Wo Men's Missionary Federation Meets in Bergen Church
The Story City circuit of the Women's Missionary Federation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America holds a mission meeting at Bergen church starting Tuesday at 10 am. Addresses include welcome by Mrs. Wm Myrland and a sermon by Rev Clemens Granskou with an afternoon session on Alaska Mission and history of Ladies Aid.
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Story City
Women's Missionary Federation
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Bergen Church
Wm. Myrland
Roland
Lester A. Pierson
Ames
Clemens Granskou
Waldorf College
Forest City
H. E. Jacobson
Williams
Alaska
Women’s Mission Federation
J. A. B. Larson
American Lutheran Church
H. E. Rasmussen
Des Moines
Granskou
Lester Henderson
Bergen Ladies Aid Society
E. I. Rosheim
Otto J. Hanson
O. S. Boyd
Federation
Gretten Seeks Republican Sheriff Nomination
Gretten, a Nevada horse dealer and six year sheriff 1912 to 1918, announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for sheriff. He cites a broad countywide contact network from his horse business and draft board service, promising to run on his six year record and seek voter scrutiny.
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E. G. Gretten
Nevada
Gretten
War Draft Board
Roland Club To Use Sheldahl Pasture For Golf
The Roland Golf Club will again use the Sheldahl pasture in the southwest part of town for a golf course this year. A contract has been signed by club officers and T. B. Thompson, the farm tenant. The ground has been used since the club began several years ago.
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Roland Golf Club
Sheldahl
T. B. Thompson
Rev Holm Honored at Eagle Grove Banquet
Dr. H. C. Holm president of the towa district of the Norwegian Lutheran Church was honored at a Tuesday banquet in Eagle Grove with 385 guests. Attending were Rev and Mrs M O Sumstad Mr and Mrs M O Rod L Shafland Trene and Sanford Shafland from this place.
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H. C. Holm
Towa
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Eagle Grove
M. O. Sumstad
M. O. Rod
L. Shafland
Trene
Sanford Shafland
Merchants Agree to Evening Hours on select Weeknights
A group of merchants announces they will keep shops open evenings on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays starting April 28. Signatories include Britson Grocery S H Frederickson Michaelson and Jacobson Thompson Grocery and others.
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Josendal
Britson Grocery
S. H. Frederickson
Michaelson & Jacobson
Thompson Grocery
Boost for Home Industries Urges Local Reporting
Local merchants urged residents to report news to the home town paper. Officials touted community pride and economic support through keeping coverage local and discouraging outside competition.
Calf Club to Organize at School Friday Evening
A local dairy calf club organizes its first meeting Friday April 25 at 8 o clock in the assembly room upstairs due to a home talent gym event. County Agent H P Hanson and Club Agent Clarence A Johndreau assist. Palmer Teig leads the club and will explain membership details to interested boys.
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H. P.hanson
Clarence A. Johndreau
Palmer Teig
Import Ol eomargarine Oils Share Grown in Iowa
Iowa figures show about 60 percent of oils for oleomargarine are imported with 40 percent produced domestically. Coconut oil, mainly duty free from the Philippine Islands, dominates imports. Last year 171 411 509 pounds of coconut oil were used, enough to manufacture as much oleomargarine as Iowa butter. Animal fats now comprise 27 percent of domestic oils, with the rest vegetable in character.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
Philippine Islands
Iowa
Roland Farmers Tile Company Begins Active Operations
A farm accident near Olson's property left nine year old son of E. W. Olson with severe head injuries after being thrown under a disc barrow. The incident occurred last Thursday as the boy operated the implement on the Olson farm north of town.
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Roland Farmers Tile Company
E. W. Olson
Park water flow achieved at 150 feet deep
Twenty years ago L H Larson tapped a flow at the park to a depth near 150 feet last Friday. Rev Edward Duen, once local, played a role in Blue Earth Minnesota elections that ended saloon presence with seven saloons and four wholesale liquor houses. Rev Duen led the Civic League against the saloons. In a Cole meat market sausage grinding incident John Josendal accidentally fed his fingers into a grinder, resulting in the loss of 9 percent of his digits.
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L. H. Larson
Edward Duen
Blue Earth
Minn
Rev. Duen
Civic League
Cole Meat Market
John Josendal
Milford men lease opera house for moving pictures
Oscar C. Prescott and Fred C. Smith of Milford township have leased the opera house and will conduct a moving picture show every other evening. O. M. Olson died suddenly Monday evening from heart disease at the M. N. Grove home where he was doing paper hanging. Johannes Tvedt near McCallsburg fell ill with appendicitis Wednesday night and died after an operation Tuesday night.
