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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
4
Market quotations from local dealers at eight o clock. Corn new No 3 shelled and corn new ear listed with weights. Butter creamery and poultry prices for hens over and under four and a half pounds. Leghorn hens and springs prices noted. Dealers will not buy poultry that is exceptionally thin diseased or fully cropped.
Absent first graders, visiting alumnae, and busy second graders highlight a week at Roland School. Pupils work on arithmetic, health habits, animal displays, color wheels, and Thanksgiving parodies. The eighth grade studies Civics and Japanese Manchuria. a Krantz concert and interclass contests are planned. holiday pageants and a long basketball schedule fill out the calendar.
The article notes that a mile has varied in length historically and by locale, while the smile remains the only symbol understood consistently across space and time. It cites 1683 Dover distances and 1617 Italian and Dutch mile references to illustrate changing measures and meanings.
An egg, or hen fruit, is described as a day’s work for the hen. The National Poultry Journal editor lists numerous uses beyond baking, including imitation ivory, drugs, ice cream, adhesives, pigment fixers, printer ink, tanning, bookbinding, cleaning feathers and gloves, paper sizing, art varnishes, textiles dyeing, and films for cameras. Also used as fertilizer and to clarify wine, per Pathfinder Magazine.
Under the German allies peace terms the Saar valley mines were ceded to France as reparations for northern mine destruction. France would occupy Saar until reparations finished, with a 15 year international commission under the League of Nations to govern. A plebiscite will determine final disposition.
An Italian immigrant Pablo Venticalli completed a 24 by 12 foot relief map of Argentina after 20 years of work. The 1 to 500,000 scale map required eight years for planning and 12 years for exploration and refinement. His wife aided in the field work along the Andes foothills to gather new land details.
Wisherfolk of Burg Moray Wirth Scotland renew the medieval firing of the claire. The rite pours tir wine on a ruined Roman altar and lights a blaze, followed by a village dance around the roaring flames amid mixed superstition and merriment.
A crew of six uniformly tall, strong men moves two grand pianos on their heads in Pernambuco under a disciplined leader who clears the path and issues orders. Any misstep could spell disaster as they march in soldier like formation amid the city bustle.
During the ceremony Dr. Pillowsbuy mistook the moment to check the bride’s pulse and asked her to tongue reveal, a risqué moment reported as a wedding mishap.
The Cleveland News notes a German substitute for matches as a new discovery. It implies that smoke panhandlers would be routed if non-moochable cigarets appeared.
A debt collector remarks on unwelcoming reactions yet notes many people invite another call. The exchange highlights social tension around debt collection.
Special execution issued from Story County District Court on October 23 1981 against Jane Ericon in favor of First Mortgage Investment Company. Lot Five and North Half of Lot Eight in Block Thirteen, Ericon and Christian Addition, Roland Iowa, to be sold November 27 1931 at 2:00 PM at the Nevada Court House for debt 636.31, attorney fee 38.00, costs 24.70, interest 8 percent, auction to the highest bidder for cash.
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