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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
4
Local Iowans report influenza related news and service calls. Mentions Bess Cuff preparing for cantonments and Fpieved McCray in Army training. Includes Rolfe and Pocahontas items on deaths, weddings, fire impacts, and town improvements.
A community salvage campaign led by the Womans Club through a special committee seeks contributions of diverse items to support the war. The list covers metals, paper, rubber, textiles, glass, and small personal items, with folding and tying instructions included. The note also mentions public sentiment about wartime strain and ongoing civic duty. The draft jurors list follows in the notice section with names and towns for Pocahontas county.
The Bradgate community closes all schools for two weeks to prevent flu spread as influenza appears locally. Mrs J W Tilton and Eva visit Halford Dean in Charles City with the Meechs of Rolfe. Clyde Kelsey takes a meat market job in Paullina with his wife and children moving Monday. Ed ODonnell and family traveled from Feriton to the area.
The Progress Club met at Mrs. Roy Ellsworth’s home and events were postponed due to influenza. Residents visited relatives in Rockwell City and Gilmore City, shopped in Rolfe, and numerous residents traveled to Ottosen and Humboldt. The Long families plan to move to Rolfe after a Cedar Rapids visit, and A W Kellogg bought the Christenson building to relocate on new lots once owned by the school district.
H D Grover returned home from a business trip to Lohrville Iowa last Friday. Mr and Mrs W M Obrecht and their son of Rolfe were visiting here last Saturday. They recently returned from their wedding trip. Lucien Hersom came back Saturday from Minneapolis where he had stayed with his sister. Mrs D W Vote of Rolfe visited relatives in Havelock Tuesday.
Local notes report business visits by Henry Goodchild Cal Bash and others in Pocahontas Rolfe Laurens Ames Fort Dodge and Morningside College closures due to the Spanish influenza. Recurring illness hospital updates and sympathy for Frank Waugh's death appear alongside road work and social visits.
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