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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
2
The Roland Record announces weekly publication by Arthur J. Rod as editor. Subscriptions listed at 1.50 per year in advance with monthly rates and outside counties priced at 2.00 per year. Foreign subscriptions set at 2.50 annually.
Hindus prepare for the Juggernaut festival in Puri with a massive chariot parade. Police presence ensures safety as thousands of pilgrims gather for the ancient ceremony to witness the god's earthly incarnation and participate in dragging the chariot along the streets.
The Department of Agriculture cautions in its warning that undeveloped cut-over forests in the Great Lakes states should not be settled for farming in the next decade. Past hopes misled settlers who cleared stumpage and drained lowlands, aided by unscrupulous real estate schemes. Only the best regions with strong markets can profit under new conditions. Northfield Independent.
Canada faces a wheat glut with nearly 400 million bushels stored by the Farm Board and a large pool built two years ago to prop up prices. Last year the pool purchased much of the 1.50 wheat, now priced at Winnipeg around 48 to 50 cents, about 25 cents below Chicago level.
Dr Lechmere Anderson a Doncaster medical officer says laughter signals health but extra fat is not desirable even for babies. Leanness indicates strength and energy while fat tissues burden the heart and muscles. He advises limiting sugar bread and starch and adding laughter to diet.
The Dutch have long been noted as world money lenders beyond banking. As early as 1700 the states general banned foreign loan transactions without consent and issued alaccaten prohibiting Dutch participation in foreign corporations to curb competition with Dutch trading houses.
The passage argues that ain't has no standing beyond colloquial use and is considered vulgar and incorrect by Crowell's Dictionary. It rejects using ain't as a proper contraction for am not or is not and notes a temptation to use it in questions like am not, which is still improper.
A method called caprification uses capri-fig branches over common figs to attract insects that pierce the fruit and lay eggs. This accelerates ripening, yielding earlier and more abundant crops. The practice is common along Mediterranean countries where figs are grown.
A man tells a country store owner he is leaving. The owner pulls unpaid bills, marks them paid in full as a loss, then notes the owner gifts candy to children when bills are paid. The man remarks on the candy tradition.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip notes a wife gifting her husband handkerchiefs for birthdays and Christmas, joking they help when hay fever strikes. The lighthearted line reflects domestic humor and common quirks in 19th or early 20th century society.
The Sukkur barrage project in India is among the world’s largest irrigation systems and aims to bring over 500 million acres of desert land under cultivation.
In a Mount Vernon style summer, Jack Danvers healing from an injured foot shares a cottage with Ted Everly. Irma Westlake and a pair of hens from their neighbor produce eggs that spark a playful romance aided by a young girl and a blue Persian kitten. The eggs, while not gold, prove valuable by bringing two people together.
W O Pickett from New Rochelle visited Olive Pickett in Garden City last Wednesday. Numerous local residents attended Olive’s tenth birthday party the prior afternoon. Family members and friends shared news of weddings and baptisms, with trips to Renwick and Roland noted. Busy Bees meet Friday June 19 with Mrs Orlo Galbreath.
A playful dialogue about a daily newspaper puzzle receipt where the wife says husbands guess the crossword to earn a dollar, humorous domestic scene described at the dinner table.
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