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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1934
Page
4
An editorial decries the Iowa Republican platform on tax revision as vague and self contradictory. It argues that repealing the sales tax and raising the income tax would create a revenue shortfall, and notes how property taxes could be affected under the plan and welfare proposals.
Sunday services listed with Sunday School at 10:00 am and Morning Worship at 11:00 am. Evening services at 7:45 pm are canceled for certain Sundays while a Bible Conference starts July ah and runs through August at the Methodist Camp Ground on Lake Ukaboji near Spirit Lake. Lectures from Dr Schermerhorn and others noted. camp grounds free to all and cottages available.
Rolfe locals note Rev J O Wangberg at Bode for a friend’s funeral. Fort Dodge visitors call on Z T Carrolls as Struthers enjoy Algona picnic and rodeo. Des Moines visitor Maxine Colebaugh stays with Denzil Johnson’s circle. Ives to Ames for summer session. Harriette Damberg back from Wisconsin resort. Pattee family weekend at Pocahontas. Mary Agatha Pattee sails Sept 1 for Shantung China. Watts family reunion at Livermore with extensive attendance and a noon picnic.
Local column from Havelock chronicles a crowded Twilight Theatre event with LeRoy Miller and his Serenaders of Rolfe providing music. Community updates include visits, hospitalizations, business calls, and social gatherings across Laurens, Emmetsburg, Gilmore City, Pocahontas, and Rolfe, with a July 20 birth and various illnesses and travels.
Fragmented passage discusses county actions and fees related to welfare assistance. Mentions a county sheriff’s office, asset concerns, and hopes for a system to enable payment of old age assistance. Details are garbled with many misspellings.
Regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary held last Thursday at the Legion Hall in Pocahontas. Eighteen members and one visitor, Mrs. R. Wilson, attended. Officers elected include President Mrs Mary Smith Vice President Mrs Minma Johnson Secretary Miss Sadie Goodchild Treasurer Mrs Mary Waters Chaplain Mrs G A Gruver Historian Mrs Goldie Ralle Sergeant at Arms Mrs Kate Wit Thais Executive Board Mrs J C 2B Mrs B C Boysen and Mrs Hard Crewell.
The American Weekly Magazine prints an account of a high society marriage breakdown involving a heiress valued at fifty million dollars. The piece notes the couple’s separation and impending divorce, reflecting the era’s lavish lifestyle and social scrutiny.
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