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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
6
Local residents recount a vivid northern lights show last Thursday evening with colors spanning a wide range. Reports note the display began around 30 p.m. and lasted past midnight, described by old-timers as unmatched in the area.
A stream of brief notices covers visits by residents like Mrs. A M Howrey and Ernest Merry, church society gatherings, school events, and Red Cross activity in Bradgate. Week of February reports include sweaters sewn, bandages, and monetary balances with thanks to contributors and volunteers.
Four candidates ran in the school election with 103 votes cast. Mark Dickey led with 77 votes followed by C. E. Jarvis 47 Theo Benjamin 43 and Ivan Dayton 39. Dickey and Jarvis won the new seats. Notable visits and civic notes fill the quiet week with community events and meetings.
U S Food Administration requires dealers to sell only wheat flour with substitutes present from March 11 1918. If substitutes unavailable no wheat flour may be sold. Consumers must buy substitutes. list includes hominy corn flour rolled oats rice and more. No exceptions. signed by County Food Administrator C P Malcolm.
A long roster of jurors listed by last name with towns including Laurens Pocahontas Rolfe Fonda Manson Plover Palmer and Havelock plus numerous individuals such as McClain Shelgren Kennedy Weber Hronek Meehan Graeber Harold Schoon Weeks Baldwin Chinn Ryan Fitzgerald Swanson Hovenden Meech Hixon Stover Wilson Thompson Wesseler Runneberg Gustafson and others from 8d Aden to Geo Stebels with no accompanying case details or actions.
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