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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
6
A past Arrow file recalls October events in a rural town with ties to Co. H. Moon, Robert Bruce, C. C. Delle and J. Kuhns, noting bushels of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn amid droughts and busy campaigns. It mentions Weavie Liverpool and Rolfe, plus local stores and schools, a bazaar, a teachers’ exam, and Walter Jensen.
A Santa Fe Magazine item parodies lessons on gravity with a teacher and a student banter about Newton and an apple. It follows with a prison warden overdoing amenities for inmates and a cross country run suggested by a chair bound inmate, showcasing ironic humor.
A father and daughter aboard a bus notice a man in front of them removes his hat revealing a bald head. The child Charlotte voices that the man's head looks barefooted, prompting amused commentary as described in the Indianapolis News.
The Arrow recalls a local football game at Storm Lake and early travel by car with Frank Ritchey and others. It reflects on a team named the Midgets, long drives, and a national highway plan from Chicago to Billings, contrasting past ambitions with present roads.
In Glen Ville John Bennett endures Millie’s absence while Henry Gordon notices odd behavior as the silo project advances. John confronts hardship and anger, while Henry’s uneasy observation culminates in a grim demand for sheriff assistance.
A town farmer bought a purebred pig from a fancy hog raiser. The pig and bill arrived the same day. The next day the farmer writes that both pig and bill arrived safely and notes an error in shipping, suggesting the pig should have gone by express and the other by mail.
The text notes that adult flies do not always need food as feeding and growth occur during the larval stage, suggesting energy needs are met earlier in development.
Mrs John Cowan and Mrs Laryne Auten visited Pocahontas for a republican rally. Several residents drove to Laurens Rolfe and Pocahontas for events and errands. A Busy Bee Rebekah lodge fried chicken dinner drew about 125 people and raised funds. The community records visits, illnesses, and family events through the week including a birthday celebration and church activities.
The Walter Knight family writes of their journey to Phoenix Arizona. They left Havelock on Thursday September 3 camped at Loveland Iowa that evening about 30 miles from Omaha. They continued to Lincoln Nebraska the following day.
The diary records a family road journey from Nebraska through Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico with landslides of high passes. Arthur and Lee Williams suffer nosebleeds at altitude. Arthur suffers illness requiring a blood transfusion and hospital care in Phoenix.
Prospective farm owners sought one million dollars more in March than in February to purchase farms, per Farm Credit Administration reports. The figures reflect increased credit demand during the late winter to early spring season.
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