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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
4
A dynamometer will measure pulling power at Rolfe Fall Festival on Sept 93 with classes of 2000 pounds and under and 3000 pounds and over. Iowa State College engineer will supervise. Rules include a 278 foot pull, penalties for load increases and stopping, and no whipping.
Kathryn G Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Davis B Brown was born April 20 1889 in Hawkeye Iowa. She taught English and history in Rolfe and Ixira schools and served as high school principal before illness. She died September 10 in Delhi after years of illness with peritonitis and frail health. Funeral held in Delhi with burial in Storm Lake.
Isaac McKim sustains a broken rib after striking a fence, while a rat killing demonstration at the Fred McKim farm draws attention. Numerous visits from relatives and neighbors fill the week, with weddings, farm sales, school notes, fair prizes, and plan for a community women’s club gathering at the Rolfe gym.
The obituary notes a woman who served as a newspaper correspondent, loved art, and endured ten years as a shut-in. Her faithful fellowship, held by a minister who visited, helped him daily, and her life is praised as lived in deeds, not counted by years or breaths.
The Clay County Fair runs Sept 28 to Oct 2 with livestock exhibits poultry swine sheep and club work. Racing and vaudeville are highlighted and grounds are drained to stay usable in rain. Reserve seats by writing R J Bucknell Secretary at the eggvandstand.
A string of regional visits includes John Fisher at Pocahontas with the Frank family, and the Chris family nearby. Mrs. Hofer and others in Holstein recover from a bile accident, while Sam Seversons and the Pendlers are noted guests at Will Hanisch’s home. Morgan plans a college position after his successful superintendent tenure, and Mesdames Tatty and Bush visited Fort edges Tuesday. The Morgan family moved, and Elmer Simonsgay’s sister's visit to Estherville follows an appendectomy. Notice announces mutual telephone company stockholder dissolution effective Sept. 1 with bills paid to Plover Telephone Company.
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