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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
3
The Story City Herald notes Wrigley proposes buying cotton with gum funds to raise prices. Critics doubt the impact unless the cotton is dumped into the Gulf. Storage may offer only a short term boost as long term effects could lower prices.
Northfield Minnesota source notes that heavy rains are needed before crops can start and warns a repeat of last year’s drought could erase the federal Farm Board’s 200 million bushel wheat surplus. Investment in storage may still prove prudent, as Joseph did in ancient famine.
A quotation extols a gentleman’s virtues including honesty and respect for others. The piece then notes the U S public debt at roughly $130 per person and humorously desires similar low private debt levels.
Tungland Tjol O, born April 30 1851 in Strandssogn Stavanger Norway, died at his Garden City home April 23 1931 aged 79 years 11 months 23 days. He married in 1871.
The obituary notes Ole Tungland immigrating in 1884 with eight children in the union producing two infant losses. Survivors include Evie Gustav Lakefield Minn Adolph Jackson Minn Olaus Ole Mrs Theodore Gilson and foster daughter Mrs Elmer Engleson all of Garden City, plus 88 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral was Monday April 27 from the home at 1:30 then at Stavanger Lutheran church at 2 burial in Garden City Cemetery.
Mrs. J. E. Drybread died suddenly at 62 from a cerebral embolism at her Nevada home leaving a husband and three children. Dr. W. W. Wyatt, 60, Webster City physician, disappeared after a note to his wife and his car found in Boone. concerns rise over his welfare amid financial losses. Mrs. Julia Bergen, 76, died at her Nevada daughter's home. born in Norway, survived by three sons Lewis John Clyde and a daughter Mrs. H. W. Bowers. The Zenorsville church cornerstone was laid three miles west and a half mile south of Gilbert as a new church rises on the old fire site with lumber from a nearby Dysart frame church. Jewell business leaders cancel Fourth of July festivities due to weak conditions.
Howard township saw only 163 votes cast in Saturdays primaries. The Roland Masons held a wives’ surprise after their meeting with a table of refreshments at the drug store. Ole Grove sells his Ellsworth mercantile business and retires. Dora Espeland, adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs L R Larson, dies at home at age 15. Delegates and alternates to the county convention named at Saturdays caucus include Nels Nelson H C Duea B M Rasmusson Joe H Tweet Sampson Wier O J S Johnson Ben Swenson Joseph Duea A H Lura Ferguson R Nelson John Tweet Sven Roe M N Grove Geo Olson T C Jacobson Oliver Iverson Jonas Duea.
From the Record May 4 1911 details a four week illness ending in the death of Iver Sandvold aged nearly 18. Other items note J J Hoversten buying a five passenger touring car from O M Anenson and H H Lura purchasing a Kissel Kar in Marshalltown. Also reported is the marriage of Miss Sarah Pederson to Mr Theodore Wicks at Trinity church nine miles northeast of Roland, Rev C J Hjortholm officiating. The electric light and water bonds were sold to Geo M Bechtel and Company of Davenport and Mr and Mrs E O Munson moved into the Grove residence.
A London Morning Post item recalls how parish choirs often used wind instruments and violins, leading to strict restrictions in Ashton’s records. It notes Puritans viewing organs as pagan and cites Charles Spurgeon’s compromise with a cornet player leading singing and a quip about neighbors.
A local editor failed to obtain ads from a stubborn merchant who claimed no one reads ads. In a future issue a cheeky line hinted at the merchant, Murphy, finally agreeing to advertise. He did so and continued to advertise, per Forbes Magazine.
The Precieux movement sought purity and refinement in language, popular in Paris salons such as Hotel de Rambouillet. It grew into affectation with fancy terms replacing simple words, prompting Moliere to satirize it in Les Precieuxes Ridicules and end the school.
The piece contrasts Dutch travel with haste elsewhere, noting bicycles replace cars and canal boats replace trains. It describes quiet towns with waterside gardens and cities with water streets, where winds and waves move travelers gently amid colorfully housed hamlets and serene meadows.
Francis Tate, British chemist, notes whisky began with Arabians who distilled it when Britain wore blue dye. England contributed in the 12th century as Asquebagh, a century before Scotland. Monks framed early distillery use and medicine. Detroit News.
Yale president Hadley argued that going to college matters less than what one achieves afterward. He cautioned that four years could be wasted for some, while a short term might be priceless for others and noted that schooling can show more in appearance than in substance.
The Texas statehouse in Austin is described as the largest state capitol in the United States. It was built between 1881 and 1888 by Chicago capitalists in exchange for 3,000,000 acres of land, with Austin chosen by a 1886 Republic of Texas commission as the most attractive site for the capital.
At a April 17 1931 council meeting five members voted to authorize bids for materials and construction of a substation to supply Marshall Canning Company. Electrical Engineering and Construction Co of Des Moines offered the most advantageous bid at 31608.00 with General Electric Co providing materials. The council adjourned after approving the contract and price.
Treasury Department notice directs all creditors to present claims to Receiver A L Lawrence with proof within three months from April 30 1981 or they will be disallowed. Comptroller J W Pole signs.
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