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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
2
ABaltimore Sun excerpt follows Bill Smith who rises from weekly payments to vast wealth yet finds fear and fatigue in ownership. He hires staff, faces potential strikes, revolutions, fires, and theft while longing for the simple calm of his old boarding house once a month.
Two famed astronomers from the Roman observatory at Nikolaiev in the Black Sea region have been in England supervising the cordstrac tion of a giant refracting telescope. The massive instrument, built at Derby’s glass works with other parts from St Albans, will cost $75 and features a mirror nearly 8% inches thick and weighing about 1,000 pounds. It is designed for extreme accuracy and long grinding and polishing efforts.
A boy named Sonny protests playing with a toy car in the kitchen while his mother shops. He runs the car back and forth, makes too much noise, and worries the babies. He finally lies with his head on his arm and cries that he does not like babies. Aunt Callie returns to find him upset.
A busy man plans to buy a car and walk three miles daily to gain exercise. He admits overeating and aims to lunch at expensive places as a convenient weight loss method. The note also mentions sleep issues and a company building project delaying private offices for VPs until next year.
A beetle’s love song was aired as a feature of a BBC radio program from London. The natural history lecture described the beetle’s life cycle and habits, and at a key moment the insect was allowed to give its call, prompting many radio listeners to compliment the performance.
Robert K Hastman of North Chatham Maine, a amiable man, exhibited at the Fryeburg fair a pair of socks knit from self risen wool. He handles his own cooking and farm work, maintaining a maculata condition with pride in his accomplishment.
The Farmers Ice Cave Creamery of Decork dairy year 1924 shipped over 3,000,000 pounds of cream producing 386,042 pounds of butter, with strong local sales and a large portion sent to New York. Statewide electric bulb use reached an estimated $250,000 in purchases, not counting farm lights or auto use. A January Pictorial Review feature by Ida Clyde Clarke credits Mrs. Mary T. Watts of Audubon for a Kansas idea on future directors. Wolves caused livestock losses in Sioux county, and Hawarden area farmers report large timber-like wolves preying on sheep. Hawkeyes Fayette county town dances require marshal presence and fees. Amelia town along the Illinois Central lines ships substantial stock and grain in 1924, totaling 1,101 rail cars.
At a recent Red Oak meeting Montgomery County accessors voted to exempt radio sets from taxes. They note that sinking Victrolas and Grandnolas are taxed in Des Moines and possibly statewide. The floor is opened to justify why canned music is taxed while air broadcasts escape taxation.
Residents north of Knoxville report thousands of dead fish along the Des Moines river annually around this time. Descriptions note fish float on the surface, tar or gas odors, and sometimes meat is discolored or unfit for use. The pattern repeats each year with no clear cause given.
In Sigourney Keokuk county a jury quickly decided the ten thousand dollar damage case brought by Donald Tierney against Darren Sweet. The neighbors were helping another neighbor thresh oats when Sweet climbed a straw stack and a jug of water was passed up to him to drink.
Aviator Page, piloting the night mail run from Omaha toward Reasnor, IA, battled dense fog and 74 mph winds after dark. He landed safely at Reasner field at dawn after returning from a beacon outage at Montezuma. The mission followed a decayed December light network with field keepers reporting passes. another crash earlier claimed Aviator Gilbert near Chicago.
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