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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1928
Page
3
The Rock Valley Bee reports high school home economics teachers announce the Fifth National Meat Story contest. Sponsored by the National Live Stock and Meat Board, it aims to boost interest in home economies with statewide prize distribution and a March 16 deadline.
Doon and vicinity notes report the death of Horbers Howen a longtime Doon resident aged 62 from a heart attack suffered shortly before breakfast on Thursday January 26. He owned the K P Cafe and farmed, leaving a wife a daughter Phay deputy postmaster and son Ross along with five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held at 1 30 Sunday at the house with interment in Doon cemetery.
Much mail is carried by the Boeing Air Transport company flying from Chicago to San Francisco via Davenport and Council Bluffs both directions after night. It carried 232 169 rounds of mail by express and a total of 6 percent over its 24 airplanes for 720 000 miles. Average mail time between the two cities is just under 24 hours compared with three days by train. The Boeing factory at Seattle is building three 12 passenger airliners to be in service about June 1.
Audited summary shows receipts from sixy dan 4 27-1301.00 and from two hand concerts 125.40 plus town tax 36171 totaling 1624.51. Expenditures include uniforms lighting chairs rent furniture and meals for Parview people with total 379.49. Balance on hand 245.02 turned over to new treasurer J B Kearns January 23 1928.
A meeting in Mason City discussed establishing an air mail line from Minneapolis to Moline via Mason City and Waterloo. The plan links northern towns with continental routes and the Chicago Dallas mail, aiming to expand to Mexico, Panama and South America. The Chicago Dallas segment would use the Francisco Tine route, with an emergency field near Bloomfield and mail transfers at Des Moines.
Prices for 928 baby chicks and poultry equipment listed by Valley Poultry Yards. Chick types include Rhode Island Reds Wyandottes White Wyandottes White Rocks Leghorns Barred Rocks and other varieties with per 100 pricing from 10.00 to 15.00. Custom hatching 3e per egg. Delivery guaranteed with up to 1600 birds per shipment. De Jong and Van Hal, proprietors, Rook Valley Iowa.
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