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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
5
In a talk on civic duty readers weigh the trouble of identifying legal residences for voters amid cars, movies and mobility. The piece notes locals debating voting eligibility and precinct ties as modern life complicates residence proof.
A clipped, dated fragment discusses feminine dress, punishment, and household spending. It satirizes gender norms with jokes about fashion, morality laws, and arithmetic metaphors, noting a beauty shop expense and a husband's shaving routine.
Iowa State College extension plant pathologist R H Porter outlines weed control tactics for Canada thistle and quack grass, urging early planning and deep plowing after cutting, with follow up cultivation and alfalfa sowing. Horsesorrel responds to lime and manure. Also notes convention turnout of about 2,300 to 2,500 girls for club work in Ames with mass sessions and Monday registration.
About 25 000 Iowa 4 H Club Girls are expected for the First Annual Convention at Iowa State College in Ames next week. They come from nearly every county to join in clothing foods and home furnishing projects. Registration totals were being tallied as Josephine Arnquist of Iowa State supervised the Girls 4 H Club work.
The program of work starts Tuesday and ends Friday June 15. Along with Iowa State College home economics staff, outside speakers include Helen Bennett of Chicago James Hartley of Chicago Grace Shellenberger Davenport Librarian Mrs Thurston Minneapolis and Anita Barnum Kentucky state Girls Club leader.
Beginning July 1, 1928, the committee requires accred ited counties like Pocahontas to tattoo hogs before shipment. The mark, placed on the neck and recorded with the producer’s name, identifies origin and aids disease control during slaughter.
Des Moines June 6 Special plans for Iowa’s first aircraft show at the State Fair August 22 to 31 outline ground displays of planes from large transports to small single seaters. Factories and distributors pledge cooperation, with experts on hand to explain flying equipment and a planned air show in front of the amphitheatre featuring U S Army ships.
Sheriff Stebbins reports the county jail inmates favor the new calendar as the most popular reading matter in the facility, reflecting inmate interest and available reading material.
Local agent advertises Wool prices and sacks for Cedar Rapids Hide and Fur Co. Readily available through the Cedar Rapids office for buyers and suppliers seeking materials and packaging.
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