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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
4
Ice cream season offers sundaes sodas malted milk and cones with bulk prices. Stock includes 100 pounds of high grade nut topped assorted chocolates at 25 cents per pound and regular price AQc. Also available excellent milk chocolates pound and half pound boxes. Short orders meet standard.
Cure claims include relief from sick headache sour stomach indigestion and biliousness after taking Dr King's New Life Pills. Pills purify the blood and renew vigor. Every pill helps and every box is guaranteed. Price 25c recommended by Etna Drug Co.
An advertisement notes carbon paper measuring 84 by 13 inches offered as a pair of sheets for five cents at The Record office.
Onion sets can be had at Iverson Grocery. O N O club met with Dr Hulda Frandson. Leave orders for window screens at Egenes Sand ness. Mrs R Skogerboe visited Story City relatives. H A Anderson of Story City attended business matters last Saturday. Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching 50 cents per setting Ole Christopherson Roland Iowa. Mr and Mrs O B Boyd entertained Mr and Mrs B R Grove and children for winner last Sunday.
Mr and Mrs P J Peterson and their children were entertained for dinner last Sunday at the Joseph Tweet home with a warm family gathering and casual hospitality.
The Anderson Bros Auto Co sold an Indian Motorcycle last Friday to Arnold Sevdle. The article notes many young men plan to invest in these machines this year.
Etna Drug Co advertises paint and wallpaper supplies for home decorators. Includes available colors and price ranges, with in-store assistance and delivery options. Local shoppers invited to browse samples and place orders.
Short items record movements and shop notes: Jacob Westre visits Centerville, Miss Ora Wicks travels to Radcliffe, T. Erickson and O. Erickson handle Nevada business, Oliver typewriter ribbons sell for 75 cents, Joseph Wedt completes plumbing for Ben Swenson, C. J. Jacobson with Margaret Brunsvold and Gustav Teig visited Marshalltown, Iver Nerem leaves Quam meat market to return to concrete work.
Mrs A S Thompson and two children arrived last Monday from Pontiac TL to care for her mother Mrs A H Lura who is seriously ill. The Jonas Christian family is released from smallpox quarantine after Miss Cora Christian returned from Des Moines with the disease and recovered quickly.
O. M. Skromme came home last Wednesday after several weeks in Washington visiting his sisters Miss Malinda Skromme and Miss Carrie Skromme who teach in Cosmopolis Washington schools.
A local printer invites customers to design elegant birth announcements for upcoming additions to the family. The firm promotes fixed up cards to share with friends, suggesting a refined, newspaper‑like presentation for the happy event.
J. and Beitson begin a concrete basement foundation for Lchafland’s new residence, with carpenters to start once the foundation is finished. L A Britson builds a large cupola on lumber sheds to improve drying with better ventilation, and a frame building is rising west of the sheds for a cement block factory run by his son J E Britson.
S C Hegland returned last Friday from a few days on business in Minneapolis and St Paul and visited the L Schlanbusch and Rev Yukam homes. He reports the Schlanbuschs well and Rev Yukam quite feeble, but otherwise he is quite well. He says the visit was pleasant though the weather was somewhat disagreeable.
A vintage testimonial touts Dr King s New Discovery as best for coughs and colds. It claims relief from the first dose and credits the remedy with saving a wife from a severe cough, noting a price of 50 cents to one dollar.
Mil ford News reports L. O. Omundgen transacted business in Des Moines yesterday and Mrs. Joseph Duen moved to her son Homer’s home in Roland. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Tweet with children hosted Sunday dinner at Oscar Cole’s. Oats seeding underway with favorable weather. most acreage to be planted. Ladies Aid met with Mrs. I T Sampson. Road draggers neglected duties, leaving rough roads and provoking language among motorists.
The Oregon Journal announces a Western Information Bureau contact. Send fifty cents for six months of semi weekly Journal and a 144 page illustrated booklet detailing Oregon resources and opportunities. Address Oregon Journal Portland Oregon.
A Raleigh man claims Electric Bitters cured his stomach pains and kidney derangement after first doses, urging others to use the remedy to prevent dropsy diabetes or Bright's disease. The ad emphasizes kidney and liver relief and notes the price at 50 cents.
Lutheran and Lutheran Salem churches in Roland Iowa list service times. Lutheran-Bergan holds worship every third Sunday at 11:00 AM with V C A on alternate Sundays at 7:30 PM and Sunday school at 10:00 AM. Lutheran-Salem offers 11:00 AM service every two Sundays and 7:30 PM in Norwegian and 7:80 PM English alternate Sundays with Sunday school at 10:00 AM. Both invite all.
Bergen Church hosts Sunday school at 10 o clock each Sunday regardless of other services. All are cordially invited. The Ladies Aid Society meets next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. M. O. Anderson.
Trinity Church invites all to Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a.m. regardless of other services. A cordial invitation is extended to all following the morning class with Mrs. O. S. Boyd.
John A. Willys argues that extensive advertising lowers overall costs and expands access to high quality cars. He compares ads to seed and machinery, saying advertising reduces per unit cost, boosts sales, and sustains the cycle that keeps America-made autos first globally.
An advertisement proclaims Topay's Magazine as the largest edited issue in the world, priced at 50 cents per year and five cents per copy at newsstands. It invites every lady to request a free sample and premium catalog from Canton Ohio.
An advertisement emphasizes avoiding repeated breakdowns by choosing their auto repair services, claiming repairs keep cars in first class shape so owners can drive without fear of towing. It notes selling services and urges sending in a vehicle for service.
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