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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1927
Page
7
A bustling Saturday gathering ties together visits from Mrs. Ray Kendall of Pent, Chas. Grover’s Welcome, Minn., and many local residents. Attendees report travels to Boone and Des Moines areas, with farm, church, and club activities noted amid open-air gatherings and baseball rounds.
Rev Wilson Gow, pastor of Havelock Methodist Church, outlines the weekly schedule including Sabbath School at 10:00 a.m and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. The note mentions attendance pins at Rally Day, a Laymen’s Electoral Conference delegates, and that the pastor and Mrs Gow attend Annual Conference in Webster City.
Six farmer owned elevators in Pocahontas county average about 1 570 000 bushels of grain yearly and sell roughly 138 000 dollars worth of coal tile binder twine salt feed and related products. Surpluses exist in three elevators and managers note strong patronage by older farmers while younger ones underestimate the effort behind the cooperative system.
The Rolfe Fall Festival lists winners across categories including friedcakes, fruits, jellies, vegetables, canned goods, and fancy work. Notable names appear such as Mrs. G W Salisbury, Mrs. John Weishaar, Miss Ida Twigg, Mrs. Emma Lighter, and Mrs. J R McIntire as multiple prize recipients across food, flowers, and crafts.
The pattern describes a washable flat crepe dress with a vestee belt effect and satin ribbon trim. It offers sizes from 16 to 4 with 3 1/3 yards of 40 inch material and 514 yards of satin ribbon required for size 36. Design No 1168 is mailed for 25 cash or postage and must be requested with Steve Wanted.
Albert Mattke returns from the Great Northern line area in North Dakota praising the Sweetwater Valley north of Devil's Lake. Upham rents 800 acres in crops. Lowry grows corn in the roasting ear. Threshing yields 20 to 35 bushels per acre. Mattke considers relocating next year if land can be rented. He notes fine buildings, cattle herds, and 5,000 sheep in one pasture, plus seedless potatoes at the Lowry farm. Great Northern Railway offers farm rentals and home seekers tickets from Iowa stations to North Dakota.
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