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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
4
A Chicago Herald excerpt urges immediate fall cleanup and spring prep to reduce flies and health risks. It argues that freezing weather doesn’t kill filth and that disorderly alleys invite pests, urging residents to act now for better health and wealth.
The Arrowman reports Earl Cook, a proven newspaper man, will publish a live paper in Gilmore City within a couple of weeks. He impressed local business leaders with candid flair, breezy copy, and strong ad writing, promising a paper reflecting town progress and cement plant growth.
Turner Bell & Co plans what may be the season’s largest public sale in this section. On October 7 at the Turner Bell & Co farm near Rodman, about 312 acres will be offered with two carloads of steers, mixed cows and calves, hogs, 100 acres of corn, 1500 bushels of oats, and a full farm machinery assortment. Olinger Bros. of Maxwell handle real estate, with Wells and Olinger as Auditors and Frye as Clerk.
A Wisconsin press bulletin explains that starlight is distorted by Earth's atmosphere. Light from stars is bent by air fluctuations, causing twinkling and color changes, more noticeable near the horizon than in the zenith. Planets show less twinkling due to their disk size.
A New York News column laments the life of Adam the first citizen of his time. He experiences election day as an empty, colorless event, untouched by campaigns, ballots, or the political bustle that others relish on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November.
The text recounts Tudor era sea peril during Richard Chancellor's 1553 voyage toward establishing Russia trade. Two ships sank and crews perished including Sir Hugh Willoughby. a 1556 return brought Russian envoy Osip Nejea. one vessel wrecked off Scotland after four months at sea. Nejea survived while others did not.
The London Chronicle notes that dried crushed snowdrop petals are used as snuff by some, but rural English folk view the snowdrop with ill repute. Carrying the first spray indoors is unlucky and gifting snowdrops to a person of the opposite sex is seen as wishing death.
The passage argues that upbringing starts with the parent and environment. It states that a stream cannot rise above its source and that many parents underestimate their influence. It emphasizes that environment is the greatest factor in education and that supportive surroundings propel a child upward, while some parents neglect this responsibility.
An optimistic reader reflects on Dobbs and his belief in luck and fortune. The narrator notes Dobbs’ hopeful nature and compares his optimism to finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Mrs. R B Gibbs visits kin in Newnan and Chicago before a several week trip. C C Seifert shows a 24 ounce potato from a vacant town lot as Ambrose Olmstead grows 28 ounce spuds. Harold Bruce heads to Humboldt to join Byron Wilder's furniture store venture with Wilder to expand into undertaker work. Chicago Musical Club concert opens Rolfe lyceum season with matinee at 3 30. Season tickets free, others 10c or 15c. Paper price remains 1 50. Subscribe now.
Advertising copy praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a testimonial from W V Harner of Montpelier Indiana. It claims the remedy gives prompt relief for colds and encourages readers to try it, noting availability at Wiewel Drug Co.
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