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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
4
A newspaper column surveys less common dog breeds including Samoyed, beagle, Irish wolfhound, German shepherd and toy dogs like Pekingese and Pomeranian. It notes origins, sizes, temperaments, and roles, plus a Farmers' Bulletin No. 1491 offer for more information.
Jean Wessels of near Algona studies at night while recovering from a broken leg. Her teacher Sadye Patterson reviews the day’s lessons with the pupil in a small home setting.
An Incumbrance Book that has served since 1843 remains in use in the Bremer County clerk of court’s office, with officials noting it will likely continue to be functional for years to come.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Kent long absent from Oskaloosa reminisce and donate a set of $12 000 chimes to the Central Methodist church of their hometown.
Roy Pattee of near Alta gathered 147 crows in Cherokee County earning a total bounty of 14 dollars and 70 cents. The achievement reflects local wildlife control efforts and rewards offered in the area.
Firefighters promptly extinguished a car fire during the recent Storm Lake firemen’s ball before dancers noticed the incident.
A driverless car set in motion by a strong Colfax wind smashed into a plate glass window at Junis Cafe. The glass and a soft drink sign blew into the street and struck another car driven by Delbert Cross.
Seventy years ago Hector 8 Peck bought a life policy naming his wife as beneficiary. They lived in Jackson, Jones County, Iowa. The insurer now seeks Mr. Peck his wife or descendants since Mr. Peck would be over a century old.
Neighborhood women salvage the washing blown to the ground by strong winds at Montezuma. A child lights matches in a playhouse at Forest City causing a minor fire. A kite near Waukon ignites grasses but is put out. A lost ruby ring returns to Mrs. Simeon of LeMars after 14 years. Howard Perry of Mallard leads a rat extermination raid with four men and a dog, totaling 240 rats removed.
Last week Mary Lou Adams of Monticello received a note from Irving Bisenberg an attorney in Chicago. Adams had written her name on an egg she was casing and Bisenberg who received the autographed egg replied with interest and appreciation.
At Stetzel Hatchery in Carroll Eddie Sturm halted a rising elevator just as it touched Harold Mosman who was trapped under the car. Paul Mosman’s scream prompted the safety response that prevented serious injury.
The public is invited to the formal inauguration of Virgil M. Hancher as University of Iowa president on Saturday May 24. The ceremony will be held in the field house that afternoon and is the first such event since Eugene A. Gilmore’s October 1934 inauguration.
Iowa State College extension entomologists report Pocahontas county remains lightly infested with chinch bugs. Winter mortality was low and many hibernating bugs are ready to move into grain fields as soon as warm weather arrives.
Iowa health department reports 1940 suicide toll at 386 the lowest since 1926. Homicides also fell to 22 tying a 1988 low. Firearm related deaths led by self-hanging poisoning and other means shaped the 1940 totals. Infanticide remained at one. Spray schedules offered by Farm Bureau for orchard sprays this year.
Harold Gunderson entomologist from Iowa State College will lead rodent control demonstrations in Pocahontas County on Monday May 5. The schedule includes a rat control session at J A Sennett’s home four miles east and a half mile north of Pocahontas at 9 00 a m a pocket gopher demo at Henry DeWall’s home 22 miles east and one mile south at 10 30 a m and a rats in corn cribs demo at W J Bunda farm four miles west and two miles north at 1 30 p m all demonstrations cover refuge behavior and practical control methods.
In Allamakee County Linton No 2 school reports ten pupils with five sibling pairs. In all but one case the brother is older than the sister.
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