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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1930
Page
9
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union recipe collection presents celery centered dishes. Instructions detail layering celery with white sauce and breadcrumbs, cheese, and pimiento for a baked savory course. Other recipes include orange sauce with beets, parsnips with egg sauce, German cabbage salad, and spinach with liver or sour cream sauce.
A column notes that slipping a stocking on the wrong side is unlucky and warns girls not to change it or luck will desert them. The piece carries a light mood and credits McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
A column condemns Canton authorities for banning the play Ben Bur as it promotes Christianity while labeling superstition the root of intolerance. The piece argues intolerance exists at home and abroad, caused by ignorance and narrow thinking, reflecting on a broader claim that opposition to unfamiliar beliefs reveals shared prejudice.
Poem urges leaving a lasting legacy of character rather than material wealth. Emphasizes memory and deeds over courts and codicils, urging to guide loved ones by example. References mortality and the futility of fine wills to secure futures.
Photo electric cells found superior to trained human eyes for grading tobacco leaf and assorting textiles by subtle hues. One serviceable type, invented by R. C. Burt of Pasadena, splits light into rays of varying wavelengths and gauges their intensity, aiding precise classification.
An excerpt discusses the American sycamore or buttonwood, noting its height of 80 to 100 feet, widespread presence in the United States along streams, and use as a shade tree. It details bark color and peeling, heart shaped leaves, disease susceptibility, and a winter identifier of bark shedding. References Hoosier poets and the Wabash river image.
A humorous note describes a rare northern Lapland reindeer variant the Bloop with oversized ears and shrinking forelegs. The creature’s body is a paper-shell pecan, head a peanut, horns from cloves, ears of split almonds, legs of toothpicks, feet from navy beans. The parody ends with a soap gag from a Metropolitan News Service item.
A man once killed a black cat by throwing a stone hoping to dodge bad luck. Weeks later while strolling with his wife, the same cat crossed his path again. It appeared in a furrier shop window and the man paid $300 for the Russian sable.
A solemn ceremony unveiled a complex clock in the old tower of Cornelius in Liege Belgium. The clock not only shows Greenwich time but also tracks the universe, indicating the Zouiae signs the solar system days of the week lunar positions and tides.
A garbled editorial fragment critiques promotional ethics and decency while noting varied elevations in Colorado from 3,400 to 14,402 feet. The text mocks fashion trends, chicken selling tactics, and mentions excessive legal holidays amid scattered, unclear thoughts.
A quirky consumer tip praises Sir Walter Raleigh smoking tobacco for piping, noting cooler, milder puffs and a mellow fragrant experience from first to last. Readers are urged to try ordinary tobaccos in older pipes and compare notes on shoes and chalk. The piece touts Sir Walter Raleigh as the regular choice.
An article summarizes debates on lifelong learning for the elderly, noting how prodigious learners in youth may lose focus and retention with age. Dr. Herbert Sorenson of Minnesota reports experiments suggesting that the 50s mind falters mainly due to lack of regular mental exercise, not inherent decline.
A fragment from a humor column recalls a squabble about sincerity and sly excuses in conversations with Gwenny and others. It notes the idea that women are not always literal and the quirks of memory when asked about romantic contacts. Adds odd ads for products and a rain clearing cloth.
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