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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1928
Page
19
A collection of dessert ideas and fruit freezer recipes. Apricot sherbet and pomona frappe use apricots cider orange and lemon juices with sugar, cream or water bases. Other options include Sicilian sorbet grape frappe cranberry frappe and Concord cream with fruit juices. Serve chilled with whipped cream and nuts.
A McClure Syndicate piece examines how a sudden shudder during work or conversation triggers a superstition that someone is walking across the observer's grave. Primitive psychology and fear replace medical explanations as the simpler, imagined cause.
A 1928 Douglas Malloch verse contemplates everyday troubles as the spice of life. The speaker muses that fleas, sticks, stones, and distant frogs stir excitement, while a tame life would dull the senses. The poem riff implies that struggle keeps life vibrant and meaningful.
The piece explains how the hymn How It Started by Jean Newton, inspired by Bishop Coxe, was written in 1839 after an Orient tour. Observing crumbled empires, Coxe realized the transience of wealth and power, shaping a work that endures as a classic as long as hymns are sung.
A reflective piece urging readers to notice the suffering around them and offer friendship and kindness. It contrasts comfortable prosperity with the needs of the weary, lonely, and poor, urging use of the Golden Rule to uplift others through simple encouragement and love. The essay ends noting the author as McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
A new seed sower resembles a pipe with a long stem and a bowl that holds small flower seeds. The device drops seeds one by one into the soil, eliminating transplanting work and letting seeds be planted at desired distances.
A Brooklyn Eagle joke portrays a salesman proposing to his best girl and promising his entire fortune at her feet. She retorts that the fortune is small, he concedes but says he will look very tall beside her tiny feet, and he lands the job.
A former West Pointer who undertook a canoe voyage from New York to Cuba would have known better if he had attended Annapolis. The Harrisburg Telegram reports this audacious journey highlighting the improbability of such a feat.
An equestrian statue honoring Marshal Foch was dedicated at Cassel near Lille France. He used Cassel as his headquarters during 1914 and 1915 confirming the town’s wartime significance.
A college daughter is described as taking a postgraduate course while cooking lessons are mentioned. The piece notes a self made man must watch his grammar and remarks a beauty specialist serves bulky women with slender hopes.
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