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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1931
Page
4
Market list from local dealers shows prices for corn oats eggs butter poultry and live stock delivered. No 8 corn 45 cents No 3 oats 23 cents No 1 eggs 18 cents No 2 eggs 18 cents Butter 16 cents Leghorn hens 10 cents Stags 12 cents Ducks 12 cents Local buyers will not purchase excessively thin diseased or full crop poultry.
The P T A meets next Tuesday evening. Miss Hallett holds an Easter party for first graders. Seventh graders contest to spot birds. fifty-two kinds reported. Wesley Wierson returns after a week and a half absence. Gene Morris added to fifth grade dental honor roll. Junior Class Play High Fliers this Friday. reserved seats at State Bank. Fifth graders wrote stories on A Foreign Boy with Erma Newgaard’s piece praised for its quality. The story Carl, A Foreign Boy follows a Russian boy who seeks freedom in America, faces bullying, pays for a broken window, and becomes a good American. Civics class bills discussed in seventh grade. eighth graders draw birds of Iowa. Mrs. Mein visited fourth grade. six-week exams Thursday and Friday. Orine Sevde added to fourth grade dental honor roll. Health Officer Knaphus assisted fifth grade. Drake band entertained neighbors with applesauce and chatter about beauty prize winners. Monday dubbed Blue Monday. odd banter about girls. Eighth grade biograph ies of Roosevelt and others. Willard Christianson absent due to hospital stay after surgery. two weeks more. Geneva Johnson and Bruce Wierson return to school after absences. Palmer Method certificates awarded to seven eighth graders. Extra Record copies on sale for five cents.
Thorson school held a St Patrick Day program on March 17 featuring student acts such as songs recitations dialogues and a saxophone solo. A free lunch for about 90 attendees followed.
Michael B. Larson 86 died at his Story City home Sunday afternoon about 5:30 from arteriosclerosis and heart trouble after years of illness. Funeral services were held at his residence and at St. Petri Lutheran church. Born December 16, 1844 in Norway, he came to the U.S. at age 11 and married Christina Studsvik May 20, 1872 in Clinton county. He lived on a Story County farm before moving to Story City in 1911. Survived by six children including John of Elmore Minnesota and Mrs. Walton Olson of Calamus.
An English authority says Great Britain presented the saxophone to the United States as a form of payback for the Revolutionary War. The remark appears in a quoted opinion reflecting on cultural exchanges between nations.
J. W. Pole is identified as the Comptroller of the Currency with the designation (1217) appearing alongside the name in the historical record.
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