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Cobbs shoe nailer marks Rolfe shop progress
The Cobbs shoe store installed a shoe nailer to speed sole attatchment. Other Rolfe notes cover Billy Ritchey’s recovery, local sales at Ware hardware, family visits, bridge work on the Des Moines river, and community events including a lecture course planning by the A I D and Tuesday Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobbs Shoe Store
Cobbs
Billy Ritchey
Des Moines
Billy
J. H. Allen Implement and Hardware
Ware
A. B. Symes
P. Shaw
Ft. Dodge
P. I. Smith
First National Bank
Floyd Callon
Qocheyedan
C. B. Bowen
Spencer
Frank Wiewel
Des Moine
Bob Klein
Ford
Saturday Evening Post
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Country Gentleman
Harriss Thomas
Curtis Publishing Co
Adv
S. S. Butt
Ada Cottell
Thompson
Bernice Rutt
Chas. Rising
Jagey
Rising
Frank Seman
Highway Commission
Eve Long
Bernice MacVey
T. E. Meredith
Plover
Clint Core
Minneapolis
Frank Ritchey
Rolfe