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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
5
Local dealers report morning quotations for farm goods including corn No 2 shelled oats No 3 white butter creamery eggs listed with prices. Poultry delivered prices show heavy hens over four pounds and leghorn hens. Dealers warn they will not buy poultry that is exceptionally thin diseased or full cropped.
A roundup of small notices from Cambridge to Ellsworth includes Emily Adams reporting her son’s sudden blindness after enlisting in the Army and treatment in San Francisco, and Theo E Skeie receiving air mail from Long Beach. Nevada theatre manager Lester F Martin heads a new independent exhibitors group amid industry concerns.
The article credits Roger Bacon as early to discuss aerostation and an all metal airship hull idea. It traces a lineage from Bacon through Albertus de Saxonia Mendoza Lann Gourdin Delcourt Monge to Giffard Spiess Bausset Schwartz and finally Zeppelin, noting metal hull proposals across centuries.
Lam neth palace Archbishop preserves charity, distributing 30 half crowns to 30 parish poor each Thursday. The piece recalls old rites, with loaf, broth, and five shillings of halfpennies on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Lord Mayor revived the Boy Players, last seen in 1608 at Salters Hall. Salters' company links to John Salter died 1605.
The cichlids of the fresh water carp family are described as highly ferocious and difficult to mate. They require separation to prevent fighting but, once paired, care for their offspring. They use flower pots or hollow stones as nurseries, guard eggs by fanning, and move hatchlings to pits in sand when ready.
A Vancouver Province excerpt presents a Confederate style dialogue with mistah Johnsing recalling battle fear and heroism. The speaker Ab describes bullets, gas, and the grande flag flying as he retreats in a wartime scene. The vivid dialect conveys bravado and shock amid combat imagery.
D Auvergne notes in Napoleon the Third that after Sedan the vanquished emperor met Wilhelm I. The old king took Napoleon’s hand and offered encouragement, then guided him into an inner room to discuss the war’s origins. Wilhelm later told his wife he thought he cheered him up.
The article recounts Earl Rosebery in a dinner where he and a partner spoke intently, ignoring others. In jest, the host teased them about their topic, and Rosebery quipped they were pondering what it feels like to be dead.
The article notes pigs lack of hair makes them vulnerable to cold and pneumonia or swine influenza when left on wet ground. Exposure from rain and sudden temperature changes worsens illness and misleads raisers about hog cholera. Shelter is essential for a prosperous year.
The magnetic oxide of iron known as lodestone attracted iron and gave rise to the term magnetism. Lodestone, first found in Magnesia, Asia Minor, inspired the name magnet. The old Saxon term Sweden relates to its guiding use. Lodestone is abundant, notably in Sweden and Norway, and also found in Canada.
Selenium can conduct electricity when illuminated yet resist it otherwise. Charles E. S. Phillips reports in Nature that melted selenium blown through a glass tube forms sausage shaped bubbles. If two bubbles contact after extended time they violently fuse and cannot be separated.
A London Mail note cites Cornwall coastal fishery use of guns to disperse porpoises harming fishing and compares it to Palestine locust control. A field company deployed flame guns to rout the pests, suggesting guns serve nonlethal pest control beyond harming humans.
Donald MacMillan reports retreat of Arctic ice with summers revealing farther north ice. He notes the Baffin Land ice cap covering 700 square miles and argues the ice sheet once extended to southern Ohio Illinois Missouri and Kansas leaving soil drift and granite boulders as evidence.
The guide explains flag placement for speakers and events. It covers display on a staff or mounted behind the speaker with the union on the audience's left, and alternative sides when flags are not on staff or when used in churches.
The colony received its name from early English colonists who compared the main island to Rhodes in the Aegean. In 1644 the general court used the term Isle of Rhodes, a designation that persisted officially for many years.
Rope making begins with twisting vegetable fibers into binder cords. These cords are twisted into strands and then three or four strands are twisted together to form rope. Strand sizes vary with rope thickness.
Archaeologists identify Hazor as the biblical city destroyed by Joshua after his victories over the Amorite kings. Garstang, a British archaeology expert, asserts Hazor’s ancient prominence and its later oblivion, now revived as a significant Hittite era site in Palestine.
An observed act of animal compassion shows a jet black beetle protecting a five inch worm on a path. The beetle arranges the worm head first into a protective burrow, risking its own safety to shield the fellow creature from a hungry blackbird.
A young Irishman visits the minister to report a ghost seen last night near the church. He recounts a shadowy specter standing against the wall, appearing as a donkey, but the pastor mocks his fear and tells him to go home and keep quiet.
While a family enjoys a Sunday drive, six year old Joe suddenly announces a strange discovery. He says his eye can look straight ahead with one eye and look around with the other, breaking a quiet afternoon with astonishment.
A girl calls a neighbor to say she will be home by ten. The neighbor checks both the girl and her mother at home, finds neither present, and at 11:30 writes a note to explain the missed curfew and the reason. The tale centers on a dilemma of lateness and absence.
In a cinema oddity a cobweb maker uses a whirling spray to create delicate lacelike cobwebs instantly. The spectacle tops other unusual trades shown in films as he covers the cellar set with intricate patterns.
The piece notes fraternal orders exceed 28 million members in the United States and have exhausted animal kingdom symbols for titles. It lists Bears Beavers Blue Geese Buffalo Bucks Camels Cooties Deer Ducks Eagles Elks Fleas Goats Larks Lions Monkeys Mouse Mules Orioles Owls Red Roosters Reindeer Serpents Shrimps Stags White Rab bite and White Rats as examples.
Miss Ruth Jacobson of Chicago left for home after a two week visit at the Mrs. M. T. Nessa residence. The Ness Store home hosted the Roy Walton couple for a week, and El Dora hosted Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Bevan for a Tuesday visit. Webster City’s Mrs. Sam Sampson and baby spent a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. Chelta. A family reunion occurred at the A. Seglem home last Sunday. Clarice and Evelyn Peterson planned a Paulina Iowa trip to visit Aunt Mrs. Henry Strampe before joining a Lake Okiboji camping run. Hansy Tweet traveled to Hampton for tonsil surgery. Des Moines visitors Mr. and Mrs. Van Beran, en route from Wisconsin, called on F. V. Beran and family. Frank Beran Sr. joined them. The Berans then visited Des Moines to see Mr. and Mrs. Van Beran, marking their first local visit. Frank Beran Sr. and family later returned home via Muscoda Wisconsin. Olaus Tungland and family and Mrs. Erick Tungland left for Lakefield Minnesota. The Nessa and Martin Vallem households hosted guests. Mrs. Martha White and her Marshalltown children visited Sister Miss Amy White Monday. Verna Michaelson of Lake Mills visited her aunt Mrs. Fred Lee last week. Hampton reported Annie Feeman’s gallstone operation proceeding well. Jane Ose visited Winifred Espe this week. Mrs. Peter Dale and children, guests of the Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vallem home, headed to Des Moines Friday. H. L. Swansom, Marilyn, and the Olsam family joined J. G. Sime near Renwick Sunday.
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