Big July Fourth Race Meet At Rolfe
The Wye Rolfe Racing Association plans a July 4 and 5 festival with an expected $2,000 in purses. Events include baseball, field sports, horse and motorcycle races, stock car events, and dances. Officials promise sections if entries exceed capacity and invite visitors to enjoy the park facilities and picnics.
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Wye Rolfe Racing Association
Rolfe
Plese
Pocahontas
Ritchey
Enea
F. Hl. Rosenkranz
Bridges Under Construction Progress in Local Area
Two bridges are progressing in the locality. A concrete crossing at Crooked Creek near the cemetery will replace the fraughtened channel. A steel span with concrete floors is planned at Beaver Creek near the John Price farm. The project aims to improve future business.
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Crooked Creek
Beaver Creek
Fort John Price Farm
Wind Storm Wrecks New School Steel Structure
A severe wind on Saturday toppled steel work for a new four story school building, bending girders and tipping foundation sections. Standard Construction Co sub contractor blamed. Evers and Knutson assess salvageable steel and a two week delay. Workers will erect steel in stages, with concrete and brick work advancing to maintain strength. architect Lockhart to rule on final judgment.
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Kewanee
Standard Construction Co
Standard Company
Messrs. Evers and Knutson
Lockhart
Ware Candy
Rolfe
Red Cross Week A Humble Yet Successful Campaign
Red Cross Week closes with strong community support and fundraising. Volunteers and committees report approximate totals of 500 members and 900 dollars in money collected with 3000 pledged. officers and an executive committee are named at a Pocahontas county chapter meeting in the Methodist church.
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Red Cross
Pocahontas County
Methodist Church
R. D. Echlin
A. R. Thornton
F.E. Hoyne
Ward Ferguson
W. W. Beam
E. W. Wilson
J. B. Kent
D. K. Folk
Dora Barker
J. K. Lemon
C. 8
Fon
Mansie
France
Simon
Rolfe
Amy Ireland
Vera Smith
Islea Pearce
Carol Ritchey
F. E. Hoyne
W. R. Rogers
J. C. Olerich
Vinnie Doe
Joe Wiewel
I. W. Larson
J. A. Carroll
F. M. Ritchey
Fuller-White
Stella Boyce
Fae McEwen
Hood Taylor Tie the Knot in Gilbert Iowa
Miss Laura Hood and Mr William S Taylor wed at the Catholic church in Gilbert Iowa on Tuesday morning June 26 Father Renier officiating. The couple plans to reside in Rolfe at the Kegley cottage in Pilot View and will soon be at home to friends.
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Laura Hood
William S. Taylor
Gilbert
Iowa
Father Renier
Jewell
Mrs. Taylor
H. H. Hood
Rolfe
Mr. Taylor
Bessie Taylor
Billy
F. C. Thomas Co
Kegley
Pilot View
Card Of Thanks From Lothian Family
We thank all who assisted during William M. Lothian illness and after his death and funeral. Mrs. Lillie Lothian and Family.
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William M. Lothian
Lillie Lothian
J. B. Lothian
Rolfe Race Meet Opens July Fourth and Fifth
Report notes a two day race meet in Rolfe on July 4 and 5 with emphasis on accurate coverage. The paper asserts voluntary censorship and promises only truth while acknowledging generous interpretation.
Sewer connections guidance for future trench work
Instructions tell property owners to inform the engineer when the trenching machine nears their lot about where to place the sewer T. If not specified, T will be centered. Tap cost is owner’s expense. contractors charge 40c per foot for laying the pipe.
Rolfe Chautauqua Delights Amid War Tabs And Witty Observations
A Rolfe chautauqua runs July 8 to 15. The Kaiser misstepped in a jab at Heaven while a dour observer notes a dead man who spurned a pretty ankle. The piece mocks Uncle Sam’s slow start and hopes for a sharp decisive blow when involved.
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Uncle Sam
William Muston Lothian Dies After Illness at 48
William Muston Lothian born near Rolfe Iowa on July 4 1868 died June 15 1917 at his home in this city after months of illness. He underwent two bladder cancer surgeries in Des Moines then returned home to be cared for by family. He married Lillie Rose in 1889 and had one son Paul. survived by wife son mother and three brothers. Funeral services were held at home with Rev R D Echlin, interment in Clinton Cemetery. Attendees included friends from Menlo Stuart and Savannah Illinois.
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William Muston Lothian
Rolfe
Iowa
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Mr. Lothian
Lillie Rose
Lanark
Hiinels
Paul
J. B. Lothian
James Robert
Marengo
Guy
Marshalltown
John
Lothian
R. D. Echlin
Clinton Cemetery
Frank Hitchcock
Menlo, Ia
J. Hawes
Stuart, Ia
Misa Myrtle Rose
Savannah
Ilinois
Volunteer Enlistment Week in 1917 Picks Navy and Army
President Wilson proclaims volunteer enlistment week urging men aged eighteen to forty to join the army or navy if fit. With conscription looming, those who volunteer may gain branch preference, as the draft may assign forces without choice. Eugene Lighter and Paul Graham sought registration early to express a preference before conscription proceeds. The navy may fill after this week’s volunteer call.
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Wilson
Army
Navy
Eugene Lighter
Paul Graham
Dinner and Supper Arranged for July Fourth and Sixth
The Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian Church will serve both dinner and supper in the church basement on July 4 and July 6. Four committees rotate to avoid crowding with A division serving dinner July 4 and C division dinner July 6 while B and D handle the suppers. Meals cost 35 cents, with service from 11 30 a m for dinner and 5 80 p m for supper, until all are served. Race meet at Rolte July 4 and 6.
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The
Excelsior Society of the Presbyterian Church
Excelsior Ladies
Junior Chautauqua Prepares Big Children's Pageant
The community hosts a dedicated children's chautauqua with a playground supervisor, a week of supervised play, and a grand pageant The Good Fairy Thrift on Saturday July 14 at 4 40 PM. Junior Town will be organized with child elected officers and badges for season-ticket holders. Prices drop to 1 00 for children to access all programs, while adults cannot admit children without their own tickets. Community outreach urges every family to ensure children gain entry and participate in the government learning experience.
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Lsten
Chautauqua
Uncle Sam
Wartime tax on grain amain?
An op-ed urges volunteers over lamenting age limits for registration. It notes county donations to Red Cross and Y M C A, explains Liberty Bonds are not donations, and quantifies wartime inflation: corn prices up 50 cents to $1 per bushel, urging readers to measure personal losses against public gifts.
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Red Cross
Andfot
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Mallard
Gilmore City
Bode
King George
Pershing
Buckingham Palace
Hood-Taylor
Rolfe Chautauqua
Heaven
Rolte
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