For Sale and Rent Classified Seeded Listings
A condensed slate of local For Sale and For Rent notices from Rolfe and surrounding areas. Items include mules and livestock, seven room house for rent, stock tanks and wind monitors, farm gates, barn equipment, Curoe boars and fox terriers, a Poland China boar for sale or exchange, Permalife Storage Batteries, and multiple Palo Alto county farms with prices and March first possession details. Includes contacts: J M Smith, E F Dickey, J W Sadler, Munson Land Co, and local phone numbers 480-10, 52, 311, 141.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Stinton
Rolfe
Arrow
H. E. Tubbs
J. M. Smith
Jordan, Rolfe
Iowa
The
Franklin Barn Equipment Co
E. F. Dickey
Agricultural College
Ames
J. W. Sadler
Ottoan P. O
Bradgate
Palo Alto
Munson Land Co
West Bend
Rolfe and area notes mix of events and updates
A roundup of local items reports Ames visits by Mr and Mrs W R Rogers and a hospital transfer for Lucile Dolan after a second leg fracture. Fires at Estherville destroy Fred Ehlers grocery. Also notes on pool hall management, frost impact, and community activities including theatre and military training at Rolfe and nearby towns.
Grandmother Bernier dies after illness in 1918
Mrs Christena Berner known as Grandmother Bernier dies at her daughter Mrs H C Barnes home on Tuesday morning September 24 1918 after weeks of jaundice. Funeral services are at the Mallard Lutheran church this afternoon with Rev Caagan in charge. Interment at Green Island near Dubuque this evening. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs John Lohse of Gladbrook besides Mrs Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christena Berner
Grandmother Bernier
H. C. Barnes
Rev. Caagan
Mallard Lutheran Church
Berner
Green Island
Dubuque
Barnes
John Lohse
Gladbrook
Local Notes Roundup Cherishes Visits and Moves
Fe Py rd Roy Henderson and sister Miss Pearl and their siblings plan to enter Drake University in Des Moines after leaving Tuesday. Minnie Eppelsheimer Myrtle Heathman head to Morningside college Sioux City for the caring year. Garlock and son Jack visited Fort Dodge Monday. Bush and Heathman families visited Pocahontas Monday. Hofert family visited Mountain Lake Minnesota. Squires attends Northwest Iowa Methodist Conference in Estherville. Wallace daughters Gwendolyn Zella visit Ft. Dodge Saturday. Mangan visited Rolfe Monday. Hoyt of Webster City on business Monday. Garlock family visited Pocahontas Monday. Fitzgerald left for Des Moines Monday. Henry Twigg to Des Moines Monday. Parradee sold a Rumley tractor to Will Boysen near Ware, delivery next day. Herman Pohl bought east quarter of Win Nowack farm to move next year. Mrs Ehlers and daughter from Estherville visiting Mena Mueller. Langfitt returning from Warren county. Mrs Watts to Des Moines after visiting son C F Watts. M Y BR Club to meet Friday at Mrs Ray McKim. Buck couple welcome daughter born last Wednesday. Hoffert to Spencer for county fair horse races. John Bush lining up machinery for Fourth Liberty Loan bond sale.
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W. R. Rogers
Ames
R. W. Rogers
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
F. A. Malcolm
C. W. Lighter
Lucile Dolan
Joe Dolan
Mery Hospital
Fort Dodge
Dolan
Estherville
Fred Ehlers
Ehlers
Thos. Wiley
Vance
Army Training Corps
The
State University
Missy
Norma Thornton
Iowa City
McCray & Blessing
Daphne Malcolm
Chicago
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Daphne
Charlton Bros
Havelock
Rolfe High
Robert Kent
Frank B. Charlton
Mankato Commrcial College
Mankato
Minn
Roy. Henderson
Bert Shaw
Pocahontas
A. M. Hofert
Mountain Lake
G. M. Squires
Northwest Iowa Methodist Conference
Nellie Wallace
Gwendolyn and
Zella
Ft. Dodge
John Mangan
Rolfe
H. H. Hoyt
Webster City
L. E. Garlock
H. Fitzgerald
Des Moines
Henry Twigg
L. N. Parradee
Rumley
Will Boysen
Ware
Herman Pohl
Win
Nowack
C. F E. Watts
Ray McKim
M. Y. BR. Club
Myr
R. F. Buck
Art Hoffert
Spencer
John Bush
Evangelical Lutheran Church to Host Missionary Meetings
Rev. J. P. Magnussen announces missionary meetings at the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Evening sessions start at 8 p m in English and Danish language afternoon sessions at 2 30 p m Friday and Saturday. Sunday services at 10 30 a m 2 30 p m and 8 p m. All are invited to attend.
