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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1928
Page
7
Stone signs replacing metal and wooden posts along English roads are praised for durability and visibility. They stand at eye level for drivers and are deemed safer at night under headlights. Proponents say the stone markers enhance the landscape where present markers do not.
Simple Flannigan and Hannigan face a dilemma about scales that only measure up to 200 pounds while one man weighs around 250. They joke about trimming the excess to balance, then Hannigan proposes a trick to avoid getting on twice in a humorous Kansas City Star item.
A corpulent patient asks a doctor if another game would suit him after trying golf. The doctor insists golf is the finest game, but the patient complains he cannot hit what he cannot see or see what he can hit, leaving him puzzled about what to do.
A British entomologist describes a remarkable Homoptera insect in the Dutch East Indies. The creature secretes a tasty fluid ants milk for, then paralyzes them with poison before stabbing them and feeding on their lifeblood. Red ants later drag away the drab remains for a pseudo cannibal feast.
Rail timetable fragment lists daily passenger runs and wayfreight. It details eastward and westward services from Sanborn to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton and the Sioux Flyer routes to Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell and Black Hills with a daily local to Mit.
Passengers loyal to Canton are advised to purchase tickets and check baggage for Train No 4 east at 10 30 AM. The afternoon pre cheli and points north depart at 7 24 PM with no connections for Sioux Falls.
Way Freight service notes possible schedule, coupon tickets sold to any destination. Advice to make sleeping car reservations one or two days in advance. W. Jacobs, Agent, Phoes 15.
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