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Rock Valley Bee

Location

Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1929

Page

22

Guns Belch Lead in Cattle Dipping War

Texarkana oilman J K Person is charged with the murder of L B Simmons a Texarkana range rider and former police chief. Simmons was killed during a cattle dipping conflict extending through Miller Howard and Pike counties. The case ties to anti dipping protests and joint federal state tick eradication efforts.

Texarkana Ark J. K. Person L. BH. Simmons Arkansas Simmons Person Miller Howard Pike Pike County Miller Q County Nashville Howard County W. W. Honeycutt A. Aldridge Will Branch Treet Magee Simmidns

Britain Plans Bar on Gaudy Gas Stations

Britain considers restricting gas station design to protect countryside scenery. A Home Office committee proposes painting all stations a single color, banning flashing signs, reducing advertising clutter, and prohibiting corrugated or galvanized iron roofs. A standard roadside sign would replace varied billboards.

Britain London Home Secretary

Mother Bear Cuffs Cows Away From Her Cubs

Summer guests in South Bouquet valley report sighting a mother bear cuffing cows that approached her cubs playing in a pasture. The mother kept to the woods while cubs played, then stepped out and cuffed the cows with hind feet, pursuing one cow that leaped a fence to escape.

Saranac Lake N. Y Bouquet Valley

Orphan Mollers Rebuild Home After Destructive Fire

Florence Wisconsin reports a brave family led by 19 year old Charles Moller and his sisters Leona 13 and Rose 7 lost their farm home at Yern to a blaze. Neighbors in Fern and Florence rallied quickly furnishing a shack near the sawmill with a table bed chair clothes groceries and funds.

Florence Wis Yern Fern Charles Moller Charles Leona Rose Barl Biller Louis ‘Tumpack Moller Biller

Hunters Seek Rare Gyriloblatta Near Moraine Lake

A party of Miss Marjory Tord from Ottawa Miss B Hamilton a Toronto University lecturer and Miss Abidh a Toronto student have left for Moraine lake to pursue the gyrilo blatta a rare primitive insect from the ice age. The creature survives only in subzero temperatures dies above ten degrees and must be kept on cracked ice. It was first found on Sulphur mountain near Banff Alberta by Dr F M Walker and its habits were studied by Norma Ford of Toronto university. Moraine Lake is one of the few global habitats for this species.

Winnipeg Moraine Lake Marjory Tord Ottawa Ont B. Hamilton Toronto University Miss Abidh Rockies Uor Norma Ford F. M. Walker Toronto Banff Alta Jake

29 Americans in Newly Started German School

Twenty nine of the forty five students enrolled in the newly opened German Music Institute for Foreigners are Americans. The rest come from England Finland Holland Hungary Rumania Russia Sweden and Switzerland. Classes are in Charlottenburg castle Berlin with rooms set aside by the Prussian minister of education. Wilhelm Wurtwaengler is president.

Berlin German Music Institute For England Finland Holland Hungary Rumania Russia Sweden Switzerland Charlottenburg Castle Wilhelm Wurtwaengler

Town Needs Doctor, Judge Sets Him Free Frederica

In Frederica a large number of sick residents saved Dr Claude Keith from a four prison sentence for driving while intoxicated. Town board president Joseph Cross pleaded for leniency saying the town will suffer without him. Judge Lynn fined Keith $200 and suspended three months with two years on probation and a no driving promise. Keith was arrested in Wilmington where he was not known.

Frederica Claude Keith Joseph Cross Freerica Keith Lynn Wilmington

Parachute cook Leaps From Bridge in NYC Stunt

Shinich Misumi a 22 year old Japanese chef and aviation enthusiast jumped from the Manhattan Bridge claiming a self made parachute would save him. The chute failed to open but aided his fall. he swam to safety and was taken to Bellevue for observation with no serious injuries. A cartoon was found on his clothing mocking the leap.

New York Shinich Misumi Manhattan Bridge Missus Manhattan Tower Misumi Pike Street Burns Oals Street South Street Doctor Comstock Beakman Street Hospital Comstock Bellevue Hospital Woolworth

Wall Street Rim to Rise as Downtown Residence Zone

New plan envisions a residential tower ring around the financial district in lower Manhattan. Banks and investment houses back a project to provide downtown housing after long working days as the number of workers in the area grows and nighttime life expands.

Wall Street New York Financial District Edoi Lower Manhattan Peter Stuyvesant

Blind Students Learn Horseshoes At Nebraska School

Totally blind youths at the Nebraska School for the Blind in Nebraska City have begun playing horseshoes. Regulation courts were set up by Superintendent N N Abbott before summer vacation. Blind players are paired with sighted partners who give directions from near the peg as the blind pitcher aims. Ringing shots occur as skill grows.

Nebraska City Neb Nebraska School For Abbott

Tractors Arrive in Regina for Local Farmers

A trainload of tractors filling 70 cars arrived in Regina Saskatchewan for local farmers. The moment features a parent comforting a child who woke crying in bed, while reflecting on beginnings and sleep.

Regina Saskatchewan

Unneeded Expenditure Sparks Family Radio Debate

A Detroit News excerpt shows a father defending costly instrumental lessons for his daughter while a partner argues radio offers cheaper, equally poor entertainment. The exchange highlights marital friction over expenditures and tastes.

Phillips Milk of Magnesia promotes quick stomach relief

Overeating and excess smoking can sour the stomach but Phillips Milk of Magnesia quickly alkalinizes acidity. A spoonful sweetens the system and relieves distress from indulgence. Endorsed by physicians, it is recommended to neutralize nicotine and prevent discomfort for personal comfort and those around you.

Phillips Tate

Nurse Miss Blank Inspires Childs Evening Prayer

A hospital visit by Billy and his mother leads to a memory of a kind nurse Miss Blank who cared for her. The children were urged to include the nurse in prayers, and Billy later challenged a clergyman during worship, saying the nurse had not been prayed for. A separate dinner remark by Judge Graham discussed marriage ages and Beecher.

Billy Miss Blank Thomas F. Graham San Francisco Henry Ward Beecher Beecher Detroit Pree Press

Times Have Changed Elinor Glyn Observes Shifts In Mores

The novelist Elinor Glyn, speaking at a Hollywood garden party, notes that habits and customs have changed since her youth. She recalls overhearing two young women at a night club discussing dating etiquette and how often a kiss occurs.

Elinor Glyn Hollywood

Welsh language on checks debated at Aberystwyth conference

At the National Union of Welsh Societies annual meeting in Aberystwyth a discussion examined whether banks in Wales should print checks in Welsh. A bank manager noted frequent practice of crossing out the phrase payable to the order and writing a Welsh translation instead.

Wales National Union of Welsh Societies Aberystwyth

Can you tell me what the correct skirt length is this season

Memory recalls many things yet cannot recall the exact skirt length this season. A woman navigates fashion while considering decades of opinion and personal experience.

Cutting Reply Barber Conversation

Cutting reply asks for a shorter cut. Customer confirms. Conciliatory remark wonders about what the gentleman is about and jokes about hair in the soup and sending out a pretty waitress.

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