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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
3
Isabel Bingham, caring for Peggy and her infant, worries Henry Wiltshire may discover the grandson. After a tense weekend, Wiltshire embraces the pair and asks Isabel to consider adopting the child, rekindling their romance on a rustic garden bench.
The Kansas City Star recalls how Lady Anne Lindsay admitted in 1823 to writing Auld Robin Gray, a Scottish ballad long kept secret until 1828 when she disclosed the authorship to Sir Walter Scott. The note highlights era constraints on women writers and the ballad's enduring fame.
A Swedish professor proposes a scientific method to simplify English spelling calling it Angelic. He envisions a universal language through nue speling and supports it with picture labels on rail goods indicating handling needs, such as a fish flower and grapes for perishable traffic.
German shepherd dogs, primarily females, are increasingly used as guides for the blind. With three to four months of training they can safely navigate crowded streets and hazardous sites. They know commands such as right left and forward and will disobey orders when danger is present. Their intelligence appears extraordinary when witnessed in action.
A new liner hull glass withstood twenty tons of pressure in a test. A 56 pound piece dropped eighteen feet onto steel and remained crack free. Bullet proof glass, three layers about 1.5 inches thick, resisted a 303 rifle round after penetrating the first layer.
The reader is advised that elephants are common in Ceylon though visitors often miss them in Colombo or Kandy. In Kandy, take a rickshaw to the Katagastota river about three miles away in the afternoon to see a river crowded with magnificent elephants bathing.
A Kansas City firm plans to crack ten million dozen eggs in the coming months and freeze or powder them. The company markets liquid and powdered eggs to bakers candy makers ice cream and noodle manufacturers. Missouri and Kansas eggs are preferred for yolk color and white thickness, with eggs packed in 80 gallon cans before freezing for shipment.
An Indianapolis accountant and his business associate joke about the child learning to figure. The parent quips that the baby has already figured him out of a lot of money.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture announces it is now self supporting with receipts from license inspection oleomargarine tax and other fees exceeding appropriations. Secretary Thornburg notes 21 revenue sources across dairy and food division and nine laws in animal industry with eight generating revenue. The measure funds regulatory work and tuberculosis eradication and other public health efforts. A separate exchange features a magistrate and a salesman dispute over a license insult.
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