Rolfe Local News Highlights Community Visit and Red Cross Drive
Gwendolyn Wallace visited Rolfe Monday while A McEwen solicited Red Cross funds in the cornfields. Families from Gilmore City Des Moines and Rolfe visited, and Red Cross membership efforts reported strong progress with 116 new members and about 350 dollars raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Wallace
Rolfe
A. McEwen
Red Cross
Kauffman
Ilnois
Doc Kauffman
E. J. Wallace
Famly
Ward VanAlatinend
Gilmore City
L. D. Smith
J. W. Mangan
Minnesota
T. Grove
Rev. Whetzel
H. T. Watts
Des Moines
C. KB. Watts
Nellie Wallace
Bush
C. A. Garlock
Westrock
Minn
A. W. Hess
Kidder
M. KE
Lowry
A. E. Dobbs
Spanier
H. F. Hess
Hadbrook
Eggspuehler
Port Dodge
National Guard
Red Cross Chapter Organized in Plover
Tom Lynch and Miss Maud Gilchrist assisted in organizing the local Red Cross chapter in Plover Saturday night. Officers elected were E. Watts chairman Mrs. A E Bush vice chairman Mrs Wallace secretary C A Garlock treasurer. Speeches were made by Tom Lynch and H T Grove.
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Tom Lynch
Maud Gilchrist
Pocahontas
Plover
Red Cross
E. Watts
A. E. Bush
Wallace
C. A. Garlock
8. T. Grove
Sale of Schoolhouse by Plover Consolidated District
Sale of the Truelsen schoolhouse in Powhatan township former district No 4 to the highest bidder on Monday August 6 1917 at 1 PM on the grounds. Board reserves right to reject any and all bids. P J Shaw secretary.
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Consolidated Independent School District
Plover
Powhatan Township
Truelsen
P. J. Shaw
Loyal Americans Endure War Trenches in Time of Duty
The brief cryptic note references Americans entering trenches and facing duty with implicit approval and resolve, suggesting a wartime confidence and unity amid hardship.
Senatorial Dignity in Draft Bribe Allegation
Washington dispatches report a U. S. senator allegedly offered a $5 000 bribe to exempt his son from the draft. The offer was promptly reported to the Attorney General, and observers await the next act in what is described as a drama of senatorial dignity.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Ides Wip es Ragged Borrowed Bagred and Stolen
A derisive charge against Chicago Mayor Thompson and a jab at Liberty Bonds, attributed to the Chicago Daily News. The text mocks prominence and hints at social scandal while urging readers to subscribe to The Arrow.
Submarine's Artistic Side Highlighted by Colby Lecture
Chicago art student Geo. B. Colby argues submarines have humorous, scientific, and artistic sides. He will present a Chautauqua lecture on the submarine and torpedo from an artistic perspective, sharing incidents from his world travels and early picture writing. Colby, a life member of the Chicago Academy of Design, has drawn for various papers and magazines.
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Geo. B. Colby
Chicago
Colby
Astic
Europe
South Sea Islands
New Guinea
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Academy of Design
Black kitten steals show at Chautauqua with pratfall antics
In Barnsboro, Earl Oberg and Paul Barnaby faced an absurd interrupter as a black kitten wandered onto the stage during Barnaby’s pratfalls. The feline’s antics, boosted by Oberg’s doglike bark, sent Barnaby retreating and the audience roaring. the kitten dove into a pail of water near a vocalist, ending the moment in laughter.
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Oberg
Barnaby
Earl Oberg
Paul
Barnsboro
Mr. Barnaby
Mr. Oberg
All Iowa Guardsmen in Home Station Training
All Iowa National Guardsmen enlisted since the Mexican border return are in home station camps for intensive drill lasting a few weeks before a possible July 15 federal call. Training covers officers and sergeants coaching recruits, canvas housing, 40 cent daily rations, and local towns providing tents and cooking staff.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Snelling
Harding
Webster County Road Improvements Planned from Fort Dodge
Webster county supervisors, following Iowa State Highway Commission guidance, designate Fort Dodge roads for state wide improvements. Estimated total cost 956.66 dollars with federal aid 28,233 dollars and 28,233 dollars from the auto fund.
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Webster County
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Auto Fund
Seymour Petition to Red Cross Over Tobacco and Pills Ads
Citizens of Seymour petition Washington to stop cigarette and pill ads for soldiers in Red Cross literature. Petition headed by J. D. Johnston seeks removal of promotional material aimed at men in the trenches.
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Seymour
Washington
J. D. Johnston
Multi Tax Declared Legal in Des Moines Case
Judge Hutchinson in district court upheld the multi tax statute as constitutional and ordered 100 building owners who sell cigarets to pay 30000 in taxes to city and county. The property owners may appeal to the supreme court.
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Des Moines
Hutchinson
District Court
Supreme Court
Railroad Foreman Dies After Speeding Train Jumped Track
Perry Ted Kuypers, section foreman of the Milwaukee railroad at Manila, died in a local hospital from head injuries after a motor speeder jumped the track while he and two other foremen were en route to Perry for a railroad officials conference.
