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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1934
Page
3
C Orville Lee of Sac City recalls the last great Iowa blizzard. A Sac County resident reportedly unhooked his oxen and crawled inside a slain animal to seek heat as the storm raged, illustrating the rugged pioneer resolve of the era.
An Iowa resident C Goodwin plastered 1932 automobile license plates over three sides of his house in Washington to mimic a dated facade. He could not afford new siding and plans to add more 1932 plates on the fourth side to uniform the look, noting the plates add warmth to the home.
Clayworth, 70, converts farm grown hickory sprouts into canes. He trims them to length, crafts hundreds of walking sticks as a pastime, then gifts them to friends and neighbors. Locals recognize him by his armful of canes passed along the street.
Dispatches from Buffalo claim Ida Grove Iowa hosts the country’s only woman shoemaker, Mrs Arthur Houser. She runs a repair shop with husband Mr Houser and steps in at the bench during busy times or ill health, known for first class work and full knowledge of shoemaking processes.
Michael McDermott of Waterloo Iowa guards a rare over century old wooden Indian squaw once placed before his shop. The figure with an outstretched hand held cigars and is valued over 1000 dollars, likely the last of its kind and growing rarer with time.
Henry Wulf of near Lester Iowa found an ear of Yellow Dent corn with 34 rows, double the usual 16 to 18, drawing notice from friends last fall. The ear was not as long as average but the kernel count was unusually high, a rarity Lyon County had not seen before.
Amana colonies Iowa county will begin taxing privately owned homes next year for the first time in ninety years. About 300 families live in the colonies, which formerly shared 30 600 acres of land and paid taxes from a common treasury. The socialist plan has been dropped and now each resident pays his own taxes as homes become individual property.
The Hawarden and Inwood Methodist notes detail Bible School at 10:00 A M and worship at 11:00 A M with the Passion for Helpful Service. Budget Sunday is announced for gifts on the date. Official Board actions include ending evening services due to declining value while noting overall church growth. Rock Valley Night at Inwood features lay evangelist Mrs Pahner with three weeks of nightly mission services.
The Methodist Laymen Team led by HL MS Corwin Sr Henry Bastemeyer and A J Pritts with two ladies Mrs Jerry Sieek and Miss Don Smith completed their circuit at Hawarden on Sunday January 28 with good attendance. Programs were Rock Valley January 7 Ireton January 14 Inwood January 21 Hawarden January 28 Doon may join later. The team plans Ireton then Hawarden or Inwood. The aim is to deepen church interest among members and religiously inclined nonmembers.
Quick relief ad claims most stomach gas stems from bowel poisons. One dose of Ad Jerika cleanses body wastes, tones the system, and brings sound sleep, according to FI H Pemb er, Druggist.
The southern Atlantic coast from Cape Canaveral to Cape Hatteras shows tropical summer warmth similar to the Straits of Florida, enabling tropical marine forms to move into shallow waters. Winter temps drop below 70 in Florida, below 60 north of Cape Canaveral, with Cape Hatteras marking a sharp boundary between regions.
A shale pile near Cincinnati Iowa exploded during loading by CWA workers. A slide stretched about 400 yards. Gas forming in the pile ignited, burning grass up to 200 feet. Foreman Neil Hism warned his crew and barely escaped as the blast occurred. The incident underscores the ongoing danger of shale piles.
Sam Bright, a nearby farmer, gives a ride to a man who left a car in the ditch. Theo Torenson finds the same car with a dead man inside at a spot south of Ottumwa near a cemetery, prompting a working mystery further investigation.
A scarce pair of copper-toed shoes, once popular with boys for scuff resistance, remains in Webster City Iowa, owned by Dr J Peppers. The 58 year old footwear came as a gift from his brother in Ottumwa Wapello County. Original patents date to 1859 and the lot was later sold to a New York manufacturer for salvage.
James Beamer has been absent the past week due to a broken arm from last Thursday evening. The following pupils have neither been absent nor tardy for the first semester: Walter Groenewee and Peter Vande Vegis. We are preparing to tell stories to the second grade and will select the best storytellers from our language period to present to the second grade.
The class lists Esther Bonthuis Elizabeth Byker Christine Eggleston Ferner Gunnink Joan Harmelink ElDora Mae Kers bergen Harold Presksai Lillie Steck Dick Sieck and Matrin Ver Mulm as present and on time for the first semester. Elizabeth Byker achieved fifteen perfect spellings out of seventeen lessons. Christine Eccleston and Alice Jane Newhouse earned fourteen gold stars. Lyamour Hendriks Mary Alice Long and Billie Bruce Rozeboom each earned thirteen stars.
