Lombards Bring Elaborate Entertaining Program to High School
The Lombards with Lela Fairchild present the closing event of the Woman's Club 1920-1921 season on March 30 at the high school auditorium. The duo travel with fifteen costume sets including a $300 Japanese piece and a range of stage effects such as an electric anvil and a smoke drawing kit. Their act blends operatic selections, light operas, musical comedies, readings and sketches, featuring an original piece His Home Town Girl and novelty numbers designed to mix humor with pathos for broad audience appeal.
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Woman’s Club
Lombards
Harry
Lela Fairchild
Lyceum
Dan Cupid
Lombard
Japan
Chautauqua
Choo Chin Chow
Ford's Paper Barred Chief Arrests Dealers in Dearborn Weekly
St Louis Chief of Police Martin O Brien citing City Counsellor Charles H Daves said starting last Sunday he would order the arrest of all persons selling The Dearborn Independent Henry Ford's weekly. He claims sellers disturb the peace and defame a class of persons.
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Martin O’brien
St. Louis
Charles H. Daves
Dearborni Independent
Henry Ford
Tractor School Teaches Farmers Care and Use of Machinery
The Rolfe Implement Co hosted a free tractor school run by International Harvester Co on Tuesday and Wednesday to teach farmers tractor motor truck and implement maintenance. Seven instructors led lectures charts and lantern slides while attendees asked questions. Two film reels Power Farming and The Golden Harvest plus a book on Overhauling the Tractor were provided. A big noon lunch fostered fellowship. Instructors included A R Morse Wm Livingston S K Helsa C B Churchill K Ferguson Mid Schreiber and John Dunlap.
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Rolfe Implement Co
International Harvester Co
Towa
Rolfe Implement Company
Rolfe
A. R. Morse
Wm. Livingston
S. KE. Helsa
C. B. Churchill
K. Ferguson
Mid Schreiber
John Dunlap
Petersons' Clothes Shop Ad Praised By Milwaukee Scribes
Milwaukee readers share a copy of The Rolfe Arrow article about the new Petersons' Clothes Shop in Rolfe Iowa. The Adlers' Company notes the full page ad impressed local printers and comments that home rivals offer similar lines at lower prices while not matching the effort.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Petersons’ Clothes Shop
Rolfe
Iowa
Rolfe Arrow
David Adler & Sons Co
Adlers’ Company
Messrs. Peterson
Woman's Club Meeting Scheduled at K of P Hall
The Woman's Club will meet Friday afternoon at 2 30 in the K of P hall. The Civic Improvement Department will run the program.
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Woman’s Club
K. of P. Hall
Chicago and North Western Alters Morning Flyer Schedule
The Chicago and North Western Railway revises its timetable effective Sunday March 27 for multiple divisions including Galena East Iowa West Iowa I M Northwestern Iowa Sioux City Dakota Minnesota Madison and Wisconsin. Westbound morning Flyer No 25 departs 8 58 am and eastbound Flyer No 24 departs 8 18 pm. Agent Clarke notes this is the first major westbound time change in years due to train consolidations.
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Clarke
Bagge Completes Acquisition of McEwen Block
The McEwen block, once Garlock and Trick property, was transferred to A G Bagge of Fonda on March 1. Full possession was not given until Monday this week as Bagge arrived in Rolfe to assess repairs and remodeling needs.
Easter Sunday Prayer Meeting and C E Session
Begin the Easter observance with an early morning prayer service at 7:00 a m featuring prayer music and short talks on Easter angels stones triumph evidence and resurrection. The Sunday evening C E meeting will discuss Lessons From the First Easter led by Miss Dorothy Pearce with an instrumental duet by Fred Kirkpatrick and Everett Moon.
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C.E
Dorothy Pearce
Fred Kirkpatrick
Everett Moon
ON THE TRAIL OF THE BOSS
A lighthearted dispatch notes the Boss sending shorter notes and postcards from various locales. The quip implies he is traveling, enjoying time away, with humorous remarks about his retreat from lengthy letters.
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Cuba
Local youth stage Uncle Tom's Cabin musical comedy
Rolfe students present a locally written Uncle Tom's Cabin at the school auditorium next Saturday night. Admission is twenty five cents for pupils and thirty five cents for adults with proceeds to the Christian Orphan Home of Council Bluffs. The cast includes Hubert Wiswell Cael George Seifert Leland McIntire Glascock Kauffman and Denzil Johnson among others. The program promises bits between the acts and lively entertainment.
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Rolfe
Uncle Tom
Hubert Wiswell
Cael
George P. Seifert
Leland McIntire
Glascock & Kauffman
Sleepy John
Arthur Applegate
Denzil Johnson Elizar
Forrest Grant Marks
Shirley Thornton
New garage firm opens in Garfield street building
Lendit Paulson and Frank Wheeler, longtime Rolfe Auto Co. staff, resign to start their own business. They lease the Garfield street site and will open April 1 offering auto accessories, repair parts, and general repair work. They are seasoned mechanics and expected to draw steady business.
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Lendit Paulson
Frank Wheeler
Rolfe ‘Auto Co
Garfield Street
Rolfe Auto Co
Round of 500 ends in festive Plover showdown
The Merry Dozen of Rolfe and the Plover Five Hundred defeated the Wheelers and Garlocks at L. E. Garlock’s home in Plover to claim the 500 championship. A two course candle lit luncheon and Edison music accompanied the social event with nest egg favors.
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Garlocks
Wheelers
Merry Dozen
Rolfe
Plover Five
L. E. Garlock
Plover
Edison
Ware Upsets the Dope in Fast Home Victory
On March 11 Ware defeated Laurens 31 to 20 in front of a record crowd. Laurens led 23 14 at halftime before Ware surged, with LaVene scoring 23 of 31 Ware points. The win extended Ware’s home undefeated season in 1920 1021 and followed wins over Marathon Havelock Pocahontas Mallard Plover and others en route to the state tournament at Iowa City.
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Ware
Laurens
Rolfe
LaVene
Marathon
Havelock
Pocahontas
Mallard
Albert City
Plover
Fonda
Iowa City
Tuesday Club Meeting Planned for March 29
The Tuesday Club schedules a 2 30 p m gathering with Mrs C W Siefkin. The program includes Word Drill by Mrs Bert Peterson Parliamentary Drill and Current Legislation led by Mrs C J White.
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C. W. Siefkin
Bert Peterson
C. J. White
Parlor Bedroom and Bath and Other Feature Film Schedule
Local theater listing presents Mar 25 to Mar 31 with an all star cast. Buck Jones stars in Just Pass on Mar 26 alongside Matt and Jeff Comedy. Mar 28–29 shows Jack London’s Burning Daylight. Mar 30 Peggy Highland in The Web of Chance. Mar 31 Geraldine Farrar in Shadows. Also watch for The Son of Tarzan.
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Buck Jones
Matt and
Jeff
Peggy Highland
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Lombard Entertainers Versatile Organization
Ford
the Tractor
Woman's Club Meeting
First National Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Chicago & North Western
Bagge
C. BE
Bunny
Jack London
Northland
Geraldine Farrar
Son of
Tarzan
Avi Rar
W. S. McEwen
Robt. Bruce
James Bruce
Jos. McEwen
D. D. McEwen
Board of Directors
J. B. Kent
Robert Bruce James Bruce
Joseph McEwen
the State Savings Bank
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