Rolfe Racing Meet Promises Big Event July 20 21
The Rolfe meet on July 20 and 21 offers larger purses for horse races and strong entries. Auto and motorcycle races attract many entrants with prizes of 225, 175 and 75 dollars. Entertainment includes Captain Payne diving, comedy acts, and Van Rynkle Nash performances. Aeronaut Donahue plans passenger flights if wind allows.
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Rolfe Racing
Ritchey
Thayer Vincent
Davenport
Chevrolet
Oc Il
Thompson
Marmon Wasp
T. K. Nelson and Son
Harlan
Buick
Jean Parker
Ford
J. L. Thill
Cedar Rapids
Roy Hebert
Sioux City
Chalmers
Rolfe
Rolfe Post
American Legion
Aeronaut Donahue
Eaus
Odd Fellows Home Cares for Orphaned Children
Eight years after Mrs. George Letscher was buried in Clinton cemetery her two sons and two daughters were raised by the Odd Fellows Home at Mason City. Elsie thirteen and Mabel eleven were allowed a two week vacation and traveled with their father to Whittemore then Rolfe to visit Dr. E W Wilson and others, who witnessed the Home’s care for orphans.
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George Letscher
Babe
Clinton
Odd Fellows
Mason City
Elsie
Mabel
Whittemore
Willie Lillegarde
Niels Lillegard
Pupil Recital At Presbyterian Church On Thursday
Mrs Raymond Rogers leaves Wednesday for Mitchell South Dakota. Miss Amy Ireland pupils give a piano recital at the Presbyterian church at eight o clock this Thursday evening with a saxophone solo reading and pipe organ selections. The public is cordially invited.
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Amy Ireland
Presbyterian Church
High Dive Advertised on Bills Sparks Nerve for Rolfe
At this writing Rolfe musters nerve to advertise a high dive act, a daring feature that appears on the program bills for patrons to see. The bold move signals a bold program choice and local curiosity about the spectacle.
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Rolfe
Does It Mean A Hotel
Rolfe plans a modern hotel in the Opera House area. Alber Snow of St. Paul would remodel the Crahan block into an office cafe on the ground floor with twenty two rooms upstairs. The second floor would hold two tiers of eleven rooms each with a surrounding balcony, limited by a south wall blocking new windows requiring owner terms.
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Alber, Snow
St. Paul
Crahan
Shulte
Splendid Rolfe Chautauqua Program for August
The Rolfe Chautauqua runs August 1 to 8 with lectures on home economics by Miss Irene Blood and a busy music lineup. Performers include Fisher Shipp Concert Company, Chicago Light Opera Company, Kilties Orchestra, Negro Jubilee Singers, Dietrics, and Penick readings, plus talks by Herbert Willett, John Palubicki, J S Ladd Thomas, Arthur Evans, and Frank Jayne. The event relies on community support to cover rising costs and preserve the surplus for future years.
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Irene Blood
Rumford Department of Home Economics
Fisher-Shipp
Rolfe
Prince of Pilsen
Chicago Light Opera Company
Kilties Orchestra
United and
Canada
Europe
England
Buckner
Southland
Margaret Josephine Penick
International Lyceum Association
Ular
Mabel Quain Stevens
Herbert L. Willett
University of Chicago
Chicago Memorial Church of Christ
Chicago Church Federation
France
R. J. H. Campbell
John Palubicki
St. Peter’s Church
Fullerton, Neb
Poland
Lloyd George
J. S. Ladd Thomas
Chicago
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Welch
Frank Bi. Jayne
Thambor
Rolfe Chautauqua Association
Fewanders
Fisher-Shipp Concert
Fisher-Shipp Concert Company
Miss Penick
Frank E. Jayne
Jubilee Singers
Ladd Thomas
Lloyd-George
Rude Buys Crahan Block Corner to House Bargain Emporium
Rude acquires the north room of the Crahan block, the corner building once home to Crahan and McGrath and now occupied by Maassen pool hall. The move protects future interests though stock remains at the current site. Albert Snow of St Paul owned the building since spring. the purchase occurred during his visit. The corner building, built as a store room, offers potential as a fine merchandise home.
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FE. G. Rude
Crahan
Albert Snow
St. Paul
Crahan & McGrath
Democratic Delegates Named At County Convention
At the county convention, delegates chosen for the state convention include Perry McCray Geo Schneiders W J Rodda J A Terry J R Martin John Griffin and Mrs W J Rodda. Judicial delegates list T F Lynch G B McCartan W A Kelly F P Horgan Perry McCray J R Martin Geo Schneiders and Geo Hauck. Geo Schneiders elected county chairman and W J Rodda secretary. Also born Tuesday July 13 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Earl Nunamaker.
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Perry McCray
Geo. Schneiders
W. J. Rodda
J. A. Terry
J. R. Martin
John Griffin
T. F. Lynch
G B. McCartan
W. A. Kelly
F. P. Horgan
Geo. Hauck
Mrs
Earl Nunamaker
Rolfe Chautauqua Season Priced At Fourteen Cents
Admission prices rise slightly yet offer sixteen entertainments at fourteen cents each. The program is published alongside the notice, inviting public support for the Rolfe chautauqua.
The Lost City and Douglas Fairbanks Silent Films Schedule
Friday July 16 features Chapter Eight of The Lost City. July 17 screens The Trembling Hour with Kenneth Harlan. July 18 to 19 show When the Clouds Roll By with Douglas Fairbanks. July 21 presents The Shark with Geo. Wals. July 22 previews The Beast.
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Kenneth Harlan
Douglas Fairbanks
Geo. Wals
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THE
ODD Fellows’ Home
Raymond Rogers
Mitchell, S. D
First National Bank
Iowa
Herbert E. Willett
Chicago University
Chicago Divine
Rude
the Beast
Stai Savings Bank
W. S. McEwen
Robt. Bruce
James Bruce
Jos. McEwen
D. D. McEwen
Board of Directors
J.B. Kent
Robert Bruce James Bruce
W. S. McCewen
Joseph McEwen
the State Savings Bank
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