Clarence Boyce Seriously Injured In Farm Accident
Clarence Boyce was severely injured at his farm two miles north of town while moving heated hay with a reversed fork. The force of a track collapse crushed the frontal skull, brain matter spilled, yet he remained conscious and was transported for medical care as doctors weighed the seriousness and awaited developments.
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Selock
Clarence Boyce
Fiolfe
Valentine Hauck, Jr
Mr. Boyce
Young Hauck
Mr.Boyce
Boyce
Hauck
Tme
Hollis
Bowen
Fort Dodge
Wilson
Sewer Meeting Tomorrow Night in Rolfe
Sanitary Engineer Higgins of the Board of Health will visit Rolfe to survey the town and map a sewer system. An informal meeting at the town hall will feature his address and a discussion on the sewer proposition and public sentiment. Citizens urged to attend and participate.
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Higgins
Biate
Free Methodist Church Dart Named in Town Notice
A fragmentary notice from town records indicates Dart of the Free Methodist church is involved in a recent local matter. Details are unreadable in the OCR, but the reference points to church activity within the town.
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Free Methodist
Nee Dart
Sunday School Institute led by Rev Virgil Finnell in Town Minnesota
Rev. Virgil Finnell of Des Moines is set to lead the Sunday School Institute at Prairie View Church of the Brethren on Sunday July 18 with sessions from 10:00 to 1:30 and 3:30 to 8:30. Finnell, seasoned in rural and urban church work, serves as General Secretary of the Polk County Sunday School Association and holds multiple education roles. A Ford garage accident with a collapsing roof is noted, plus a cinema promo for Scenic featuring Will Burne in The 5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot on July 20 with low admission.
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Virgil Finnell
Des Moines
Church of the Brethren
Town
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Prairie View
Finnell
Polk County Sunday School Association
Wm. J. Burne
Mr. Burnis
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Burns
Rolfe Chautauqua ends with $150 surplus in Rolfe Iowa
The 1915 Rolfe Chautauqua closed Sunday to a record audience of about 1500 fans for the Hann Jubilee Singers. Receipts totaled 2226.96 with talent costs at 1565.00 and tent and advertising at 500.00, leaving a surplus of roughly 150.00. Attendees praised Thursday through Sunday crowds and most speakers, though the closing address by Charles Edward Russell drew mixed reactions for diverging from the assigned topic.
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Rolfel
Ferguson
Rolfe
J. Gunderson
D. K. Folk
Kenneth Squires
M. P. Hancher
Aurora
East Aurora
Harold Kessinger
Mr. Kessinger
Lurge Bishop
Brotherhood of Man
Kessinger
United States
Charles Edward Russell
Russell
Association
Russed
The Playground Stunt at the Chautauqua
Miss Grace Lamkin directed a five day boys and girls performance titled The Masque of Spring and Summer with music by Miss Beryl White. The piece argues for school linked play and playgrounds as essential to healthy minds and citizenship, noting widespread municipal investment in outdoor gymnasiums pools and fields.
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Grace Lamkin
Altho
Miss Lamkin
Beryl White
Harris Thomas
Methodist Church resumes services after vacation with lecture
The Methodist Episcopal Church led by Rev. C. Burnette announces next Sunday services return from chautauqua break. Morning preaching at 10 30. Evening 8 o clock illustrated lecture Pilgrim's Progress with stereopticon slides and songs. A humorous note on Prosperity and sharp tongues ends the item.
Killed at Ottosen Saturday Night
Philip Pierce was killed at Ottosen last Saturday night by a bullet fired by Dave Barton the restaurant keeper in self defense Two Ottosen residents were stabbed but not seriously injured The attack followed a disturbance by two Kentuckians Thompson who was arrested Barton surrendered to Sheriff Davenport Barton had recently bought the Firkins restaurant and claimed self defense after Pierce threatened him with a dagger. Ottosen expected peace after the incident.
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Philip Pierce
Ottosen
Dave Barton
Severt Nelson
Lars Gabrielson
Thompson
Davenport
Humboldt County
Bradgate
Pierce
Firkins
Barton
Finest oat crop promises record yield this season
This week the locality matures its finest oats with tall heads and abundant grain. Harvest nears as weather favors crop ripening. The note suggests watching corn, and encourages building a silo if prices allow.
Danish Pastor Frits Anderson Announces Sunday Communion
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Rev. Frits Anderson will lead Sunday morning services with communion at 10 30 inviting all to attend.
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Frits Anderson
Rolfe Hospital Receives Generous Donation and Boost
The Rolfe hospital gain a strong boost as C H Tollefsrude offers a one acre site west of his home for the project. A nearby street will be vacated and added to the tract, easing ground for construction. Hospital boosters held a meeting Monday to plan a fundraising campaign with funds in sight to start building.
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Laila
George Zickrick
St. Paul
Ladies’ Aid Society
Rolfe Hospital
C. H. Tollefsrude
Tolleferude
Presbyterian Church Notes Pastor McGogney to Lead Next Sunday
Regular services scheduled at the church with morning and evening preaching by Rev. A. Z. McGogney D D. All are invited to attend worship at the usual hours.
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Presbyterian Church
A. Z. McGogney
D. D
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Iowa
War R Ford Wrecks Garage
F. M. Ritchey
Frank
Rolfe Chautauqua
Dunbar
Dunbars
Earle
the Comedy Players
Arthur Gringle
Gringle
Hann
Mr. Hann
Howard
Hanns
Harold C. Kessinger
Hazel Parker
Boone, Iowa
Miss Marie Hauck
Cord Richardson’s
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. C
Burnette
Everyope
Croy
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