Farm Bureau News Highlights State Federation Growth
Geo M Hilton outlines the purpose of a united State Federation of County Farm Bureaus to influence legislation, noting the Farm Bloc's impact and urging continued support for a strong national organization. References to hog cholera vaccination schools and farm shipping savings are included.
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Geo. M. Hilton
Town Farmureau Federation
Ounty
Farm Areau
Wm. &. Kenyon
Conness
Senate
Intd
Craft
Towa State College
Farm Bureau
Pocahitas
Towa
Rolfe Chautauqua Opens With Big Seven Day Run
Tickets go on sale at 4:00 for Rolfe Iowa’s seven day chautauqua celebrating its twentieth circuit anniversary. Friday features Robin Hood Operetta with Bill Daly address on The Farmer's Opportunity. Saturday promises Filipino musical preludes and talks by Congressmen Dickinson and Dr Thomas Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Circuit Chautauqua
Robin Hood Opera Co
Jones County
Iowa
Bill Daly
Corpus
May Valentine
Arne
Lake City
West Liberty Index
West Liberty Chautauqua
Chautauqua
Douglas Fairbanks
Congress- Dickinson
Big Tenth
National House
Thos. E. Green
John H. Booth
Cambrea Singing Party
Robin Hood Company
Cambreas
Rolfe Chautauqua Week Program July 20 1923 Highlights
The Rolfe Chautauqua schedule lists daily events from Friday July 20 to Thursday July 26 1923. It includes lectures by W E Daly L J Dickinson John H Booth Ruth Bryan Owen Tehyi Hsieh ex Governor Henry Allen Broadway plays Welch Male Quartet Cambria Singers and performances by Robin Hood Olivar Filipino Company and Hipple Concert Company with concerts lectures lectures on Russia China and American history and a final Junior Town pageant plus a magic show and novelty concerts. Tickets must be purchased by 4:00 pm July 20.
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Singers of the
Robin Hood Co
W. E. Daly
L. J. Dickinson
Prelude Entertainment
Olivar
Thos
E. Green
Cambria Singers
John H. Booth
Cambria Singing Party
M. Alexander Swartz
Russia
Chautaviqua
New York
Welch
Ben Davies
Ruth Bryan Owen
Cairo
Jerusalem
General Allenby
Brelude
Welch Male Quartette
Tehyi Hsieh
China
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Allen
Wm. Keighley
The
Hipple Concert Company
Sidwin Brush
Pocahontas Hosts W C T U County Convention 1928
The W C T U county convention meets July 27 1928 at the M E church Pocahontas. The program includes scripture reading reports from county secretary and treasurer election of officers a picnic dinner and talks on Our Greatest Obstacle in Getting Members and Law Enforcement with music and a question box.
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M.E
Pocahontas
Treas
Cunningham
Farewell party for Mrs. Mentzer before California move
A large crowd gathered Friday at the Nels G. Ryen home to honor Mrs. Roy Mentzer as she and her husband prepare to move to California. Guests enjoyed visiting and fancy work, followed by refreshments, and wished the pair happiness in their new life.
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Nels G. Ryen
Roy Mentzer
California
Edgar M Wilcox Passes After Long Illness
Edgar M Wilcox died at his home Tuesday morning July 17 at 2 30. He was nearly 85, had been in poor health two years and bedbound four weeks. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church Thursday July 19 at 2 30 with interment in Clinton cemetery.
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Edgar M. Wilcox
Methodist Church
Clinton Cemetery
Rest rooms for babies at chautauqua in school house
The Child Welfare Department of the Womans Club will provide two care rooms in the school house during chautauqua hours. One room will serve babies up to fifteen months and the other for children from fifteen months to five years. A brief note on a man’s claim about prices appears after.
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The
Womans Club
Former local student becomes leading Japanese dentist in Tokyo and Yokohama
The Times reports Dr L E Butler son of Mr and Mrs W Butler of this place and a former Rolfe school student has built a premier dental infirmary in Tokyo with five chairs and full specialty facilities. He runs a large Yokohama office, employs Japanese pupils, and is praised for advancing dental practice in Japan while maintaining ties to his hometown.
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Japan ‘Times
Tokyo
Japan
L.E. Butler
W.8. Butler
Rolfe School
Northwestern Dental College
Siam
Chicago
Times
Yokohama
Butler
Consider The Home Man In Our Town
The piece praises a local businessman whether banker merchant contractor or other line, noting he lives in town buys from local dealers, pays taxes supports churches and charity, provides jobs, and offers quality goods at fair prices, benefiting the community and economy.
To Close for Chautauqua Programs
Local businesses and the post office will close during chautauqua programs each afternoon and evening, except Saturday, with patrons advised to plan ahead to avoid inconvenience.
Annual Ives Picnic at Twin Lakes Draws Ives Family
The annual Ives picnic at Twin Lakes featured a bountiful dinner and a large gathering. Attending families included M. N. Ives Robert Ives Carl Kauffman Jess Hosier Andrew Ives Earl Ives Milo Ives L W Ives Rosalind Benny Watson of Rolfe and Harold Sorenson and wife of Charles City. The event was a joyful reunion with wishes for many more gatherings.
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Ives
Twin Lakes
Sheriff Bassett Binds Booze Run on Grant Highway
Fort Dodge sheriff Geo Bassett and deputies halted a Packard booze run west of Fort Dodge last Saturday. They seized 149 gallons and detained two men while the car was impounded. The haul, valued at about 4430, adds to a long history of interstate liquor traffic enforcement.
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Geo. Bassett
Fort Dodge
Roosevelt
Taft
Grant Highway
Packard
Sioux City
Post Nuptial Shower Honors Mrs Arah Leonard
Mesdames J. F. Kauffman A D Cleal B A Kerns Otis Cook Myron Boos and Miss Marjorie Glascock hosted forty guests at the A D Cleal home for a post nuptial shower for Mrs Arah Leonard formerly Miss Loleta Hansen. Guests gave gifts and luncheon was served before wishes for a long happy married life in her Wakonsa apartments Fort Dodge new home.
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J. F. Kauffman
A. D. Cleal
B. A. Kerns
Otis Cook
Myron Boos
Marjorie Glascock
A D. Cleal
Arah Leonard
LoLeta -Hansen
Gypsies Rob Nunamaker Reported In Town
A band of Gypsies stole $11 from J. B. Nunamaker after two women approached him at the Rolfe Grain Milling Co. Their car fled but a blowout near Ottosen led Marshal McGuffin and deputies to recover the money after a parley. The theft pattern has circulated locally.
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Rolfe Grain & Milling Co
J. B. Nunamaker
Ottosen
Marshal McGuffin
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Farm Bureau News
Wasa
PeSankse
Commission Association
Pia RE
W. C. T. U. County Convention
Allers
Geo. Basset
Gypsies
Rob Nunamaker
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