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Oscar C. Prescott
Fred C. Smith
Milford Township
O. M. Olson
M. N. Grove
Johannes Tvedt
McCallsburg
Myrah Appointed Clerk in Governor's Office
H E Myrah of the Roland Record is named by Governor Shaw to a clerkship in the executive office. He will track convicts pardoned from the penitentiary. Julia A Olson goes to Beresford S D to teach at the Orphans Home. The Story County telephone exchange plans a direct line from Nevada with lines to Zearing and Story City. A petition circulates urging revocation of the billiard hall license and closure of the establishment.
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H. E. Myrah
Roland Record
Shaw
Julia A. Olson
Beresford
S. D
Story County Telephone Exchange
Nevada
Zearing
Story City
School News Highlighting Honor Roll and Concerts
The Rolland Rockets page lists honor students from first through eighth grade, with multiple ties in the upper grades. It notes visits from former pupils, resumption of attendance after absences, a school Easter celebration, and performances by the Drake University Boys Glee Club and Augsburg Orchestra with details on dates and venues. It also promotes a school auditorium production titled The Windmills of Holland featuring Hans and Wilhelmina amid a plot involving Bob Yankee.
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Joan Norem
Ruby Mae Risdal
Willard Rod
Junior Sandvold
William Hansen
Mary Britson
Eleanor Highland
Arlett Newgaard
Sarah Nelson
Elaine Lura
Carroll Teig
Ruth Norem
Truman Anderson
Robert Birkeland
Odella Newgaard
Betty Thompson
Ida Eggland
David Cole
Leonard Alne
Charlotte Sampson
Ione Tweet
Jerrold Michaelson
Marion Anderson
Joel Hanson
Ralph Britson
Lowell Larson
Bessie Nelson
Ruth Rod
Herbert Rod
Richard Britson
Julius Johnson
Charlotte Hegland
Josie Ferkin
Susan Snyder
Lester Mehus
Norman Alvesta
James Egeland
Helen Hrickson
Beatrice Rosheim
Wilma Highland
Eleanor Rod
Susan Eggiland
Glendora
Merle Rod
Story City
Irwin Nelson
Jerry Michaelson
William Larson
Marion Johnson
Hazel
Maxine
David Risdal
Legion post in Slater dedicates new club rooms
The American Legion post at Slater and Auxiliary opened redecorated, equipped club rooms on Main Street for post use. The Waldorf College Choir to give a concert in Ames and local Norwegian Settlers meet in Huxley. An appeal is filed in Story City sewer tax title case.
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American Legion
Slater and Auxiliary
Main Street
Thor E. Thorson
Cambridge
Mable Thorson
Roland
Radcliffe
S. A. Clock
Story City
H. E. Hadley
H. E. Myrah
Hadley
Supreme Court
C. A. Smedal
F. E. Hansen
Waldorf College
Forest City
Lutheran
Hardin County
Marvin Boyd
Marion Johnson
Beads on a String staged by Roland Legion
Roland Post 307 of the American Legion sponsors the home talent play Beads on a String at the high school gym Friday April 25. The cast from Viking school on April 11 returns due to popular demand. Admission is 40 cents and 26 cents.
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Roland Post 307
The
American Legion
High School
Viking School
Roland
Legion Post
Horseshoe Court Opens On Main Street Lot
A fixed up horseshoe court on the vacant lot south of the Super Service Station on Main Street hosts daily games. Two stake sets are in place and overhead lights let play continue after dark.
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Main Street
Injured Foot Injuries Farm Worker Adolph Eggland
Adolph Eggland sustained a torn ankle ligament in an unusual farm accident last Friday. While climbing a low barn fence to complete chores, he twisted and injured his ankle.
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Adolph Eggland
Vat Question Worries Over World Trade Currents
A lighthearted query asks whether value added tax could pivot global commerce. Analysts note VAT systems influence prices and government revenue, shaping trade flows and consumer costs.
New Telephone Directory Brings All Names Together
The Iowa Continental Telephone company issues a new local exchange directory printed by Red Publishing. This year the list is not split into rural and town sections but combines all names for easier lookup.
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Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Red Publishing Company
Community Church Notes from Bergen Lutheran Church
The weekly church announcements invite confirmations, Bible and Sunday schools, and various group meetings. Activities include Boy Scouts Thursdays, Norwegian language service, Luther League, Ladies Aids, Priscilla, Willing Workers, choirs, and an upcoming Spring Convention of the Story City Circuit of the Women’s Missionary Federation with readings and music.
