Rolfe Notes Record Local Goings On and Wartime Talk
Padarence Meech returns to auto business at Ritchey garage while social events face weather delays. Residents visit kin, court mentions United States citizenship, and local youths join Camp Dodge training as Iowa troops head for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padarence Meech
Auto‘mobile
Ritchey
Leonard Crosby
Denver
F. E. Hayne
C. H. Preble
Dorothy
Humboldt
A. R. Thornton
Excelsior Society
F. C. DeWolf
W. A. Reeves
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rolfe
Local notes on arrivals, wartime effects, and sales ads
The column lists arrivals from Buffalo to visit relatives before heading to California, plus military unities from Camp Custer and Des Moines. It notes Winterset war casualties, a Des Moines operator, and a Roy Fredericksen in France. Small ads promote barns, pianos, mules, eyeglasses, rentals, and farm equipment.
Methodist Church Schedule and Donor Appeal
Rev C S Burnette leads morning worship and services at 10 30 Sunday Sabbath School at 11 46 Junior League 3 00 Epworth League 7 00 Evening Praise 8 00 Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. Last Sunday speakers Rev Mark Masters and Rev Bond spoke to large audiences with superb orchestra music. Confer ence year ends in ten days please pay benevolence pledge to Ben Green or pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth
Mark Masters
Bond
Ben Green
Church Conference Reports Strong Growth and Finances
The quarterly conference led by Dr. D. M. Bond reported a strong church condition with all accounts paid to date. Over four years the pastorate added 148 members and 30 probationers, the pastor’s pay rose by $400, and the missionary offering neared $1,000 more than last year. The church pledged $1,400 for the Superannuated fund and $800 for Morningside college, plus construction of a new parsonage costing $5,000 to $6,000 and improvements to the church at additional cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Bond
Morningside College
Movie Censorship Debate Echoes in Public Discussion
A fragment discusses censorship and the mind’s susceptibility to film. It questions whether censoring films reforms viewers and notes that films often serve as an alibi for inner evils. The text promotes a catalog from Mankato Minnesota as a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egy
Plover town notes cover fairs roads and schooling
Local column records residents attending Minnesota and Algona fairs, plans for college aid, births, new street lights, job moves, fishing exploits, duck season prep, silo construction, and trips to Minneapolis and Omaha. Mentions include Hendersons, Shaw families, J. Grove, Myrtle Ross, Glenn Squires, C. Morning, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Henderson
Jno. Henderson
Minneapolis
Geo. Shaw
McKim
Frank
Paul Kern
Ames
J. E. Grove
Rolfe Light & Power Co
Plover
Cross Arms
Myrtle Ross
Rockwell City Savings Bank
Glenn Squires
C. M
A. W. Hess
Sam
R. W. Henderson
Iowa City
P. R. Henderson
J. W. Phillips
Studebaker
la Rose and
Joilet
Ill
Plover Auto Co
Allbee
H. B. R. Lgle Shutt
Renee
Jon
National Army
S. T. Grove
Supt
Manni
E. T
Minnesota
Frank Henderson
N. H. Phillips
T. P. Comey
Renry Fitzgerald
Omaha Incoln
Nebr
Rae Ebr
Mary Whetzel
House Fire Disaster Near Mallard Leaves Family Helpless
Neighbors report two strangers visited the Gemblers on Wednesday before a blaze engulfed their home. Mrs Gembler allegedly set the fire after dinner and fled to the field. despite search parties and alarms, the house and all belongings were destroyed. Soldiers in the area and farm workers assisted, but no motive or suspect was found. Local letters mention a cousin Ike Eggspuehler and the death of Cecil Cumming in WWI service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Jones
Winterset
Mr. Jones
France
Iowa
Touland
Fere En Tardenois
Bergey
Fred Gembls
Mallard
Gembler
Chas
Watts
E. D. Hilton
Eggspuehler
Ike
A. J.eggspuehler
Ike “Cummie
Cecil Cumming
Rolfe
App “Cummie
Golden Macaroni Week Promises Special Arabian Sauce Spread
Next week marks Golden Macaroni Week with readers invited to view See folders in windows for details. The best recipe will win an Arabian sauce Lace Table Spread and a fine table spread prize. Full information available upon inquiry.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rolfe and
A. E. Cobbs
GC. B. Bowen
Dea Moines
Alberta & Hixon
Crahan
L. E. Sabine
Pocahontas
United States
Bert Cooper
Dows City
Thos. E. Cooper
Donald Fuller
Sioux Rapids
F. C. de Wolf
Mary Rogers
Laura Hood-Taylor
B. Dubbert
Cedar Falls
H. Tollersrude
J. T. Fraser
Nels A. Nelson
Pocahontas County
Camp Dodge
Rhine
J. M. Boyce
Des Moines
Walter Boyce
E. G. Rude
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Merchants Co-operative
Fort Dodge
Retailer’s Bureau
Central Ave
M. F. Healy
Public Square
Gth Street
Ist Ave. S
Cent. Ave
Grint Tea & Coffee Co
Eee Mercantile Co
Procanhol Bros
A.D. McQuilkin
Furni
Rniture
Wesley
Zeboe Is
Dey Goods Coy
First National Bank
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Edness
State OF
I. J. K. Lemon
J. K. Lemon
Jas. M. Smith
H. A. Lind
D. Brinkman
J. H. Brinkman
Jas. Carroll Jr
Buffalo
N. Y
California
State Savings Bank
E. W. Wilson
Pauline
Camp Custer
Mich
Damborg
Alice Lighter
Nels Fredericksen
Roy
Holt Implement Co
Bush & Girtz
Vandeventer
Geo. Stinton
Arrow Office
J. M. Smith
The
Franklin. Barn Equipment Co
E. E
Dickey
H. E
Daie -T Sa
Tie Holt Implement Co
Permalife
la Ferever
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. C. S. Burnette
Bei
New Earth
Ankato
Mankato, Minn
Libew
Cae
Fred Gembler
Golden 'S
Manor House
Agin
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