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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
4
Local notes mention Liberty Bond applications and monthly payments, illness lists, visits between towns, new pastors, sports and lecture plans, travel to Wisconsin and California, and camp life with aviation sections and YMCA support.
A fragmentary note mentions Hat ge and requests assistance with friends. The readable text lacks clear event details, dates, or locations to confirm a full news item.
A local store offers a free Calumet School Tablet to any child visiting with a parent who buys items totaling 25e next Saturday. The giveaway targets families and runs during store hours.
A veteran correspondent recalls a Sunday parade for Secretary Baker with about 40 000 in attendance. The scene included a lively review and eyes right as the Secretary passed, plus remarks about Gov Harding and his cowboys, signaling hope of another review on return from overseas.
There will be an auction sale of thirty eight lots in Plover located in one trust on Saturday October 20. Full particulars to be given in the next issue of the paper. Watch for them. Henderson and Phillips.
One or two spring trips with a tooth harrow through the alfalfa field or during the second cutting is the safest method to kill blue grass in the field. Iowa State College notes spring-tooth harrow is not available. the disk may be effective for smoothing the ground.
The piece discusses dog training methods using a well-trained older dog to teach a puppy, emphasizing calm instruction and kindness over shouting. It then shifts to military organization, describing a brigade’s staff, artillery integration, and field communications equipment, including wireless, signal drums, and transport, for modern warfare. It notes officers and specialists, and the need for close artillery-brigade coordination. Separate trials are planned for sedition cases involving Davenport and several Mattheys, with Wallace likely tried first for espionage.
The seed laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture and state agriculture stations will provide free tests for alfalfa seed and other seeds for purity and germination. Tests determine pure seed percentage and weed seeds including dodder. Send samples to the Seed Laboratory Washington DC with sender name and seed origin details.
Analysis at the Ohio experiment station shows barnyard manure loses about half its potassium, a third its nitrogen and a quarter its phosphorus after three winter months in weather. Valuation figures from prewar prices place manure fertility at about $2 per ton. three months’ weathering would cut roughly 80 cents, while current potash costs would nearly double the loss. A shed to store manure could recoup the investment over winter.
Large growers prize fodder from sugar corn for winter stock feed and note sugar makes it fattening and heating. The crop is valued for its feeding value similar to ordinary stover and suitable for sale or market trade, though economical handling varies with sugar content and storage.
The Waterloo parade drew about fifteen thousand spectators with Hon T C Morris and N T Mellon of Manitoba and Winnipeg attending. Iowa State Dairy Association leaders Gifford Pinchot Henry C Wallace and Herbert Hoover allies spoke on conservation during the gathering. A separate item notes Edward Stum, a wealthy farmer, killed his former wife then himself after a neighbor confrontation in Kenney.
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