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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
3
A medical warning notes that uric acid from meat can slow kidney function, causing back pain headaches dizziness and urinary issues. It recommends taking four ounces of Jad Salts dissolved in water each morning to flush and preserve kidney health, describing Jad Salts as inexpensive safe and pleasantly effervescent.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from F J Cheney & Co and two Toledo banks, claims the cure works systemically, and lists price at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials and free samples.
The liver shows in mental unhappiness and dullness when sluggish. Dr King’s New Life Pills promise to empty bowels tone the stomach relieve constipation and purify blood. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is recommended for piles with a note of sale at 26 cents.
A detailed catalog notes 29 head of pure bred English Shires including imported mare Fol ville Dray Lass foaled 1907 and American bred Marketon. It lists Clarissa foaled 1911, stallions Bonny Tom and Farmer Royal with birth years and weights, plus multiple bay and grey mares and geldings with ages and foal status. Also includes Belgian bloodlines and notes Pocahontas county lineage of Marc D. Hargi as the leading sire.
Mayor James R. Hanna mulls a gubernatorial bid amid Cosson and Rawson interest. Iowa legislature backs prohibition while John T. Clarkson emerges as a leading Democratic hopeful. Senator Savage pushes spending limits and tax reform debates echo through town. Senator Arney eyed for Congress. Porter touted for federal judgeship. Horses and global trade facts interrupt the chatter.
The article notes no brood mares or top geldings leaving the country with a looming demand for draft horses after peace. It recalls the burning of the old Register and Leader building and honors Rhet Clarkson, while detailing Uncle Dick Clarkson’s influence on Iowa farmers through seed corn testing and practical advice, despite deafness and illness ending his editorship.
A list of jurors for the March term of 1916 includes: A. Schroeder of Palmer, C. Skogstrom of Laurens, C. Dreeke of Havelock, A. Bush of Plover, H. Deacon of Fonda, L. Waugh of Pocahontas, W. Saylor of Palmer, Wm. Peterson of Rolfe, J. J. Wheeler of Rolfe, F. C. Thomas of Rolfe, Oscar W. Anderson of Pomeroy, C. P. Lathrop of Plover, Wm. Sornett of Rolfe, A. Terry of Pocahontas, O. Whitman of Laurens, Frank Walker of Laurens, Cc. Spencer of Fonda, Wn Kenny of Varina, G. Cc Monkelsen of Fonda, M. C. Barror of Fonda, Cless Dexter of Laurens, W. A. Goodchild of Havelock, Henry Else of Pomeroy, H. Henrichs of Palmer, J. B. Ferry of Laurens, E. N. Potter of Pocahontas, John Saathoff of Gilmore, A. L. Anderson of Fonda, Geo. Craft of Fonda, Geo. Shannon of Pocahontas, Henry H. DeWall of Pocahontas, Fred Booge of Pocahontas, Edmundson of Pocahontas, Bred Kaolke of Gilmore, B. W. Weeke of Rolfe, Jobh McChurg of Pocahontas.
Details on the Great Lakes naval training station near Chicago, including its foundation by Congress on April 27 1904, land and water area, initial purchase by the Commercial Club of Chicago, and government take over July 1 1905. Describes buildings, grounds, instructional programs, recreation, facilities, and leadership under Captain Moffet.
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