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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
4
Canvassers Prentice Shaw and Mr. McDowell plan to visit Minnesota then Canada for Fourth celebrations. Local life covers home remodeling, livestock shipping to Chicago, library hours, club meetings, church events, vacations, attendees at Pocahontas convention, and multiple visits among families in Plover and nearby towns.
A Washington Star writer notes Cosenza Calabrias chief city holds a famed legend of Alaric first Gothic conqueror of Rome buried with captured riches near the Busento and Crati confluence. The burial, long hidden, diverted the river bed then returned to its channel. The storytellers say the grave remains undiscovered after 1500 years.
Dr. Lauren H. Smith argues in Hygeia Magazine that recreation must be relaxing not exhausting. He laments modern evenings as burdensome and urges time savers to create peaceful leisure rather than more frenzy.
At a dinner party one man wore a silk handkerchief over his eyes while smoking. A guest asked for the meaning, and another revealed that the man is known as Tightwad who pretends to name any cigarette he smokes.
Pathfinder Magazine notes that an ant's skyline dwarfs human towers. A five or six foot human reaches 1208 feet. termites rise twenty feet. ants house a million times more inhabitants in their halls, given size differences.
La Paz Bolivia claims the highest capital status at 12 470 feet above sea level, 2000 feet higher than Quito Ecuador and 5000 feet above Mexico City. Lhasa is the next highest at 11 830 feet with a mean temperature of 50 degrees. Cold nights bring no fires as there is no coal or timber in the surrounding mountains.
Experiments by American and European plant physiologists find no sap ascent beating in plants and attribute observed pulsations to instrument tremor, challenging Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose’s earlier claim of a beating heart in plants.
Phil Falkins teased Sam Setters for wearing baggy pants with a dinner jacket at Mrs. Olsen's reception. He quipped the pants were breeches of etiquette in a playful exchange noted in Farm and Fireside.
The M and St L announces a mid July schedule reversal for the 1 train. The morning southbound train will depart about 9 00 a m and the return trip will occur around 4 00 p m. The move aims to improve connections as passenger business has been light and unprofitable.
Prayer Methodist Church notes Pastor C. J. Mekkelson outlines Sunday services including Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship Epworth League at 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship at 8:00 p.m. Weekday Prayer Meeting Thursday 7:30 p.m. Women's Home Missionary Society met Tuesday at Mrs. W. S. Strong's home.
Plover Presbyterian Church notes Rev. W H Cassell Pastor with morning worship and evening services and Ottosen venue. Sunday guests include the McFaddens, Ham family visitors from St Paul, and many local residents. The Needle and Thimble club meets next week. Fourth of July plans at Silver Lake resort by Heathman and Eggespuehler. Various visits and trips across the week to Linn Grove Sioux City Fort Dodge Hinsdale and Chicago links.
Janet arrives at Pinewood Lodge for a rest week and meets a mistaken match. Mr. William Cleaver hires Jinny the cook and grills Janet about her arrival as they clash then reconcile. A romantic month follows in a rustic setting with kitchen duties and evolving feelings.
A large clan from Hanisch and related families gathered Sunday in Minnesota and Iowa to celebrate at the Frank Climpsy home with many relatives present. Attendees included Mrs. and Mrs. Jog Gn Walter, Clarence, Joe Grundy, Margaret Helen DeBang ville, Nadine Reese, Emma Hanisch, and Ed Hanisch among others from Pocahontas, Stanley, Des Moines, Charles City and nearby towns. The event featured stories, good cheer, and a noted sense of family unity across generations.
Roy Henderson won the county attorney nomination at the county Republican convention held last week. He is a Belmond native, son of Mrs. John Henderson, educated locally and with a long record of public service.
Two young girls suffered wrist fractures in separate incidents. Jey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miller, broke her wrist last Thursday, and Lotte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hess, suffered a similar fall last Saturday. Neither child is seriously hurt and are wary of shoulder and arm activity as they recover.
Ila Hill and Arthur Hawkins united in a June 26 ceremony at St Pauls Episcopal Church Minneapolis Windom guests attended. Bride daughter of Mr and Mrs S C Hill Windom and a 1921 high school graduate later Iowa State College 1924 teacher. Groom son of Thomas Hawkins Windom Carleton graduate now with White Eagle refining Co. Newlyweds plan Minneapolis for a time and Windom as home later.
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