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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1930
Page
4
Today’s markets note that local dealers will not buy exceptionally thin or diseased poultry and other crop stock. The bulletin warns suppliers to expect stricter standards for purchases this morning.
Eleven Scouts and a Scout Master from Roland Troop No. 19 traveled to Ames for the Scout Circus. Harold Murland won the Fire Making contest in 46.10 seconds, a claimed world record.
Sunday School records note Aaron as the first name in the telephone book, a point Johnny mentions while recounting how he recalls names. The exchange highlights memory aid from early phone directories and classroom storytelling.
A series of Republican primary candidate notices in Ames and Nevada Iowa state bids for county offices including Supervisor County Recorder County Auditor Treasurer County Attorney Sheriff and Board seats. Names include OSCARE Tweet Roland HATTIE D FOWLER BYRON DICKEY G H LUDWIG EARLE S SMITH FRANK E BUCK JEFFREY C HOUGEN S S HANSON J R HATTERY ELS WORTH GIBSON E H GRAVES E C GRETTEN with terms starting 1931 and primaries June 1930.
Philip Ainsworth, urged by his father, seeks one year of travel and freedom using a business stake then returns broke to face his past. He encounters Lesbia Graves in western Massachusetts with Henry Butler, learns her feelings, and quietly contemplates a future with her while preparing to reenter family business.
A San Francisco Chronicle note addresses a young man asking if it is proper for girls to pay their share on dates. It concludes that while acceptable, the idea fails to win support from women who prefer men to pay. The piece suggests a discreet approach to offer payment as a favor.
The article argues that the bear hug myth is unfounded despite many tales. It cites Pope and Dr W Reid Blair noting bears strike with their paws and use their claws, with no gentler embrace involved. observers agree the idea stems from misobservation and faulty interpretation.
Wilson Vollett notes that women magazines show a distinctive use of quotation marks exclamation points dashes and underlines. He argues this reflects an instinctive feminine idiom influencing writing and even makes formal topics like insurance read as baby talk.
The Iron Gate is a gorge on the Danube below Orsova Romania not a true iron gate. Turkish naming contrasts with rapids and boulders that blocked two miles of passage until 1880 blasting by a Hungarian company began clearing obstructions and navigation opened in 1896.
A London hotel's luncheon guest, wealthy but unlettered, plans a Scotland shooting party. He orders his gun cleaned but is corrected when mishearing prompts a punchline clarifying the initials G U N as a joke about a Jew, union, and pneumatic.
Looker-On notes the Embankment may hold a world record for monuments in a single thoroughfare and in its length features Victoria at Blackfriars and Bondicen at Westminster as end memorials. Between them stand a mix of statesmen scholars poets soldiers journalists and musicians.
A three year old boy named Up to the Barber Bill is anxious about a barber visit after hearing about hair being cut. His mother plans to take him to the barber shop where a barber will cut his hair, with the boy's dislike of the red hair noted.
The Roland Rockets preview school news and events. May 9 Mother’s Day program carnations. Track team to Grinnell and Marshalltown sectional plans. May 15 home economics exhibit. Senior class play “Engaged by Wednesday.” Baccalaureate May 18 and commencement May 22. Baseball loss to Story City 8 2.
The program features Martin Henry and a large ensemble including Ingvald Rod Arthur Watson Carroll Jacobson Jack Ted Dick and friends of Arthur along with Miss Abigail Persons Constance Fredrickson Mrs Watson Iane Knutson Lucile Persons Alice Christian Marie Jane Mabel Alyce Cole Ruth Anderson Mattie Solyst Mary Martins aunt and Irene Shafland Grace Weaver Victoria Olson Ruby Larson and Jeanette Olson as the performers.
The biennial meeting of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America will be broadcast from May 21 to May 28 between 2:15 and 2:30 daily. WCCO Minneapolis will air the convention sessions per the church publicity bureau.
Notice to farmers from Marshall Canning Co. opening Wednesday and Saturday evenings and all day for sweet corn seed sales and planting arrangements. Small patches invited for cucumbers. inquire at the office with J. J. Thompson, local superintendent.
The notice announces availability of additional copies of The Record for five cents each. It lists no further details about distribution or contact.
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