Salem Lutheran Church Event Notes
The Southeast Ladies Aid society meets this afternoon with Mrs Knut Stensland. Prayer meeting is every Thursday at 8 p m at the church parlors. Sunday School teachers meet Friday at 8 p m at the church parlors. Misses Marna Cole and Cleo Christian are hostesses. The Confirmation Class meets for a later time.
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Southeast Ladies Aid Society
Knut Stensland
Marna Cole
Cleo Christian
Sudden death shocks Ortley family in South Dakota
Mr and Mrs A Skromme learn their daughter Mrs O J Orton of Ortley South Dakota died Sunday night after an auto accident the same day. Funeral planned Friday with attendance by Mrs A Skromme and relatives. Mrs Orton aged 55 leaves husband and ten children. second Skromme death in a year following an Easter operation death in Cosmopolis Washington last year.
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A. Skromme
Roland
J. Orton
Ortley
S. D
Clarence Orton
Jonas Christian
South Dakota
J. A. Christian
Chester Christian
Orton
Skromme
George Pulver
Cosmopolis
Wash
Augsburg College Orchestra to Perform at Salem Church
The Augsburg College Orchestra from Minneapolis plays at Salem church next Monday evening April 28 at 7 45 under Miss Emma Gaarde violin faculty MacPhail School of Music. Local boy Roy Quamn in the violin section also appears with Signe Hedburg reading. Program includes Far Across the Desert Sands Toreador Song Les Adieux Stars in a Velvety Sky La Feloma Sacred Hour In the Clock Store The Wedding of the Winds Smilin Thru Overtture Offenbach orchestra.
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Augsburg College Orchestra
Minneapolis
Salem Church
Emma Gaarde
MacPhail School of Music
Minnneapolis
Signe Hedburg
Northwestern College of Speech Arts
Roy Quamn
Mesday
Sands” Fimden
Bizet
Two Cars Damaged In Collision At Waugh Corner
Two vehicles driven by H. E. Evemson and A. A. Enge collided near N. E. Waugh's place on Thursday noon. Both cars were damaged but no injuries were reported.
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H. E. Evemson
A. A. Enge
N. E. Waugh
Luncheon and Bake Sale by Sales Church Ladies Aid
The Ladies Aid society of Sales church will hold a luncheon and bake sale at the S. H. Fredericksen store next Saturday April 26 after noon and evening.
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Ladies Aid Society of Sales Church
S. H. Fredericksen
Church notices and events around Salem church
Saturday morning at 16 Helping Hand society meets Saturday afternoon at 2 Hostesses are Mrs Rebecca Johnson and Miss Harriette Lura Sunday School and Bible Classes Sunday morning at 10 Service in the Norwegian language Sunday morning at 11 Pastor preaches on John 21 3 14 subject Jesus hem mer til sine Augsburg Lutheran College concert Salem church Monday evening at 8 program in Record One who heard the orchestra praises the Minneapolis concert A free will offering will be lifted Northeast Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon next week Boy Scouts meet Thursday evening at 7 at the school house Women’s Missionary Federation of Story county meets at Bergen church Tuesday next week
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Jesus
Luther League
Otto J. Hanson
C. E. Hanson
Howard R. Chase
Baptist Church
Ames
T. O. Johnson
Bethany Ladies Aid
Quam-Sparbee
Priscilla
Cora
Gladys Cole
Johanna Osheim
Betty Britson
Esther Cole
Helping Hand Society Weests
Rebecca Johnson
Harriette Lura
Jesus Hemmer
Augsburg Lutheran College of Minneapolis
Salem Church
Minneapolis
Northeast Ladies Aid Society
Floyd Bryant
Boy Scouts
Women's Missionary Federation of
Story County
Bergen Church
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WM. F
Rev. Holm
Roland Rockets
Mattie Solyst
Constance Frederickson
Kermit Teig
Evangelist Thornhom
Irene Erickson
Agnes Boyer
Grizelda Morse
Swedesburg
Mount Vernon
Drake University Boys’ Glee Club
Augsburg Orchestra
Roy Quam
R.H.S
Bob Yankee
Holland
Hans
Wilhelmina
Katrina
Frans
Hilda
Mynheer Hertogenbosch
OUR Churches
Bergen Lutheran Church
Women’s Missionary Federation
Salem Lutheran Church
Olaf Helen
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