Pythians Entertain Society With Childlike Costumes
The Pythians hosted a society event with costumes suggesting childhood. Ninety percent of ladies attended in playful dress while ten percent wore formal wear. The program featured recitations, solos, duets, and dances, with games after the show and light refreshments provided to participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ier
Deane Trick
Morris’ Webb
Harry Patterson
Anna ‘Bower
Florence
Cook
Ferne Daniels
Henrietta Field
Gussie Bruce
Mary
Annie Brown
Willie Green
Maude Thomas
Russell McIntire
David McCray
Tommy Tucker
Harriss Thomas
Laura Seifert
Florence Cook
Daphne Malcolm
Hazel Lothian
Ione Gadd
Myrtle Watts
Susie Harris
Lola Meech
Geraldine Cleaver
Anna Matteson
Gladys Larson
Esther Harris
Lucile Fraser
Cora Klein
Town rat killing contest offers $200 prize
The Daily Register of Des Moines sponsors a statewide rat-killing contest from May 17 to April 7 with $200 in prizes for the champion. Officials urge participation to curb grain and poultry losses in Iowa and curb disease risk, while The Arrow adds a $3 prize in Pocahontas County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Register of
Des Moines
Towa
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
Register
Rolfe Postmaster Resigns as Examination Set for Humboldt
Mrs. Bess Cuff Graham resigns as Rolfe postmaster effective January 25. A civil service examination will be held at Humboldt on April 8 to fill the vacancy. Salary is 2100 dollars with one clerk deduction. Applicants must file forms and bring a recent photo to the exam.
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Bess Cuff Graham
Rolfe
Humboldt
Postoffice
Post
Death calls J P Nielsen at 89 in Des Moines Township
Jens Peter Nielsen died at his son N C Nielsen’s home in Des Moines township on March 12 1922 aged 89 years 2 months 16 days He was longtime Rolfe resident coming from Denmark years ago The Danish Lutheran church sermon by Rev J P M Magnussen of Rutland followed by burial in Clinton cemetery The notice notes incomplete obituary details and ends with an ad tease.
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Jens Peter Nielsen
N. C. Nielsen
Des Moines
Mr. Nielsen
Rolfe
Denmark
J. P. M. Magnussen
Rutland
Clinton Cemetery
Pythian Sisters Host Splendid Evening of Entertainment
The Pythian family thanks the Pythian Sisters for a splendid evening of entertainment and amusement. The next entertainment is set for April 10 featuring a minstrel act, with the following dancing party planned for Monday evening March 27.
Rolfe Legion falls to Des Moines Township in close high school game
The Rolfe American Legion basketball team lost 17 to 12 to the Des Moines Township squad at Legion hall. Graham and Larson starred for their teams, with Lehnus aiding Township as the period and the game remained tight from start to finish.
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Rolfe American Legion
Des Moines
Legion Hall
Richaire Graham
Sam Larson
Legion
George Lehnus
Graham
Legion Boys
Sin
Eas
Quiet school election shows little voter interest
A Monday school election drew about sixty votes with no organized opposition. The ticket led by petition saw low engagement as names such as Fae W. Trick and L. D. Smith received varying counts, and J. B. Kent won the treasurer post with 51 votes, while the school board may spend far more than the city council.
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Fae W. Trick
L. D. Smith
A. V. Graeber
Mrs. C. 'L. Gunderson
C. B. Bowen
Carroll
C. L. Gunderson
W.P. Wheeler
L. W. Larson
J. B. Kent
Ward Ferguson
People’s Tcket
C. .H. Moon
J. H. Brinkman
M.T. Blessing
I. A. Malcolm
Luther Thompson
C. M. Webb
T. St. Patterson
American Legion Hall
Citizens’ Ticket
P. A. McCray
Wm. Obrecht
W. Wheeler
J. L. Hollis
W. R. Rogers
Martha Trick
Amy Ireland
Dora Barker
Dan Webb
A. B Symes
Webb
Rolfe
Community Sing At High School Auditorium
The monthly community sing invites neighbors to gather at the high school auditorium next Sunday from three to four o clock. Sunday schools will be represented on stage and in the balcony, and instrumentalists are welcome to bring instruments and join the orchestra.
Garfield Township Farm Bureau Meeting Friday Evening
The Garfield township unit of the Farm Bureau will hold a meeting at the center school house Friday evening March 17 at 7 30 o clock A special program will be presented and an urgent invitation is extended to all to attend The Garfield group aims to make the meeting interesting for attendees.
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Garfield Township
The
Farm Bureau
Center School House
Garfield Bunch
Idle words and a man’s folly exposed by a shrewd tale
A fragment notes how idle words backfire when a man makes a fool of himself, and a sharp observer explains the folly with a telling reply.
Pool halls face new ordinance and public stance
The Feb 10 pool hall ordinance allows enforcement upon publication and targets unused private tables. The piece jokes that residents will resist enforcement unless owners allow free use, and warns of possible uproar in Rolfe if challenged.
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Rolfe
Robbers Break into Oil Station Use of a Jimmy
Robbers pried into the Standard oil station using a jimmy. They did not steal cash from the safe but took a small adding machine belonging to manager Lawrence Meech. The thieves likely fled before finishing their job.
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Lawrence Meech
Native Son McAneney Advances to War Finance Role
Friends note L P McAneney, formerly with the Bank of Hansboro and later with the State Examiners' Department, has moved to Washington as special North Dakota representative for the War Finance Corporation. His banking career spans Hansboro, Bismarck, and the Bank of North Dakota, with deep ties to North Dakota bankers and the Rolfe origin story.
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L. P. McAneney
Bank of Hansboro
State Examiners’ Department
Bank of ‘North Dakota
McAneney
Washington
War Finance ‘Corporation
North Dakota
Wax Finance Corporation
Rolfe
Iowa
Bismark
Bank of North Dakota
Credit Department
York Rite
el Zagal Shrine
Mac
North Dakota Banke
W. N. McAneney
Cando
N. D
Old Rolfe
Rolfe Reveille
J. J. Bruce
F. H. Plumb
Edith Howell
Snow White operetta highlighted city election coverage
The piece notes two city election tickets and a women’s ticket amid posts on civic campaigns. It also reviews the Rolfe school operetta Snow White staged by grade pupils with Olive Lucile Bryan as Snow White, praised for its elaborate production and performers.
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Pythians
J.P. Nielsen
Nhis Bank
Busi
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Champe
D. M. T. Trims Legion Cagers
Garfield Township Bureau
Snow White
Rolfe School
Olive Lucile Bryan
Carol Ritchey
Marjorie Moon
Rose
Edith Campbell
Arbutus
Iieda Peterson
Daffodil
Catherine Nacke
Violet
Russell Smith
Prince
Whee
Graydon Thornton
Carl
Huntsman
Elmer Peterson
Allan Butts
Burdette
Flosella McEnany
Marion Hollis
W. S. McEwen
Robert Bruce
James Bruce
Joseph McEwen
D. D. McEwen
Robert Bruce James. Bruce, W. S. McEwen
the State Savings Bank
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