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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
8
Mutual dissolution of the firm Peterson and Ehlers signed by G B Phterson and Fred Ehlers. Also mentions a medicinal claim for a discovery claimed to stop coughing at first catch of cold and to break up phlegm, with ad phrasing about immediate relief.
A humorous exchange unfolds on a bus or tram as a conductor urges the passenger to offer a seat to a lady. The passenger replies that the woman might respond with thanks and notes a weak heart, implying reluctance to move.
A fragmented verse hints at urban admiration for a farmer’s wealth and the urge to buy remaining goods. The speaker contrasts city life with agricultural success and invites consumption of what remains to be acquired.
An elderly veteran recounts a cirrhus incident where a severe toothache drove him to charge at the front of his regiment. He fought for two hours and earned praise, but he reveals the real motive was the desperate urge to end the painful jumping.
Local residents and visitors fill the week with social calls and travels. Rev G J Poppenheimer officiated a wedding for Tom Simonson and Hazel Kilbourn. Plover Opera House plans for On the Frontier with a band concert and lavish stage features.
A sizable group of Plover residents travels to Rolfe for the Hancher hog sale today, with buyers from the area expected to bid on multiple lot offerings.
Mrs Chas Johnson and daughter Rose of Carson North Dakota visited the A Simonson home last week. Miss Mildred Strickland is the teacher at Strong school. A basket social at Strong school house raised a little over 15 dollars despite bad roads. A wedding in Kenneoth drew Sigmund Sivertson to attend his cousin Tom M Simonson’s ceremony. The article notes town consolidation sentiment and discusses horse bills and local politics with quotes about the consolidation fight and Mr Sharp.
At Tyler ranch near Wakeeney Kansas S A Craig slept in a granary until awakened by a rattlesnake. The reptile crawled over his feet and chest before he could move. He obtained a lantern and killed the five plus foot serpent with fifteen rattles and a button. It was the largest rattler killed in the county in years.
Edwin Cripps located a large maple bee tree in the James Black bush of Everton near Guelph. The hollow tree held more than seven feet of honey in the comb, about twelve inches diameter and roughly one hundred fifty pounds in weight. A previous note mentions a basswood tree tapped in Brin township yielding a good honey find with Italian bee stock.
Christian De Wet once rivaled the veldt as a famed elusive figure in the Boer side. British pursuit failed for months as he and followers used agile maneuvers. Now steam and gasoline engines, not riders, pursue him, turning war into an automotive chase the Chicago Herald calls The Autmobile War.
A 1914 to 1914s list shows 35 poisoning cases from arsenic based fly papers, five fatal and 30 non fatal or uncertain, across Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Nebraska New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania with state tallies.
Michigan Supreme Court holds that a spouse’s poor entertaining conduct does not prove ground for divorce when both parties shared finances and the husband, a railroad crossing watchman earning 35 dollars monthly, did not engage socially. The ruling emphasizes non support and cruelty must show more than inadequate entertainment.
Sea water treated electrically acts as a cheap effective disinfectant for cleaning pools schools and hospitals. When salt water is unavailable artificial sea water is made with slight cost. Public pools stay clean by initial addition of treated water and regular top ups every few days.
An advertisement urges readers to fight germs during a cold and promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a remedy. It claims the product loosens mucus and soothes the lungs and guarantees results with a 26 cent price at the druggist.
The Register and Leader promises full, first reports on the new legislature. It offers morning delivery and subscription deals with Sunday issues and advertises Ding cartoons and cartoon books. Subscriptions may be arranged via The Arrow editor or directly through The Register and Leader, Des Moines Iowa.
The state requires enrollment and soundness certificates for stallions and jacks to be renewed between January 1 and April 1, 1915, with renewal work expedited by early application at the Department of Agriculture. Permanent certificates must be renewed yearly with a veterinarian affidavit. Arrow office offers printing for horse bills and advertising.
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