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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
4
John M. Russell of Palmer argues blue clay as a highway binding material though costly and prone to rolling up in frost. He favors mixed gravel, notes dry performance limits, and calls for experimental road strips before major investment under current price conditions.
Harriss Thomas, local subscription representative for The Country Gentleman, speaks on advertising's effectiveness. He notes his business has about sixfold increased in the last two months due to running a series of snappy ads for the farm weekly.
A promotional blurb praises Harry Carey in Hell Bent describing him as real and artistic. It touts his appeal and his screen presence and reflects on advertising value as seen by a local distributor Investor Thomas and other Arrow advertisements.
Pocahontas County Iowa sets a special election for April 6 1920 to decide erecting a new court house and issuing bonds up to 400000 with a tax levy not exceeding 34 mills. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm at precinct polling places statewide. also notice of admin role inJames H Gilligan estate with Catherine Gilligan named administratrix and filing claims rules.
A series of visitors and hometown notes from Plover include C Garlocki and Earl Houck stopping by the town, Mr and Mrs David Hood visiting Perry Iowa, and Mr Osborn improving from influenza. Scranton residents Squire Heathman attend A E Bush funeral. local moves include Geo Ande to Plover and Ernest Meredith taking over the Schabacker place. The American Legion plans a March 9 meeting and a basket social with the Plover Band on March 12 at the school.
A pasted mix of social event invites and a formal notice proclaims an annual election for the Consolidated Independent School District of Plover. It asks electors to consider a $30 000 bond issue to fund a new addition to the school building and lists meeting details and social plans.
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions a care reward of $100 and a local disease context tied to a canal, with references to a patient and testimonies. Names such as FF Cheney & Coa. appear as partial entities, but details are unclear and no coherent event is established.
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