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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
4
The report outlines a chaotic local scene with scattered names and events. Mentions of individuals like Reed WR and George Henderson appear amid garbled notes about sales, farming, and social visits. The text suggests a community column with brief notices and mixed fragments.
The text outlines a multi state bond offering covering Nebraska Iowa Kansas and Wyoming. It mentions a district bank system secured by deposits and stock of twelve tenikenns, with a 4 1 2 percent interest rate and potential cashing at a single venue. It notes proposed reductions in interest rates across three states, with minimal impact in a town where prices have remained low.
Iowa legislators discuss replacing the highway board with an engineering commission with six year terms and a $4500 salary. The Educational Committee backs hospital aid for crippled children and lists building plans for the state university, Iowa State College, and other institutions. The Senate approves a monument location bill and a free textbook measure while juror pay may rise to eight dollars daily and cities seek powers to delegate public-works contracts to private builders.
The Pocahontas county Iowa board met March 14 1917 with most members present. Contracts awarded for bridge lumber cement and tile drain repairs with local and named suppliers and bonds approved for assessor and treasurer depository. meeting adjourned to March 20 1917.
Advice for parents to reduce croup risk by serving a light evening meal to avoid overloaded stomachs. Emphasizes watching for the first sign of hoarseness and starting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy promptly. Sold by all dealers.
Eighteen months after enactment, 877 children were admitted to the University hospital at Iowa City under the Perkins law. Breakdowns show 454 orthopedics, 220 eye ear nose throat, 121 diseases of children, 2 genitourinary, 87 surgical, 19 medical, 14 skin, 2 gynecological. Nearly every Iowa county represented and most cases cured or helped.
Officers of the Iowa Wholesale Egg Butter and Poultry association were chosen for the next year at the Des Moines convention. New president Hugh Baird of Lohrville succeeds Charles Bowen of Rolfe, with P. A. Casey Atlantic as vice president and W. W. Wertz Grand Junction as treasurer. Other officers include M. A. Hagensick Des Moines secretary and a listed slate of executive committee members from multiple towns.
Halsey W. Wakeman died at his home in Ohio shortly after celebrating his seventieth wedding anniversary. He came to Webster County in 1868 and spent most of his life in Iowa aside from a few years in Colorado. Born October 18, 1825 in Saratoga New York, he and his wife were among Iowa’s longest married couples.
The city lets the summer sewer project totaling 28 590 feet to Cedar Rapids for 23 267 dollars. The disposal plant contract goes to a Sioux City company for 7 185 dollars. The work marks Knoxville's biggest sewer award to date.
Carson brothers of What Cheer strike a rich coal vein, said to cover about sixty acres with excellent grate coal. The brothers had operated mines at What Cheer since the town's mining era, but an older mine nearby flooded and gasified two years ago forcing its abandonment.
President authorizes 115 million emergency fund to speed naval construction and surge war craft production. Secretary Daniels orders 60 submarine chasers built at 110 feet, to be completed in 60 to 80 days, and approves first and second naval academy classes for March 29 and September graduations, boosting officer supply.
Pocahontas County girds for a drainage district project petitioned by Albert Kizer and others. The plan covers Gilmore City lands and county roads in Lizard Lake Garfield townships with a 1917 engineer report backing creation for public health and utility. April 18 1917 is the filing deadline for claims at the Pocahontas County Auditor’s office.
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