Fourth Liberty Loan Starts Saturday
Pocahontas county aims to raise just over a million dollars for the Fourth Liberty Loan. The effort is hard but seen as a small price beside the sacrifices of the soldiers in France. Citizens urged to contribute, even using unlikely items like peachstones and nut shells to aid gas mask production. Young registrants feel their dreams near realization as they join the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
France
Uncle Sam
Mennonites and War Time Labor Opinion
A letter to the editor argues against hiring Mennonites to work on farms during wartime. The writer urges farmers to allow local sons to serve at the front, claiming Mennonites are not better than sons and should not replace them at home. The call invites other farmers to respond on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrow
Letter from Chaplain Otto Ellefson in Hoboken to Bradgate
Chaplain Otto E. Ellefson writes from Hoboken on duty with the post chaplaincy to Bradgate friends. He describes meeting wounded soldiers, planning transport duty across the Atlantic, and noting American spirit despite injuries. He travels the Harlem area, visits New York landmarks, and mentions colleagues from Bradgate and Camp Taylor.
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Hobokett
N. J
Bradgate
Atlantic
Germany
New York
Hoboken
Cavalry M. E. Church
New York City
Rev
Acheson
Eagle Grove
Columbia University
Columbia
Ellsworth College
Grant
Statue of
Base Hospital
Staten Island
Camp Taylor
Chaput
Ellefson
Evans
Wilson Hopkins
Farmerette spoof and a Wisconsin student note
A breezy look at stage farmerettes in silk overalls with hay forks, paired with a Wisconsin State Normal School of Agriculture student who tackled concrete mixing, wheat grading for ergot and smut, surveying, 240 acre farm plotting, milk testing, and stock breeding theses. The piece contrasts showbiz cosplay with academic hands on work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mal School of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Burnell-Wallag Wedding Tour Ends in Des Moines
Mrs. P J Sha Khanitas visitors report a wedding of Zella Wallace to C Bunnell of Newton. Rev Glenn Squires officiated at the ceremony in Des Moines with the couple leaving for Pensacola. Rice thrown, couple waved farewell to friends and college days associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zella Wallace
Nellie A. Wallace C. Bunnell
Newton
C. F. Bucity
Glenn Squires
M. Ev
Naval
Aero Station
Burnel
Des Moines
University
Burnell
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Frank J. Mac Vey
Towa
Holt Implement Co
QO. A. Zeck
Mr. Zeck
Rob Roy
Trusty
Wm. McCray
Fall City
Neb
H. C. McCray
Rolfe McCrays
More City
Amy Ireland
Berlin
Marie Kehl
Gilmore City
Enterprise
Mulholland Sisters
J. J. Bruce
Altho
Federal
Pyrd
Evangelical Lutheran Church
J. P. Magnussen
Liberty
Duroc
Jersey
Jensen
S. D. Jen
Sen
Rolfe, Iowa
Otto E. Ellefson
N.S. A
Maj. Axton
Gil
Fen
Erment
P. J. Sha
Khanitas
Burnell-Wallag
Plover M. E. Church
Glenn M. Squires
Riverside
Ladies’ Aid Society
T.edith
Tier and Shaver
H. H. Grove
United States
People’s Savings Bank Plover
Community Bank
Ati
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