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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
6
Reading shows a late era sale advertisement listing men and women apparel with prices. Items include shirts pants underwear and shoes with marked sale prices, plus fabric and hosiery such as table damask linen toweling and ribbons. The tone is promotional and catalog style for a department store.
Community items include engagements and job changes. Michael Walsh and Anastugty Heilly wedding gossip from Glmore Iowa and Des Moines travel notes. Workers announced new positions at C H Fissel Co and bookkeeper Helen Hickey. Draft notices issued for Class A. Marriage of James N Donahue and Mabel Strong at Sacred Heart. Red Cross garment program praised as nearly perfect. German alien registration to start Feb 4 to 9 with photo fingerprints and Bertillon measurements.
Small town notes from Havelock recount D D G M Frank Lucas and crew visiting Rolfe for installation of L O QO F officers. Local residents travel to Des Moines and Fort Dodge for surgery, enlistments, or hospital stays, with social visits and family news across Pocahontas, Rolfe, Ayrshire, and Algona.
Mr W H Hazlett of Brighton arrived Tuesday to visit his daughter Mrs Otto Wiesley and family. The basket social at the Baptist church netted about 60 dollars. The Progress Club welcomed new member Mrs Roy Adams. The Livermore basketball game ended in a Livermore victory and Prof Wiesley injured his foot. Housewarming at John Wallace home drew neighbors by auto. Ex cellent luncheon followed and guests enjoyed the Edison show.
Public notice announces a February 2 1918 special election in Des Moines Township Pocahontas County Iowa. Voters will decide a proposition to issue bonds totaling 16000 dollars to finish and equip the schoolhouse under construction. The notice is by order of the Board of Directors Rolfe IA December 31 1917. The German Russian peace contrast is noted as a distant harmony issue.
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