Local notes include visits, sales, and voters in Rolfe Iowa
Mrs A B Symes and daughter Miss Lucerne visit Des Moines at the Harry Burmeister home. The Isles and Alma Olerich return to Coe College after quarantine. Turley buys Kuhns farm near Pilot Creek, to take possession next spring via Carrolls. Warnings to vote for T F Lynch for County Attorney and notes on Belgium repairs. Leon Hixon wounded in France reported but no details yet. Several relocations: Johnsons move to Havelock, Joe Hertz buys Minnesota farm, Frank Kirkpatrick moves toward Bremerton. 160 acre Rolfe farm ad appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Symes
Bradgate
T. F. Lynch
Attoreny
C. C.johnson
Havelock
Zame
Johnson
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Rolfe
Joe Hertz
Cottonwood County
Minn
Jarrell Agency
Mr. Hertz
Horse feed test praised as verdict on local firm
The writer asserts the horse is best judge of feed quality and supports using a home company for feeding stock. They claim a trial order will test the feed and note many tests have already proven the result. Local stockholders invest taxes and profits in improvements here.
Rolfe News Roundup Includes Farm Sale and City Notices
Rolfe Grain and Milling Co announces cleaning and papering of equipment under manager L W Larson. J J Bruce recovers from flu as Will Pattee family endures illness while Robert Green covers yard duties. 160 acre farm near Bradwire available March 1 1919 at 205 per acre with terms. David McCray leaves Iowa City for g A T C duty and Transfer to Washington Motor Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradgate
J. A. Carroll & Son
Rolfe
Towa
J.J. Bruce
Will Pattee
Mr. Pattee
Yard
Robert Green
Iowa
David McCray
Iowa City
Rolfe Grain Co launches home-town ad push this week
The Rolfe Grain Co begins a new advertising series stressing its local roots and profits reinvested in the community. The firm highlights its all homegrown management and urges support for local business. Mrs M Wilson buys furnishings for Hotel Clifford and runs it as a rooming house. Tom Lynch is a County Attorney candidate as politics enter the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Grain Co
Tom Lynch
Woman's Club Lecture Series Aids Red Cross Funds
A five-lecture winter entertainment course secured from the Redpath Bureau promises music mirth and wisdom. Proceeds from the lectures will go to the local Red Cross, with all personal gain eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Red Cross
Redpath
Quarantine Lifted as School Reopens After Health Board Action
The health board lifted the quarantine on Monday after a Saturday meeting based on the health physician's recommendation. School resumed Tuesday with all teachers reporting for duty though influenza persists in town. Public cooperation with precautions is urged to avoid further closures and possible renewed restrictions. The note thanks Food Administrator Hoover and Fuel Administrator Garfield for their edicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Hoover
Garfield
While America is marching on in song
Poem praising American troops during World War I. References march on to Berlin, defeat of Prussian rule, and hopes for victory and reunion with mothers and sweethearts on American shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
James Burton
Plover
Iowa
Pershing
Germany
Old
Berlin
Local Classified Ads and Notices Mix Throughout Rolfe Iowa
Small town listings show livestock sales a cabbage note and farm rent offers. Items include Plymouth Rock cockerels, a white yellow collie with reward, two good half sections for rent, household goods sale plans, and a Majestic range for sale with contact hints in Rolfe Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rock Cockerels
Rolfe
Herbert Shelgren
S. Kirkpatrick
Otis Cook
Iowa
Puzzling Fragments Reflect Historic Weather and Picket Protests
Fragmentary passage mentions fall weather, fuel savings, and regulations followed by a note on Thanksgiving and victory over Turkey. It cites suffragists picketing the Senate and President Wilson receiving condolences, framed as living history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Senate
Wilson
Boars Offered by Poland China Breeders
Farm ad promotes Poland China boars for sale or loan, offering unrelated sires for breeders. Located at Rolfe on northwest, with invitation to visit or write for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe
Plover Notes Reveal Movements and Local Events
Mrs. C R Ferguson and baby returned to Spencer Wisconsin after weeks at Northrop Ferguson homes and Rolfe with Ferguson visiting family. Various locals make visits to Fort Dodge Des Moines Illinois and Wisconsin while potato shipments and a large stock sale occur. War Service Board schedules November 5 session at the lodge hall for charity subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Northrop
C. D. Ferguson
Rolfe
C. R. Ferguson
Spencer
Wis
Harry Kinsley
Fort Dodge
Ed Wegele
Des Moines
Wisconsin
P. G. Hess
Fisher
Prairie du Chien
Wm. Smith
Indiana
Plover
Kansas City Commission
A. B
Sims
Powhatan Township
Bright
E. B. Roberts
Vineae
Mya
Roberts
Mn Roush
Hmoumonin
Lodge Hall
War Service Board
Palo Alto
Hans Nelson
Emmetsburg
Hans
Curlew
Lodge
Associated War Charities
Webb Family Thanks for Aid After Illness and Burial
The A J Webb family expresses gratitude to those who assisted during illness and burial of their son and brother and for the floral offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apis
A.J. Webb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Belgium
France
Serbia
Italy
Grant
P. A. McCray
Morris
J. Damborg
Leon Hixon
Ben Green
South Dakota
A. Hancher
Desart
N. D
Frank Kirkpatrick
Bremerton
Wash
Mulholland Sisters
Rolfe Grain & Milling CO
L. W. Larson
Tig’ Ie
Ng Paon Chew
Lotus Concert Co
Saxaphone Six
James Kelts
Town
Or Rolfe
Arrow ‘Office
Moe
A. . Everett
Cobbs’ Shoe Tor
Catt
Erent
J. T. Grant
Dee
Anne Ean
Majestic
SMITH
Ohio
E. E. Wilcox
J. H. N. Wheeler
Gilmore City
W. RB. Ritchie
H. H. Grove
E. C. Stone
Fieldman
Poland
China
M. P. Hancher Rolfe
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