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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1931
Page
7
Want ad column rate applies. Possession March first. N. H. Nelson, McCallsburg, Iowa. Also listings for sale include straw, a residence with two lots in Roland, and a seven room house with local inquiries to O. M. Grove or T. L. Robinson in Rolfe.
Local items include shoe repair ads by James Novak and shelling price by O I Eggland. Community club meetings with Mrs. Turmo and Mrs. Britson are noted, plus travel of J F club members to Elmore and jury duty update for J J Thompson. Several residents return from Nevada trips and a birthday or injury report at Milford and Cedar Falls schools.
Mrs. Lawrence Jackson visits in Hampton with Mrs. Rebecca Johnson. Nevada residents Mr. Lowell Harris and family visit relatives Sunday. Dr. E. I. Rosheim and Irwin Rosheim travel to Iowa City to see Loren Rosheim receiving hospital treatment. A crash occurs while saving a tire. Gallstone illness sends Mrs. P. J. Peterson to Polyclinic hospital Des Moines. Rasmus Duea visits from Sebeka Minn. Mrs. Ole Maland injures wrist in ditch accident. Mr. Maland and Mrs. Magy Stole suffer minor injuries.
Myrtle Ruth Tungesvick and Clarence Sampson wed at the Tungesvick home southeast of Roland on January 28. The ceremony followed Lohengrin’s Wedding March with Rev. Olaf Helen officiating. Attendants included Burdella Rasmusson and Arnold Sampson. A two course dinner followed with pink and white décor and flowers.
Residents report visits with relatives in Story City and nearby towns. Several family gatherings and birthdays are noted along with illness in the area. Local travel includes trips to Buckeye and Badger, while a burglary at McCallsburg is reported.
The list of attendees includes Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rasmusson and daughter Gloria Jean of Nevada, Mr. and Mrs. John Prescott and daughter Lois Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lobaugh and two sons, also of Nevada, plus several others from Story City Radcliffe Roland and neighboring towns.
Iowa tops all states in dressed poultry shipments to the New York market in 1930 with 30,295,159 pounds, per the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Illinois is second, Missouri third. Missouri leads in live poultry shipments, Illinois second, Indiana third, with Iowa's production largely fattened and shipped from within state packing houses.
Seven thousand women and about two thousand men packed Albert Hall London to hear Mme Amelita Galli Curci perform two hours of song. The audience, all women, stayed spellbound as the singer moved from nervous beginnings to a rousing finale with encores and a circle around the platform.
In week summary Margaret Hall Gordon Wester Virgil Johnson James Hel land Ruth Andre and Ruth Ritland listed among students. Mrs Hauskins visited seventh grade. Den tal Honor Roll includes Ardis Ose and Robert Burnett. McCallsburg beat Milford 19 to 15 with Osheim making a strong impact. Milford forfeited the seconds game.
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