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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
9
Lead arsenate replaces paris green for potato bug control at State College with prices rising. Lead arsenate at 26 1/2 cents per pound proves nearly as effective, sticks to leaves, and does not burn foliage. Application should begin in June with ongoing summer treatments.
The Fort Dodge Board of Education plans a five percent salary increase for teachers and offers a summer session. Details include courses at Iowa State College and announcements from the superintendent about programs this year.
Cattle are prone to bloat when grazed on alfalfa or succulent clover. danger rises with sudden changes to new pastures and with young animals. Immediate relief methods include trocar or knife in severe cases, elevating the front legs, or drenching with water and formalin for milder cases.
Extension department engineers advise thorough cleaning of soot and ash on furnace surfaces before summer. Remove and inspect the smoke pipe, ensure chimney entry is clean, cap the chimney hole, and store the pipe dry. Leave the furnace door slightly ajar to aid air circulation and prevent moisture damage.
The home economics department at Towns State college discusses co operative housekeeping as a possible system. It weighs advantages and disadvantages of community ownership of expensive household devices including washing machines vacuum cleaners steam canning outfits cherry pitters and dishwashers with shared use during gatherings or threshing times.
A fragment discusses road drag on highways with no rise, proposing to reverse the drag angle and adjust hitching. It suggests highway commissioners at Town State College consider changing the drag orientation to restore a level road surface.
The Bradgate Progress reports a busy local scene with teaching staff changes at Bradgate Consolidated Schools due to illness. Community members including Mrs. Chet Brooks, Miss Grace Schoonover, and Mrs. N. K. Bradburn are noted visiting relatives, while Jerome Tilton returns from Nebraska with his granddaughter Mrs Lawrence Meech. A new car arrives for the Avery garage, and a May 11 birth is announced for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ellsworth. The X Y 4 Club meets at Mrs. A K Olsen’s home as piano and vocal lessons continue.
A station listing for the Percheron stallion Fernand T2763 describes a grey foaled horse with weight in pounds and a seasonal service schedule at various farms around Ttolfe Bradgate and Emmet county Iowa. It notes registration in the Iowa Stud Book and a 1916 veterinary exam confirming soundness and eligibility to cover mares under the Stallion Law with terms about service fee due if mare is sold.
The Baptist Ladies Circle met with nearly all members present except one. Guests included Mesdames G i xr Hraman and J R Madison. Rev P Ly Smith of Rolfe and the W S Wallace family were visitors earlier in the week. Dr and Mrs B C Juel of Garretson S D visited at the Sheldon home. Mrs Juel is known as Bertha Thompson sister of Mrs Sheldon. KF Caywood drove to West Bend Tuesday.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Diils as a reliable spring laxative. It claims the first dose will move sluggish bowels and purge waste and impurities from the system. The copy urges readers to clear winter poisons and states the product is available at druggists.
Pedigrees and state certificates for stallions Young Martin II Captain and Captain II offered in Rolfe Pocahontas County Iowa. Registered Percheron stock examined by Iowa State Department of Agriculture with disease free status and official certification dated April 1916. Terms listed for stud services and foal prices.
H C Bailey, editor of the Carolina News in Chaplin, explains a chronic indigestion and liver trouble kept him confined at the printing office. After a severe attack he used three Chamberlain's Tablets and felt improved the next day. Sold by W F McGowan. 3-4t
A stallion registered in the Percheron Stud Book of America and France, named Teare 71578, described as black with few white face hairs, foaled 1908, bred by M. Vazeur. Owned by B. F. Rutgera of Rolfe Iowa, examined 1915 for diseases, certified free, Des Moines 1916. Terms $15 to insure cost to stand with saddle. Location Rolfe Pocahontas county Iowa.
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