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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
5
A collage of community notes from Havelock detailing visits, trips, and family news. Mentions residents returning home from Fort Dodge and Des Moines, social dances at the Miller home with Rolfe musicians, and multiple towns including Pocahontas Laurens and Rolfe referenced in visits and business.
Bradgate area notices list Ward McCreary visiting in Chard with Floyd McCreary family. Theron Kendall took stock to Chicago. Fred Lovrien of Humoldt called on in town. Dave Wallace did business in Rolfe. He Malcolm returned from Omaha after visiting daughter Leone and husband Harvey LaSeure in hospital there. W D Clow of Mason City visited relatives here. F F Caywood was a Fort Dodge business caller. Mr and Mrs S B Hoveland visited relatives in Paullina. Orris Gadd of Rolfe dropped by town. Nathan Bradburn returned home after eighteen months U S Army service on Mexican border. Nathan looks well and is glad to be discharged. Mrs Hans Hansen and son Arthur spent weekend in Sioux City visiting daughter Esther.
The week's social and sporting updates include visits by L. C. Weach, A. D. Kline of Alta Wat, and Mr. Brown of Dakota City. Renwick and Gilmore City girls lost a Tuesday game while the F girls won 22 8 on Friday. home boys fell 17 23. Jack Henderson reports busy ice cutting for local ice houses and bakeries. Guy Smith of Rolfe refereed Bradgate Gilmore basketball games Friday night.
London extends food controls to stretch beef supplies. Two of four weekly meat coupons will be usable for butcher’s meat, aiming to curb home cattle demand while diners in restaurants may still exchange coupons for meals. After April 14 children over six gain a full adult meat ration. all coupons remain cashable for bacon and poultry.
Miss Alice Sherwin Coleman of New York is celebrated as a world champion artificial fly maker for anglers. Her workshop and assistants produce about 400 million dollars worth of flies annually, offering 300 regular varieties and up to 1500 with special orders, earning high regard among Izaak Walton followers.
A courtroom anecdote recalls a lawyer delivering a fiery address while leaning on an old chair that collapses. He quips that the chair proves the strength of his argument, and the opposing counsel retorts the argument fell to the ground. The anecdote ends with an invitation to place items in the classifieds.
An excerpt debates sanitary dress reform urging women to abandon the cumbersome skirt. Critics joke about old women delaying change while acknowledging health concerns and comfort justify a modern shift. A storm of critique rises as the piece urges decisive action.
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