay the undersigned and those with claims must present them as required by law for allowance and payment. Dated February 10 1938.
Local residents from Ventura to Gilmore City share visits and hospital news. Des Moines township AAA committee met to discuss the 1938 program after a Storm Lake district meeting. Moving notices list several families shifting farms and homes in the Plover Graettinger area this coming week.
Alvin Freel moves to the farm vacated by Chester Harris who relocates to Holstein. Harris takes a Maytag salesman position there.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission announces a petition by Central States Electric Company Cedar Rapids Iowa to construct operate and maintain an electric transmission line over and across public lands highways streams and private lands in Pocahontas county Iowa. A hearing is set for March 15 1988 at Des Moines with objections due by five days prior. File E 2967.
Henry works to mobilize support for a movement through a word auction. The fragment hints at political backing efforts and strategy, but the readable text is limited. No dates, places, or identifiable organizations are provided.
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