Local social notes and events around Havelock area
Visitors include Mike Lynch near Havelock with A B Schmuhl and family from Gilmore City. John Weible and family from Gilmore City visited Lee Jordan. Ernest Forsell out with tonsillitis at Fort Thomas home. Phil Ward moving to Alberta with household goods. family to follow. Julius White attended A E Dickey 80th birthday party in Bradgate with Gilmore City, Rolfe crowds. Gilmore City won the checker tournament and guests enjoyed a feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weible
Gilmore City
Lee Jordan
Phil Ward
Monnag
Alberta
H. F. Mc Gowan Pharmacy
Julius White
Bradgate
A. E. Dickey
Mr. Dickey
Julius
Rolfe
Dickey
Edison’s pursuit of great voices and instruments for phonograph art
The article argues Edison used independent critics to locate superior voices from Europe and America. He tested over three thousand singers, selecting those worthy of re creation in his laboratory. It notes that over eighty percent of grand opera artists now have Edison re created voices and previews a partial list of performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Umberto Sorrentino
Europe
America
Celebrated Golden Wedding Anniversary in Burns Area
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Cornick observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their daughter Mrs. A. G. Spillman’s home in Des Moines Iowa after living on a Wyoming homestead. Civil War veteran Cornick earlier toured Iowa for Civil War era recruiting, and guests included neighbors, four serving girls, and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Spillman
D. D. Cornick
Mrs. Cornick
Burns
Des Moines
Wyoming
Cornick
27Th Iowa Infantry
Iowa
Spillman
Lupkes
Margaret Bundy
Stephen H. Sibley
H. D. Smith
Rolfe Public School Bulletin Names Readers and Staff
The Rolfe Public School bulletin lists staff and students including Hazel Lotz Ruth Klein Marie Lemon Omer Fuller Leon Watson Tillie Wolfe Alma Olerich Wilna Butler Isler Olerich Lucile Fraser Arthur White Gladys Larson Edwin Lighter Forrest Grant Norine Wiewel Hubert Barnes Hlen Campbell Murrill Carroll Flossie Kauffman Elizabeth Lighter Clell Kirpatrick Guinevera Johnson Charlotte Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Lotz
Ruth Klein
Marie Lemon Omer Fuller
Leon Watson
Tillie Wolfe Alma Olerich
Wilna Butler Isler Olerich Lucile Fraser
Arthur White
Gladys Larson
Edwin Lighter
Forrest Grant
Norine Wiewel
Hubert Barnes
Hlen Campbell, Murrill Carroll Flossie Kauffman
Elizabeth Lighter
Clell Kirkpatrick Guinevera Johnson
Charlotte Thornton
Sermon and school events mark Rolfe and Rolfe area
Rev C S Burnette delivered an excellent sermon titled Know Thyself to the Class of 1917 at the Presbyterian church. Elizabeth Lighter of Rolfe won first place at the Upper Des Moines Declamation Contest with The Arena Scene from Quo Vadis, and the school hosted a crowded program week with commencement plans and a class play at the opera house featuring Hubie Barnes and Hazel Lotz in notable roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Burnette
Presbyterian Church
Rolfe
Des Moines
Emmetsburg
Elizabeth’ Lighter
Miss Lighter
Colgrove
Upper Iowa
Opera
Mr. Carr
Hubie Barnes
Mrs. Carr
Hazel Lotz
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Geo. O. Hauck & Company
Rolfe, Iowa
Mike Lynch
Havelock
A. B Schmuhl
Ernest Forsell
Ft. Thomas
Thos. A. Edison
W. P. McIntire & Son
Jacques Urius
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Marie Rappold
Arthur Middleton
Metropolitan Opera’ Company
New Mee
Anna Case
Metropone Opera Company
Newark
Julia Heinrich
Metropolitan Opera House
Alice Verlet
Brugiera
Paris
Emmy, Deatinn
Metropolitan Opera ‘House
York
Giovanni Martinelli
Memer
Otto Gorits
Elizabeth Schumann
Guiseppe Anselmi
South America
Albert Spaulding
Marie Duchene
Marie Delna
Mary Jordan
Opera Company
Igarete Matzenauer
Itire & Son
Rolfeire
Belter
He Homes
Rolfe Public School Bulletin
Bess Powell
Gounod
Miss Powell
Harriss Thomas
Amy Treland
W. B. Holliday
Pocationtas
Panama Canal
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