Pigs Fetch High Bids at Local Breeders Sale
Farmers and breeders from multiple towns gathered for a pork auction where bids climbed to as high as 200 per head. The sale yielded strong results with many pigs selling above 100 and totals surpassing expectations, signaling brisk local interest and cash payments.
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Jesa
Park
Saparell
J. P. Fitzgerald
Varina
Ed Kiser
Gilmore City
H. L. Ryan
Laurens
Walter Johnson
Curlew
Hy F. Olerich
Rolfe
W. T. Davenport
Rutland
Hugh Westfall
J. J. Lynch
W. H. Coffin
Bradgate
Henry Nielsen
Poland
Chinaa
Silver Wedding Celebration at Watsons in Des Moines Township
About 100 relatives friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs W B Watson in Des Moines township last Saturday to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of their wedding at Oxford Iowa. A mock wedding was performed with Morris N Ives officiating and Gordon Watson as ring bearer. A son was announced at Hancock Minn making the couple grandparents.
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Watson
Des ‘Moines
Oxford
Iowa
Ignesta
Morris N. Ives
Land
Arthur Vaughn
Gordon Watson
Frank Watson
Hancock, Minn
Special Dairy Train in Rolfe March 3 Highlights Lectures and Exhibits
Rolfe hosts a dairy education day with a Community Dairy Show and judging contest 10:80 to 12:00 at the barn, lectures at K P Hall 1:80, and exhibit cars open 3:00 to 6:00. Prizes total four dollars for dairy cows and four dollars for boys and girls judging. Speakers include W B Quarton and state dairy officials.
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Rolfe
Livery
W. B. Quarton
Iowa
W. B
Iowa State College
Halvery
Rolfe Pupils Shine in Fine Grade Program at Opera House
Rolfe school children staged a polished program last Friday with a dramatization of the months of the year a Maypole dance a bride role and a flag drill. Marian Hollis impressed in the June segment Dwight Hitchcock delivered a strong reading and a seventh eighth grade group will perform next week to raise funds for new school room clocks.
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Opera House
Marian Hollis
Bess Powell
Dwight Hitchcock
Rolfe
Rose Club Implements Ever Blooming Pertextion
The Rose Club presents a cryptic notice describing an unifying concept. It emphasizes constant renewal and the appeal of a perpetual bloom as a metaphor for its aims and social gathering.
Iowa Y M C A plans county wide work for country boys
State convention in Des Moines with 200 leaders approves creating four District County Work Y M C A secretaries to supervise, plan calls for a $30,000 annual budget, and expands state supervision beyond past efforts. Pocahontas county groups active in multiple towns but adult leadership gaps hinder expansion. County Secretary asks locals to request help if not satisfied.
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Iowa
Young Men’s Christian Associations of
Astate
Des Moines
Bowers
Allys-Chalmers Company of
Milwaukee
Europe
W. B. Holliday
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Plover
Laurens
Rolfe
Gilmore City
Fonda
Agaderahip
Card Of Thanks From Dwight Wood Family
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends for their support and labor during the bereavement for Dwight Wood and his grandchildren, noting appreciation for the acts of love and care shown by the community.
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Gundred
Dwight Wood
Flour warehouse break in near depot reported
Thieves forced an entrance to Geo. O. Hauck & Co. flour warehouse east of the C. & N. W. depot between Friday night and Sunday morning and took a quantity of flour. The hasp was forced with a crowbar. No suspects or cards left. The Ben Green family moved into the Crahan residence on Garfield street this week pending a new home.
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Geo. O. Hauck & Co
Hauck
Ben Green
Crahan
Garfield Street
K. D. Smith
Missionary District Meeting Set in Rolfe March 8-9
In connection with a statewide campaign the M B H church schedules a district meeting in Rolfe on March 8 and 9. Noted speakers will discuss missions including some from foreign fields. Further details appear in MB church notes. Remember the date.
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M. BH
Rolfe
Tuesday Club Holds Meeting and Elects Officers
The Tuesday Club met with Mrs. F. HE Hoyne and carried out the regular program. Annual elections resulted in Mrs. A. V. Hverett as president, Mrs. J. K. Lemon Lecy as vice president, Mrs. J. Damborg as secretary, and Mrs. C. B. Bowen as treasurer.
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F. HE. Hoyne
A. V. Hverett
J. K. Lemon
Lecy
J. Damborg
Treas
C. B. Bowen
Obituary of Dwight Wood highlights Civil War service and family
Dwight Wood born June 16 1882 in Madison County New York died February 31 1917 in Rolfe Iowa aged 85. Funeral Feb 23 in M B H church with Rev Burnette. Survived by wife Rosina Heathman married 1859 Exeter Wisconsin, eight children six living. Civil War service in Company D First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery 1864 66. Lived in Wisconsin thirty years, moved to Rolfe 1898, active in G A R and W R C. Surviving children Howard Sioux City Nettie Albee Plover Addie Pike Albert Ida Porter Rolfe Meda Blackman Eagle Grove, 26 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren. Funeral reflections note mortality and resurrection beliefs with scripture cited.
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Dwight Wood
Madison County
New York
Rolfe
Iowa
M. BH
Burnette
Rosina Heathman
Exeter
Wis
J. A. Kettle
Job
Job XIV
Jesus
Mases
Abraham
Jacob
Isaac
Martha
Altho
John
Howard
Sioux City
Nettie Albee
Plover
Addie Pike
Albert
Ida Porter
Meda Blackman
Hagle Grove
Eastern Star Meeting Dates Calendar 1917
Regular Order of Eastern Star meetings listed for March 2 April 6 May 4 June 1 June 29 August 8 August 31 October 26 November 28 December 28. Cut out for reference. Daphne Malachan was home university Des
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Order of Eastern Star
Daphne Malachan
Methodist Church West Des Moines News and Meetings
Pastor Rev C 8 Burnette reports good Sunday attendance and note on young men at evening services. Miss Daphne Malcolm played piano selections. Circle 2 of Ladies Aid hosts Kensington on March 7 at the church parlors. W F M Society meets at Mrs Bert Wood’s Friday afternoon. A missionary convention will be held at Rolfe March 8 and 9 with two foreign missionaries and a home missionary speaking. Delegates from Humboldt Rutland Bradgate Unique Gilmore City Pioneer Pocahontas expected. Regular services next Sunday 10:00 AM and 7:30 PM with an evening sermon on Bible questions. Good music from orchestra and choir.
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Daphne Malcolm
Circle No
Ladies’ Aid Society
Kensington
W. F. M. Society
Bert Wood
M. H
Rolfe
Humboldt
Rutland
Bradgate
Unique
Gilmore City
Pioneer
Poccahontas
Presbyterian Church Seeks Strong Attendance for Rev Mitchell
Presbyterian notes Rev Mitchell of Manila Iowa preached here two weeks ago and will return Sunday as a candidate for the pastorate. The church urges high turnout with invitations extended to all worshippers as he may deliver two fine sermons. Fire call at Rev Dalseide home met a volunteer bucket brigade that extinguished a roof fire near the chimney last Friday forenoon with little damage.
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Rev. Mitchell
Manila
Iowa
Mitchell
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Zazar
Rolfe School
A Rose Club
Big Missionary Convention
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. C
Presbyterian Church Notes
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