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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
1
A Patchwork of small town notes recalls Dolliver Kent heading to Omaha for business college. Local life covers PWA labor strikes, pending Maine campaign talk, bank concerns, farm activity, school events, a Des Moines balloon trace, and community stories from Rolfe to Gilmore City with several local names and happenings.
Frank Priebe urges readers to embrace graded poultry and eggs as a fairer system. He cites midwest practices where quality determines price, noting improved flocks and cleaner shells lead to higher earnings. He credits state agricultural colleges and predicts grading will boost markets, calling it the biggest poultry advance in a decade.
An unreadable OCR fragment lists multiple personal names and monetary figures without clear context. The passage names individuals such as Lamigot and Henn and includes several currency amounts like 25,003 and 85,000, with scattered place names and organizations, but no coherent narrative or event details.
A village dedication notes the new Methodist church under Rev. Mark Masters and his farewell sermon the following week. A contributed piece titled Finis Coronat Opus praises his work including resolving flareups and leaving $1000 for the treasury. The account mentions pioneers Mr and Mrs A H Malesha and Civil War service.
Census data from 1935 shows an increase of 55 000 ranches keeping sheep on the range compared with five years earlier. The Agriculture Census is to be released June 1 by the U S Department of Agriculture.
In the District Court of the State of Town Pocahontas County probate matter estate of J Nelson deceased. The administrator with will annexed has qualified and will collect debts and pay claims per law. Dated September 8 1986. John Warner Nelson administrator with will annexed of the estate.
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