Newspaper issue dates are not automatically event dates. Plans and candidacies stay qualified.
Family milestones in the newspapers
Small events belong in the family record too. Dates below identify the newspaper issue, not necessarily the day of the event. Exact event dates are stated when the report gives them; plans and candidacies remain plans and candidacies.
1890s milestones
- Reported May 5, 1899: The May 1 council meeting lists J. F. Roling among Salisbury's aldermen. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1899-05-05, p. 6.
- Reported May 12, 1899: Mrs. F. A. Shannon advertised for rent the West Third Street residence occupied by J. F. Roling. This records the property's occupancy and rental offer, not the date he moved. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1899-05-12, p. 7.
- Reported June 9, 1899: J. F. Roling resigned as alderman after moving out of the Second Ward; a special election was to fill the vacancy. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1899-06-09, p. 7.
1900s milestones
- Reported February 27, 1903: J. F. announced his candidacy for re-election as Third Ward alderman. The paper said he had already represented the ward for several terms. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1903-02-27, p. 5.
- Reported November 25, 1904: J. F. traveled to Quincy after learning of his mother's death; the notice reports her funeral that Saturday. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1904-11-25, p. 5.
- Reported December 9, 1904: Flora Roling appeared in the cast of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia in the St. Joseph school entertainment at Karcher Opera House. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1904-12-09, p. 1.
- Reported April 7, 1905: The newspaper lists J. F. as a Third Ward alderman candidate in the April 4 election and among aldermen present in the accompanying council report. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1905-04-07, p. 4.
- Reported April 20, 1906: J. F. and G. H. Winslow were assigned to arrange a water-main extension toward St. Joseph Church. J. F. also joined the Sidewalk Committee. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1906-04-20, p. 4.
- Reported June 8, 1906: J. F. joined a committee to arrange filling the well at Third and Broadway. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1906-06-08, p. 1.
- Reported October 5, 1906: J. F. and W. D. Murphy differed over proposed street-light locations; their committee received more time. J. F. was also assigned work on the mineral well. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1906-10-05, p. 1.
- Reported May 29, 1908: Frankie, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Roling, died May 27 after whooping cough complicated by bronchitis. Funeral and burial followed the next day. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1908-05-29, p. 1. Read the date comparison and retained May 7 variant.
- Reported December 18, 1908: A grand-jury report listed a disturbing-the-peace charge against J. F. Roling and a $100 bond. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1908-12-18, p. 2.
- Reported May 7, 1909: A court report said the case was 'nolle prosed' as to J. F. Roling: the prosecution was dropped as to him. The clipping does not give a case number connecting it conclusively to the December 1908 report. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1909-05-07, p. 1.
1910s milestones
- Reported May 17, 1912: Flora and Agnes Roling were named in the sixty-three-member confirmation class at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1912-05-17, p. 1.
- Reported July 5, 1912: Mrs. J. F. Roling returned from a two-week visit in Quincy, accompanied by her niece Carrie Roling. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1912-07-05, p. 1.
- Reported March 3, 1916: Friends marked J. F. Roling's February 29 birthday with a surprise party and a smoking set. The two accounts differ on the numbered leap-day birthday. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1916-03-03, p. 1; Salisbury Democrat, 1916-03-03, p. 1.
- Reported May 26, 1916: Joe, Agnes and Flora Roling attended a Wednesday-evening dance in Glasgow with friends named in the social notice. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1916-05-26, p. 4.
- Reported October 20, 1916: Ben Roling and Katherine Korte married at the Catholic church in Glasgow; the report describes dinner at the bride's home and a Salisbury dance afterward. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1916-10-20, p. 1.
- Reported November 24, 1916: Amelia Labus of Glasgow visited Flora; a neighboring notice reported Mrs. Ben Roling's weekend visit with her parents in Glasgow. Source: Salisbury Democrat, 1916-11-24, p. 5.
- Reported April 20, 1917: Joseph Roling and Ida Bange married at St. Joseph's Church, with a reception and dance afterward. They had rented a home on Lafevre Street; Margaret Korte visited for the wedding. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1917-04-20, p. 1; Salisbury Democrat, 1917-04-20, p. 5.
- Reported April 26, 1918: Joe left for a week's visit in Iowa and Quincy. Mrs. Ben Roling separately visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Korte, in Glasgow. Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, 1918-04-26, p. 5.