Nacke Wins Club Championship in Golf Tourney
Frank J. Nacke, president of Rolfe Golf Club, captured the 4921 club championship and the silver loving cup with steady play across ten rounds, finishing two up in the final against W. Taylor. Taylor, though his drives were long, faltered on greens and in the trees at the ninth hole.
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J.” Nacke
Rolfe Golf Club
J. White & Son
W. & Taylor
Taylor
Nacke
Parriott
Jas
Bruce
Jim
Colebaugh
Ted Field
W.S. Taylor
E. L. Hollis Taylor
Fo. W. P. Wheeler
D. C. McCray McCray
T. Carroll
Jas. Bruce . Bruce
F. M. Ritchey
H. S. VanAlstine Ritchey
Woman's Club Meeting Set for Club Day Speech
The next regular meeting of the Woman's Club is Friday afternoon November 4 at the K of P hall. County clubs will be entertained. State president Mrs Eadmund Armstrong will address the gathering. A large attendance is desired.
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Woman's Club
K. of P. Hall
Eadmund Armstrong
Fonda Cherokee Battle Draws Town Crowd at Fonda
A large county crowd watched Fonda and Cherokee play a crash heavy contest at Fonda. Fonda led 7 0 after a forward pass and goal. Cherokee responded with a second half touchdown as Scott dominated the ground game. A disputed late play left the final score 7 7.
Shippers to Meet at American Legion Hall
The Rolfe Shipping Association invites all shippers to a Saturday night meeting at the American Legion hall. Members and nonmembers may attend to air grievances and offer improvements. The note warns of looming cold weather, coal shortages, and mine workers sometimes facing half-time shifts.
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Rolfe! Shipping Association
American Legion Hall
Nacke wins Rolfe Club ladies golf cup in thriller
Sixteen players competed with Mrs. F J Nacke taking the title after a tense semi final against Mrs. F M Ritchey and a final over Mrs. E Eikenberry. The match concluded near press time with no full statistics available. A forthcoming east and west side tournament was proposed with banquet to follow.
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Rolfe Golf Club
Nacke
F. J. Nacke
F. M. Ritchey
Armistice Day events planned for November 11 1921
The message invites the community to observe Armistice Day with events starting at eleven o'clock including a memorial address by Rev T Ernest Hoon and assistance from other clergy. Activities include a noon Woman's Auxiliary meal, a carnival by Rolfe Post, a Legion football game at 3 PM, a boxing show, a supper canteen, a grand ball and a Ford touring car prize.
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Barney Bruce
T. Ernest Hoon
Methodist Church
Theobald
Lester
Berthelsen
Harding
Woman’s Auxiliary
Woman's Auxiliary
Rolfe Post
Legion
Legion Hall
Armistice Day Observance Planned by American Legion
The American Legion announces an Armistice Day observance in a proper, lively form with a committee named to organize plans. They propose recreating the original festive scenes using schoolchildren with flags, noise makers, and devices from the war era, possibly releasing school for the event.
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American Legion
Arrowman
Rolfe
Johnnie Doyle
Bob Bruce
Legion
J. P. Lester
Robt. Bruce
F. M. Ritchey
Kaiser
John Doyle
Supt. Evans
Hallowe'en Social by the Rebekahs
A Halloween social Monday night on October 31 charges five cents at the door. Goblins ghosts and witches will join in the fun with refreshments at booths. Attendees can romp or simply look listen and laugh at the event hosted by the Rebekahs.
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Hallowe’en
No Sunday Trains Due to Dredging Bridge Work
The morning and evening passenger trains Sunday west of Eagle Grove are annulled because a dredging machine will pass the Des Moines river bridge west of Bradgate. A planned transfer of passengers mail and baggage by automobile has been abandoned. no trains will run.
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Eagle Grove
Des Moines River
Bradgate
Home Town Paper Week Boost Calls for Subscriptions
A national movement led by the National Editorial Association urges readers to subscribe to their home town paper to strengthen ties to native communities. The campaign highlights past boosts by newspapers for churches, schools, trades, and Farm Bureau activities and asks subscribers to spread the effort.
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National Editorial Association
Ime Ica
Golden Rule Talk Leads Next Sunday Meeting
Last Sunday night’s meeting featured strong talks and appreciated special music. Next Sunday night Rev Lester will lead a discourse on applying the Golden Rule today, with an invitation extended to all.
