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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
4
Market quotations show prices for oats eggs butter and poultry. Local dealers report activity at eight o clock with prices for various grades and weights noted for creamery butter and heavy hens under four pounds.
Yetta Olson of Ames vanished Friday prompting a resident and officer search with bloodhounds. She reappeared Sunday evening after wandering cornfields. The Ames high school and Drake University graduate’s disappearance raised concerns of mental imbalance.
Garden City News notes Mr and Mrs Marshall visiting Kenyon Minnesota for relatives and friends. Silas Skartvedt family spent time at Clear Lake. Carrie SkrovigRadcliffe Isger Margaret Nessa visited Elida Emma Skeie and family. News recounts several trips and home duties as Edna Olson replaces Mrs Stole in assisting at the Stoke home.
Miss Margaret Olson receives surprise shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Overt I. Holland. Florence Solyst, Esther Rod, and Viela Olson entertain with a mock wedding and bride advice. Norma Jean Holland delivers gifts of electrical appliances. Twenty guests attend including out of town visitors Mrs. Chester Ellingson, Alice Risdal, and Mildred Hovde.
The standardized rural schools of the county will get 966.58 from the state this year, per County Superintendent Kellogg. Allocation depends on teacher qualifications and building and equipment quality. Stan dardization assigns amounts by enrollment. Howard District No. 3 gets 33.00, No. 4 26.12, No. 5 28.50.
New stock of quality boys and girls shoes just arrived at Novak Cash Shoe Store in Roland. Reasonable prices promise comfort and fit for the school year with a free school tablet offered with each pair while supplies last.
Dr J A Snyder visited Lake Okoboji and Volin S D this month with E K Thompson and J V Rasmussen. The Volin Advance recalls his early practice in Volin and the barn behind the drug store where he once treated patients while bulky horses pulled the buggy before he bought a 1914 Ford.
The first annual Ras musson family reunion drew 105 attendees at Story City Park. R Rasmus of Marshalltown was elected president, Rasmus Edwinson of Marshalltown vice president, and Viola Danielson secretary. Next year’s gathering is set for Iowa Falls on the third Sunday in August.
A surprise party was held at George Lee's home for the newly married Mr and Mrs Haaken Harness. Guests played games and danced to music, a mock wedding was held with Martin Jacobs officiating. Lila Childers served as bridesmaid and Glen Carpenter as best man.
Walter Peterson fractured a bone in his arm Friday at the state fair in Des Moines while cranking a friend's car. He played saxophone with the Murray orchestra directed by Ida Murray but could not perform in concerts at the agricultural building. He received treatment at the Red Cross emergency station and stayed several days.
Ray Williams a 22 year old traveler for an Oklahoma drug firm drew attention on a Stratford street last week. He once toured with Ringling Bros circus and faced skepticism about his height as locals doubted he was born that way. He proved his feet were real by rolling up his pant leg for a skeptical passerby.
Local barber shop advertises men s suits cleaning and pressing for 50 cents with emphasis on best service through the local agent Fagerland Barber Shop flexibel ad style for a historical notice.
Mr and Mrs O S Boyd head to Lake Okoboji for a few days outing as guests of Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U S Boyd is the local representative. The trip honors Iowa agents who meet annual insurance-writing requirements and includes officials from New York and an agent school of instruction.
An advertisement invites buyers to purchase farms with small down payments and 20 to 30 years on balance at interest rates lower than prevailing farm loan rates. The seller promotes ownership rather than renting, appealing to farmers seeking long term affordability.
A note on surviving on a family farm explains patience in rising prices for those who endure with a first mortgage investment and stay the course for several years.
State of Iowa Story County No 5150 notice given that Eli N Nelson of Roland Iowa is appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Iver Sampson deceased late of Story County All persons indebted must pay and those with claims present them for allowance to the undersigned or to the Clerk of District Court Addison and Smedal Attorneys Dated August 28 1980 L E Davisson Clerk District Court Nevada Iowa
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