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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
4
A string of brief reports records visits and moves among Rolfe residents including Geo Stevens J B Pirle Mrs Hughes and Miss Harrison Also notes on teaching assignments transfers and upcoming Short Course. Light political quips and Christmas shopping pitches close the clipping with humorous editorial asides.
Announcement advertising low rates on real estate loans for farm loans this year. Emphasizes prompt, efficient service and invites banking business from farmers and landowners.
Readable notes show Miss Marjorie Harmon from North Des Moines has joined Sixth Grade as new teacher. The basketball team plans indoor play in the garage for winter. Declamatory contest tryouts set for Friday and Saturday with tickets 10 and 16 cents. Friday and Saturday programs feature student performers and plays led by Vera Grove Roy Simonson Lila Lathrop Clara Dawson and others.
Community notices advertise an excursion to a region titled Shallow wrote Country in Northwest Texas on Tuesday November 2. The announcement invites readers to join J A Carr Roll and Son of Rolfe Texas for details. The message closes with a proverb about silence.
An advertisement urges visits to Chicago for a grand exposition December 2 featuring 10 215 prize winning entries. It promotes the event as educational and entertaining for families and women, with stockyard and market insights and rail travel information via the Chicago and Northwestern Railway to the new terminal, with agent details and fares.
A theorist imagines Napoleon under modern warfare and wonders if he could have been defeated. The connoisseur notes art would resist such a scene, yet reflects on the dramatic potential of Napoleon telephoning to the front or in a dugout.
Senator Sorghum describes a strenuous effort to craft a consistent argument for safety first and preparedness, noting he has rearranged his ideas many times while pushing aside a manuscript of six speeches. The dialogue reflects the challenge of presenting a coherent case amid ongoing revisions.
The minutes show votes on several bills including lumber, dirt hauling, street lights, paving, printing, road work and police duty with all nays as none and motions carried. The street committee is authorized to negotiate gravel pit purchases after bid review, and adjournment is set to the mayor’s call.
A nostalgic column recalls childhood meals with milk toast milk sauce and buttered crisp toast. It includes recipes for Snicker Doodies Whiff and a banana pudding with tapioca and egg foam, plus rough it pudding and gingerbread creatures.
A fragmentary reader note presents quoted lines from R W Bernice and a misquoted Shakespeare style line. It reads as a reminiscence of looking ahead, with a brief aside on “the greatest truths” and “greatest men.”
A recipe suggests mixing cold farina with finely chopped meat, using half as much meat as farina, plus a beaten egg, salt and celery salt. Form portions, roll in crumbs, fry in a wire basket, and garnish with parsley or clove. Shape into apple or pineapple forms and serve with pineapple rice and cream for a decorative dish.
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