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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1931
Page
4
Market quotations from local dealers at eight o'clock this morning cover corn oats eggs butter and poultry delivered prices. The note indicates hens leghorn hens stags and geese with caution that dealers will not buy poultry that is exceptionally thin diseased or fully cropped.
The Blackfriar Literary society plans a program Friday March 6. Seventh graders host a peanut shower for Nina Holmes and Lester Shickell as they move. Several students receive Honor Roll and library books. a nine hole golf course opens on school grounds. McCallsburg loses to Cole 15 11 in county tourney with upcoming sectional clash at Nevada.
A local quip has Rastus boasting that he made three shirts from one yard of cloth. A friend asked about the fabric usage and he replied with the punch line, highlighting his frugal sewing feat.
Knight Duninpe argues that color emotion links are largely unfounded baloney. He notes red may not always excite and blue does not always calm, citing flowers sunsets and practical observations from daily life.
A London actor recounts Pegry Wood's piece on a touring English pig and chicken play. Chickens kept in cold dressing rooms, released to the stage in Act I for atmosphere, drifted toward footlights seeking warmth and caused clucking mayhem while the impresario valued the publicity over the leading lady's complaints.
An article in Portland papers traces the cross sign used in letters and documents to ancient times when priests and favored scribes could write. People made their mark as a cross and kissed it, likened to swearing fidelity to a pledge.
Scientists report a submerged continental bridge a few miles south of the Behring Strait linking Asia and America. Fossils of redwoods surface from dredging on the ridge once above sea level and densely forested.
Historical notes discuss theories on the origin of the term cork limb. Some suggest Dr Cork or Cork, Ireland, or Cork Street in London as sources, while others link the name to early cork-based prosthetics. Investigations show none of these explanations are conclusively supported.
In a village chat, Hobden notes the parson will not conduct marriages due to a belief his conscience forbids any game of chance. His companion asks for the reason, and Tudden explains the stance as strict and moral.
Eleanor Huston flees a proposal scene at Dunisp’s with an emerald ring revealing a theft connection. Harold Le Farge is implicated as a con man, and detective work by Ted Neilan uncovers the initials engraving and stolen Cline emeralds. The pair reunite after the truth surfaces and Ted offers a new ring.
The article notes St. Augustine predates Plymouth by 55 years and remained Spanish in vibe through 1784 and 1821. It highlights a century of fort and mission life, sack by Captain Davis, and today its narrow streets and shaded plazas reflect centuries of history.
A reflective essay praises Iceland’s sudden emergence from volcanic soil and its legacy in Norse poetry. It links Icelandic poets to the island’s harsh landscapes, noting its sparse summers, rugged coast, and cultural contribution as Carlyle notes in Heroes and Hero Worship.
The Montreal Family Herald explains butt shooting as target practice with dirt banks and paper targets under sod. Roving involved shooting at various distant targets to improve distance judgment for yeomen who practiced bow in peacetime.
Mrs Chester Ellingson hosted a luncheon at her McCallsburg home on Friday to celebrate her daughter Joan's second birthday. Guests included Marjorie and Clarine Ellingson, Alice and Ruth Helvig, Shirley and Eugene Hovde, Gerald Hovde, Mrs Hannah Hovde, Mrs Clarence Hovde, Mr and Mrs Joseph Hovde, Mrs Lloyd Ellingson, and Mrs Abel Helvig, with Jerene Hovde assisting.
McCallsburg parish notes list events led by H N Bakke at Zion Lutheran and Bethany Lutheran. English Bible studies and prayer meetings are scheduled, with catechumens meets, Ladies Aid gatherings, and evangelistic meetings by Rev M A Hall starting March 8, including Norwegian afternoon and English evening sessions.
The lower grades held Valentine parties last week with exchanges of valentine cards and a small lunch. Miss Hereim and her pupils enjoyed a surprise visit from Mrs. Hereim bearing jello, cake and treats.
The article traces diamond sources from India as the original home and sole European supply for centuries to discoveries in Brazil around 1730 and South Africa in 1867. South African diamonds exceed 90 percent of world production, with vast historic yield. It notes Arkansas in Pike County yielding several thousand diamonds of high color and exceptional hardness compared with other regions.
In northern Montana high elevations a hibernating snow mosquito species rests under logs and sheltered spots during cold months and reappears on the first warm spring day. Russian researchers Kadletz and Kusmina note these large mosquitoes store fat in summer and survive winter by subsisting on it.
Grace Rhys notes in A Celtic Anthology that Burns was a musician born whose daily life fused wandering lines of verse and ancient ballads with entrancing Celtic melodies. While plowing he whistled and chanted until the tunes and verses wove a spell that made the world fall in love with him.
Mrs. Caltwedt recovers from appendicitis at the Nevada sanitarium and expects home this week. The play club travels to Nevada Wednesday to present Clubbing a Husband at the Presbyterian church with Genevieve Donaldson and Edna Colburn performing between acts. Freshman party bids farewell to Pauline Rhodes and Merna Ballard. A class in primary reading begins new readers, progressing nicely. Mrs. Frank Prochaska hosts Sopomore class at Ames home. Shuey of Marshalltown Business College spoke on education at Milford.
Local readers are urged to quickly jot and send brief news items to the Record office. The note thanks readers for contributing readable items and encourages timely submission.
February and March 1982 sale dates announced by Co. O. Highland Auction. Names and exact dates include Ole Fjelland Huxley February 28, Belvin Koontz Zearing March 3, Ora Dearth Gilbert March 4, F C Swan Story City March 5, Joe Floden Cambridge March 6, Martin Olson Randall March 7, L Nolte State Center March 9, O O Anderson Duroc Jersey bred sons Roland March 10, Tom H Wicks north of Roland March 12, Oscar Sunnoe Jewell March 12.
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