11 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
1
A circuit judge visiting a remote Australian bush shanty found no bathwater and refused the landlord’s offer. He bathed in a large tin tank, denying spoiling the water as he used no soap. The landlord lashed out, while the judge remained calm.
An eight year old named Bertram pleads for coffee nine times. The mother warns she will slap him next time. Bertram waits briefly then says to prepare to be slapped, noting the Indians in the poll a. The text remains amateur and fragmented.
The United States Fisheries Bureau reports on artificial mussel breeding and potential profits. Costs to raise 1 000 baby mussels are about 20 cents with 13 000 reaching market size a ton. Even at optimistic survival, cost per ton to market is about 2.68 dollars, rising to 5.36 with 50 percent loss. Shells for mother of pearl are noted for current value.
A bedtime miscommunication unfolds as Ward’s father orders the boy to discard the pup he had kept in the barn. Ward protests that the pup was as noisy as the boy, sparking a humorous exchange about who slept less.
Citizens confront an unavoidable change with public demonstrations and quiet reflection. Local leaders urge calm while community groups organize forums to discuss impacts on jobs, housing, and services amid growing uncertainty.
Fashion feature highlights easy-on-the-eye suits and hats in dark taupe beige and gray shades. Embroidered fabrics stand out with self-color threads and silver accents. One blue twill coat with Chinese inspired embroidery, another straight line model with high standing collar and large patch pockets showcase trim sleeves and ornate embroidery.
Fashion notes celebrate spring millinery with cellophane hats as the season’s centerpiece. Highlights include four standout styles: a street hat with cellophane crown and corded noire brim, another gray cellophane hat with a gray ribbon rose, a black hair-braid dress hat with cellophane bands, and a navy wreath with marines. Black and brown shades stay dominant as designers refine textures and ribbons.
An advertisement advises women to buy Diamond Dyes with easy dyeing directions for wool silk cotton or mixed fabrics. It warns against poor dye streaks fades and ruined material and notes a druggist color card. A separate ad notes marital sacrifice themes from the Boston Transcript.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures deafness by acting through the blood to reduce mucous tube inflammation. It explains catarrhal deafness results from Eustachian Tube inflammation and that local applications cannot reach the diseased area. Obvious marketing claims accompany the text.
Advertisement urges readers to cleanse the system and purify the blood using a 5 S. S. product. It claims improved appetite, strength, and vitality, and directs readers to request free literature from the Chief Medical Adviser at the Swiss Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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