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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
10
A column urges young women to pursue poultry and egg ventures for extra income, touts local booster culture, and promotes buying from hometown merchants. It extols advertising as key to commercial success, urges loyalty to local shops, and notes a spring tonic advertisement for digestion and appetite.
Preparations for Decoration Day observance are under the charge of the W R C ladies. Committees include Speaker Mesdames Chambers and Delle. Finance Mesdames Wothian and Chamters. Vocal Music Harriss Thomas. Band Hille Brothers. Program Mesdames Delle Schnug Lothian and Pike. Decorations Mesdames Muattesor Watopek and Smith.
The Third Annual Flag Week runs May 20 to 30 with thousands of five foot long flags to distribute for Memorial Day. The Daily Register & Leader and Evening Tribune offer prepaid flags with subscription options and local carrier delivery in Des Moines, Omaha.
Notice from Pocahontas County Iowa outlining a June first primary election date in 1914. It lists polling hours, registration rules, and offices to be nominated including state, county, and township positions plus a non partisan judicial ticket. Also includes a period seal date and a small cotton rag request at the end.
An old-time mix of Sage Tea and Sulphur is revived as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold in drug stores for about 50 cents a bottle. The product darkens gray hair, adds luster, and is said to prevent dandruff itching scalp and hair loss while remaining undetectable as cosmetic use.
Prince the French Draft Stallion No 20062 will stand for the 1914 season at Elmhorst near Rolfe Iowa. He weighs about a ton and is gray with a star foaled in 1910. Owned by William Snook Des Moines certifies the stallion is registered and free from disease with a $10 insuring fee and no accident liability.
Pedigree of the stallion Big Ben owned by F. D. Woodruff Rolfe Iowa lists sire Voltaire line and dam Rosy 26596. State certificate 5204 confirms registration in the Percheron Stud Book of America and certification by Dr J H Specht that Big Ben is free from listed diseases. Stallion season 1914 offered at Johnson Alberts Livery Barn Rolfe and farm northeast of Rolfe with designated days.
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