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Newspaper

Rock Valley Bee

Location

Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1929

Page

28

Texarkana Man Charged in Texarkana Cattle War Killing

Texarkana Arkansas resident is charged with murder in the killing of L A Simmons former Texarkana police chief and range rider during a cattle dipping war in southern Arkansas Simmons died after being shot while intercepting cattle not yet dipped and it is alleged the defense claimed self defense Person a former Arkansas legislature candidate denies dipping cattle and says he fired after Simmons was shot first The incident marks the first casualty in the dipping war which has sparked widespread violence and mob action across Miller Howard and Pike counties with federal and state authorities mobilizing to enforce the dipping program and prosecute violators

Texarkana Ark Utan Fa L. A. Simmons Range Mder Arkansas Simmons Person Shamong Miller Howard Pike Pike County Nashville Howard County Goward County W. W. Honeycutt H. P. Aldridge Will Branch Muncipial Court Meet Magee

Britain Plans Bar on Gaudy Gas Stations

A home office committee proposes Britain restrain gas station aesthetics by painting all stations a single color, banning flashing electric signs, reducing ad lettering, and forbidding corrugated roofs to preserve countryside scenery. It also calls for a standard roadside advertising sign to curb varied billboards.

Britain London Home Secretary Great Britain

Mother Bear Cuffs Cows From Cubs In Pasture Scene

A New York summer guest report describes a mother bear in a woodland shelter cuffing cows that approached her cubs at play in a pasture. The cows initially feared then gathered, while the cubs remained out in the open as the incident unfolded.

N. Y Bouquet

Orphan Family Rebuilds After Farm Fire Near Fern

Florence Wisconsin. A plucky orphan boy Charles Moller nineteen and his sisters Leona thirteen and Rose seven lost their Fern area home in a blaze that destroyed all belongings. Neighbors in Fern and Florence rallied quickly furnishing a shack near the mill with a table bed chair and clothing and goods.

Florence Wis Fern Charles Moller Charles Leona Rose Parl Biller Louis Tumpack Moller Biller

Hunters Seek Rare Gyrlloblatta at Moraine Lake

A hunting party from Ottawa and Toronto universities heads to Moraine Lake seeking the rare gyrllo blatta believed to be a primitive insect surviving from glacial ages. The expedition, led by Miss Marjory Ford with Miss B Hamilton and Miss Abidh, relies on Dr. Norma Ford and Dr. F. M. Walker discoveries, as Moraine Lake remains one of the few global habitats for this extraordinary creature.

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

Americans Predominate In New German Music Institute

Twenty nine of forty two students enrolled at the newly opened German Music Institute for Foreigners in Berlin are Americans. Other enrollees hail from England Finland Holland Hungary Romania Russia Sweden and Switzerland. Classes are held in Charlottenburg Castle in western Berlin with rooms allocated by the Prussian minister of education. Wilhelm Furtwaengler serves as institute president.

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

Town Needs Doctor The Doctor Kept Free By Judge

Frederica, Delaware. A large number of sick residents led Judge Lynn to suspend a prison term for Dr. Claude Keith who drove while intoxicated. Joseph Cross, town board president, urged leniency saying the town badly needs him. Keith received a $200 fine and a two year probation with no driving during that period. He was arrested in Wilmington where he was not known.

Frederica Del Claude Keith Joseph Cross Keith Lynn Wilmington

Parachute jumper survives woeful New York bridge stunt

Shinich Misumi a 22 year old Japanese cook designed a parachute and leaped from the Manhattan Bridge. The parachute failed to open but aided his fall and he swam to shore. He was taken to Bellevue for observation with no serious injuries. A cartoon in his clothes adds a cautionary note.

New York Shinich Misumi Manhattan Bridge Misumi Hiss Bean Manhattan Tower Pike Street Burna Oak Street South Street Comstock Beekman Street Hospital Bellevue Hospital Ble Woolworth Tower

Wall Street to Add Residential Towers in Downtown

Banks and investment houses back a project to build a string of apartment homes on ground once linked to Peter Stuyvesant. The plan follows a surge in lower Manhattan daytime workers staying downtown after business hours, with nightlife and housing needs prompting downtown residential development.

Wall Street New York Financial District Edhd Lower Manhattan Peter Stuyvesant

Blind Students Take Up Horseshoes At Nebraska School

At the Nebraska School for the Blind a new outdoor sport, horseshoes, was introduced by Superintendent N Q Abbott. Totally blind youths have become proficient at pitching with a sighted partner guiding, using callouts to direct throws.

Nebraska City Neb Nebraska School For the Blind N. Q. Abbott

Tractors Arrive in Regina For Farmers’ Use

A convoy of tractors totaling seventy vehicles reached Regina Saskatchewan to aid local farmers in the surrounding area amid ongoing agricultural needs.

Regina Saskatchewan

Father criticizes costly music lessons in letter exchange

A reader laments high spending on his daughter's vocal and instrumental lessons. Another voice counters that a radio is cheaper and can offer equally poor content.

Disappointed in Her Hug Band Says Detroit News

The Detroit News quotes a remark about a hug band as a sign of public sentiment. Readers question the mood and meaning behind the phrase used in the column.

Detroit News

Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Induces Quick Comfort

A classic health ad extols Philips Milk of Magnesia to relieve stomach upset from rich meals or smoking. It claims the product alkalinizes acid and neutralizes nicotine, promising rapid comfort and physician endorsement, urging consumers not to substitute.

Philips Phillips

Billy Missing Nurse In Prayer Teaches Family Lesson

A hospital stay gave four year old Billy a new vocabulary. He reminded a visiting minister after prayer that they had not included the nurse who cared for his mother. The point of the tale is a child’s moral about gratitude to caregivers.

Billy Miss Blank

Devil to Pay Judge Remarks On Marriage

Detroit Free Press quotes San Francisco judge Thomas F Graham at a dinner party. He cites Henry Ward Beecher's dictum on marriage noting changes across generations and contrasting cases of young couples versus old partners.

Thomas F Graham San Francisco Henry Ward Beecher Beecher Detroit Free Press

Times Have Changed Elinor Glyn Comments on Romance

The novelist Elinor Glyn speaking at a Hollywood garden party says habits and customs have changed since her youth. She recalls hearing two women discuss what they would do after dating a man who attempted a kiss, concluding with a quip about idling.

Elinor Glyn Hollywood

Welsh language checks debated at Welsh Societics conference

At the National Union of Welsh Societics annual meeting in Aberystwyth a bank manager described receiving checks with "payable to order" crossed out and a Welsh translation inserted. The issue raised whether banks in Wales should print checks in Welsh.

Wales National Union of Welsh Societics Aberystwyth

Memory Meets Style Over Skirt Length This Season

A fragmentary fashion note discusses skirt length this season with a memory recalled about money and lending. The text mixes personal reflection with a stylistic question, asserting a woman’s uncertainty about a witchlike perception and financial ties.

Cutting Reply Barber Conversation Snapshot

A barber asks how to cut hair with the customer replying shorter. A conciliation scene shows a dispute about hair in the soup and a suggestion to send out a pretty waitress.

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