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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
7
A Rolfe Iowa cluster reports visitors and family visits from Humboldt Ames Des Moines and Minneapolis. Local travel includes multiple relatives converging for funerals weddings and reunions with extensive cross‑town and cross‑state greetings. The piece also covers the Iowa Chile Trail Ride officials and volunteers with Des Moines events set for October.
The narrative recalls the Lewis and Clark expedition along the Missouri from St. Louis to the Pacific. It notes Sacagawea guiding the party near Three Forks, the 1804 start, and 1805 encampment at the confluence, plus later fur trade posts and Blackfeet conflicts shaping the Montana region.
Nineteen members and two leaders of the Up and Coming 4 H club gathered at Edna and Helen Wilsons on July 22. Roll call revealed each member had added one new accessory and discarded one. Alice Lathrop spoke on Bouquets for Winter Cheer while Mardella Aden demonstrated A Colorful Wall Hanging from Cretonne. Committees were formed for the August 8 local achievement day, and photos were taken. Miss Genevieve Colgan attended as a guest.
The Rev. John Brunn reports from Paynesville Minnesota that the ministers conference will result in no preaching service in the Presbyterian church next Sunday.
Perry merchant Morris Stern reports a coast to coast service run with purchases from a New York visitor and a suit destined for California. The quick sales illustrate his broad reach across the country.
Funeral services for Cassie Show, 71, were held at Springvale chapel in Humboldt with Rev. O. B. Anderson officiating. Born in Denmark, he came to Iowa as a child and lived in Maquoketa before moving to Humboldt County. For over forty years he was a leading auctioneer in the area and served twelve years as secretary of the Humboldt County Fair Association.
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