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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
3
A ragged batch of items shows local scenes from Plover and nearby towns. Visitors, farm plans, business moves, farming tools, insurance agency openings, and a hotel lease are noted along with a mockherzer at Peoples Savings Bank and upcoming baseball meeting.
Rev Moody and others visited the Plover school on Friday with out of town guests from Gilmore Havelock Holse and Canada. The spring vacation is next week with no school and a Cilio program Friday evening featuring songs readings and a Farce. Sylvia Helgig has recovered and returned to class. Subscribe for The Arrow now.
The town held a near full vote with one missing ballot. Maser AL Mekner led for mayor with 7 votes to Shaw's 3. Councilmen candidates included Grove, Heathman, Hilton, Hobbs, Swanson, Peterson, Northrop, and Pollock with varied tallies. The ticket lists A McEwen as mayor and Geo Shaw as assessor. The first council meeting will be Monday evening at the bank.
McKenzie steel fence posts provide a neat farm appearance and are widely adopted in high value areas. They install quickly by driving into the ground and can be moved easily. The posts allow weed control by burning ground runs along fences without harming the fence.
Community religious notices announce Home and Foreign Mission offerings at Sunday school next Sunday with a focus on children nickel collections and adult dollars. The Quarterly Communion replaces the morning sermon and the evening message titled A Voice in the Wilderness leads into a series of meetings from April 5 to Easter Sunday 24 with multiple gospel teams guiding most weeknight services.
The text advises brushing garments well before gasoline cleaning to mark stains with white thread for easy spot treatment. It mentions using Rasaline and pouring gasoline back into the jug through a filter, keeping the gasoline in a tightly corked stone jug and away from the home.
Eminent English physician Sir Arthur Newsworme argues that low infant mortality indicates strong social welfare. He states that if babies are well born and cared for, deaths would be negligible, with rates mirroring the morality, sanitation, and health systems of families, communities, and governments.
The Plover Y group reports 27 attendees at the Wednesday session and invites all members and their young men friends to a special meeting on April 1. CLA Garlock donated $25 to the Y, aiding ongoing work.
Public notice states the Henderson district schoolhouse fence and outbuildings in Powhatan township will be sold to the highest bidder on the ground at 7 o clock P M on Saturday April 1 1916 The same day at 4 o clock P M the outbuildings of the Independent District of Plover will be sold The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids Signed PL J Shaw Secretary
Mrs Kate Metz of Cobden Illinois writes that after years of crippling cramps severe headaches and stomach issues her 52 year old mother improved after taking Cardui three times daily. Four bottles cured her persistent ailments and restored appetite advocating Cardui for other women.
Havelock residents return for Easter vacation from Toledo and nearby towns. Birth announced for Win. Obrecht in Rolfe. Local visitors include Mesdames Bush Heathman and J S Garner. Mrs I Veazio visiting Webb and Webb Iowa. Ware Implement Co promotes farming machinery. Wade family returns from Danville to attend funeral. Senior class goes to Sioux Rapids for class photo. Miss Dora Schubacker shower hosts give gifts and a three course luncheon.
The article argues Kansas leads in suffrage impact, noting municipal vote rights since 1887 and full suffrage since 1913. It cites low illiteracy at 2 percent, a prison population of 740 with 4 percent nonresidents, counties with jailed inmates, and low child pauper care in 1914 alongside a death rate of ten per 1000.
The piece notes broad support for woman suffrage in Western states and Colorado's early enactment and constitutional adoption. It cites New York Evening Sun investigations showing high female turnout and generally positive effects on politics, with varied results in Kansas Idaho Arizona Utah Wyoming and California among others.
At a House judiciary committee hearing Congressman Taggart asked Miss Lucy Price a pointed if amusing question. He asked how a woman of her ability could be in the political status of a child, following a strong anti suffrage speech.
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