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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1933
Page
2
An advertisement offers Genuine Mineral Wells crystals under the name Crazy Crystal. Prices include 25 to 75 cents and one dollar items. Mail orders are filled promptly and directed to Lock Box 539 Rock Valley Iowa. Mrs E Wright is listed.
Economic hardship cuts visitors and marriages at the Little Brown Church in the Vale near Nashua Iowa The 1930 visitor count was 60000 dropping to 40000 in 1931 and 25000 last year Marriage counts fell from 552 in 1931 to 218 amid the five day law impact over time.
W. L. Adams suffered bloating that caused his heart to miss beats after eating. Aldevika treated him removing gas, and now he eats anything and feels fine. H. H. Pember reports a drag gist about the case.
Bertie Grove aged 12 was underweight and given Vinel tonic. She gained ten pounds and developed an appetite and rosier cheeks. The advertisement promotes Vinel H. H. Pemiber Druggist as the source.
The R B Adams ranch near Odebolt Iowa plans to operate its 6000 acre farm with horses and mules this year replacing a fleet of 15 tractors. Adams says horses convert cheap grain and roughage into power for field work with minimal cash and overhead, a move in response to tightening times.
Pocahontas Towa credits a head waiter named Cliff with a long running dispute about walking distances. Cliff wore a pedometer and after four days recorded 360 miles, averaging nine miles per day, challenging Tony Sedlacek’s claim that a man with short legs could not walk 200 miles in a year.
Mrs. Melvina Green 86, widow of W C Green, pioneer and first general store owner in the county, died in Sanborn. A founder of Old O'Brien county and early public official, she helped establish courthouse, school, and church lands. Her husband’s family donated the original town sites, and Green served as sheriff 1882 to 1889.
Elizabeth Doyle of Tama, Iowa, filed a $30 claim in Tama county auditor’s office against the domestic animal fund for a horse she says was killed by dogs. The horse, found drowned after being frightened and chased into a creek, stumbled through a drain or trench on the Doyle farm.
The Detroit News describes a Cleveland pet cemetery ten miles from Cleveland about a wooded site for dogs cats parrots and canaries. Dr W G Woodruff owns the facility which ranks as the second largest of its kind in America. Graves feature simple markers or costly monuments with bronze plates and pet portraits. Families visit Sundays to decorate graves in a quiet memorial landscape.
Diane OConnell argues in Current History that Japan shifted from estheticism to realism, concentrating on social and economic survival and filial duty toward the emperor and divine ancestors. Patriotism and loyalty rose as feudal roots gave way to modernism, with changes visible in literature and magazines amid a surge of eroticism and moral reform.
The former Russian empire stretched from the Baltic to the Pacific and from the Black Sea to the Arctic, totaling about 8.5 million square miles. It shrank by 300,000 square miles to Finland, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, now recognized as dependent states. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a seven republic federation. The land is mostly flat with limited peaks, and it produces grain, skins, furs, flax, hemp, water, wood pulp, pitch, and turpentine. Coal is mined west of the Urals, with iron mined near Krivoi Roz, Donets valley, Kherson region, and Crimea.
The Montreal Herald notes that many animal kinds remain unknown to science, hiding in jungles, mountains, islands, or underground bureaus. New types have been found in Smithsonian collections, often close relatives of known species yet distinct enough for separate classification.
A young bride plans a lobster surprise for her husband and asks a fish market clerk if the lobsters are fresh. The clerk points to live lobsters in a case, but she again questions their freshness, highlighting the tension between intention and quality.
A country trip describes an elderly woman and family visiting a distant aunt known for her cooking though she uses low grade coffee. They bring their favorite brand hoping she will brew it, but she comments it smells good and plans to save it for the preacher’s visit.
A doctor discovers Standard Remedy Amin’s ankle was broken two weeks earlier, yet no treatment occurred. He questions the patient, who explains his wife forces him to quit smoking whenever he complains, delaying care.
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