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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1928
Page
9
Quote from President Seerly of Iowa State Teachers College honors organize women of America as dedicated volunteers in human welfare, relief, companionship, and endeavors, noting their sacrifices without expectation of recognition or pay.
About one thousand Iowa and neighboring state youths gather at Fort Des Moines for the Citizens Military Camp, an annual event with strict rules. Gambling is forbidden and violators are sent home. Liquor use leads to dismissal. cleanliness and discipline measures are enforced. attendance at Sunday services is required with parishioner exemptions possible. punishments include admonition, loss of privileges, fatigue tasks, parental reports, and dismissal.
From Framington Van Buren County reports pickle farming expanding as an extra farm operation. Managers M A L Wagner of Budling Pickle of Chicago and George Sprance of Southern Monthieundse of St Louis say contracts total 1600 acres with a projected yield of 120000 bushels this year.
Des Moines is home to a major threshers plant by Wood Bros owners of a large factory. They shipped 230 more threshers this year than in 1927 and employ about 880 people. A new a1 combine is tested in Oklahoma and slated for 1929 production. The continuous gabry line mirrors automobile plants with a steady flow from frame to finished machine. Shipments reach New Zealand, Uruguay, Argentina, and other regions, with about 500 machines kept in storage to cover breakdowns.</S>
An old post along the Iowa Minnesota boundary at New Albin, placed about 80 years ago at 43 30 N, marks the line from the Mississippi toward the west. The initial post will soon be replaced by a stone monument intended as a permanent landmark for future years.
Auctioneer Merlink reports the sale of Herman Helmers Lot on Kimball Avenue to Bert Van Masnen. This will mean a modern filling station for Rock Valley. He plans to start work on the new station at once.
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