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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
1
Consolidated with The Reveille on February 12 1914 traces back to 1888 when J J Bruce founded the enterprise and for years was stewarded by members of the J H Lighter family.
The piece critiques Lou Gardner and other isolationists for downplaying World War II. It notes widespread U.S. Pacific theater deployment, questions Gardner’s stance, and contrasts local civic response with broader wartime effort, highlighting Rolfe’s service board honoring war participants and community volunteers.
The New York Yankees hold the league's top spot with a half game lead over Detroit and St Louis while Boston sits three games back. Detroit's strong pitching from Newhouser and Trout and Wakefield and York's hitting push the Tigers as serious contenders. The Yankees face 17 of 19 games on the road.
A young service wife with a baby visits the post office hoping for a letter from her husband. The clerk’s negative finding prompts her to cry in public while a crowd watches, revealing wartime anxiety and delayed correspondence. Nearby column urges steadier supplies and gratitude for wartime sacrifices.
A Minnesota reader recalls an eccentric farmer who hired only whistlers noting their kindness to workers and animals. The piece contrasts the farmer’s ethic with postwar plans that overlook small businessmen facing stock shortages and labor constraints.
Detroit plays 16 of the remaining 19 games at home, St. Louis 17 at home, and Boston only two at home. The line favors Detroit and St. Louis for the pennant, but Tigers recent form hints the title may stay in the automobile city. The Arrow notes a subscriber named Vote, Dewey, on its mailing list.
Fragmentary OCR line shows a sequence of monetary values and codes including VAT references. No clear event or entities are identified to form a full news item. The readable bits suggest a financial table or invoice fragment rather than a standalone report.
The Keokuk County News notes that small businesses and individuals faced hard times during the war period. It argues that the less powerful must now take action to survive or risk failure as costs rise.
A collection of editorials urges towns to welcome new ideas and progressive movements rather than resist change. It contrasts attitudes in optimistic communities with skeptical ones and reflects wartime sentiments about Germany, Japan, and Allied resolve.
The Pocahontas County Board met in regular session with members G. C. Johnson O. F. Young and Clarence Jensen present. Actions included appointing O P Malcolm as engineer to survey DD No 181, approving the DC 158 completion report, approving a cigarette license for T W Tuttle, auditing and approving claims for various funds, and noting several clerk and board of rev entries.
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