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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
2
Beautiful thoroughbred sorrel mare five years old. Timid handler fears her, sold at a very reasonable price. Ran half mile in 51 seconds as a two year old. Contact Miss Velma Rudolph of Havelock Iowa. 11-3.
Community items report Amos Sherbon visiting his sister in Rolfe, Maude Goodmiller traveling to Fort Sam Houston for a friend’s illness, Miss Vida Norman hosting a canning demonstration, and various residents’ travels, military enlistment prospects, and local projects. Also mentions Chautauqua in Pocahontas and plans for light power.
Kenneth Seifert surveyed Paton last Friday over a town lumber yard offer he has not decided on. Mayor Geo Hauck presided briefly this week. J E Schnug and wife visited Dows and Elmer Schnug home with daughter Mrs Arthur Peterson of Monticello. H J Brinkman and J H Wilson returned from Chicago after transporting six cars of cattle. market strong with 17 cents per pound for part and about $22000 total. Mrs J J Whitlock of Indianapolis visited a week with sisters Mrs J H Brinkman and Mrs G T Moffett. Mrs EB Bloom hosted neighbors June 24 for her mother’s birthday luncheon.
Local cooks share practical baking and pastry formulas including Barley Spice Cake Steamed Brown Bread Barley Muffins Barley Pie Crust and Wheatleaf Cake. Each recipe lists ingredients and basic method with notes on substitutions and oven guidance.
The text presents a table of substitutes like soy bean flour and sweet potato flour to use in familiar recipes. It asserts readers can make griddle cakes muffins cakes cookies and breads without wheat flour using the table’s guidance.
Eight year Indiana Experiment Station results show silage feeding boosts cattle profits. Silage steers gain 16.24 dollars per head more than dry ration steers, averaging 38 cents per bushel of corn. A 120 ton silo for forty steers yields about 320 dollars yearly toward purchase. Nebraska data contrast with alfalfa and cottonseed cake profits, while corn and cottonseed cake prove costly. A vault theft in New York reports 350000 dollars in Russian crown jewels missing.
The Racing Association reports a large gathering of professional drivers with many new racing cars entered and blanks requested. Skague and Valley from Rolfe lead motorcycle entries. Pocahontas Ottozen are set for the July Fourth baseball game, with talks for Mallard and Bode. Sweet's tent show and Landes Burkholder exhibit are planned, offering a full entertainment program with a Women’s Club refreshment stand funding a community project.
A good crowd attended the Pikertown Sunday School session last Sunday for a quarterly review. The time for holding the school has been changed from 2 34 PM to 3 00 PM.
Plover residents report visits to Fort Dodge Pocahontas and Minnesota, with returns home and upcoming summer plans. A land sale near Fort Dodge, army enlistment notes, and a lake picnic mishap are reported along with local business changes at Wilson Grain Co and a new high line project. The Child Welfare Bureau plans schoolhouse health exams July 6 and 8 led by Miss Luella Shaver with free measurements in Powhatan township.
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