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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
3
The Rock Valley Bee lists Rock Valley Iowa as the post office of entry for second class mail. Subscription rates are two dollars per year with A L Halstead named as editor.
Mrs. Lanféar Knapp born in Scotland October 4 1823 celebrated 100th birthday last October. She moved to Canada with parents, crossed Atlantic by steamship, and lived through Monroe's and LaFayette's early U.S. years. Floyd County boards condemn bloodhounds, insurance claims and local politics noted.
Russell Sage recalls a thunderbolt striking a locust tree near Poweshiek county smashing it and leaving debris and a sulfur smell after the blast. Sherm Myers notes a Nishnabotna river torrent forcing a fishing party to seek high ground, with a raccoon and possum seen in a tree. Bookfellows conference in McGregor hosts poets and historians from four states July 27 to August 2, with Indian Day highlighted by Miss Marie Ruef Hofer and Florence Warren Seymour. Ben J. G. McClune of Oskaloosa is candidate for state auditor, listing a diverse career from law to farming and banking with 300 acres of land and award ribbons.
The court requires all interested to appear August 20 1924 at 10:00 AM in Sioux County Iowa to show cause why the instrument claimed as the last will of M Norris should not be admitted to probate. Clerk T J Reeves signs and seals the district court record July 21 1924.
Peters Shoe Store highlights Wolverine 1000 Mile Shoes as the soft easy option for customers seeking durable leather footwear. The ad emphasizes comfort and quality of the long standing brand.
A bay gelding is estrayed in Hawarden Iowa blinder in the right eye. Owners listed include Walt Harmsen and contact J Wellinga Hawarden for reclaiming details.
A satirical, patchwork column riffs on everyday life and public figures. It muses on ambition, cooking misfires, safety at crossings, and philosophy, interlacing jokes about youth, cabbage, and the female in nature. It also wades into France Britain debt talk, editorials on trials and acquittals, and fashion trends for Tutankhamun styles aimed at grandmas.
A compact column muses on Europe’s fate and war’s temptations with wry aphorisms. It ponders Lenin, rulers, and public noise while contrasting peace and conflict, politics and culture, in a voice echoing mid century commentary. The piece winks at personalities and events, keeping to a provocative, compact style.
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