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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
4
Dave Patrick of Saco recalls his hardest battle as a seven year old in 1866 working on a farm for board. He describes meager meals, long work days tending cows horses and poultry, carrying wood and water, and toasting blistered feet from old shoes. He eventually returned home with his parents to relief.
Three-a-day vaudevillians return to town near Broadway and the N W A clubhouse. A monologist tests new material in Indiana, using parodies to elicit laughs, but the audience remains cold and the manager notes the songs were sung with the wrong words.
The West shifts from un fenced cattle lands to fenced pastures and fee simple farms with mortgages. Homesteaders fade from memory as films and books preserve them, while migration may push younger generations abroad. America, once open, now nears a full belt of land under control and debt.
A Los Angeles Times report on visiting midwestern tourists at San Diego battleships notes a young woman misidentifies a ship crewman. She asks about the coxswain and jokes that the cox’n crows the reveille, highlighting confusion of naval insignia and duties.
Regular bus service established between New York and Philadelphia marks railroad competition on this run. Buses feature running water, library tables, and a radio receiving set for passengers.
The committee on the causes of accidents at the national conference on streets and highways favors mandatory mental tests for automobile drivers to reduce traffic accidents. The proposal aims to assess alertness and decision making among drivers to improve road safety nationwide.
Local residents visit relatives in Minnesota and Iowa towns. Community events include silo rebuilding and a radiator guard project for tractors. School opens with seventy three in high school and thirty in first grade. football awaits at D M T. A Ladies Aid election, a neighborhood picnic, and a Miss Flossie Roberts shower highlight social life.
Local residents share weekend visits with relatives and friends across Bel mond Des Moines and nearby towns. The D M T club stage a lively program at the school and a 4 H demonstration earns fifth at the State Fair.
Henry Vestegaard and Mr and Mrs Peter Christy hosted visitors including Lavon Langfitt and Mrs Ed Christensen at the Christy home. Miss Lura Christensen spent Sunday with friends in Pocahonty.
Plover paragraphs recount social visits and family gatherings in Fairbanks and Mallard regions. A threshing machine ring met at the Nidsli home, with many neighbors attending picnics and fairs. A serious accident near Plover injured a 14 year old Ole Olsen, hospitalized after the wagon collision. J E Grove earned premiums at the Hawkeye Fair with Poland China hog entries.
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