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Perry
Ted Kuypers
Milwaukee Railroad
Manilla
Kuypers
What Y. M. C. A. Will Do Des Moines
The Des Moines Y M C A is supplying soldiers with comfort and amusement at camp buildings. A partial list shows equipment per building including moving picture machines talking machines records phonograph needles films ink pens pen holders pencils baseball gloves and more.
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Des Moines
Cantonment
Colfax Corporal Haj Corralled in French Air Battle
Colfax corporal James Haj of the Lafayette Escadrille, mostly American aviators, is reported wounded in France after an engagement with seven German aircraft. He was shot through the lung, and his unit recently shot down a German plane. Grinnell College and Iowa friends express pride and concern for Hall, a former Vesper choir member and noted talent.
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Boone
Helga Burlington
Story City
Burlington and
Hainois Central
Dubuque
Muscatine
American Signal Corps
France
Fred McDougal
United Sates Signal Corps
Clear Lake
Masonic Grand Lodge
Washington
Seymour
Otto Flentje
Hagle Point
Bel Vanvader
E¢Mnceton
George
Fof Crocker
Iowa Infantry
Toledo
H. D. Kennedy
Mason City
Iowa River
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Iowa City
Red Cross
Estherville
Commercial Club
Union
Des Moines
National Guard
James Haj
Lafayett Escadrille
Princ Pally
Hall
Kitchener
Jaman Hall
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Iowa
Hawke State
Tag
Grinnell Vesper Choir
Smulls Bound Over in Perjury Case at Des Moines
Charles and Ida Smull of St. Charles were bound over to the grand jury by U S Commissioner Fitzsimmons on perjury charges. They allegedly lied about their son Arthur's age to aid his arrest for failing to register. Arthur faces perjury charges and a $1000 bond plus a $6000 appearance bond as a slacker.
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Des Moines
Charles
Ida Smull
St. Charles
United States
Fitzsimmons
Arthur
Smull
Capital City Auction Reaches Record Red Cross Donation
Des Moines residents raised 200071.76 to aid the Red Cross and filled the Coliseum for a broad auction of donated items. Five thousand bidders, highly supportive, watched expert auctioneers sell goods from local volunteers, completing a city and county effort.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Iowa City Boys Drowned in English River Tragedy
Thomas Dillon aged 18 and Gerald Lahay aged 16 drowned in the English river near Kalona in Washington county. Several youths were bathing when the current swept three under. one was saved, two were drowned before help arrived. Bodies recovered.
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Iowa City
Thomas Dillon
Gerald Lahay
Kalona
Washington County
Perry Man Killed Crossing Tracks Near Perry
Francis O Malley brother of J P O Malley president of the American Trust and Savings bank Des Moines was struck and killed by a Chicago and Milwaukee passenger train while crossing tracks in his automobile He lived about four miles east of Perry was 45 years old and leaves a widow and five children.
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Perry
Francis O'Malley
J. P. O'Malley
American Trust and Savings Bank
Des Moines
Chicago
Milwaukee
O'Malley
Swedes Support Liberty Bonds in Crawford County
Denison and Kiron residents show strong war effort with Swedes contributing over 22000 to liberty bonds. Knights of Pythias lodge add 1000 and Woodmen 500 in support of allied victory.
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America
Denison
Kiron
Crawford County
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Woodmen
Redfield raises large sum for Red Cross drive
At a mass meeting Redfield residents contributed 950 dollars toward the Red Cross fund beating the town allotment of 274.50 dollars. Des Moines visitors George Cosson and Alexander Fitzhugh spoke urging generosity and community support.
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Redfield
Red Cross
George Cosson
Alexander Fitzhugh
Des Moines
Iscoma Campfire Girls Raise 133 for Red Cross
The Iscoma Campfre girls of Eagle Grove High School collected 133 dollars for the Red Cross. They organized a tag day fundraiser conducted by the club’s young women members to aid the relief effort.
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Red Cross
Eagle Grove
Iscoma Campfre
Freight Handlers Strike Demands Wage Increase
More than a hundred freight handlers at the Burlington and Illinois Central freight houses went on strike recently seeking higher wages.
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Dubuque
Burlington and
Iinois Central
Sioux City Girl Killed in Suspected Random Shooting
The murder of Mise Thecla Gerken, 22, of Woonsocket Iowa, shot while visiting a friend, remains a mystery as Sioux City detectives pursue leads. No known enemies and a single theory that a deranged man may be responsible.
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Sioux City
Mise Thecla Gerken
Woonsocket
Miss Gerken
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Peoples’ Savings Bank
Fae W. McEwen
C. E. Watts
Ike Eggspuchler
N. H. Shaver
Lenore Mueller
Maudelle Kerns
Myrtle Heathman
Jon Grove
Chas. Mueller
F. J. Nacke
Rolfe Chautauqua
Fred Ehler
Red Cross Chapter
Ipr
Thompson
Kaiser
Theman
Itrst Colby
Alein
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