Local News Notes and For Sale Ads Shine in Rock Valley
A long list of small notices fills pages from births to lost items and sales. Local families report a newborn boy to Mr. and Mrs. Beary De Jong, while Vander Ploeg's promotes holiday bargains and a radio sale. Flyers list for sale items from rugs to a 1934 Plymouth and a lever washer, with requests for lost tools and a calf claimed by owner. Others mention visits, parties, and church events, plus farm-related services, harness oiling, and insurance agents. Community members travel to Sioux Falls, Omaha, and Hull for events and shopping, while trees and plants offer holiday cheer at Foppe's and Vander Ploeg's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inwood
A. Vander Waerdi
Joe van Geest
B. A. Johnson
Edison Phonograph
Vander Ploeg’s
Vander Ploeg’s. Holiday Parties—Wardrobe O. K
Hawarden Cleaners
Rock Valley Rendering Works Res
Phon
Rock Valley
Iowa
Jess
Herb Koel
Axminster
Neal Bogaard
Plymouth
Cities
Wil A. Vugteveen
John Nobel
D. H. Wissink
Hull
General Insurance Agency
Kessler & Schlecy
Hawarden
Joe ‘Peters
Pheasant Shot Through Brain In Odd Strike
Wilbur Baker and Bruce Blake of Eagle Grove Iowa faced a remarkable pheasant. Baker shot twice and hit but the bird kept flying. Blake followed with a near miss. the bird fell to earth with no external wound found. A single shot apparently pierced its brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Baker
Bruce Blake
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Baker
Blake
Good Hunting Duck Dinner Stuns Men Driving in Town
William Seeman of Trest with Amos Elliott was driving when a wild duck struck the windshield. The bird, blinded by lights, stunned the car then flew, and on a second strike it died. Seeman and Elliott ate the duck afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Seeman
Trest
Seeman
Amos Elliott
Eliott
Pocketbook Returns After Two Years Missing
Mrs. Ethel Drake of near Carbon Iowa had her Christmas pocketbook stolen in Omaha two years ago. A bank package recently returned the item home with the money gone and nothing else touched. The thief apparently used the bank to hide the lost article. Where has it been all this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Drake
Carbon
Iowa
Omaha
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beary de Jong
Market Report
Guy Vande Weerd
Foppe’s
Edith Huizenga
Luthera Thornburg and Son
Sioux Falls
Ais. C
Air
W. B. Hansen
Lee Schledy
Sioux City
Ms. W. Serck
Airs. H. Moeller
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Serck
L. A
Xmas
Vander Ploeg
L. C. Landschultze
Jof LeMars
Ann Sandschulte
Landschulte
Powaw Wai E
Huck Valley
Gamble
Joe Frieden
Elgin
Towa
A. Yonker
Will Wissink
Mrs. Wissink
James Murphy
G. W. Kerrless
M. W. Kessler
A. Heyman
Afrs
H. J. Kesters
M._E. Ladies Aid
R. J. McNelly
A. L. Lock and Sons
W. D. Berrier
Lawrence Smith
Birdie Lewis
First Reformed Church
Dorcas Society
Gamble Store Agency
Paul Collenbaugh
Groeneboon
V. D. Berrier
Fayette, Mo
Foppe's
B. Jacobs
Jacobs
Marie Jacobs
Wm. Schouten
Ed Postma
Elmer Schouten
James Walpole
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Walpole
Tom Walpole
Oregon
C.J. Schroeder
A. Lock
soGe
Pioneer Drag Line
Kessler
Tire Shop
Herman van Eldik
Iewa
Pacakee
LUX
Armour’s
Armour
Michigan Navy Beans
OMEGA
Blue Star
Carton
Armour’s Star Fixed
Greetings Chocolates
Cragk
Pocketbook
Owa
Sweirs Garage
Rock Valley Creamery. Co
Rock’ Valley
Vanderwell & Sons
Kellogg's
Roelofs & van der Bok
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