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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
4
Funeral Services for Cyrus Henderson Held in Story City
Last Thursday funeral services were held for Cyrus Henderson 37 in Story City. A tire and battery businessman in Creston for eight years he served in France in World War and suffered a recurrent illness that led to his death. He was Legion post commander at Greston and president of the drum and bugle corps he helped organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Henderson
Story City
Tom Henderson
Creston
France
Legion
Greston
Drum and Bugle Corps
G. L. Caswell
Ames
Central Mink and Fur Company
Woman's Club
Alden
Social Service League
Memorial Service For Dr. Stub Highlighted In Tribune Tribute
The St. Paul Dispatch quotes Mr. Hodgson praising Dr. H. G. Stub as a great man and generous friend. The memorial emphasizes his humility, selflessness, and devotion to his Father’s work, calling him a noble Christian gentleman and dauntless leader whose memory will endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stub
Hodgson
St. Paul
H. G. Stub
Corn Husking Contest Set for Story County County
The Story county corn husking contest preliminary to the state event will be held November 3 at Richard Anderson farm northeast of Nevada. Only ten contestants will be admitted based on first-come applications filed at the Farm Bureau office. Contestants should arrange team and wagon as two contests occur within a week. The county winner advances to the state contest on November 6 at the Story County Farm without further elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County
Richard Anderson
Nevada
Farm Bureau
Parallels in Bible and Homeric Tales of Vows and Sacrifices
The Montreat Family Herald notes how Jephthah’s vow and its tragedy mirror Homeric legends. Jephthah sacrifices his daughter to fulfill a vow after victory against the Ammonites. In Iliad era lore, Idomeneus vows to Neptune and sacrifices his son after surviving a tempest, an act that causes his exile amid public odium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jephthah
Womeneus
Grete
Deucalion
Neptune
Cretan
Idomeneus
Montreat Family
Crowned mummy tomb near Cairo yields ancient gold reveal
Archaeologists led by Prof Selim Hassan uncover a tomb near Cairo with a mummy wearing a gold crown, two lotus flower supports, a disk with stones, a 50 piece gold insect necklace, silver bracelets, gold bracelets in N glyph form and two gold anklets. The coverage notes minimal disturbance by thieves and marks the first silver bracelets found in a fourth dynasty tomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Selim Hassan
Curiosity From the Bog Uncovers Ancient Carving in Ireland
Archaeologists in Ireland and England study a wood carving from a bog at Ralaghan Shercock County Ireland. Likely 500 years old or more, about three feet long, depicts a woman with arms missing. It bears legible inscriptions and is on display at Dublin Museum for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralaghan
Shercock
Ireland
England
Dublin Museum
No Tennessee Pygmies
Ethnologists state the Tennessee pygmy race is a fallacy. Early 19th century finds of small stone coffins with mini skeletons sparked the myth. Many are child remains. adult bones were fleshless, disjointed, and packed in tiny spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Hens and Egg Money Mix Up at Greensburg Bank
The Greensburg church treasurer deposited a large sum and told the teller the phrase Here’s the old money. The teller heard There’s the egg money prompting him to joke about the old hens doing well, as reported by the Indianapolis News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Greensburg
Indianapolis News
Matching Shade At a Soiree Dunnis Wears Honor Ribbon
An envious friend notes Dunnis wearing a newly awarded commandant ribbon with a cordon that he disparages as a wretched color. Dunnis replies that the shade matches the sour grapes in the fable, a quip from Gelden Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnis
Ale
Duman
Gelden
Vienna opens townlike housing project for 1382 flats
A new residential complex in Vienna houses 5000 people in 1382 flats around grassy courtyards. The $4.2 million building includes two electric tramways two baths two kindergartens a central clinic a mother’s advice center a library a post office a chemist and 25 shops. Steam heated baths use electrical penetration for heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
The Drab Life and the Call of Intellectual Curiosity
An essay argues that modern life becomes drab when routine dominates. It praises intellectual curiosity as the lifelong adventure of observing people, places, and ideas, urging readers to seek meaning beyond daily grind and to engage with others to keep life vivid.
Boredom and the life we choose to live
The author argues excitement in life comes from a deliberate love of living and alert perception of everyday objects. Internal drabness fuels dullness regardless of wealth, while optimism can bloom in drab settings. Boredom is described as an emotion of a vegetative, uncurious mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hfe
Lfe
Civility as Practiced by Ordinary Citizen
A Baltimore Sun excerpt on casual street encounters shows one listener asking about health, family, work, and car details, then notes the speaker’s neglect to ask about the listener. It ends with the wry remark that the other person likely did not hear half of what was said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Color symbolism of altar vestments in Episcopal practice
The article outlines how white, red, green, violet and black are used in Episcopal liturgy. White covers feasts of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin, non martyr saints, dedications, harvests, weddings, confirmations, and infant burials. Red marks martyrs feasts and Whitsuntide. Green fills after Epiphany and the Trinity season and ordinary days. Violet serves Advent, Lent, and penitential days. black honors the dead and is used on Good Friday and All Souls' Day.
Dancing Pavilion at Sea in Elsinore
A dancing pavilion built like a boat at Elsinore California slides out on an underwater track while staying on rails. Dancers enjoy the romance of the sea and moonlight with a cool breeze, offering a moonlight excursion experience without leaving the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsinore
Calif
Goose Goes Home Instinct Surprises California Owner
Mrs. Charles Gow of Manteca California found a domestic goose with a strong homing instinct. She bought a goose from Jon Vinet of Atlanta five miles away, penned it, and awoke to find it gone. After a search she visited Vinet’s farm and discovered the bird heading back toward home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gow
Manteca
Calif
Jon Vinet
Atlanta
Vinet
Reaese
Ed Dota
Outregs Cawds
Sheriffe’s Sale in Story County Iowa Notice
Special execution issued from Story County District Court to Sheriff J R Hallery directs sale of Lens Michaelson's interest in the Southeast Quarter of Section 35 Township 85 Range 23 West for 160 acres more or less. Sale set for November 12 1981 at Nevada Court House front door with bid cash to satisfy a debt of 17424.58 plus 214.24 attorney fee and 34.70 costs at 8 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Story County
District Court
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Howard B. Tweet
Jessie Michaelson
Lena
Maurice J. Michaelson
Lens Michaelson
Nevada
Iowa
J. R. Hallery
F. C. Ward
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Guy Red
Roland, Iowa
Canal State
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