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Local notes from Rolfe and surrounding towns
Rolfe and nearby communities report visitors and departures including household visits by Mrs. King, Mrs. Hall, and Miss Murray. Local events feature dances, church society plans, a Fall Festival float, and a Box social at D M T school house. Transportation, farming, and hog concerns are noted along with family travels to Ames and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Hauck
Mankato Commercial College
George Arnold
Ames
Walter Heald
Iowa State College
I. M. Ritchey
Robert Bruce
Billy Ritchey
Newell
O. M. Chaney
Ed Schnug
Minnesota
Schnug
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
John Hewlett
Henry Johnson
Grant Street
T. E. Patterson
Z. T. Carroll
Hewlett
Bailey
Grandma Chambers
J.T. Grant
A. O. H. Setzerlandt
Fonda
Dolliver Kent
Des Moines
J. B. Kent
D.C. Kent
Quimby
Postmaster Sullivan
Cherokee
F. E. Grant
Fort Dodge
Rolfe Methodist Church
Sioux City
F. A. Malcolm
Toledo
Malcolm
Tama County
Malcolms
Rolfe
R. A. Phillips
Liberty Oil Company