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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
2
Rolfe and surrounding towns report influenza impacts with several deaths and illnesses. Notes include births, recoveries, and visits from relatives, plus local events, sales, and a political ad urging vote for County Attorney T. F. Lynch. Community updates cover visitors, trades, and road to recovery efforts.
A high wall surrounds a French munition town housing many refugee women working for pay amid yellowing skin from powder. The YWCA operates a single foyer as a recreation and learning center with dancers, pianists, and English classes to brighten evenings, amid memories of destroyed homes and families.
The article analyzes Allied acceptance of the President's address and the implied need for restitution and reparation in terms of peace. It notes Clemenceau and Lloyd George insisting on restitution, and fears Berlin may read the proposals differently as German armies retreat and destroy.
A dense page of farm listings and small ads from Rolfe Iowa includes stock tanks waterers kennels and cattle equipment along with household goods such as a Majestic range and a roll top desk. Also offered are farms for rent several livestock types including hogs and Brahmas and various potatoes cabbage and other produce. Contact points include A V Everett J T Grant A Le Smith and J E Grove with several phone numbers and locations like Rolfe Ployer and Barnesville.
The narrative discusses German conduct amid warfare and alleged wanton destruction to influence reparations. It notes Senator Hitchcock questioning Maximilian's representativeness. A Balkan war context recalls a London armistice conference with Grey inviting delegates, but hostilities soon resumed with vigor.
The Arrow published in Rolfe Iowa provides its ownership and circulation details for October 1919. Publisher editor and owner is M Bruce Rolfe Iowa. Notary Jos McEwen attests sworn statement with publication date October 4 1918.
Westbrook visitor Mrs EF R Wiswell arrives. Andrew Rasmussen returns from New Ulm. Flu cases rise but local control holds with a ban on public gatherings. Mrs Mary Watts visits. Roy Forsythe reports return from the front. Schools prepare to save coal by window caulking. potatoes sold from a shipped car. Red Cross officer elections postponed. meetings halted under influenza quarantine. Harold Ferguson moves to J S Pirie residence. gravel hauling ramps up on the main road. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs J J Calhoun. Miss Myrtle Heathman leaves for Nebraska. Pneumonia illness worsens for Geo Roush family. E D Hilton plans to hunt the Hun. February 14, 1919.
Ray Webb son of Mr and Mrs Jas Webb of this place died at his gate in Iowa on October 17 1918 from mania following influenza. Funeral services were held at Powhatan cemetery. Webb born 1895 near Humboldt Iowa attended Humboldt schools and worked on farms in Minnesota before returning home briefly prior to being drafted. He died at his sister’s home Mrs Bowen near Bradgate Iowa and is survived by his parents five brothers and sisters.
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