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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
7
The notice invites members to a series of religious events including a morning service at 10 with the Lord's Supper at 11 and an evening sermon at 7 30. A district event with A T Sager of BeMars will lead services and a social gathering at Mrs Gin two weeks hence is planned.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society plans a Wednesday afternoon meeting with Mrs Iveson. If weather allows the session will be at the same location. Several members including Mrs C L Gunderson and Mrs A C Thomas are listed among those presenting topics on missionary adventures and South American republics.
The article reports next Sunday's preaching directed by Evangelist Lindgren and joint efforts by the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. It urges congregation cooperation, notes Sunday school at the usual hour, Christian Endeavor Society at its usual time, and invites young people to attend. An excursion to the Shallow Water District in Northwest Texas is planned for Tuesday November 6 1917, round trip $15.00, via J A Carroll & Son Rolfe.
A new melodrama titled Broadway After Dark will be staged at the Rolfe Opera House on November 7. Miss Duncan stars as Violet LeClair, a Broadway Camille, supported by a skilled company in four acts full of thrilling situations, sensational episodes, and humor.
Rolfe High School notes a depleted football squad due to many students leaving for corn husking and enlistment. Only eight to twelve players reported lately, forcing cancellation of the season. Remaining athletes plan to join basketball. Also lists students joining the military and various school attendance and honor notes.
Mw OVW WA plans a complete sanitary sewer system with a septic tank plant at a cost around 42000. The county board at Waterloo approved Myrtle Barr as deputy sheriff, first woman in Blackhawk County in that role. Decorah students rally for Liberty bonds with each high school class buying and framing bonds. Oscar Johnson, a Norwegian, faces court martial at Camp Dodge for desertion and faces severe discipline. Farley Advertiser editor Charles A. Joseph dies at 69 from a fall. Ames Team Ranke High places second at national dairy show with Col-umbus Missouri first and Nebraska third. Damages sought for death of Donald Ames in a gate accident at Dairy Cattle Congress. Nick Neilsen buys multiple Liberty bonds for self, wife, and children. Iowa WCTU plans stereo motor graph for Camp Dodge and Camp Cody and to establish a mothering home center in Des Moines.
Twenty four proprietors of temporary bars in Keokuk convicted last December and fined from 150 to 300 dollars who did not pay fines were rounded up on orders from Attorney General Havner and sent to jail. Two others paid fines.
U S District Attorney Claude R Porter, praised for convicting Daniel Wallace in Davenport for espionage, is ordered by Attorney General T W Gregory to report to Chicago. He will aid in preparing and trying the 1 W W cases slated for late December or early January, with about three months needed.
The article details Carlton R. Radcliffe of New York inventing a hydraulic automatic transmission for automobiles. It uses a fluid tight case with liquid pressure to drive rear wheels and two driven members for forward and reverse speeds. It notes leak proof rings used in rings and piston seals and hints at replacement practices.
The defense council sets a large drive to raise funds to purchase materials for local women to craft needed articles for the front. Farmers and townspeople unite, with Business Men of Rolfe arranging elaborate merchant displays and a public sale. The event promises strong participation and a lively program.
A community sale offers a wrist watch as a prize in a display at White and Son’s window. A contest promises ten votes for one cent with a November 10 deadline at 10 PM. Recruitment aims to enlist men and women into the Aviation Corps Kitchen Squad Red Cross or Color Guard by visiting the station.
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