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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
5
The largest boys and girls 4 Club Congress yet in the Midwest opens August 26 at the Iowa State Fair and Exposition. It runs eight days with prize money and county participation. Events include livestock judging contests, home and agricultural subjects, and a statewide health contest.
Des Moines welcomes a large free camp ground covering 100 acres opening August 26 through September 4 to serve nearly 25,000 Iowa vacation seekers during the state fair. The site offers electric lights, sanitary facilities, stores, post office, police and fire protection, a new bath house with twenty showers for men and twenty for women, and tents and camping gear available for a small rental.
Des Moines launches a municipal children’s theatre project on a August Saturday. A council and parent associations join the Playground and Recreation groups to sponsor screenings for youngsters. Programs feature a big picture, a comedy, music by a children’s orchestra, and group singing. Children manage the event with no trailers or vaudeville. The initial film is She Connecticut Yankee.
The department of commerce reports Iowa ranks fifth of 32 states in radios per family with about 360,000 sets, roughly one per eight people. Nearly half of Iowa families own a radio, and the state has long recorded strong farm electrification with over one motor vehicle per farm and more tractors than four per farm on average.
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the Court House in Orange City Sioux County Iowa on September 1 1931 at 10 o clock AM to attend probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Kate Wattawa late of Sioux County Iowa deceased. You will appear and show cause why said will should not be admitted to probate. Dated August 1 1931 Th Reeves Clerk of the District Court T McGill Attorney.
Eastward and westward schedules list passenger, freight and way trains with service days. Notes include routes to Black Hills coastline Sioux Valley Mitchell Milwaukee Chicago and Mason City with special No. numbers and morning and afternoon times. Sleeping car reservations encouraged through agent W. Jacobs.
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