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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
9
A Springfield Union snippet recalls the Meadline family dining scene described as awkward during a hot weather dinner. A guest warns that plates will be pretty and light, with salad and fruit cup as courses while a younger sister eats sparingly, saving room for later courses.
The Chicago Evening Post recalls Mark Twain’s impromptu moment at Harverly’s theater in Chicago. General Grant, back from a world tour, urged a reading and Twain joked he could not improvise without hours of preparation.
The report asserts that beef and brawn drive star performance while intelligence shows little correlation. Over two years, researchers used power measurements, chemical analyses, slow motion, spinning light beams, and charts to assess athletes. The study concludes coaches cannot predict an athlete’s breaking point or SI before competition.
A National Geographic bulletin traces Cairo’s origin to about 525 B C with Babylon founded by Mesopotamian emigrants. Romans fortified it as a legion headquarters, Arabs conquered in 641 A D and built El Fostat, which later persisted as Old Cairo’s core.
In Latvia near Riga a beloved Baltic Riviera beach draws Latvians on leave from work and travelers from Germany England and Scandinavia. Dunes forests and villas line the coast while the long sand beach becomes a summer playground for children and a cosmopolitan escape.
St Malo in Brittany is described as an ancient land with colossal Druid stones dating before the Christian era. The coastal town, resembling a ship at anchor, is ringed by massive Sixteenth Century walls built for defense against France and Britain. The town is named for the Welsh monk Saint Malo who held a bishopric there in the sixth century.
Billy arrives at school on Monday and tells the teacher he does not want a pencil. The teacher replies she has no pencil. Billy sighs and says that they are both in the same fix, implying shared hardship.
The 43rd general assembly's truck restriction act faces opposition from owners. John W. Mifpett of Eldora Iowa relates how Joe Hooversten of Buckeye was fined $50 and costs for overloading. Truck licenses depend on tonnage with no heavier license for heavier loads and 26 percent extra allowed for estimation. State inspector J. R. Kamrar enforces traffic rules in the region.
The State Department of Health endorses the Christmas Seal drive funded by the National Tuberculosis Association and Iowa TB groups. Forty five million seals are to be sold locally to fund tuberculosis control and broader health work including infant welfare and health education.
For sale is a litter of witty fullblood Duroc Jersey boars from R. W. Steele of Ireton Iowa. The animals are described as good and vaccinated. Contact Steele for details.
The article notes I J Dickinson Iowa United States senator was born in Lucas county in southern Iowa. Former Governor N F Kendall also hailed from that county. It mentions Morehead of Nebraska and George McGill of Kansas as natives or early arrivals connected to Lucas County and its regional shift to national roles.
A tame deer was found among cattle on the Albert Hierring farm three miles east of Bennett Iowa and authorities in Davenport Fejeruary park Tipton and local police are trying to locate the owner. No missing deer were reported at Fejeruary park and efforts continue.
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