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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
8
A small space kitchen unit described as a complete kitchen occupying one area beyond feet. It includes a cook stove sink shelf space and drawers. When folded it becomes furniture resembling a chiffonier with a drop panel revealing an oil stove and a table. A raised lid uncovers a sink with a drain board and multiple shelves and drawers for general use.
A curious French boy enjoys rare joy from a mail carrier visit as donors send postcards and small sums of money, while a Kansas City Star quote reflects small town shopping anecdotes and spirited local talk about efficiency and enterprise.
Eva S. twenty four year old maid employed in Jersey City was locked up last night at the West Thirtieth Street Colfee station charged with grand larceny. She allegedly stole 160 dollars worth of items from a Sixth avenue department store. She said she saw a sign in the store reading Customers please take small packages home.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a discussion about a purported duplex telegraphy device capable of sending four messages at once. The item questions whether such a system could be attacked or harm the larynx, reflecting early telecommunication curiosities.
The excerpt refers to a plant described as catching insects by its petals closing rapidly. It presents a curious line about the plant named Plant and its mechanism of trapping prey.
In a Philadelphia court Judge Winletter presided over a case seeking to extinguish ground rents by twenty one year nonpayment. The Beck estate won as Charles F Beck properties near Water Spruce and Pine streets were involved and the Penn heirs did not appear. A separate street scene shows a girl guiding an old man to Mr James Ordway's house.
In a light moment the boy from Pana jokes about being fat while a speaker notes that current high food prices will soon rise or fall, reflecting shortages and cost pressures affecting families.
A collection of notes discusses Oregon county size versus Massachusetts, salmon returns to Penobscot after west plantings, 1920 federal publication costs at 425 370 75 dollars, the claim of Wazzan Morocco as the world’s only open slave market, home accidents as top danger, rail car changes in South American borders, fertilizer price probes by the Department of Agriculture, US shipping projections for 1922, Regina wheat transit, sweet potato syrup usefulness, and over 1000 known wheat varieties.
A night drive ends when a black cat darts from a ditch and causes a skid into a ditch. The driver escapes with a broken wheel after trudging a mile through mud to seek aid, vowing never again to swerve suddenly on slick roads.
The C and C Store advertises a weekend sale with deep discounts on underwear shirts stockings corsets middies children dresses boys overalls bed spreads and more. Multiple items priced at about one dollar or less plus bulk buys and two for one deals are highlighted with canned goods cereals and staples also on offer. See Fort Dodge Messenger-Chronicle for details.
The ad claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures it by acting through the blood. It guarantees one hundred dollars if the condition cannot be cured and offers free circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Ohio.
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