Rolfe Community Notes Include Visits and Sales
Local residents visit kin across Rolfe area with Kellners Eversons and Thompsons hosting. Sales promotions include Hammes & Sons clearance in Pocahontas and town shops closing early for Monday shopping. Weathering hail losses discussed by insurer and adjuster. several Anson, Olson, Brigham and Snook families feature in social rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Herrold
Schaller
Kate Ownen
Aaron Bishop
Havelock
Maude Boos
Dallas
Texas
B. E. Phillips
John Doyle
Presbyterian Church
Gerald Foust
Webb
Rolfe
Garfield Township Farm Bureau
J. O. Hosier
Dream of a Free World Not Worn by Clothes
A whimsical monologue imagines a place where people are not clothed and where every wish shapes a sanctuary. The speaker, A BR Thornton, envisions freedom from money, travel north or south, and living without constraints, offering vivid imagery of fashion and fantasy in a bygone voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phornton
Lavish 17th Century firearm with Maucher stock at Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired a richly decorated gun with a walnut stock carved by Johann Michael Maucher. The barrel was crafted by I C Scheff of Graz. Ivory plaques frame hunting scenes including Venus born, stag, boar, and wolf motifs, with foliate decorations elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Times
Johann Michael Maucher
Maucher
I. C. Scheff
Graz
Venus
Clincher line from homely Vermont lawyer noted
The article recalls Dave Nicholson a homely yet able Vermont lawyer who silenced a young opponent with a final line to a jury. His defense emphasized a pride in plain logic and wit as the courtroom moment closed, with readers in Los Angeles left to ponder the local relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Nicholson
New England
Vermont
Dave
Contlemon
Los Angeles
Indian Rice Harvest by Canoe Nets River Fields
Northward travelers observed Native groups cultivating rice in shallow flooded fields. A woman paddled a birch bark canoe and used two clubs to harvest grain from the heads, a slow yet productive method yielding several hundred pounds per day.
Greet Pan Is Dead
An Indianapolis News excerpt recalls an old school aunt retelling the myth of Apollo and Daphne to her six year old niece in Elenberger woods on a Saturday afternoon. The child’s amused impatience prompts a quip about making up a better story.
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Orlan Brownlee
John Kauffman
Mallard
A. S. Olson
Frost, Minn
Rolfe
Margaret Willingham
Olson
Elenberger Woods
Naele Grove
Apollo
Daphne
Bess
Indianapolis News
Leningrad state china factory under soviet turns to science art
In Leningrad the state china factory, once producing wares for the imperial family and Russian court, now outputs intricate scientific apparatus and artwork under Soviet management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Leningrad
Boiled Frosting and Chocolate Caramels and Banana Dishes
A compact collection of vintage dessert recipes. Boiled frosting uses egg whites and a long thread syrup to create a glossy finish. Chocolate caramels mix molasses brown sugar milk butter and chocolate with vanilla until a brittle drop forms. Baked cranberry bananas cook in cranberry sauce and water for a hot dessert, while bananas in crumbs are fried with salt pepper lemon and optional lemon sauce.
Card of Thanks and July 4 Biz Closings
Thanking friends who assisted during illness and at the funeral of my wife. Acknowledges flower contributions. Notices business closings for Monday July 4 by Rolfe M and J R Hakes Robt G Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
Rolfe
J. R. Hakes
Robt
G. Hunter
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. E. Kellner
Ft. Dodge
Lillian Kellner
Lucille Everson
Plover
E. B. Thompson
Hakes
Norma
Maxine Jensen
Newell
B. S. Bryson
Hugh Moore
Palmer
Hammes & Sons
Pocahontis
Woo
Roberts
Tarry Dickey
Dubuque
Walter Heilenin
Rolie
Tleney J. Anderson
Ie North Western
Gov
Marithee
Ported Tager
Mal Robineen
Besa
Ars
Lond Paulsen
Angel Cm’poole
Fannie Rhoades
Stous City
Oisa Burkhart
Chiticen
Salis
Gee
Myo
Uh Fi
Horas
A. OG UL OW
Grand Lodge
Thomas Inobet
DeWeese Vhermas
Als
Brigham
Pocahontas
Wm. Snook
Paul Snook
Harrison Knapp Jr
Fred Hoffert
West Bend
Snook
Chase
Phos
Iid
Ernest Cox Jr
Ford
Hess & Son
Pan
Na ‘Art
Pou
Pocahontas County
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