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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
1
A column argues against card-passing at primaries and elections in Pocahontas county. It notes printers benefit from the practice but calls for its end, cites past voter tallies and age distribution, and questions liquor permit enforcement and political maneuvering. It mentions socialist and republican dynamics and predicts a Des Moines convention for a state ticket.
W F Priebe advises farmers to hold four to five pound springs or four to five and a half pound roasting birds for better prices. He cites a Great Bend Kansas farm selling Rhode Island Reds at 129 pounds total, averaging over five pounds each, and urges continued careful feeding from hatch to market. He notes early markets reward the first products and suggests culling nonproductive laying hens to boost profits and egg mash funding.
A Sunday baseball game at the local field saw Mallard Ducks defeat Havelock 9 to 0. Miss Anita Miller of Rolfe visited with cousins Eldon and Melvin Buck. numerous neighbors, relatives, and club members attended gatherings, meetings, and social events across town, including a Kill Kare Klub session, a missionary society program, and a postnuptial shower for Mrs. Ward Leister of Ashland.
Havelock Methodist Church schedules Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m Kepworth League at 7 00 p m The pastor Rev C L Day invites non members to worship and be welcome The note also includes an unrelated estimate stating 2 000 000 known drug addicts in the United States.
Public auction scheduled for August 1 1934 at 2 p m at Pocahontas court house to sell the southeast quarter of section ten township 92 north range 31 west containing 1600 acres more or less to satisfy the writ of execution in favor of Equitable Life Assurance Society US and against Hans Miller Dusine Miller State Savings Bank Rolfe Iowa and others. Dated June 29 1934. Sheriff Hubert Kapseh Pocahontas Iowa.
A terse Irish voice asks if the finder has checked a figure or hint tied to a name and address, urging immediate action to avoid later argument. The line echoes a request to verify identity or reference before proceeding further.
An instrument claimed to be the last will and testament of P. J. Shaw, deceased, dated June 15, 1918, has been filed and read in Pocahontas Iowa. A hearing is set at 26 o'clock p.m. on the date above to prove the will and determine if it should be probated. All interested persons must appear to show cause. J. W. Berry Clerk of District Court Pocahontas Iowa July 16, 1925.
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