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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR describes bills to be published and sales to occur in town. It mentions a Red Arrow and a blanked month with sale at open time. Names, places, and exact dates are unreadable, but the item concerns public auction notices and publication timing.
Premium display in Shaffer and Leipmann meat market window showcases the Red Arrow March premiums. The layout is described as good and appealing.
The Rolfe column reports on an art exhibit at the schoolhouse, a Sunday community sing at the Presbyterian church, and local golf and tennis activity. It notes travels to Fort Dodge, a style show, post office staffing changes due to flu, and a district declam at the school auditorium.
The third annual county corn show at Pocahontas on February 21 and 22 drew praise as the county’s best event to date. Winners include A. E. Johnson Laurens and others from Laurens Havelock Mallard Pocahontas and Fonda with Johnson earning a silver cup for most winnings. A county grain show association was formed during the meeting with L. M. Halder president and George M. Hilton secretary to coordinate next year’s event.
A local notice lists the Red Arrow Community Sale in Rolfe, urging participation before March 10. Organizers call for vendors and buyers to gather for the event, with details unspecified in the fragment.
The church outlines a busy schedule with morning worship at 10:80, Bible School at 11:45, Junior Endeavor at 3:00, Christian Endeavor 6:30, and evening service 7:30. Weekday Prayer Meeting Thursday 7:80. Emphasized events include May 7 Excelsior Society supper and March 11 Annual Every Member Canvass.
The Garfield Township Farm Bureau Unit will meet at Nis Behr endsen's home on March 8. Program includes Five Reasons Why We Should Patronize Our Own Shipping Associations, Tuberculosis Eradication, The Farm Bureau and the Farm Women's Project, plus music and lunch.
The annual bred sow sale of E. E. Wilcox & Son at Rolfe drew a large crowd from within 25 miles. Colonel Ritchie of Marathon led the sale as 44 sows brought an average of 43.11 while top price reached 92.50. Most stock went to Pocahontas and neighboring counties, with about half the prior year’s average. Editorial remark questions war analogies and notes readjustment in the country.
Services will be held at this church next Sunday at 11 00 a m with a sermon by Rev J P M Magnussen All are cordially invited to attend
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