Local Subscription Rates and Post Office Details
Subscription rates listed: $1.60 per year in advance, 15 cents per month for under a year, $2.00 per year outside Story Hamilton and Hardin Counties, $2.50 per year for foreign subscriptions. Advertising at 100 cents per line, Card of Thanks 50 cents. Display rates by request. Entered as second class matter at the Roland Iowa postoffice.
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Story
Hamilton
Hardin Counties
Postoffice
Roland
Iowa
Newspapers and Good Citizenship
Willis J. Abbot argues that better newspapers and better citizenship reinforce each other. Publishers respond to community outlooks, and a higher civic tone could push papers to adopt stronger ethical standards. The piece notes urban markets often run a single newspaper in cities like Milwaukee Omaha St Louis and Detroit.
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United States
Milwaukee
Omaha
St. Louis
Detroit
Newspapers and public sentiment in civic duty
The article argues newspapers influence public opinion but should reflect a cross section of citizens. It notes editors avoid coercive control, seek ethical guidance, and stress high political and civic responsibility in journalism. The piece is part of a Roland Record editorial series from National Editorial Association members.
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James E. Scripps
Wilbur F. Storey
Joseph Medill
Roland Record
National Editorial Association
Business Men and Farmers Address the Farm Problem
Former Governor Lowden of Illinois told Kiwanis International in Milwaukee that the farm problem touches city dwellers and that businessmen must engage with the farmer’s plight or profits will shrink. He warned that auto dealers and realtors too often blame farmers and urged urban groups to heed agricultural distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden
Illinois
Kiwanis International
Milwaukee
Ames Tribune
Meeting Creditors John Hardup Cannot Meet Them All
George notes Hardup cannot meet all creditors as he would need to stay home to avoid their crowds. The exchange highlights a strain from an overload of debt collectors.
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John
Hardup
George
Boyd Family Reunion Held in Radcliffe Park
The Boyd family reunion met in Radcliffe park on the third Sunday in August. A business session re elected officers led by Peter P. Boyd of Story City as president and Peter Boyd of Radcliffe as secretary treasurer. The 1930 reunion will be held in Roland and Radcliffe Park Commission was thanked for park use.
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Boyd
Radcliffe
L. J. Skromme
Wilhelm Olson
Rhetta Eggland
Robert
Dorothy Boyd
Lillian Alsager
Irene
Clarise Brandeland
Bessie
Shirley
Grant Egeland
Peter P. Boyd
Story City
Peter O. Boyd
Lee, Ill
Peter Boyd
Aaron Johnson
O. S. Boyd
Roland
Isabelle Riseter
Rockford
Park Commission of
Johnson Boy Died After Prolonged Illness near Randall
Clifford Johnson, 27, son of Mr and Mrs James K Johnson of near Randall, died last week at the state hospital in Clarinda after two years confinement. The body was brought home and burial was in Story City. He is survived by his parents three brothers and four sisters.
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Clifford Johnson
James K. Johnson
Randall
State Hospital
Clarinda
Story City
Abraham Lincoln
Slater
Oley Nelson
Hammill
Yellowstone National Park
Story County
First Methodist Church
Almes
Charles Hamilton
Ames
David Zumwalt
Predatory Big Cats and human conflict in the wild
A Kansas City Times note contrasts cheetah and leopard speed with their killing, and contrasts lion and tiger behavior. It cites Masai bravery in defending livestock, describes the dwindling Indian lions, and notes tigers’ ruthless, treacherous slaughter in the wild.
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India
Africa
Kansas City Times
Trace Jolly Roger’s death symbols through ages
The skull and crossbones likely depict a dead body in a resigned pose. Its origin traces to Egypt's Feast of the Dead skull depictions. Romans used skeletons in banquets with mortal fate reminders. Pirates did not commonize it. earliest Jolly Roger use appears with Captain Kidd.
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Captain Kidd
Amazon Tributaries Shape Its Vast River System
The Amazon drains a valley between two mountain ranges with many large southeast flowing streams. The eastward drainage likely enlarges the river and there is no ridge to divert flow. The basin contains at least 200 major tributaries, 17 of them 1,000 to 2,800 miles long, plus innumerable smaller ones.
