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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1928
Page
2
Guideposts of Stone describes England replacing diverse metal and wooden road markers with durable stone milestones. The stone signs, tall and easily legible, align with driver eye level and are reportedly more visible at night under headlight glare, enhancing landscape and road guidance.
The Kansas City Star reports a comic exchange as Flanigan and Finmalgin face a weight balance problem with scales capped at two hundred pounds while one declares nearing two hundred fifty. They plan to trim excess, amid humorous Irish diction and misreadings.
A overweight patient asks the doctor if golf offers a postgame activity. The doctor says there is no “oner game under the suo’ than goth.” The patient jokes about the sport’s difficulties with visibility and lifting the ball, wondering what to do to play.
A British entomologist reports a remarkable insect that mimics a parasite, secretes tasty fluid to lure black ants, feeds by injecting poison, and drains the ants lifeblood through a sharp beak. Ants then drag away the bodies, while a red ant species may scavenge the remains.
Eastward passenger No 4 runs daily 342.4 miles from Spencer to Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton. Sioux Flyer passenger No 23 runs daily 56 P. M. from Sheldon to Chicago via Des Moines Madison Milwaukee. Wayfreight No 98 1010 A. M. Tue Thu Sat to Sanborn Westward. Passenger No 11 Sioux Flyer runs daily 5 55 A. M. from Canton to Black Hills via Sioux Falls Mitchell and the North. Passenger No 3 daily local to Mit
Passengers to Canton should buy tickets and check baggage for Train No. 4 east. Afternoon pre shell and points north depart at 7:24 PM. No connections for Sioux Falls.
An advertisement lists freight and coupon tickets for various destinations sold by agent C. W. Jacoby. It notes that tickets can be booked with advance reservations and mentions Mondays and sleeping days as part of travel options.
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