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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
4
The senior class runs the column as part of English work while enrollment at Rolfe High reaches a peak with about 100 students. Roles in academics athletics and staff are noted as Vergil Hancher returns to speak and teachers supervise expanding programs across grade levels.
A compiled list of visits and outings across Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Ottosen, Gilmore City, and surrounding areas. Shifts in attendance, town gossip, student activities, club meetings, and family visits are noted with multiple mentions of residents, educators, and local officials.
A perceptive column explores the lure of owning someone else’s discarded goods. It questions why buyers seek rummage, junk, and relics, noting collectors buy beyond need, driven by desire for items bearing another’s mark and the status of “secondhand” appeal.
The passage details the Fordney McCumber tariff act with a flexible valuation plan and new tariff regulation features aimed at stabilizing agricultural and midwest economies. It notes a coal commission, veterans bonus veto outcomes, grain futures legislation, and Mrs Addie Mc Daniels pension approval.
A Los Angeles city employee named Bill, described as morbidly fat and a known woman hater, refuses to give up his seat to two girls on a streetcar. He boasts the seat is the hottest he ever encountered and that he covers too much territory, shrugging off concerns about courtesy.
A Washington Star brief notes a city apartment child named Helen who has spent years among brick sidewalks and patches of soil. Her mother takes her to the suburbs where Helen wanders, then asks, where is the yard as she discovers a new outdoor space.
Concrete houses are increasingly used in the United States as the Bureau of Standards studies housing conditions. Inspectors visited Pittsburgh Cleveland Chicago and Minneapolis. The trip noted major improvements in concrete use in architecture and ornament, suggesting a new standard style may emerge soon.
In a yard scene Gyp Dog laughs as Pussy Cat flees and Jack Robin is frightened when a balloon pops by a cherry stick. Little Boy mourns as he runs to the tree, tears ready, amid farmyard chaos.
A tale mentions Pussy Cat and Gyp Dog near a cherry tree where Jack Robin sits and spots a very large cherry among the ripe fruit. The scene hints at a close call as Mr Robin eyes the oversized cherry on the ground.
The article explains how flowers attract mates via scent and birds sing, while bees collect pollen as they move between blossoms. It notes pollen transfer is species specific, preventing cross fertilization, and credits insects with seed production and plant reproduction.
The article notes Madagascar as a potential gold producer with rich eastern districts and streams yielding nuggets and dust. It says principal lode remains undiscovered, mining methods are crude, and native workers endure harsh climate while engineers expect future discoveries.
The article traces Eveline and its variants from Norman and Lancastrian lineages to Evelina revival, noting Aveline as an earlier form and Eveline's decline then comeback. It mentions Miss Pourney's novel Evelina and the fashion of adding final a while linking talismanic beliefs to Evelina.
Fort Dodge area figures Howard Pollock and G. Hancher were seen in Cedar Falls and nearby towns. Pocahontas defeated Emmetsburg 12 to 0 in football. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Jas Grove Sept 24. Woman's Club meets Oct 12 with a forthcoming program. High Prince won grand champion in the senior yearling class.
The Baby Health Contest will be held in Plover on Monday and Tuesday October 2 3. Babies may be registered at local stores or by phone for the event offering ribbons to first second and third place winners in age classes one to two years and two to three years for both boys and girls. A cash prize is noted and the county plans to examine pre school children during the event.
Attendance remains notably good this year with visits from Walter Brockwoldt of Trurant Iowa who attended school there during Crow's tenure. The first basketball game of the season is Friday October six at three o'clock with Varina as the visitors. Declamatory works involve fourteen participants. The Ladies Community Club hosted teachers patrons and the board of directors in a memorable Friday evening gathering.
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