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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
2
Local Diddings notes Homecoming on November 6 with events by the Eastern Star at the Masonic hall. W S Butler shows partial recovery but is not as well this week. Rolfe businesses close 2:30 to 4:30 pm for the Pocahontas vs Rolfe football game at City Park.
Por Sale White Rock pullets Pat Wood Rolfe phone 222 Mizghest Cash Prices Paid for hides pelts furs R W Wilkin Rolfe 48
There is one principle we stand on unalterably. Growth and wider distribution of life insurance are goals, yet quality of business and service to policyholders are more vital than merely expanding volume.
Mr and Mrs C P Lathrop visited Des Moines to see daughter Lila and relatives. The Y M C A Bridge Club met with Mr and Mrs Geo Jeffries. Mrs Bloy Wood won high honors. Corn husking season yielded well but wet conditions halted harvest. Methodist Missionary Society set for Nov 8 at Mrs H D Brinkman home with hostesses assisting. Chapter FA P E D hosted a dinner with state organizer Mrs Severn inspecting local and Sioux Rapids chapters. Christmas card sale at The Arrow Rolfe Iowa offers printed name option at $2 per box of 25.
A. J. Shaw proved alkali land east of Pocahontas yields with sweet clover then corn and now alfalfa stands well. Phosphate shows mixed, limited value for corn on alkali. farm plots report 5–10 bushels per acre gains with 200 pounds potash. Cranberry notes as a distant huckleberry relative.
J Meinhardt a Chicago rupture shield expert will demonstrate at Wahkonsa Hotel Ft Dodge Iowa on Nov 7 from 9 am to 4 pm and Nov 8 from 9 am to 1 pm Only men invited no charge for demonstration claims rapid relief and muscle strengthening with no understraps sanitary and durable note white people only past customers invited for free inspection this visit limited to this city E J Meinhardt home office Chicago
Rev J C Wangberg announces a Jubilee Reform Festival in Fort Dodge High School auditorium on Sunday afternoon November 3 to honor Luther's Small Catechism. Noted speakers Dr Martin Hegland and President Pihiblad share themes with music by Webster County Choral Union led by A J Moe. All Lutherans and the public invited.
In Pocahontas county the monthly dairy report notes a 17.3 pounds fat average as cows are dry or near end of lactation. J. T. Seifert of Rolfe leads the month with ten Guernseys averaging 801 pounds milk and 35.9 pounds fat. The sale of Cleo Searcy’s Mallard herd is planned for December 4 with 37 cows and 12 heifers and records up to 500 pounds butterfat in 365 days.
The passage muses that experts claim to know how a thing could have been avoided after it happens. It notes 22 million dairy cattle in the U S and equates cows to five people per cow. It observes crooks overusing on the square and warns fatal outcomes from skin loss in accidents. It ends with the notion of fearing hurricanes even with advance warning.
Rev W A Wilkinson invites families to morning worship baptism by request and letters of faith. Evening chorus work praised as White Cross Sunday set for Nov 10. Sub District Conference to be held in Gowrie Nov 7-8 with expected engaging sessions.
Rev J O Wangbere leads morning and evening worship with midweek prayer meeting on Wednesdays at 8 00 p m Catechism class meets Saturday Nov 2 at 2 00 p m A Jubilee Reformation Festival marking 400th anniversary of Luther’s Small Catechism is set for Sunday Nov 8 at 3 00 p m in the Fort Dodge high school auditorium
About 1 032 people attended the Pig Crop Special from Iowa State College at Havelock as experts preached profitable hog production. September hog receipts across seven markets rose 28 percent year over year while three month totals July to September show 5 251 000 hogs, an 18 percent rise. Eleven months through Oct 1 show a 3 1/2 percent drop. Hog supplies and pork storage loom large for price control. Order Christmas cards from The Arrow office.
Morning Worship at 10:00 a m Sunday School and Bible Class at 11:15 a m Junior Endeavor at 3:00 p m Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p m Evening Worship at 7:30 p m Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday 8:00 p m A Buena Vista College representative will visit Rolfe soon for a college campaign Our pastor plans both services next Sunday with a short engaging sermon Lawrence Quinsland notes a strong Christian Endeavor spirit Hal loween party to be held Thursday at church parlors
We express heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during a recent difficult time. Your prayers encouragement and sympathy buoyed us and lightened the burden. Sincerely Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Graeber and the Boys. Read the Adz-All of 'em It pays.
Sunday worship and evening service announced at Nain Lutheran with weekday prayer meetings. The item includes a German reference noting the earths equatorial distance has shrunk by over one mile in the last century.
A compact sports and home economics item list notes Elk Horn Kentucky track cars and semi anthracite coal, urges storage in basements, mentions roof and barn upkeep, local carpenters, roof restyling, and storage effects on grain prices. It references Ben Bryson and Mule Haas predicting big home runs and roofing brands. A light joke about a mouse in Clarence Dahl’s trousers appears among miscellaneous notes.
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