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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1926
Page
6
A collage of quips and quibbles on manners business and everyday life. Jests range from dentists and lovers to travel misadventures and light social satire. The piece riffs on attitudes toward work marriage memory money and progress with playful asides and punchy one liners.
Pocahontas county supervisors approve Newell Block & Tile Company bond and adopt a resolution authorizing the county attorney to enter appearance in a bank receivership case. Tax levies postponed to October 5 1926 and meeting recessed to September 21 1926. Public notices include local quotes.
Des Moines township fair results show numerous first and second place awards across baking canned goods produce and crafts on September 10. Notable names include Mrs. E R Yocum Mrs. Ole Ryen and Mrs. John Weishaar among many competitors.
In Hilo several hundred Boy Scouts helped entertain visiting U.S. fleet crews. About 150 scouts traveled up to 180 miles, funding travel and meals themselves. They ran information booths, helped with decorations, assisted police at the regatta and concert, and managed parade traffic.
The text traces footwear from leather and wood in ancient Jewish practice to Pythagoras urging bark shoes to avoid animal skins. It notes 1460s England where long shoe points hindered walking and were bound to the knees, and a later Edward IV prohibition on this practice.
Little Paul struggles with a picture book whose two pages are uncut. He lifts a corner to peek beneath and asks his mother how the images might have been printed inside the leaves. Her calm explanation follows.
A trio of aphoristic lines opines on a minister's focus, salesmen judging longevity, and a surprise return from vacation, delivering a light sketch of human foibles and social routines.
Words cannot express our gratitude to friends neighbors and schoolmates who braved danger to save our home. We deeply thank the Plover Fire Department for their splendid equipment and all who helped us with stalwart arms and swift feet. The W. Lee MacVey Family. Arrow Adlets Pull Like Plasters.
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