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Lester
Danish Lutheran Church Sunday Services and Armistice Day
Danish Lutheran Church advertises preaching at 10:30 a.m. next Sunday with Sunday school at noon. The Ladies Aid Society meets at the parsonage Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Armistice Day celebration planned in Rolfe.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Rolfe Legion Team Wins At Football
The Rolfe American Legion football team traveled to Webster City last Sunday and won 7 to 6 in a tight game. Miller Klein returned an intercepted pass sixty yards for a second quarter touchdown with Roger Wiegman making the block. Webster City scored in the third quarter largely by the forward pass but Rolfe’s line held firm and the locals refused a goal from the other side. The Rolfe team described Webster City as a good, clean group though officials were criticized. Rolfe was penalized seventy yards in total. Minutes of the last period ran ninety seconds each.
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Fonda- Cherokee
Fonda
Cherokee
Mullen
Linnan
Scott
Rolfe American Legion
Webster City
Rolfe
Miller Klein
Roger Wiegman
Enuf
Young Priest Rev Belknap Shot Dead At Lead South Dakota
Rev Art B Belknap nephew of J A Carroll of Rolfe and rector of St Patrick's cathedral was murdered at Lead South Dakota yesterday morning. A man asked him to join and administer last rites to a dying man and shot him in the heart after they walked from the bishop's house. No clue yet. Belknap, about thirty, was educated in Baltimore and raised in Dubuque. His parents had moved to Lead to support him and mourn his loss. Belknap had no known enemies and the killer is suspected to be a fanatic.
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Art B. Belknap
J. A. Carroll
Rolfe
Lead
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Father Belknap
Belknap
Dubuque
Iowa
St. Mary’s
Baltimore
BE. M. Belknap
Bellmap
Hoben
Mallard and Havelock couple wed at St. Marys Mallard
Miss Agnes Schuller of Mallard and Mr Phillip Wagner of Havelock married at St Marys Catholic church Mallard Oct 19 Rev J Neppel officiating Bridesmaid Miss Mary Wagner Best Man Mr Joseph Schuller The bride wore white canton crepe bouquet of white roses reception for about 150 relatives and friends They will reside on a groom family farm near Havelock after a wedding journey to Kansas City Missouri and other Kansas points Home Town Paper Week Nov 7 12.
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Agnes Schuller
Mallard
Phillip Wagner
Havelock
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rev
J. Neppel
Mary Wagner
Jos. Schuller
Mike Schuller
Nea Mallard
Kansas City
Kansas
Legion athletic carnival yields fun despite weather
The American Legion event faced rain but drew crowds. advance ticket sales saved the day and the show ran smoothly with clean competition. Boxing bouts featured Spec Moore vs Hart Cox and Elmer Sandvig vs Christianson, while a six round main event Abie Levich vs Tom McCarty drew little blood and no decision.
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American Legion Athletic Carnival
Altho
Spec Moore
Hart Cox
Albert Blanchett
Lou Shimon
Shimon
Blanchett
Speedy Malloy
Gilmore
Gotch
Wolf
Pocahontas
Malloy
Max Brenton
Havelock
Elmer Sandvig
Mallard
Christianson
Sandvig
Jim
Abie Levich
Des Moines
Fighting Newsboy
Tom McCarty
Cedar Rapids
Tommy Ryan
Kinnella
Ryan
Knights of Pythias Lodge 68 in Des Moines honors members
Des Moines Lodge No. 68 Knights of Pythias hosts a meeting with Harold Bruce as Chancellor Commander. The lodge earned the Grand Chancellor's cup for largest growth, adding about 140 members. Fifteen veterans received thirty year or more jewels, including Lafe Young, with many prominent locals present. Supreme Chancellor William Laden to visit Des Moines November 16 for candidate initiation at the auditorium.
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Ward Ferguson
Des Moines
Knights of Pythias
Harold Bruce
Lafe Young
Wm. Laden
Shifting Footwear and Frustration Over Prosperity
Fragmentary remark discusses shoes that fit not always worn by women and notes prosperity struggling to take hold amid lingering influence undermining common sense.
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L. H. VanAlstine Peterson
M. Bruce
W. S
B. Peterson
B.S. Colebaugh
O. Peterson
Bud
Haucketerson
A. McCray
F. M. Field
C. W. Siefkin
M. Ritchey
Geo. Theobald
Jean Parriott
Woman’s Club Meeting
S. Taylor
W. S. Taylor
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