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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1919
Page
2
The Rolfe Grain & Milling Co promotes high quality horse feed as essential for a strong healthy horse. Local stockholders invest taxes and profits in Rolfe, Iowa, encouraging customers to buy from a home company. Manager L W Larson leads the Rolfe operation with local ties and community investment.
Notice to shareholders announces an election at the First National Bank of Rolfe at two o clock p m on January 14 1919. The meeting seeks to elect a board of directors and officers and to consider related matters pertaining to bank affairs.
The piece traces aviation progress from early experiments to wartime advances and postwar potential. It notes aeroplanes rising and maneuvering under pilot control, credits WWI with rapid improvements, and predicts aviation’s expanding role in mail and transport despite high costs.
The revenue bill includes a ten percent tax on profits from products made with child labor in interstate commerce. Supporters expect Senate approval to deter child labor, arguing the goal is to protect future manhood and womanhood by ensuring childhood education and development. The piece links wartime manpower value to national strength and rights of the child.
Descriptions show Russia in upheaval with revolution, disordered life, and a populace driven to cold and starvation amid a nation overwhelmed by unrest.
The text argues that cruel military domination worsens hunger and clothing shortages in Eastern Russia while Siberia faces transport collapse on a worn railway. It states Russia was not ready for democracy after revolution and that Allies must aid with food fuel education and a stable government to bridge autocracy and red anarchy.
The piece urges patience as the nation moves from war to peace in 1919, noting gradual civilian readjustments. It calls for conserving food for Europe, managing price shifts, and financing the army's mustering out, with Christmas bonuses aiding liberty loans. The Red Cross remains active as many wartime activities end.
A quirky reflection mixes coinage references with postwar politics and figures like the Kaiser and Wilson. It muses on profiteering, the League of Nations, and reconstruction while jabbing at public sentiment and business, ending with a dated hopeful note for May 1919.
A promotional note encouraging use of Income Tax Farm Record Books to simplify tax work, avoid penalties, and keep business records with cash discount offers and ongoing seasonal compliments. It emphasizes ease of use and potential savings.
The Womens Club Salvage Committee urges residents to donate items for the war effort. Accepted goods include metal foils, tires, rubber, paper products, old clothes and shoes, glass jars, bottles, and worn textiles. Fold and tie bundles as directed and display the list to remind households to contribute.
The declamatory contest scheduled for last Friday afternoon was postponed due to absence of most contestants. County agent Mr. Dunbar visited the school and discussed the Baby Beef Contest for next year. Clarence Wentz visited from Driss with his brother Chas. after Clarence’s Navy discharge. Windy Center reports influenza illness drop in attendance with only twenty-one present Monday. D. M. T. pupils gain new opportunities while Miss Pingrey endures illness at Fisher home. Hot cocoa and paper battles accompany noon meals as flu disrupts classes.
The article jokes that if President Wilson remains away longer, Congress could be placed in an orphan asylum as a whimsical political quip about government continuity through 1919. It comments on reliance on the U. S. spirit and the need for unity through the Christmas season.
A garbled excerpt discusses themes of Germans, Asiatic countries, rehabilitation, and a woman’s experience. The fragment lacks coherent subjects, verbs, and concrete events, making precise interpretation impossible.
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