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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
1
A reflective column analyzes federal prohibition policy, political maneuvering, and crime justice priorities. It cites Washington pressure on industry alcohol, calls for broader enforcement beyond liquor, comments on politicians like Brookhart and Pershing, and notes trucking licensing laws and editorials praising Ed M Smith for governor.
The article links farm boys to Scotland Yard’s detectives due to health vigor observation and discipline. It notes Manx cats and breeding, raises eugenic ideas, and discusses future human homogenization. It defines robots as machines with built in brains, citing Elmer Sperry and gyroplane tech as examples of brain-powered devices.
The article notes automatic flight progress reducing pilot strain, a future safety edge over driving, and predicts takeoff and landing may follow. It mentions a British maker starting a U S factory for small cars, American roads expanding, but long dirt stretches remain Atlantic to Pacific. European car history is contrasted with cheaper U S roads and potential road improvements. A business dissolution notice for Charlton Grane Matte Company in Rolfe Iowa is appended.
Notice states the Rolfe Auto Company in Rolfe Pocahontas Town dissolves from December 1929 and will continue at the same Rolfe address under Lucile Charlton Hall Shannon B Charlton and L R Davis as partners who assume the old firm's debts and payments.
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