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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
2
A garbled classified list offers farm animals hay and livestock for sale from various Iowa towns plus a subscription pitch for The Chicago Tribune. Items include hogs roosters cattle and chickens with prices and contact names and phones. Several listings mention prime hay and ram and sow offerings near Rolfe Ottogen and Minneapolis with exchange notes and land references.
A vintage, error filled meditation on politics, war funding, and social fixes. The piece hints at presidential years, pension costs, and broader national issues, with scattered names and ideas reflecting a satirical or editorial voice.
A historical notice explains cataracts causing partial to total blindness and states that surgical removal offers a cure only after blindness has progressed. It cites high success rates for restoration of sight in operable cases and warns that early medical treatments are limited.
Local chatter describes neighbors and relatives visiting in Rolfe Iowa with a note of curiosity about a damning young lady and an excellent minister. Community events include a Ladies Aid gathering, Rebekah installation, and visits from relatives in California and Moline. Townsfolk greet the New Year with skating plans at Thompson's Pond and a light social in town.
Owen Patterson lies ill with typhoid fever with temperatures to 104 degrees. George Sanding bedridden with lagrippe. Local cleaning services promote prompt care while community notices cover farm sales, travel, deaths, club meetings, and a near miss from a car accident as residents face winter hazards.
An old warning-style ad urges parents not to scold fretful children tied to worms or constipation. It promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer as a candy laxative that moves bowels and expels worms, claiming worms cause fever irritability and reduced vitality. The pitch details a box price and urges purchase.
Malcolm, a sainted pioneer mother of Pocahontas County, died Sunday morning after a brief illness at her home in this city. Funeral services were held at the Mathedrat church with family attendance except for Mr. Melcslmn who was bedridden. The article notes her role in early county history and promises a further obituary next week.
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