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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1926
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR notes describe people observing others pretending to be awake and curious about how fast they can be killed. The readable text is jumbled and lacks clear context, names, or locations. The item resembles a stray journal snippet rather than a complete public notice or report.
Community notes cover road graveling by contractor Donnelly of Gilmore and a string of visits, calls, and events. Local residents attend Halloween festivities, theater performances, and visits to Pocahontas, West Bend, and Fort Dodge, with several car trips and social gatherings noted.
Local notices report Cecil Valery alias Duryea marrying Amy Ward while still married to a Rockford Ill. wife. Emmetsburg discusses a municipal electric plant with Henningsen Engineering Co. of Omaha amid poor current service. Other items include fairgrounds sale, a Mallard-Laurens wedding, an arrest in Oklahoma, a serious farm accident, and community milestones and visits across Pocahontas, Laurens, Rolfe, and West Bend.
A Pocahontas County sheriff sale notice details the public auction of W1/2 SW1/4 and NW1/4 of Sec 8 and Sec 17, Township 92, Range 82, totaling 240 acres, to satisfy a debt of 4409.60 plus costs, with sale set for November 18 1926. The page also notes local tributes, sugar beet harvest in Sioux Rapids, carp and buffalo fishing at Twin Lakes, and a cautioned reflection on crossings and public notices.
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