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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a group's attendance and a union context with unclear attribution. The readable bits reference youth, meeting or event, and possible community or organizational involvement, but no clear names, dates, or places emerge.
A fragment notes a central figure named Valent and hints at lifelong devotion to tea culture. The line suggests enduring influence and regional admiration, reflected in community memory and ongoing tribute.
The Ex service at Iowa State College surveyed fifty six counties over three years. Results include new color schemes for rooms rugs dyed and varnished and numerous home items produced such as 1803 linoleum finishes 801 project pieces and 4054 desk accessories.
L Robinson of the Farm Crops division at Iowa State College says 200 bushels of Iowin winter wheat seed will be distributed to Iowa farmers for seeding. The price is $1.25 per one and a half bushel lot, bag included. From 1926 to 1930 the variety averaged 58 bushels per acre at the college farm, the highest among winter wheats tested. The seed offers farmers a standard for comparison with home varieties and a ready seed supply if trials prove successful.
Dr. C. T. Bode of Iowa State College says this season is the harshest in years for trees. Many two and three year olds wilt and die after summer heat and drought while mature trees suffer. Mulching helps conserve moisture until soil moisture normalizes. The note cites soil moisture and native species decline, and mentions a Youngstown club built over old mine workings.
The article envisions vast wealth beneath seas and deserts, urging exploration to electrify earth heat and access platinum, gold, and silver in seawater. It highlights deep mines, undersea topography, and the potential for deserts and swamps to be transformed, expanding civilization to every oxygenated region.
A Manchester Guardian columnist notes that in the late fourth century Julian forbade Christians to use classical writers for instruction. Some saw the deprivation as small, while Apollon king, once a Bey rout sophist, tried to convert the Bible into epic verse and Pindaric odes before his death ended the project.
The article recounts Henry VIII as a theologian rebel against Rome, his 1521 papal recognition as Defender of the Faith, Paul II's revocation, and 1544 Parliament restoring the title, which appears on coins as Fid Def.
Charles K. Harris produced the song after a Chicago ball where he met a Kentucky girl. A quarrel amid the couple, and the fiancee’s unhappiness, sparked the line Many a heart is aching after the ball. Harris completed both music and lyrics within an hour.
The national food show cements apple pie dowdy as the top American dish with New England origins. Tart apples are sliced into a rice-like base, sprinkled with maple sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, dotted with butter, and baked slowly in a rich crust to ensure thorough cooking.
A nursery maid guides a small child in the garden and the gardener remarks on there being too many women in the world and praises boys as the best crop in a Christian Register quotation.
A writer asserts any American girl earning $30 000 annually can marry well in the United States and Europe. He adds that wealth opens more choices domestically than abroad, per the Shreveport Journal.
Pocahontas Iowa June 12 1931 meeting of the board of supervisors with A H Buscher as chairman and four members present. The record lists numerous assessed changes across land and animal categories by district including decreases in cattle feeding horses swine and other livestock with occasional increases, reflecting annual valuation adjustments.
Weather and Crop Bureau official Charles D. Reed notes hogs peak profitability at lighter weights. 250 lb hogs fetch about 6.60 per cwt or 16.50 per animal while 350 lb hogs bring 5.00 per cwt or 17.50 per animal. Extra 100 pounds worth only 1.00, given 11.4 bushels of corn per 100 pounds and 48¢ corn price. Producing the extra weight costs about 5.47, so heavier hogs reduce profit while corn lucrative with light-weight hogs.
The Pocahontas county Board of Supervisors will meet at 1 00 p m in Pocahontas Iowa to hear taxpayers on the proposed expenditure estimate. Roy A Johnson county auditor.
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