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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1928
Page
16
OWA News reports ISU spring quarter registration set a new high with 2,428 students, 128 above the 1927 mark. The item notes broader farming activity in western Iowa, road work near Missouri Valley, and local civic updates from Audubon to Bassett and Farragut, including a chlorination purchase for Missouri Valley water and a railroad bridge fire near Oskaloosa.
E P Genkins proposed regaining Donaldson leases for Hamburg area oil exploration with landowners signing new leases. W V Bennett of Omaha to finance and run drillers for Red Star district test one and a half miles northwest of the Atchison county farm. N E Wilson secured 5 000 acres for the initial well program as preparations accelerate. Avoca plans a swimming pool with R Moulton of Council Bluffs securing pool concessions for his sons Jack and Babe Moulton. Clinton sees Bell Telephone absorb Tri-City Telep hone Company with interstate service to follow. Tri-City began about twenty five years ago and Perl Telephone will serve distant subscribers.
An architectural note describes how entrance doors reflect a home’s character from welcoming cottages to imposing houses. Architect Joseph Everett Chandler notes doorways reveal the family behind them. Modern standard units offer versatile, cost-effective options for modest to grand homes.
A statewide conference on real estate ethics and subdivision practices was held in Ann Arbor under the Michigan Real Estate Association and the University of Michigan School of Business. Speakers stressed that property value rests on future utility and economic principles, and urged honesty about conveyance capabilities and moral duties to purchasers.
Alabama communities increasingly mark roads to guide tourists and travelers. The Tuscaloosa News notes progress in trunk highway signage, urging expansion in line with highway construction and the use of state manufactured road signs to aid navigation.
The automobile bureau at the courthouse received about seventeen thousand sets of plates for personal cars and eighteen hundred sets for trucks. The 1929 plates feature a green background with black lettering, Pat O Neill, chief clerk, announced.
A New York realty operator calls real estate the soundest investment since ancient times, noting that property ownership underpins security and credit. He argues every land parcel has intrinsic value set by supply demand and usable potential, with less fluctuation than other capital goods.
Audubon area breeder known as a top hog producer, S R Weaver, sold a very heavy hog in a county sale. One pig tipped the scales at just over 800 pounds, a two year old fall pig. Weaver had estimated around 700 pounds but was surprised by the actual weight.
Manilla owns its light and water plants and reports a solid record of municipal ownership. Since April 3, 1927 the city issued bonds totaling about 12,000 against the light plant with some due in 1935. Water works bonds have also been paid and interest savings exceed 8,000, while two years ago the debt stood over 61,000.
The American Tree association states spacing of street trees cannot be fixed by rules. Distances range from 30 to 50 feet depending on variety. Catalpa and Lombardy poplars are less suitable and may be planted at the minimum distance, while sycamore and elm require maximum spacing.
Hand molded decorative chimney tops add an ornamental note to many architectural styles. When designed properly they sit the draft and may help a fireplace that will not draw achieve better operation.
The Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs completed a World War memorial project along 56 miles of foothill highway. They plan to plant trees on both sides, adopting a landscape architect approach to beautification and memorialization.
The revival of archery gains traction in England and the United States. Maurice Thompson sparked a 19th century revival, with about 2000 college girls now taking bow and arrow seriously. The bow dominated hunting and war before gunpowder.
With funding set at about 35000 dollars and 1700 dollars yearly for upkeep, statues of Wallace and Bruce will be erected on the castle wall near the gateway. Sculptor Thomas J Cupperton of London to carve the figures for each hero.
A historic transport from Windsor Castle delivers over four tons of gold plate for a forthcoming Buckingham Palace state banquet. The shipment underscores the ceremonial scale and prestige of royal events.
The text quotes Sir William Osler on work as the measure of progress and includes a playful exchange about a son’s first love letter and a joke about a distinguished personage always being nets, reflecting family banter on safety and ambition.
In Schoolfield Virginia Mrs J Besorey says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored strength after years of weakness. She reports improved health after taking five bottles and now can do housework sew feed chickens tend livestock and care for a cow and pigs.
A terse quip reflects on Dryden’s line that Wise Men are foals or lovers while noting many see themselves as both sides of a coin and claim versatility across roles from arm to Fireside.
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