Rolfe Chautauqua Jubilants Highlight Week of Arts
The 1922 Rolfe chautauqua featured Browne’s Jubilee Singers and Ward Waters Company delivering varied music, a Haboush lecture on The cradle of Christianity, and strong performances by Lewellyn, Ward Ferguson, and Visocchi’s Musicians. Despite robust attendance, organizers report a near $700 deficit, pledging 100 guarantors at $10 each to fund 1923.
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Rolfe
Chauhuqua
Cyowne
Syowne
E Browne
Jubilee
Brown Company
Browne
Browne’s
Tephen A. Haboush
Galilee
Christ
Amerca
Palestine
Haboush
Edgar J. Lewellyn
Prof. Lewellyn
Ward Ferguson
Hadley
Coure
Ward Waters
Rolfe Chautauqua
Rolfe’s
Chautauqua
Colts Fall to Brown's Tennessee Rats in Rolfe City
Paylor's Colts lost 9-7 at Rolfe City Park as Brown's Tennessee Rats, a semi pro colored aggregation, dominated the game. The home team fought hard in baseball action but errors and a late rally by the visitors sealed the outcome.
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sPaylor
Colts
Rolfe City Park
Brown
Tennessee Rats
Dry farming gains ground in Sedgwick county crops
Joe Peterson of Julesburg area cites a county clipping praising improved dry farming methods. The 1922 crop shows strong yields with healthy fall and spring wheat, heavy rye and barley, and sugar beets and potatoes above average. Summer wheat cultivation in 1921 nearly doubled previous years.
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Joe Peterson
Julesburg
Sedgwick County
Colo
Golfers Luck In Five Team Forty Day Tournament
Rolfe Golf Club sent a pick up team to Fort Dodge for a five sided tournament with Fort Dodge Storm Lake Spencer Algona and Rolfe represented. Rolfe beat Spencer which did not enter a team. Fort Dodge likely won honors due to strongest representation and home course familiarity.
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Rolfe Golf Club
Fort Dodge
Storm Lake
Spencer
Algona
Rolfe
Fellows
Fourth spray advised to protect fall apples from worms
Growers should apply the fourth spray between July 26 and August 3 to ward off worms and diseases in fall and winter apples. The mix uses four quarts of liquid and three and a half pounds of lime sulfur per 50 gallons, plus a pound of arsenate of lead. Wealthy and later varieties need spraying. non bearing trees may skip. Exhibit fruit at county fairs and Iowa state fair. premium lists available from Des Moines.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Horticultural Society
State House
Des Moines
Charlton Larson Grain Co Installs Radio Office Outfit
Charlton-Larson Grain Co has installed a radio outfit at the grain office to get the very last word on market reports. The system mirrors the Rolfe Light & Power Co setup except for the Magnavox amplifier. Installation was completed by John Dambore.
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Charlton-Larson Grain Co
Rolfe Light & Power Co
John Dambore
Pocahontas County SS Picnic at Twin Lakes Aug 18 1922
Pocahontas County Sunday School Association schedules a county picnic at Twin Lakes on Friday afternoon and evening, August 18, with a full sports program arranged by the grounds committee. Families bring their own supper and plan serving, east districts to compete against west in afternoon events.
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Pocahontas County Sunday School Association
Twin Lakes
Stony Point
North Lake
Joe Dolans Barn Destroyed by Fire in Thunderstorm
A barn owned by Joe Dolan in the northwest of town burned down after a Sunday morning blaze amid a heavy thunderstorm and driving rain. Lightning likely struck nearby, four tons of hay twenty chickens and equipment were lost, with insured value about 500 dollars. Ray Green was first on scene and firefighters saved surrounding properties.
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Joe Dolan
Ray Green
Farewell for Lemons at Methodist Church Parlor
Tuesday evening church social honored the J. K. Lemon family as they leave Rolfe. A fine program and refreshments followed. The Lemons received funds to purchase a pen for their Woodward home as a token of esteem from local church workers.
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J. K. Lemon
Woodward
Rolfe
Attempted Robbery at Clare Bank
A gang of yeggs attempted to rob the Clare bank about 2 00 am Wednesday. They forced entry and blew the vault, but the charge proved too heavy. Townspeople were aroused and gunfire ensued, injuring one robber. The gang fled, likely steering away, but directions shifted.
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Yeggs
Clare
Governor Denounces Violence Aimed at Labor in Iowa
Governor Kendall announced that threats of violence to stop men from performing labor will not be tolerated in Iowa. He affirmed the right to quit work at will and the right to engage in legitimate labor, protected by Constitution and law, with state forces ready to defend it.
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Iowa
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Florentine
Davis
Vissochi
Ward
Everthing
Ferguson
C. H. Moon
E. S. Colebaugh
W. H. Matteson
F. D. Pirie
W. P. Wheeler
Lou White
H.D. Brinkman
M. Goodmiller
M. W. Webb
W. S. Taylor
C. I. Heathman
C. M. Patterson
M. C. Ransom
Harriss F. Thomas
J. L. Hollis
F. J. Nacke
J. F. Kauffman
H. Brinkman
C. R. Ferguson
A. B. Symes
Amy Ireland
B. Bowen
G. C. Harris
A. V. Grant
A. N. Seifert
F. A. Malcolm
Nellie Grant
Deane
W. Trick
C. A. Green
E. Me
L. Gunderson
I. C. DeWolf
H. C. Wiegman
W. R. Rogers
W.E. Struthers
J. B. Kent
LD. Smith
F. ©. Thomas
J. C. Nelson
Randall Melson
P. A. McCray
Margaret Struthers
H.c.mccray
F. M. Ritchey
U.S
Federal Reserve System
Government Land Bank
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
the Bank. OF the People
Pocahontas County
America
Clare Bank
Kendall
W.S. McEwen
Robert Bruce
James Bruce
Oseph McEwen
D. D. McKiwen
Robert Bruce James Bruce W. 8. McEwen
Joseph McEwen
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