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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Hans Worster and Mr and Mrs Julius Hansen escaped injury after a stray telephone wire wrapped around their car axle in Marathon causing sparks and a brief fire hazard. The self starter batteries were damaged but no shocks were felt.
A husband Frank Peterson shot and killed his wife on a farm east of Vatina Dover Township on Sept 24. A coroner’s jury ruled the death a gunshot wound from Peterson’s firearm. He confessed after a sweatbox exam but claimed he did not intend to kill. The couple left three young children and a heavy cloud of alcohol and quarrels at the home. Her funeral followed at Elfborg Lutheran church Colfax township.
A stock salesman Caugat M. Brady of Emmetsburg was indicted by Palo Alto county grand jury on three counts including obtaining property under false pretenses selling stock without a permit and making false representations He faces trial at the November term in Emmetsburg with prior indictment at Rock Rapids Crooked stock salesmen should be punished under law and will be imposed.
The Rolfe High football team lost 38 to 7 at Laurens in a hard fought game. Laurens benefited from a controversial fourth down call and two fumbles that kept the ball for scoring drives while Rolfe's offense showed flashes but lacked consistency. Shaner and Holland for Laurens and Coffin, Kauffman, and Fraser for Rolfe stood out as the key performers.
The Nowlen farm near Fonda sold last Thursday to G D Struthers for 187 per acre. The 300 plus acre river bottom tract suffers from overflow but will benefit from the river dredge ditch now under construction. Struthers, living across the road, has experience with this land and expects profits with his two sons.
The Arrow announces the Salvation Army drive for the week starting October 11. It praises the Army for reclaiming humanity and helping solve urban social problems, urging generous support and noting their careful use of funds and work with repentant Magdalenes.
The Woman's Club held its October meeting at the school auditorium with about eighty members and visitors. Officers and committee reports were heard, and delegates to the district convention in Alpena on October 14-15 were elected: Blessing, Colebaugh, Bailey, Olerich, Butler. Altres elected: Peterson, Fisher, FuMoon, Hille, Nacke, with Mrs Rogers as ex officio delegate. Crummer advised how to vote in Pocahontas county elections.
The county papers announce Farm Bureau membership drive on Oct 12 with the slogan Every farmer a member. The message urges unity and benefits of organization, urging farmers to pay their share and participate when neighbors call.
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