Local society notes highlight family visits and gatherings
The clipping records numerous visits and social events. Mentions include Mrs. C W Tompkins pinning a three month old son named Anthony William, Virgil Hancher visiting from Chicago to see his mother, and various family trips to towns and churches. The piece notes church meetings, club entertainments, and courtesy calls across several households and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley of
Laurens
C. W. Tompkins
Anthony William
George Ivey
Polis
Rolfe Plans Paving Celebration and Food Fun
Rolfe hosts a paving celebration next Saturday with a street opening mishmash of activities. Eldon and Marshall visitors sample breakfast fare while coal and heating talk fill the scene, as livestock comfort and economic gains from new pavement are touted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Pes Bank
Billman's
Iss
Rolfe
Eldon-lump
Eldon Bikrry
Chicken Cheaper Than Beefsteak In Rolfe
A local notice states chickens are cheaper than beefsteak with purebred New Hampshire birds hatched February 18 weighing 6 to 7 pounds. Prime steak costs 45 cents per pound and ordinary 30 cents. Birds are described as unsurpassed for tenderness and flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Final Windup on Fall Apples at Sunset Hill Orchard
Final windup on fall apples with prices 25¢ to 1 for baskets from Patten's Greenings at 75c each sold all season for 1. Eastmans offered 50c to 75c per basket sold at 1.25. Odds and ends at 25c. Come in handy through cornpicking. Sunset Hill Orchard. A. R. Thornton. Phone 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten
Eastmans
Surprise birthday party for Mr Marvin Burroughs
Mrs. Marvin Burroughs hosted a Friday evening surprise party for her husband. Games included bridge and five hundred, then refreshments were served. Mr and Mrs Faux and family moved from the southeast part of town to the Herbert Shelgren farm where Mr Faux will pick corn and do farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loman
Wilfe End
Phil A Ford
Joppe
Peetters
Pitas
Ani
Ors
K. Covne
Ethel
Moines
Chris
Akon
Donald Istensen
Sen
Sane Ontas
Stratham
Joseph
N . Ae
Reni
giniaVaug
Ves
Ollow
Reas
Irs
Wien
Ares Ley
Witten Fase
Siyeris
Berton
Rolfe
Ba Baird
Roth
Everson
Gann Uy Nbeck
Fred Strelter
Gonithe
Wwe
Zee
Jean Ohn
Wiesas
Marvin Burroughs
Bridget
Mrs. Faux
Herbert Shelgren
Faux
Corm
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Ill
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Jerry Hotovek
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Norman Lee
Hotovek
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
J. C. Wangberg
Callender
Nels G. Ryen
Missionary Society of the Trinity Lutheran Church
Anna Ryen
Pete Peterson
C. J. Club
Loren Pease
R. B. Mather
Somerset
L. W. Ives
James Gillett
Waldo
Kan
Ed Mullender
Gillett
Ives
Audubon
Mechanicsville
Dag
McLaughlin’s
Hershey’s
Smith’s Market
HeeHaw News
C. A. Manguson
Marshall, Inn
Bam
Skowaly
J.T. Grant
Rolfe State Bank
Sunset Hill Orchard
A. R. Thornton
Rolfe Satur
Eccles’ Plumbing and Heating Shop
Rolfe, Iowa
Jonathan
E. Eikenberry
Variety and Grocery
Hauck & Co
Hills Bros. Coffee
BIG Smith
Eas
Friedman
Shelby
Geo. O. Hauck & Company
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