Bran bug topics and prohibition debates raise questions in Iowa
The piece oscillates between agricultural pests in northwest Iowa and national liquor policy, arguing the bran bug may spring from the brew bug and critiquing “prohibition” effects on crime and markets. It also notes a rise in demand for bonds and comments on advertising sale bills and service value.
Home-Town Paper Week Promotes Subscriptions and Local Boosts
A community paper urges readers to subscribe this week to boost church announcements business notices and local enterprises. The editorial notes peace with Germany and lampoons political rivalries while joking about quixotic agricultural feats and state beer laws affecting illness.
Spelling Error in County Name Noted by Editor
In The Rolfe Arrow, Editor Bruce misrenders Green county as Gr en county, omitting the final e. The piece laments the misspelling as a common lapse among editors and readers alike.
Letter on proper names and spelling in state geography
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune discusses preserving original spellings of place names and laments a corkscrew error in circulation. It argues map makers and editors should maintain correct forms, noting even Barney Bruce would not misstate them, and mocks potential future spellings like Blacke Hawke county.
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Marriage Gamble and Censuring Thought Known
A clipped vintage note reflects on marriage as a public gamble and cautions that talking without thinking can escape censure. It ends with a sworn statement: Marion Bruce, subscribed before me on October 3, 1921, Robt. Bruce, Notary Public.
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Affidavit of Ownership for The Rolfe Arrow
The publisher editor business manager and owner of The Rolfe Arrow a weekly newspaper in Rolfe Pocahontas Iowa sworn under an act of Aug 24 1912 states there are no bondholders mortgagees or other security holders.
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Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Systemic Relief
Cold in the Head describes catarrh as an acute nasal attack and presents Hall's Catarrh Medicine as internal treatment that cleanses the blood and strengthens resilience to colds. It claims to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces by acting through the blood, with Druggists carrying the circulars from W.J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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