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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
5
Dr E W Wilson leaves for Riley Kansas training camp as a local delegation sends luck wishes. The Presbyterian Sunday School class gives a safety razor as a farewell token while highlighting his readiness to serve and anticipated value from army experience.
The Scenic offers Mary Mord in Artcraft Pictures Corporation adaptation of Eleanor Gates play The Little Rich Girl. The photoplay, starred by Miss Pickford, follows the successful stage hit at the Hudson Theatre New City. Release prices listed as 156 and 2c.
The article previews a $1000 purse motorcycle race with twenty entrants and notes strong baseball signings as teams seek the championship. It lists race order including Gilmore versus Rolfe and Mallard versus Bade, with rain delaying plans and a vaudeville show by Manager Gibb.
Friends in Rolfe mourn the death of Dr E R Ames at his Knoxville Iowa home after a lengthy illness. A Hahnemann School graduate he practiced in Rolfe for years before moving nine years ago. He served as a helpful citizen and enjoyed a sunny disposition and active lodge involvement.
Rolfe lodge members boosted their war relief quota and ended with a $150 surplus for the local dependents fund. They emphasize patriotism and duty as they prepare for future struggle, inviting speed enthusiasts to Rolfe today and tomorrow.
A note from Lyla Jay and Gladys McMahon thanks all who assisted in the care of their father during illness and those who traveled to Rochester to provide service and those who helped at the funeral in various capacities.
The Register notes a possible marriage after a license was issued to Verne Perrin and Harriett Cooklin. Perrin, a Rolfe native, trained with the Iowa ammunition train in Des Moines and is a machinist. Cooklin, known in Rolfe for her work at the Hansell restaurant near Curlew. The couple’s plans await end of the war. A New Jersey soldier jailed for bigamy faces a term on the French front.
Edward McMahon died in Rochester Minn after a ventral hernia operation. Born August 1 1868 in Henken he moved to Rolfe Ia in 1883 and built a harness business. Survived by wife Christina Lind and five children Lyla Jay Gladys Esther Chester. Funeral held at Rolfe Presbyterian Church with Dr A Z McGogney and interment in Anita Ia beside his mother.
The F. C. DeWolf grove hosted the annual Presbyterian picnic with wind hindering coffee and cloths but guests filled the day with indoor baseball by women, tennis courts active, and a pasture game won in a close, high-spirited contest. Plans already form for next year.
The article states that town regiments remain open for enlistment. Unmarried men aged eighteen to forty may join the Regular Army National Guard or National Army and will receive transportation to designated units from recruiting stations. For more information contact the Recruiting Office US Army 628 Central Avenue Fort Modoe Iowa.
A local writer condemns the Bell telephone trust for crippling toll lines leaving only a poor Humboldt route. A traveling man waited eight hours for a Fort Dodge toll message while connections collapse. The author calls for the railway commission to enforce decent service and warns of social unrest. A prominent editor faces an anonymous death threat over draft resistance comments.
A contemplative meditation on aging and memory notes that as peers finish life work they depart to unseen realms, while survivors sense beginnings beyond endings and wonder about future revelations.
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