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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
7
Local notice seeks dairy cows and heifers ready to freshen, placed by Leonard Hermanson of Story City. The item appears in a long column of local news detailing visitors, illnesses, servings, ads, and community notes from Story City and surrounding areas.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard I. Wierson spent a weekend with his parents as he studies at the University of Iowa this summer. Mrs. T. O. Savim and L. T. Savim left Friday for Conroy Iowa and Wisconsin travel. Mrs. Herbert Christian was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by her parents. Mrs. Jordan L. Larson and two children visit Grundy Center relatives while Mr. Larson serves as captain at Fort Snelling C M T C Camp in August. S. R. Linn returned from Colwell after a week assisting at the bank. Lewis Levn helped in the bank during the cashier’s medical absence.
The community report notes a 814 lb baby girl Betty Mae born to Martin and (Mrs) Caltwedt. Numerous visits include the Twedts in Des Moines, the Harriett and Harold Krehn returning home, and relatives from Roland and Hubbard visiting Pine Lake and the Tweet, Moklebust, and Langland households. Football sees McCallsburg rally to beat Slater 8 to 6, with Radcliffe to follow next Sunday. The Dorcas society meets with Mrs. Mills and several locals attend birthday parties and picnics at Pine Lake amid family gatherings across McCallsburg and nearby towns.
The text notes visits at Colfax and Glenwood with a stop at Shenandoah. It mentions Mr and Mrs Lawrence Coleman and family of Torquois South Dakota spending a week with relatives and visiting Clarence Wester and his family. It muses on South American schoolboy learning revolutionary generals and revolution dates.
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