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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
4
Market listings from local dealers show prices for corn oats butter eggs and poultry. Prices include Corn No 2 shelled 89 cents oats No 3 white 0? butter creamery and farmers 4? eggs No 1 0? springs under and over 4 lbs and various poultry items with limited demand for diseased or underweight stock.
William S. Keyser, Ellsworth pioneer and Civil War veteran, dies at 87. Anna Tow, near Ellsworth, funeral at Salem Lutheran church. she was 76. Also notices of a two day Zearing event, a Jewell holdup and frame patent, and T. T. Holm’s Story City obituary detailing Norwegian birth, years in Story City, and family.
Miss Florence Quam teaches at Shady Lawn where the term began August 26 with twenty three pupils. The school house interior got two coats of paint and new improvements. Students made letter boxes holders and letter openers. Eight visitors attended in two weeks. No school Thursday and Friday as Miss Quam attends teachers meeting in Webster City.
Albert Chelsing of Huxley filed in a Nevada district court for 10000 damages over Jefferson highway re routing near Huxley. He appeals a 6000 damages award by the highway commission appraisal jury, alleging diagonal crossing injures his farm and increases farming risk and inconvenience.
A squirrel short circuited wires on the Iowa Railway and Light line near Colo last Thursday burning two wires. A similar incident last spring near Roland left a dead squirrel but caused no damage.
The New York Times recounts Xenophon addressing newly elected generals urging war with the enemy and vows to sacrifice for deliverance after a sneeze is seen as a divine omen. The soldiers vow, raise hands, and begin a paean as they prepare for the celebrated retreat.
The Mapuche of Chile play a silent bet game called ram where the first to break silence loses and rivals wager items from knives to clothes. A separate dice game with colored beans involves talking to the beans to invoke luck and disaster for opponents. Often these games end in fights due to high stakes and prone tempers.
The article outlines Indian cents minted 1858 to 1909 with rare non circulating variants in nickel or aluminum. Lincoln cents began in 1909 with Brenner initials on some 1909 reverses removed later that year. Many feature S or D under the date signaling San Francisco or Denver minting. The 1922 cent is the rarest modern issue with about 90,000 circulated.
The article traces shorthand from its murky beginnings before 100 A.D. through its flourished period in the Roman Empire. It highlights Cicero’s secretary Marcus Tullius Tiro as a pioneer and notes extensive use by church leaders like St Augustine Origen and St Jerome and by Roman emperors who employed secretaries and even sought to learn the script.
A Scotsman quip notes a girl who disliked milk pudding and, after a reluctant finish, says grace with humor. She thanks heaven she wasn’t sick, muttering gratitude for what she received.
A five year old named Willie in Attle presents as "Professor Jones" to a doorstep salesman. He corrects the man with dignity insisting the sought person is "professor" not "Mr. Jones" and hints at a possible error.
A Winnipeg Liberte excerpt stresses that leisure reveals a society’s tastes and aspirations more than dress or labor. It argues that what people read and the recreational choices they pursue show their true character when alone.
A Berlin physician reports that single men and women aged 30 to 50 suffer more digestive trouble than married peers. Bachelors eat fast, unmarried women choose easy to prepare foods, and solitary meals lead to indigestion. Married couples enjoy casual cheerful conversation with meals.
Arch er B. Gilfin appears in the Atlantic Monthly arguing a literary joke about laws forcing two men to watch a sheep herder. The essay contemplates how constant surveillance might drive the herder and the watcher toward madness or crime.
A horned Brazilian frog in the reptile house of the New York Zoo barked like a dog when angered. The 5.5 inch green bronze creature proved dangerous after threatening a photographer, snapping at him as it aroused.
A traveler in the era before railways faced months of delay between New York City and Buffalo. Starting with a sailing voyage to Albany, then a stage overland to Schenectady, possible Mohawk boat transit, and continued stages to Utica and Oswego toward Lewiston. The entire journey often took about a month with good connections.
National Geographic Society Bulletin notes Vatican likely derives from the Etruscan Vaticum on the Tiber. In Roman times the area was called Ager Vaticanus and later attached to Vatican hill, Monte Vatican. It was viewed as a district separate from ancient Rome.
The phrase hue and cry once compelled all listeners to pursue criminals. It later referred to proclamations calling for capture or return of stolen goods. The term also names England’s official gazette of wanted criminals and denotes any alarm or outcry.
A century ago the first blood pressure instrument drew medical attention. Invented by Leonard Marie Poiseuille of Paris, the device sparked interest though the cause of high blood pressure remains unknown. It notes men are more affected and that about one in three deaths after age forty five involve a terminal complication from high blood pressure.
McCallibur g news reflects community life with obituaries upcoming in next week and social events. Reports cover the Sanders funeral at Mary Greeley, Legion Auxiliary attendance, a car fire near Tett's hall, and Local groups meeting at Bethany parish house.
Henry Anders of Hector Minnesota visited relatives in Garden City last week bringing his mother for a stay after a summer visit with sons and daughters in Minnesota. The Seversieke and Warne families and Silas Espe family of Radcliffe also returned from a trip to Minneapolis and Wisconsin with I G Sime and Shir.
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