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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
2
A fragment from a Dope Sheet style column recounts a humorous tale of a hunter and an old Negro tracking a 'possum by tail furrow. It includes quirky dialogue and local color, plus a coal inquiry ad and a Minnesota mail address for Shull.
A fragmented classifieds page lists items for sale including livestock cockerels shorthorn bulls and Poland China pigs several household goods and tools such as a bedstead springs power saw and an apartment listing. Names and partial addresses appear with prices and sale notes in a rough early 20th century format.
A scientist explains ghosts appear white due to fever illusions and eye perception. He links drug effects to colored visions, naming hashish blue, alcohol red, and other substances causing various hues. The piece also recalls Munroe Smith on perpetual peace and notes British film tours to promote industry.
Rev John P Lester presides as installation services are set for next Wednesday evening with Harless, Whette and McKean scheduled to lead or preach. Union service planned next Thursday celebrates the Eighteenth Amendment taking effect January 16. Boy Scouts meeting for boys twelve and older at the Manse Thursday after school.
Rev A H Bryan invites all to attend next Sunday's service after a strong showing from the Intermediate boys class. The Women's Missionary Society meets Friday at the parsonage led by Mrs E S Colebaugh and Mrs WR Hopes. A union victory prayer meeting will run till midnight with church bells to honor John Barleycorn's demise.
Advertisements list upcoming farm sales with Jan dates and locations. Nels Severson near Mallard offers horses cattle shoats hens and machinery in a closing out sale. R C Weaser north of Havelock itemizes stock and machinery. Malecek Hansen near region offer stock hay and equipment before moving. Hudson Firkins Shaw combine to sell at former site. M Weible north of Rolfe advertises horses goats chickens and machinery. Read the ads and attend the sales.
A large gathering enjoyed a lumcheon at the Patterson residence Tuesday evening. Upcoming meetings are set for January 20 at the Kent home and January 13 at the Measinger home. The A L D Club met at Mrs. Rogers’s home with topics on Enchantress Women and Cleanliness in the Small Town. Church services are announced with the next midweek prayer night at John Rees’s home. An alarming note warns of dangerous self harm linked to wood alcohol booze.
The U. S. Walrus overshoe is marketed as a durable, weatherproof choice for hard wear areas. It promises warmth, dryness, and clean feet, positioning itself as the farmers’ ideal overshoe and urging dealers to demonstrate the new model.
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