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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices: $1.50 per year in advance, 15 cents per month for periods under one year, $2.00 per year in advance for outside Story, Hamilton, and Hardin Counties, and $2.50 per year for foreign subscriptions.
Iowa shifts from pork export to local slaughtering and processing as inland packers in Mason City Ottumwa Des Moines Waterloo and Sioux City expand. The trend signals broader decentralization of manufacturing, bringing money flow toward the Midwest and boosting Iowa toward national prosperity.
A Des Moines questionnaire asking assessors for detailed farm dwelling data upset rural and urban owners. Farmers resisted the intrusiveness of health, condition, and outbuilding measurements, viewing the form as red tape. The Madrid Register-News notes broad skepticism toward expanding tax administration demands.
We thank the Roland Volunteer Fire Department and others who aided when our home was threatened by fire. Signed by Jennie Britson and Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Jondall.
Otis B. Anderson, now of Slater and in the garage business, was elected president of the Slater Commercial Club at the annual meeting. The club planned summer Saturday evening band concerts and a Fourth of July celebration.
Johan Larson, age 58, died Sunday after heart disease in the West. Belle Larson left for Silverton Oregon upon the death of her brother. He leaves four sons four sisters and three brothers with two brothers already deceased.
The Milford High senior class presents The House of a Thousand Thrills at the school house Friday May 1 at 8 pm. Cast includes Mona Carlton and Louise Hovland, with J Allen and Reva Rhodes among others. Hovland is valedictorian and Rhodes salutatorian.
The message requests that, when aware of news items, reporters or editors send them to the Record first for prompt processing and archival. It emphasizes timely capture and centralized submission to ensure coverage and record integrity.
The 1817 murder of Mary Ashford by Abraham Thornton led to a second trial under the wager of battle. Chief Justice Ellenborough upheld the old law, but the brother William Ashford withdrew, effectively acquitting Thornton and prompting Parliament to abolish trials by battle in 1819.
The city of London held an ancient quit rent ceremony before the king's remembrancer Sir G A Bonner at the Law Courts building. One deed concerned land called The Moors near Bridgnorth Shropshire and the other land near Knights Templar grounds now beneath the Law Courts. The 700 year old ritual paid rents in kind with faggots horse shoes and nails as the city solicitor performed the service for The Moors and The Forge.
Two golfers played a ding dong match with lively caddies. On the final hole both men erred badly and the first hit a divot while the other pulled into a bunker. the caddie quips that the second man is playing six out of a bunker.
An 1857 Goncourt's Journal critique mocks rural life as unfitting for serious thinking. It contrasts the tranquil country with the looming enemy and divine works, suggesting cities spare thinkers from such unsettling ideas.
The term gauntlet entered usage during the Thirty Years War from gauntlope meaning passage between lines. Derived from Swedish gata and lopp, it described a punishment where a delinquent ran between rope-end guards who beat them. Now it signifies being attacked on all sides or harshly criticized.
A Detroit News item notes that during Henry VIII's reign murderers were killed for dissection to supply surgeons. It traces anatomy to ancient times with Hippocrates around 420 B C and mentions 300 B C criminals used for dissection with the surgeon required to end their experiments by killing the subject.
A Paris report states a Frenchman was killed in Algeria when a monkey-armed band hurled stones at the taxi he rode. The article notes large northern African monkeys can be dangerous, traveling in bands and fighting with stones as missiles.
The Roland Rockets notes conclude their editorship as May events unfold. The religion program The Light of the World will be presented May 8 by the religion department pupils. Senior class plans include a May 15 play and a May 5 academic tests.
In 1929 the United States possessed 8064 airplanes according to the report.
The Comptroller of the Currency announces creditors must file claims with Receiver A. L. Lawrence within three months from April 30 1931 with legal proof or be disallowed. J. W. Pole Comptroller of the Currency.
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