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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
4
Fragmentary timetable noting passenger and freight services with times around 440 AM heading east and 9 00 PM heading west. Mentions sleeping car reservations and agent C. Jacobs.
Wa-Tan-Ye club members met at the Landschulte home to finalize milk distribution details for underweight public school children. Sponsored by Wa-Tan-Ye and funded by Christmas Seal gifts, the program will start after the holidays under Literary Circle supervision.
Henry Van Der Straet, Rosa Gelderman, Maria Thomassen, Alvin Miller, William Gelderman, iQpal Brown all listed as donors in a local Red Cross roll call. This brief item records a community charity effort with several named contributors.
Green slough a state owned swamp near Ruthven, Town, serves as a muskrat center. During open season state allowed private parties to trap, twelve groups encamped, totaling about 8,200 muskrats captured with many remaining. The slough produced more muskrats than any other water area in the region.
Cattle feeders around Schleswig Iowa built a special two engine train with 27 cars to haul stock to the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago. Ed Reimer F D Reinking and Arnold Moeller miss the departure. They drove to Ripon by car to catch the train while comrades searched Schleswig and Biron for them.
Rev. N. W. Underwood of the Christian church in Montezuma Iowa claimed the state record for corn picking by a preacher. He harvested 1594 bushels in 16 working days averaging about 99 bushels daily until rain cut one afternoon short at 3 20. He also traveled 20 miles daily by motor on church business while performing ministerial duties.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Lietiseh of West Burlington Iowa welcomed their tenth child expecting a boy but the baby arrived a girl making the family ten daughters in total.
In Owasa Iowa the city placed three traffic signs last spring to limit speed to 25 mph and require a stop at intersections. Marshal Bacon arrested several youths for ignoring them, but the city has no ordinance to enforce the signs.
In Waterloo Iowa motorists who break traffic laws are sent to a traffic school as a reminder of motor vehicle laws. They endure lectures on driving and must pass examinations after the sessions. Adults receive this corrective instruction as a form of punishment and education.
Thomas Loyd near Red Oak begins to fear bad luck after a black cat caused a leg fracture while he milked a cow. A neighboring cow kicked at the cat, missing it but injuring Loyd’s leg between the knee and ankle.
John Clark, a farmer near Chariton Town, awoke to his house on fire. He escaped through a window after discovering the door blocked by flames, leaving the dwelling destroyed and his false teeth unrecovered. He wore two left shoes, one brown and one black, in the confusion.
Waverly Iowa high school students had a day off after a smoldering coal bin fire dispersed gas through the building. Classes were dismissed as exhaust fans were installed to vent the fumes and custodians increased water use while attempting to locate and extinguish the creeping fire.
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