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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
3
Autumn snack idea features three variegated doughs with cherry, nuts and chocolate, and poppy seed. The recipe yields about eight dozen thin cookies baked at 400 F for ten minutes, with dough storable in the fridge and sliced when needed.
Local sports brief reports Gilmore City Arrows victory on Sunday with unspecified results. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris and Mrs. S. Clark are mentioned among participants in the event with unclear context. Further details are unreadable from the fragment.
Frank K Priebe discusses fluctuating poultry prices amid abundant production and government relief purchases. He urges timely pullet production, culling non producers, and selling eggs and chickens steadily to avoid market collapse and protect profits. A legal notice follows about a public sale of remaining assets of State Savings Bank of Rolfe, Iowa.
The Progress club hosted wives and schoolteachers at Henry Soren home with piano solo readings and singing followed by games. A pink and blue shower honored Mrs Helen Simonson near Rolfe. Rebekah lodge held 22 members and planned the Burt anniversary dinner and traveling gavel presentation in Humboldt. Local residents attended events in Ft. Dodge and Chicago for research, postal exams, and a school carnival is planned for Sept 28.
Des Moines Ti notes dinners and visits among families including the Biglow Mickalek Lynch and Lynch households. A school bat injury to Bruce Fisher required three stitches. Calf sale trip to Sioux City by Heathman and Spencer families. Frances Vaughn recovers at home after illness. Joe Weishaar obituary from the area.
A flurry of visits and gatherings marked the weekend with relatives and friends traveling between Emmetsburg Pocahontas Laurens and Rolfe. Notable items include Mrs Howland caring for a patient in Emmetsburg hospital and Rita Mae Shreier’s birthday celebration at Will Schreier’s home with a wide circle of relatives.
Iowa State College expert A L Anderson notes Hereford hogs were added to the premium list at the Iowa State Fair this year. Of 2700 hogs exhibited, 198 were Herefords, a breed recently classified for premiums after exhibitions since 1931.
D S A Carnazzo of LeMars reports two children Louis four and Mary three locked themselves inside a room last week triggering a police rescue. Emergencies required an extension ladder and cutting through a window screen to free them.
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