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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1930
Page
8
A vast Viking grave site near Tilsit dating to the ninth to eleventh centuries reveals rich contents. Iron swords and lanceheads mark male graves while bronze belts, stirrups, snaffs and bracelets decorate female graves, including a young woman with bobbed hair and garments fastened by zippers.
A Detroit News historical note recounts the mid sixteenth century emergence of baby carriages when Charles Burton, a lithographic artist from England, showcased a carriage in New York. Royals including Queen Victoria and Queen Isabella of Spain soon bought units, spreading the novel conveyance from nobility to common families.
A negro evangelist preaches of hell near a coffin filled with flowers for a neighbor’s funeral. The crowd files past an empty casket and finds a mirror at the bottom reflecting each mourner’s face, a humorous didactic twist reported by Capper’s Weekly.
A dinner in New York during Prince Li Hung Chang’s world trip introduced chop suey. Li’s chef created a mixed dish, calling it a chop suey in Chinese, and the American guest popularized the term. The name then spread to Chinese restaurants in America.
In a Birmingham Weekly Post humor piece a widower consoles a farmer's widow and ponders marrying again. He jokes about his boots and asks who would take her, while she quips about whether her late husband John would suit him, ending with light, affectionate banter.
The article notes John Stapleton received a March 17, 1693 patent for a diving engine enabling a person to walk underwater and a method to force air to depth, supply air with a lamp burning under water, and purify air for respiration.
In a Chatham News item a woman ignored traffic lights and stalled mid street while powdering her face. An irate traffic officer demands an answer, asking if she knows traffic rules and what she is doing.
Logan in Harrison county showcases a 730 foot Lincoln Highway viaduct. Concrete floor pouring expected in early April to finish the structure. FH McCabe reports 93,000 dollar cost, 890,000 pounds of steel, 5,054,000 pounds of concrete. Longest truss spans 100 feet, 59 feet above the Boyer river, with 72 foot plate girders weighing sixteen tons hoisted forty four feet for placement. Concrete roadway will be twenty four feet wide.
The North Central Division of the State Teachers Association adopted a resolution praising Agnes Samuelson, state superintendent of public instruction, for her leadership and the impartial operation of her office. It pledges continued endorsement, support, and cooperation toward her policies.
Mrs Ray Miller of Des Moines fifth vice president of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers announces Miss Grace Abbott of Washington DC will cooperate with the National Congress in their annual Summer Round-Up. The campaign broadcasts over the national network including WOW Omaha at eleven oclock Wednesday mornings EST. April and part of May are listed in the schedule.
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