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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
3
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend travel to Rolfe, Fort Dodge, Laurens, and other nearby towns. Events include a Miller Hall dance with Cope’s orchestra, visits by several Gruver families, a Woman’s Club reception for consolidated school teachers, and residents returning from trips. News notes mention births, motor trips, and community greetings, plus light ad copy and a Rocky Mountain Tea advertisement.
The piece argues employers profit from others' labor while wage earners see uneven distribution of gains. It decries indifference to production and warns of rising tensions as workers demand fair share. It notes gendered social influence and warns against bitter rhetoric.
C and C Store across from Kresge’s in Ft. Dodge offers Fair Store stock at 50c to 90c on the dollar. The sale lists discounted women's and men's union suits, shirts, trousers, shoes, silk hoses, aprons, blankets, and soaps with prices slashed. Also includes VanCamp’s milk, Palm Olive, Crisco, and other everyday items at cut rates.
Mrs J Burgeseiker and her daughter Mrs F Caywood returned home to Carroll Tuesday after a month away with family. Rex McCreary did business in Fort Dodge Tuesday. Mr and Mrs H C Colie were Rolfe visitors Tuesday. Des Moines convention attendance noted by H P Schoolhover I J Godden and W C Hoag. Ernest Kline visited Alta Sunday. A E Olsen and children spent Tuesday in Fort Dodge. Walter Turley returned from a western trip visiting John Boyden and George Jarvis. O J Sheldon and Steve Nelson went to Estherville for farm business. Ed O Donnell of Fenton called in town Monday. Axt Kline went to Alta Thursday for electrical work. Rev Wm Bottom attended the Humboldt Methodist conference. O J Sheldon returned Friday from Cleveland Ohio. Verne Coffin and Clarence Burr were Fort Dodge callers earlier in the week. Try a classified ad for overflow feeling.
The ex captain now managing a new ten million dollar hotel boasts every employee is a former service member. Desk clerk to house doctor come from military roles with past duties. He jokes about using former Mr PIs as window washers in a stiff wind on the eighteenth floor.
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