Tommy McGil visited the third grade Friday while Janmie Davisson and John Byker were absent with illness. Students made handwritten valentines for their mothers using heart shapes. Fifth graders read about The Wonderful Adventure of Nils and drew scenes, while the class practiced long division and began multiplying fractions with Dolores Achatz and Viva Jane Beamer achieving straight results last week.
Viola Schutz earned 100 percent on the semester spelling test and every Friday test. Several very good reports were recorded in the sixth grade on the life of Franklin Roosevelt dated January 30.
The seventh and eighth grades honor roll includes Lois Roorda, Robert Heimstra, Elsie Van Beek, Tinlin Lock, Angeline Van Dyke, and Betty Vander Stouwe for achieving a grade of 1 in social science for the semester.
The typing class lists students typing 25+ words with at most 5 errors: Catherine Schemmer Irene Roorda Gladyce Vander Pol Edith Bajema and Joe Achatz. Home economics studies on Child Study. Students not absent or tardy: Marie Ver Mulm Margaret De Jong Catherine Schemmer Joe Achatz Esther Gayer Nellie Vande Weerd Farrell Davis son Emma Lange Patricia Rielly Margaret Schemmer Priscilla Sneler Coletta Stephens Jake Timmer Anta Vander Pol Herbert Van Wouden berg Edwin Bergsma Emma Land huis Loren Lock Jack McNelly Ed ward Tuymman Bernard Schemmer Clarene Vander Pol Adrian VerMaas Madeline Wyffles Mildred Wyffles.
A Detroit News writer extols the wire hair fox terrier as a capable companion. The breed combines bold mischief with keen intelligence, making it both a challenge and a reward for owners. It can display defiance yet understands wishes, delivering moments of brisk wit and occasional obtuse moods.
The text recounts Christopher Columbus as a brusque fifteenth century sea captain who disciplined mutinous crews, including his brothers, after his third voyage. It notes his harsh methods toward unruly Spaniards and the mixed reactions in Spain, from acclaim to rebuke, with Washington Irving cited on public opinion.
Insects like gnats and mosquitoes likely hear a single sound in the last stage of life the buzzing of mates. A tuning fork near a captured male makes his feelers tremble and align to the vibration, guiding him to the caller. If he strays he loses contact with the note until his feelers adjust again.
Date palms are dioecious with male pollen plants separate from female fruiting palms. A single male palm can fertilize hundreds of female palms. Commercial plantings require hand fertilization of the date flowers. Federal scientists have advanced date culture by testing pollen fertilization from multiple sources on degret near palms.
The Decemberists were a secret order of Russians formed to oppose the Czar starting in 1825. The movement culminated in the 1917 Soviet establishment, with nobles participating in the 1825 and 1927 revolutions.
The text reviews photographic progress up to 1875, noting glass and sheet iron as early supports and the 1875 introduction of cardboard backed photographs treated with egg whites, gold salts, and platinum to improve detail. It mentions daguerreotypes ambrotypes and tintypes still available, while noting the cost of sending a portrait to a sweetheart on the new paper could exceed $20.
Mrs. Matilda Kaskie aged 68 of Montrose South Dakota died suddenly at home on Sunday January 21 1934. Born near Fairbank Iowa she lived in Storm Lake Rock Valley and Montrose and was married to William Kaskie, with six children five surviving. Funeral at St Patrick’s Montrose with internment at St Mary’s Rock Valley. Surviving children Roy Adeline Vincent Lawrence and Mrs Peter Beers and three brothers Chas Henry Gus Trebon one sister Mrs J Beierschmitt and others.
Mrs. Albert Torge of Osage Indiana thwarted a robber by dropping a bag of lemons. While walking home with the sack the bandit demanded the money and shouted to “pat ’em up.” The lemons burst from the bag striking the assailant in the face, causing his retreat as screams drew attention.
Otto Huebner, Crawford County farmer, shipped cattle to Union Stock Yards Chicago in 1917. A later letter revealed a 25 cent overcharge in unloading the carload. He finally opened the mail and found a check for 25 cents with an explanation of the rectification after 17 years.
Mrs. Mabel Fickel, a farmer's wife from near Hastings Mills County Iowa, has been named executive secretary of the Democratic National Committee in Washington D C. Her appointment marks national recognition for Iowa as she takes a top role in the party's organization.
Tama County has the most beer selling licenses of its population size in the state, issuing 51 licenses with 11 for beer parlors in Tama. Every town and village holds at least one license. The county collects 4050 from permits and the town of Tama 600.
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