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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
4
Today’s market prices list corn No 2 shelled oats No 3 white butter creamery and eggs prices noted. Poultry delivered prices show heavy hens over four pounds at fourteen, light and Leghorn hens and cocks listed. Local dealers will not buy exceptionally thin diseased or full crop poultry.
Mr and Mrs S A Ericson and daughter Florence attended the Mathie Larson family reunion at Story City Sunday. O M Jacobson and Andrew H land joined Story Hamilton picnic goers at Blue Earth Minnesota. Miss Ruth Anenson returned to Chicago after a vacation at her parents home. Prof H O Birkestrand of Luther college visited Sanford Shafland. Mr and Mrs Lester Jensen have moved to Story City. Miss Sylvia Thompson on vacation from Ames stayed with her mother Mrs Amond Thompson. The Elliott Thompson and daughters visited Des Moines while other relatives joined at the Story Hamilton picnic.
The family thanks all who aided and showed sympathy during Gurina Wicks illness and death. Special thanks to Rev. M. O. Sumstad for visits, Mrs. R. R. Gaard of Radcliffe for singing, and everyone who sent flowers. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Wicks and family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Tweedt and family appreciate the support.
The Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus announces a Des Moines stop for Wednesday July 30. The show promises new features including an Ubangi tribe and Hugo Zacchini the Human Projectile returning for a longer cannon flight.
After-dinner speaker vows to quit addressing bored crowds but is asked to speak by a club. He says he burned his bridges behind him. A clever woman offers a workaround with a pair of her husband’s bridges.
A Path finder Magazine writer disputes a legend that rice arrived in South Carolina by a ship from Madagascar in 1693 and sparked the American rice industry. The article notes earlier rice planting evidence, including a 1691 patent grant in the colony and English promoters seeing rice potential, with earlier attempts in Virginia dating to 1647.
At the start of World War I Major Wise commanded Philadelphia naval forces. A marine over the age limit begged to join, saying there is mourn enough in France for both of them. Wise’s wife, Mrs. Wise, later nursed the wounded marine who carried a bullet in his leg.
A Harper's Magazine quote defines good manners as putting people at ease not just those one likes. It contrasts ease with bad manners which make others uncomfortable through rudeness flattery or excessive cordiality. The idea is that moderation preserves ease and calm in social interactions.
The piece traces writing and printing origins back 3,000 years with ink used by Egyptians by 1200 BC. It notes Greek adoption of papyrus and ink from Nile neighbors and argues ink’s pivotal role in learning and civilization.
Sharp psychologists credit Marshal Yoch with solving problems in sleep as he dismissed worries at night and woke refreshed with solutions. Foch counters that the mirror before which he shaves provides his answers, suggesting a different source of insight.
The passage reviews early U S actions on public lands from 1750 to 1816. It notes congressional resolutions to survey and dispose of waste lands to fund Revolutionary War debt, initial large block sales, and bans on settlement under the Articles and later acts. It covers forfeiture penalties and presidential authority to remove settlers, with exceptions for preexisting settlers and temporary occupancy. It ends noting later preemption rights amid varying conditions.
Hidejiro Nagata, former Tokyo mayor, perfected a method to seal 104,619 earthquake victims names in special paper scrolls. The scrolls are bound and wrapped, placed in a crystal vessel with carborundum protection, and buried beneath Mount Koya for descendant reverence. Mount Koya, central Japan, is a sacred Buddhist site where women cannot reach the summit.
A Kansas City Star quip recalls a lawyer cross examining a witness over a 14 foot fence. The witness claims height, the lawyer asks how a five foot four man could see, the witness replies there was a knot hole in the fence.
A traveler from southern California relays a Mexican gambling game where players place a lump of sugar on the table and the hump touched by a fly designates the winner. The note adds that the money handling involved in placing and withdrawing bets is tiring, though the game itself is oddly restful.
A child recounts a strange school experience where eighty classmates seemed bewildered and inattentive. Little Mary barely missed passing, with only four students succeeding. She tells her father she was the best failure, prompting a mix of humor and reflection on effort and outcomes.
Germany maintains a long publishing tradition with nine newspapers still in operation since the 17th century. The Magdeburgische Zeitung, founded in 1626, is the oldest. The Hartford Courant is the oldest in the United States, at 164 years. Germany also has more daily papers, 3257 versus 2272 in the United States, despite a population about half as large.
A Edinburgh dispatch notes Daylight Saving Time as not a new invention. The correspondent cites Isaiah 38 8 to claim the sun dial can move ten degrees backward, supporting the idea with biblical reference.
A child named Bessie joyfully chases a pet pig and pulls its tail. Grandfather warns of danger, but Bessie insists the pig cannot bite her because its head is on the opposite end.
The tale recalls Dom Julz, king of Portugal, who fancied himself a singer. When Rossini judged the royal voice, he quipped that he had never heard a king sing better, praising the king while keeping a witty poker face.
Four Chicago boys aged 17 to 24 stole a car from Atty. O. H. Allbee of Marshalltown Friday night and were arrested an hour later by county and town officers in Nevada after being notified of the theft.
Public notice advertises additional copies of the Record being sold at five cents each. The brief item indicates the price and availability to readers.
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