Rolfe Local Items Highlight Community Notes
Fort Dodge visitors include Rev J P Lester and Miss Kate Dolan while Miss Charlotte Thornton visits Des Moines with Miss Ione Noble. Gerald Carroll ill with influenza. J A Carroll toured Fort Dodge for business. Excelsior society served a substantial church supper despite high tides and road conditions netting about $40. Kathleen Barnes ill at Iowa City with possible mastoid surgery. condition improving. S McIntire recommended for Pocahontas postmaster by Congressman Dickinson. Roy seen as acting postmaster, potential appointment anticipated.
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Excelsior Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Kathleen
S. L.sMcIntire
Pocahontas
Dickinson
Roy
Rolfe School Echoes Art Exhibit and Tournament
Rolfe school held an art show in the gym with reproductions of old masters, charging 25 cents for admission to fund new pictures. The basketball team toured Ft. Dodge for a tournament while exams shifted to accommodate players. Miss Marcum read a short story “The Girl at Duke’s” by Leon. sixth graders hosted a Washington party with guests from the fifth grade. Several staff and students were absent due to the flu, and a list of sixth graders excused from tests was published alongside reminders of visitors and first graders who were punctual in February.
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Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
Marcum
Duke’s
Leon
Floyd Connor
Laurens
Rolfe
Simonson Spotted Poland sows sale draws fair local turnout
The Simonson sale at Wilcox pavilion offered Spotted Poland China sows. Forty five head sold averaging just under 33 dollars with top price 45 dollars. Attendees were mostly local breeders, roads hindered some buyers, one Rockwell City group arrived after sale.
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Simonson
Poland
Wilcox Pavilion
Tom
Good Sale Results Highlight Local Hog Auction
Record shows a blizzard hindered turnout but bidders remained eager at the sale. Col Harry Grove led the auction, selling stock to local buyers and a few head to Missouri and Illinois breeders. The top price reached ninety dollars with an average of thirty five fifty, boosting Mr Kauffman’s net gains.
Olerich Sale At Rolfe Draws Fair Attendance
Public sale of Poland China bred sows at H. F. Olerich residence southwest of Rolfe drew about half of a full turnout due to bad roads. Forty-three head sold average about 48 dollars with top price 152.50. Absence of field men and heavy advertising reduced costs and improved net results for Mr. Olerich despite weather obstacles. Cols. Richey and Grove served as auctioneers.
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Poland
H. F. Olerich
Rolfe
Olerich
Cols
Richey
Grove
Presbyterian Church Notes Canvass Promoted For Sunday
Rev John P Lester outlines annual church canvass and consecration service to be held after morning worship. Delegates urged to visit homes between 2 and 4 pm with pledge support and cooperation. Evening service led by gospel team on Temptation. C E meeting led by Mrs Hosier aims for seventy five attendees. Closing church school session Thursday night.
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Thes Canvaisers
Public Health Meeting Reports County Efforts at Pocahontas
The county Red Cross and Public Health committees held a semi annual meeting at the Pocahontas court house on Saturday February 24. Mrs E L Hollis chaired the health committee and reported tuberculosis program ideas from Cedar Rapids and discussed Health Crusader work in schools. Secretary C W Bush gave a Red Cross financial report through February 24 1923. Antoinette Bonnstetter summarized county health work, including school inspections and lists of eye ear nose throat dental and vaccination efforts with numerous statistics and actions planned or underway.
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Red Cross
Pocahontas
E. Ly
Hollis
Rolfe
Womans
Antoinette Bonnstetter
Crusaders
SA A
Festi Sha
Town State Board of Health
Methodist Church Plans Mission Event and Rally
Rev T Ernest Hoon leads Sunday services with morning worship Bible school junior league Epworth league and evening service. Weather hindered attendance. next week features Mrs O M Bond of Fort Dage on missions and a district convention June 19 20 with Miss Ea Manning speaking March 14 at 2 30.
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Bible School
Junior Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Epworth League
O. M. Bond
Fort Dage
Missionary Society
Humboldt
Ea Manning
West China
Lailies
Kensington
Gratitude for Kindness in Rolfe After Loss
Mr and Mrs James George express thanks for the sympathy shown to their family in their affliction and bereavement. They note the community of Rolfe has helped them endure the heavy load and remind readers to list property for Red Arrow torpairy sale at Rolfe before March 10.
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Rolfe
James George
Red Arrow Torpairy
Red
Arrow
Bride and Groom Celebrate Marriage in Rolfe Area
A wedding near Rolfe united the bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs A Marchant, with her groom from Havelock. Friends gathered to extend congratulations and wish the couple well in their new life together.
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Aughter
A. Marchant
Rolfe
Havelock
Sowa
Rolfe Iowa Town Council Proceedings March 6 1923
Regular meeting of Rolfe Iowa town council called to order by Mayor McCray with five councilmen present. Minutes approved. ordinance No 66 public dance ordinance dispensed with and ballot on passage conducted with five ayes and two nays. Bills read and approved including shoveling snow rent salary engineering and power charges. Meeting adjourned. Notice of Red Arrow Community Sale at Rolfe before March 10.
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Rolfe
Iowa
McCray
Bruce
Grant
Dawson
Rudolfson
Obrechis
Moyior
Ayes
Obrecht
Nay
Gahm
S.W. Anderson
S.F. McGuffin
P. A. Malcolm
Rolfe Telephone Co
J. A. Carroll & Son
W. S. Taylor
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J. P. Lester
Kate
Dolan
Perry Amick
Gerald Carroll
Charlotte Thornton
Des Moines
Ione Noble
Ware
Clem Conway
Clare Lumber
J. A. Carroll
H. C. Barnes
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hamilton
M. J. Allen
N. A. Lind
Asie
Astf
H. C. Wiegman
BE. D. G. Wieland
P. H. Bendixen
E. F. Stallcup
Gilmore City
S. C. W. Leghorn
G. D. Struthers
H. D. Brinkman
Jane Ralph
Stack Timothy Hay
Clover Seed
Thompson Bros
Silas
Hess & Son
Plover
Atie
I. M. McKim, Rolfe
John J. Black
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
B. J. Peterson
W. J. Sennett
W. B. Howell
Profit Maker
H. C. Kauffman
Big Enuf
H.C. Wiegman
Fisher Strain
J. B. Jolliffe
Roan
B. G. Belsenlaen
Duroe Jersey Sows
Pathfinders
Sensation King
Town ‘State Fair
A. P. White
Good Midland
Lind
Rolfe School
Harold Schaeffer
J. R. McIntire
Cora Lighter
Rolfe Light & Power,Co
Val
Congress
Harry Grove
Ductioneer
Missouri
Illinois
Kauffman
Presbyterian Church Notes
Institute Womans
Iowa State ‘Nurses
Haskell-Claus
Pres Ong
Ieee SE
Perkins
Board of Supervisors
Sioux City
Owa
Methodist Episcopal Church
T. Ernest Hoon
Council Proceedings
the State Savings Bank
Webb
Rolfe and
Selma Lenhart
Susan
Peggy
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