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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
4
Market quotations from local dealers at eight this morning cover corn oats butter poultry and eggs with prices for No 8 corn No 3 oats creamery butter and various poultry products. Dealers note they will not buy poultry that is exceptionally thin diseased or with full crops.
Local P T A executive committee met after a December postponement. Harmony Glee Club prepared for the Homecoming concert while McCallsburg teams faced Zearing with close first halves and wins for both first and second teams.
A Honolulu newspaper contest lists quirky Hawaii facts. Examples include a banana fruit ripening inside the trunk, every Hawaiian word ending in a vowel, the tiny Mitoti kingdom once on Kauai, Nuuanu waterfalls diverting water, rain on one Honolulu street side, Moolikini lost in a poker game, the nightingale of Kone being a jackass, and Kaaunakapili church built with two steeples for King Kalakaua.
The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in Chelsea England holds the world’s largest microbe collection about 1500 varieties stored in five inch glass tubes. Although many appear harmless some could spark an epidemic if released and rival medieval plagues in deadliness. Most microbes require constant skilled care like garden plants and some must be bred only in incubators akin to horticultural hothouses.
The five inhabited Scilly islands are St Marys Tresco St Martins St Agnes and Bryher with Hugh Town as the capital on St Marys The Garrison area includes Starcastle and dates to Elizabethan times A harbor serves Penzance steamers and a roadstead hosts large vessels Flower growing is the main industry The islands are linked to legends of Atlantis Cuassi terides and Tin Islands and now form part of the Duchy of Cornwall under the prince of Wales.
A Parisian banker notes the craze for letters after names. A gentleman’s visiting card lists several titles such as Member of the Institute and Town Councillor of the Somme. The banker counters with his own card claiming various local roles are too busy to meet today.
The old German village hides a villager beneath a floral camouflage frame while magistrate and minister preside. The crowd shouts guesses and the honored one pays beer when the ruler cannot name the Wicker Whitsuntide Man.
In 1889 Gauguin stayed at Pont-Aven Brittany and painted Le Belle Angele. La Belle Angele, wife of Suatre the Pont-Aven mayor, rejected the gift as she cried Wow terrible. Degas later purchased the work and after his death it sold for tens of thousands of francs.
A Brockton Enterprise note tells of a considerate husband who left home for a short evening out, returning near midnight while his wife and son slept. He fears waking them and even worries about the family cat as he tiptoes back to his room. His wife later reveals she came home after two hours, and the son returned even later.
Lake Eyre is Australia’s near inland sea and the continent’s dead heart. It lies about 250 miles southeast of the continental center and sits below sea level, with a shore 39 feet lower than surrounding waters. The vast area acts as a salt flat that fills briefly after rare rains from the Queensland plains, then dries as evaporation returns it to damp or dry land.
Safari ants of subfamily Dorylinae, genus Dorylus, roam most of Africa in long lines. They vary in size from small to over 0.5 inches, have strong mandibles and a powerful sting. A swarm can kill animals or birds and sometimes invade houses in search of vermin. Females are wingless, hindering island distribution.
New York Herald Tribune notes a century old chart at the New York Academy of Medicine listing authentic cases of death by spontaneous combustion caused by alcohol. Some entries describe complete combustion after years of alcohol abuse, others partial remains with proximity to a foot stove cited as a cause.
Gold dominates imagination and commerce, described as the universal symbol of riches and the solid foundation for currency and credit in Fortune. The piece contrasts gold with plat inum and radium while noting its enduring cultural pull across golden days youths weddings and a golden future.
The passage argues that the creative instinct, once aimed at efficiency and happiness, can express itself in homely arts and apply to consumption. It notes for mechanized workers this instinct can show in the arts of use and in the skill of buying well, from the World Tomorrow.
Garden City residents share Christmas with relatives across Des Moines Hubbard Radcliffe Collins Alden and nearby towns. Families including the Fosse Tollakson Reisetter Male Auestad Nessa Chelta Stole Osmunson Whitney Osmundson and Waldee exchange greetings attend Christmas Eve and Day events, tree lightings, and meals with kin and grandchildren.
The American Tree Association notes forests provide raw material and aid water conservation for domestic use irrigation and navigation. They help prevent floods and soil erosion and enhance scenic beauty while offering habitat for birds and wildlife and ample space for healthy recreation.
A long list of local families and relatives from Radcliffe Dunkerton Hubbard and surrounding areas visited, hosted, or attended gatherings during Christmas week. Notable events include Lana Auestad and Lars Aue stad wedding reception on December 29 and multiple visits among the Osmundson, Espe, Warne, Male, Michaelson, and Hendrickson families. Thelbert Skeie was ill with pneumonia.
The Marshall Canning Company requests farmers to secure acreage now as this is the last notice. They thank growers for cooperation in arranging early acreage and extend best wishes for the New Year. Subscription message follows.
TEMS Misses Martha Omvig and Bertha Shea of Des Moines visited Christmas Day. Dave Cook of Stuart and Dow Worts of Albert Lea, Minn spent the weekend with Obed Pederson. Miss Paula Boyd returned to Omaha after Christmas at her parents’ home. Mr and Mrs John Jandall hosted Christmas dinner with relatives from Boone Story City Chicago Naperville and more.
Mrs. Anna Twedt hosted Christmas Day dinner with Mr and Mrs Jacob Twedt, Mr and Mrs Oscar G Twedt, Mr and Mrs Oscar Cole, Misses Margaret and Helen Twedt, Floyd, Grlene and Amiel Twedt, Otis and Argyll Cole in attendance.
Reports from the Henry S. Tonndall family of San Diego, former residents here, say they are getting along well and enjoying life in the west. Mr. Jondall is engaged in building residences in the California city.
Mr and Mrs L E Quamn and Mr and Mrs Cyrus Thompson and families Mr and Mrs Henry Thompson and Miss Bessie Watney were entertained at dinner Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Elliott Thompson in McCallsburg.
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