Rolfe Chautauqua Highlights Lively 1914 Program
The 1914 Rolfe Chautauqua featured the Chicago Mate Quartette Bob Cousins and others in two days of concerts and lectures at the public grounds. Robert G. Cousins spoke on Abraham Lincoln and the Republic, while John Wesley Hillkeg drew praise for his vigorous talk on peace and Mormonism. An English Opera Singers ensemble performed operatic selections and Martha from the opera to close a strong, well received series. Judge W B Quarton briefly spoke on tariff and farming issues, adding local color to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Chicago Ale Quartette
Bob” Cousins
Chicago
Nothcing
Stratfords
Dr. Hill
Rand
Robert G. Cousins
Cousins
Iduly
Migten
United States
Abraham
Lincon
Lincoln
Grant
Gemis
Ling Ce
Tage
Magind
Beau- Very
John Wesley Hillk
Tom Emmetsburg
Reubens
Martha
W. B. Quarton
Despond
Turkey
Association
Happily Married at Rolfe for Miss Ethel Pearce and Mr A Orville Dobbs
Miss Ethel Mae Pearce and Mr A Orville Dobbs married at the Pearce home with Dr A Z Meer Gagney of the Presbyterian church officiating. The couple plan to live in Rolfe after July 24 and work in the shoe business with Dobbs’ father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Ethel Mae Pearce
A. Orville Dobbs
A. Z.meer Gagney
Presbyterian Church
Orville
Ethel
Dobbs
Miss. Pearce
Ortonville
Minn
L. P. Hess
Mr. Dobbs
Fourth of July Bills Due for Consideration and Payment
All parties with bills against the Fourth of July committees must file immediately to be considered and paid. If bills are not submitted in a few days, they will not be processed. Joseph is not to handle outstanding invoices.
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Joseph
Chautauqua Attractions For The Next Three Days
Chautauqua programs headline a three day lineup with concerts lectures and services. Apollo Concert Co. Mabel Wagner Shank Concert Co. Rev Wm Spurgeon Rev Father P J MacCorry and Rev J A Kettle are among speakers. Times range from morning services to evening lectures and full concerts across Friday Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wagner
D. C
Apollo Concert Co
J. A. Kettle
Kingship of Man
Father P. J. MacCorry
Mabel Wagner Shank Concert Opens Catch-Up Day
Des Moines based Mabel Wagner Shank Concert Co will perform a full concert Friday afternoon with a prelud e in the evening. The program, praised by the Des Moines bureau, is offered free to season ticket holders to fill the program.
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Mabel Wagner-Shank Concert Co
Des Moines
Poindexter
Conqgeress
Crawford
Frank P. Bushingham
Chicago
Brushingham
Axel Gadd Old Settler of Pocahontas Passes
Axel Gadd born January 26 1841 in Denmark died July 3 1914 at Rolfe Iowa aged 72 years 6 months 8 days He was the youngest child of John Thompson Gadd and Alvertina Holm of Denmark Gadd came to America in 1866 and Pocahontas County in 1870 seeking a homestead amid Civil War veterans and local turmoil He built a life through steady work and frugal common sense in the Danish immigrant community
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Pocahontas County
Axel Gadd
Danmark
Rolfe
Iowa
Mr. Gadd
John Thompson Gadd
Alvertina Holm
Denmark
Clarence
Buffalo Center
Alfred
Anna
Fort Dodge
America
Pocahontas
County
Fourth of July Baseball at Rolfe and Pocahontas
Fourth of July ball games at Rolfe feature a morning affair between Rolfe and Laurens ended by heat with Rolfe building a 14 to 8 win. Afternoon game between Plover and Pocahontas draws large crowds and auto field rules as Plover edges Pocahontas 6 to 5. Wendall of Plover pitched well amid rough fielding. Grove sparked Plover with three hits.
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Rolfe
Ralfe
Egies
Ater Rolfe
Upert
Piover
Pocahontas
Plover
Wendall
Grove
Plovyer
C .Ie
Taylor
Bourett
Heys, M
Eblers
Kendall
Anderson
Gilchrist T
Gilchrist
Pury
Harrison
Nugent
Thompson
Hess
Dr Hill Discusses Mormon Branches and Polygamy Beliefs
In an interview with The Arrowman after a Tuesday lecture Dr Hill describes two Mormon branches Brighamites and Josephites noting the latter deny polygamy while upholding Joseph Smith as a prophet and Book of Mormon as divine. He claims Smith taught polygamy and forged the Solomon Spaulding manuscript. The Josephites are morally sound but religiously misled.
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Arrowman
Hill
Joseph Smith
Smith
Solomon Spaulding
Remembering a Pioneer and Family Devotion in Faith
The obituary notes Mr. Gadd’s illness as an early liver enlargement and records his funeral at the Presbyterian church with Rev. McGagney and Rev. John A. Kettle. Emma Holm, a Fort Dodge nurse, cared for him while Aunt Laura Jensen looked after his sister’s children until homes were found. A large crowd braved rain to hear prayers on immortality and the Clinton cemetery burial beside his wife.
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Laura Jensen
Mr. Gadd
Emma Holm
Fort Dodge
Presbyterian Church
McGagney
John A. Kettle
Rolfe Fourth of July Celebration Draws Big Crowd
The Rolfe Fourth of July celebration drew a large crowd with 352 gallons of ice cream sold and an estimated attendance near 8 800. An accident at the merry go round injured Laura Christianson, 11, prompting medical aid. The Uradgate band played, street sports held contests with winners listed, and a moving picture show capped the night with Mr. Obrecht’s free program.
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Ford
Annyone
Ave
Laura Christianson
S. J.christianson
Plover
Miss Christianson
Fuller
Sherman
Keli
Uradgate
Bernnie Warrell
Lawrence Jarson
Tea Rising
Roy Simmons
Fred Smith
Carl Hoffart
Carl Hotfvert
Fred Mirkpatrick
Marl Cox
Fat
G. V. Meathman
G. H. Sandy
Drace
Cecil Cumming
J. I. Hughes
Vernie Weaver
Ted Rising
Minnesota Letter From Mora Farmers Share Riverside Notes
Mora Minnesota July 3 1914 Dear Arrow Friends writes about good crops with rain in some areas potatoes and corn delayed but strawberries and clover look fine. Earl and Mrs Earl Fisher describe their farm four miles from Mora on the Great Northern Railway as an excellent shipping point and invite visits or letters from local friends.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Mora
Kanabec County
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
Duluth
Cand of Thanks to Friends and Neighbors
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy during the illness of their beloved father. They acknowledge offered help that was not enough to ease the seriousness of his condition and thank those who supported them.
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Ures
Chautauqua
Margaret Stahl
Miss Stahl
Peace Forum
Amalgamated Association of Fighting Parsons
Salt Lake City
Apollos
Father McCorry
Man
McCorry
P. J. MacCorry
OEP
Cena
Echos
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