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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
1
Mrs B H Thomas of Loganaport Indiana reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best medicine for colds and croup she has used. She gives it to her children at the first sign and it always provides prompt relief, recommending it to neighbors and friends. All dealers advertise it.
Mrs Wilcox and son Jim visit Fort Dodge relatives while Mahne eyes Rolfe relocation but finds no housing. Gilmore City secures the Mahnes. Kuhns to decide. Local items cover farm business, a meat market purchase, a broken collar bone, a near fire near Conrad, and travels to Des Moines and Battle Creek. Community dinner planned at the Methodist church. others travel or visit relatives.
The Rebekahs held their regular installation Tuesday evening with Mrs. A V Everett acting as installing officer by appointment due to the regular officer's absence. Officers installed include N G Jennie Goodmiller V G Stella Boyce R Secy Ethel Taylor F Secy Anna Whitmore and others, followed by a rousing banquet.
A Pocahontas county farmer, opposed to a new court house due to high taxes, toured the courthouse safes and vaults with an official. Realizing the risk to vital records in a fire, he changed his stance in favor of modern safeguards and a new building if voters investigate the courthouse conditions.
Regular services will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday with Rev. C. S. Burnette in the pulpit. The evening sermon topic is Where to Draw the Line The Questionable Things of Life.
Dr Staggs the Estherville eye specialist will visit Rolfe on Tuesday January 26 at Dr E W Wilsons office from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to examine eyes for glasses.
The Richard Grant schoolhouse burned completely last night between 11 and 12 o'clock. Origin uncertain, fire likely from cinders from a stove explosion. Teacher reportedly banked the fire overnight. no blame assigned. Neighbors Gunderson and Elsie Burkhalter noticed a light but misinterpreted it as a lamp and lantern.
Howard Rann, writing in the Manchester Press, laments the passing of a Quasqueton newspaper and argues the printing trade ranks sixth in commerce and forty sixth in credit. He urges town merchants to pay a fair price for quality service, noting a weak paper harms a town and urging publishers to set honest rates to stay solvent. He concludes the average businessman will pay for a good article but resents wasteful or dormant papers.
Classified note offers land for sale near the Twin Cities with Farm opportunities. Encourages readers to write for details on purchase, prices, and location specifics.
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