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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1924
Page
5
In a morning garden a dewdrop loves a vain red rose. The rose keeps the dewdrop away to boost its own beauty. At night the rose earns the nightingale's praise but loses both jewel and lover to a pink rose, while the dewdrop finds true affection with the nightingale.
The essay discusses beliefs around rocking an empty cradle to increase population and its links to primitive magic. It argues that such practices reflect lingering transmigration ideas and warn against disturbing existing babies for fear of attracting misfortune.
A metropolitan anecdote shows a professor failing to get a proper telephone line amid noisy city life. In a busy subway scene a refined woman with yellow hair narrowly avoids tragedy as a train approaches. The piece ends with a quip about domestic power: Who is boss in your home.
The Rolfe column details community life with visits, travel to nearby towns, lyceum events, and gatherings. It notes lectures, hunting trips, football and basketball plans for Thanksgiving, and multiple residents’ comings and goings from Fort Dodge to Britt and Des Moines.
Thanksgiving day service announced with Rev Patterson of the MLE church delivering the sermon. Time changed from the regular hour to 10 230. Public notice invites attendance.
Former Plovers girl Lenora Mueller of Cedar Rapids married C A Crowley of Cedar Rapids at St Marys Church Chicago at high noon November 8 1924. Lenora educated locally and Des Moines. she heads bookkeeping at Penick Tord Gorn Products Co. Groom linked to Quaker Oats. couple to reside in Cedar Rapids.
The Womans Community Club and Girls Achievement Day were held in the lodge hall Saturday afternoon. Mrs. John Henderson presided, with the Home Economics department led by Mrs. L E Garlock. Girls displayed three garments per entrant and earned ribbons for Peppy Kids, Lively Crowd, and Merry Sunshine divisions. Judges included Mrs. J L Dolan and others. Marvy T Watts visited from Des Moines Register.
A Pocahontas county 4-H club plan outlines goals to promote practice, approved garments, and demonstrations with printed programs for at least ten meetings. It lists county leaders, duties of the county club committee, and mentions local business visits by residents including H J Colburn and Gilmop R Eggspuehler. The piece also notes radio fans and Achievements Day activities with Farm Bureau office involvement and a family dinner at the Eppelsheimer home.
Public notice announces a December 9 1924 special election in Plover Iowa to decide establishing a municipal waterworks system and incurring debt not exceeding 12000 dollars. It sets a seven PM closing time at the Masonic Hall and outlines bond issuance tax levies up to seventeen mills and the ballot wording for yes or no votes.
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