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Amazon
Amazon Valley
Island’s Shifting Sands Endanger Atlantic Navigation
The low lying Sable Island lies at latitude 44 N and longitude 60 W, 85 miles east of Nova Scotia. Once 40 miles long, it has shrunk to 20 and is sinking, protected by two Canadian lighthouses. Only lighthouse keepers and lifeboat crews remain, with wild ponies on the dunes and attempts to plant pines and evergreens.
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Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Government of
Canada
Magnetizing Methods Across Poles and Earth Contact
The passage lists methods to magnetize iron and steel including electric current, rubbing with a magnet, hammering, and placing steel across magnet poles. It notes magnetic effects from earth contact and that steel rails can show appreciable magnetism.
Great Cuban Harbor Guantanamo Bay Description
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is a winter rendezvous for Atlantic navy ships. Located on the south coast about forty miles east of Santiago, the bay spans four miles wide by ten miles long with deep water and hurricane sheltering hills. Historically a pirate and buccaneer rendezvous luring galleons and merchant ships.
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Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
United States
Santiago
Betty overhears talk of trip to Holy Land and Greece
A five year old child hears her grandmother discuss a postcard from Betty’s agent and uncle about visits to the Holy Land and Greece. She tells her father with earnest distress that “Uncle and aunt are in all.”
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Betty
Holy Land
Greece
Silver Purifies Water With Tiny Silver Injection
Dr. George Krause of Munich describes a new process to disinfect drinking water using about a twentieth of an ounce of silver in a specially prepared form. He claims this small amount can purify billions of gallons of water.
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George Krause
Munich
Germany
Popular Science Monthly
Ellsworth College to become a junior college in Iowa Falls
Ellsworth College at Iowa Falls will discontinue as a four year college and reopen this fall as a city supported junior college. Ida Franklin Meyer, president, will move to California. The 1890 founded institution has many alumni.
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Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Ida Franklin Meyer
California
Levert Erickson
Kelley
Slater
Lucille Robinson
Des Moines
Iowa
Lake CoMar
Story City
L. A. Pierson
Ames
Europe
United States
England
Scotland
France
Switzerland
Germany
Denmark
Norway
New York
Jewell
Main Street
Alvin Snesrud
Eau Claire
Wis
Bethesda Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Peder Nordsletten
Wallingford
Collins
American Legion Post
James Madison Freeland
Ray Carver
Legion Post
P. T
Gammon
Northwestern Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Arthur H. Pickford
Story County
Pickford
Nevada
Seventh Day Adventists
Oak Park Academy
Bess Post
George Post
Esther Forsythe
Glen Forsythe
Fred Forsythe
Col
Oley Nelson
Iowa G. A. R
Jurors Drawn for September Term Court
Jurors for the September term were drawn Saturday. The term begins September 16 and lasts six weeks, with trial jurors reporting September 23 at 9 o clock. Judge O. J. Henderson of Webster City will preside.
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O. J. Henderson
Webster City
Local Names Sketch Incomplete Notice
Readable fragments name Mrs Henry Howey Sten Odne Howen and Mrs Martin Mo among nearby residents in an incomplete notice. The text lacks clear action, dates, or location details to determine the event or purpose.
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Henry Howey Sten
Odne Howen
Martin Mo
Come and Gone Roland Bakery Closes After Brief Reopening
Roland Bakery idles again as founders depart shortly after resuming operations. Local observers note the setback ends a brief revival tied to a couple of weeks of activity.
Notice of Probate of Will in Story County Iowa
An instrument purporting to be the last will of Gunder Thompson, deceased, dated February 13 1929, was filed and read in Story County District Court in Nevada Iowa. A hearing to prove the will is set for September 4 1929 at 1 30 PM at the courthouse. interested parties must appear and show cause why the will should not be probated. Deted at Nevada Iowa August 1 1929.
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Gunder “Thompson
Nevada
Iowa
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