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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1929
Page
3
The County Press urges teachers and parents to guard children near railroad tracks after noting 305 killed and 673 injured in four risk areas. It cites walking on tracks, jumping on or off trains, crossing at public crossings, and crossing at other places as the main hazards, urging education to curb accidents.
Workers at the new bridge at Okehoji unearthed a buffalo skull possibly buried for a century. The skull lay in the bridge channel on blue clay under feet of sand, about 20 feet below ground, with horns spanning 26 inches.
We desire to thank our kind friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in the death of our son and brother. Your kindness is very much appreciated and will not be forgotten. Frank Clement and Children.
At 3 30 am on March 26 twenty one guns fired at Fort Des Moines in honor of Marshall Foch. The volleys occurred every thirty minutes before ceremonies as crowds gathered at the state house west steps. Musketry, taps, and speeches by Volney Diltz and Maxim Pivio-Berea followed with a rose sent from Des Moines to lay on Foch's tomb.
George and Arthur Reynolds of Panora Guthrie County have organized a merger of Chicago banks. A report describes assets moving across LaSalle Street totaling over two and a half billion dollars at a pace of thirteen and a half million per minute. The transfer involved the Continental National Bank and Trust Company and The Merchants Trust Company with heavy security including guards and detectives. armament presence marked the operation.
Miss Alison Aitchison of State Teachers College Cedar Falls is named one of two delegates by the National Council of Geography Teachers for the Third Biennial Conference of the World Federation of Education Associations. The other delegate is Miss Harriet Carter of Frick Training College Pittsburgh. The convention runs in Geneva Switzerland from July 25 to August 3, 1929.
Mrs A. A. and sister suffered stomach trouble and survived on hot water and rice until Adlerika. They report relief from gas after the first spoonful and say the product removes old waste matter from the system. They now eat normally and sleep better, crediting Adlerika for the change.
A player piano and an upright piano are offered for sale at bargain prices. Pianos are in near new condition and can be purchased for balance due with cash or terms. Written by Schmoller & Mueller Piano Company, 413 Nebr. St., Sioux City, Iowa.
A historical notice promotes consigning hogs and cattle to Wagner, Garrison & Abbott for truck or car load sales in Sioux City. The ad lists several cattle and hog salesmen and yard staff including McLaughti Jr, Frederickson, Malthy, West, Tenseby, Lettert, Hicks, Spayde, Brazzel, Smith, and McPhearsop, inviting farmers to secure good prices and fills.
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