This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1928
Page
2
The Rock Valley Bee reports plans for a large Dubuque factory to manufacture wall board from corn stalks, signaling a boost for farm waste. Iowa State College engineers describe a combined mower baler and loader being perfected to harvest corn stalks, capable of cutting, gathering, and baling two acres per hour with a 30 horsepower tractor.
Crippled Children Claim Attention Through Perkins Hospital relief and Haskell Klaus law. Town ranks high in rehab provisions yet education for crippled children is lacking. Civic clubs press a movement to ensure schooling for all cripples. three lawmakers linked to the Iowa hospital are dead.
On Wednesday night at 9 40 o'clock every Spanish American veteran in Red Oak stood at attention for one minute in memory of the men who died when the battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor thirty years earlier. Ensign Darwin Merritt, a Red Oak native, was killed in the disaster, the town’s sole loss. Relics of the war, including Merritt's personal effects, were displayed in a Red Oak store window for the anniversary observance.
St Ansgar Iowa grower M K Culver notes Joe E Senacek closed the season with 193 cars of produce shipped, including 78 cars of onions raised by Senacek. Cargo routes spanned the country from New Orleans to New York, with 21 cars reaching Montreal, Canada.
The pageant of nations in Cleveland Ohio selected representatives from across the United States. Jack Smith a Des Moines North High alumnus won 25 in gold for the best record among Negro students in the Des Alpines schools. Promoters paid his travel expenses. In 1926 Drake University honored Yvonne Man for scholastic excellence.
Lon Walker and Lee H. Will of Marshalltown were fined for shooting four pheasants in Grundy County. Walker paid 2200 for two pheasants, 410 for transporting a gun, 19 for license refusal, and 290.90 costs totaling 2940.20. Will faced 190.60 per pheasant, with related costs pushing the total near 500. The men faced jail? No.
Allen Walker Read son of Prof and Mrs C B Read of Staite Teachers College Cedar Falls wins a scholarship to Oxford England valued at 2000 dollars annually for three years in recognition of superior academic achievement at Cedar Falls.
The Lincoln Highway across Town will be fully surfaced by July 1 with paving or gravel contracts in place for remaining sections. It runs from Illinois crossing the Mississippi at Lyons through Cedar Rapids Marshalltown Ames Boone Jefferson Carroll Denison to Council Bluffs where it meets No 32 and continues to Davenport. Counties from Des Moines to Davenport voted bonds to fund years of improvements.
Roymond T Hughes, newly announced president of Tawa State Colors of Nines, addressed a Des Moines audience discussing rising Eon production. The speech highlighted a dramatic jump in output from 1995 to 1997, with a milestone market value past the million mark, contrasting with the prior year’s figure of 897,750.
The Ladies Auxiliary met at Mrs. Albert Holtdorf home for a monthly meeting with luncheon served by Holtdorf Wandling Walker and Myrtle Holtdorf. WCTU group gathered at Mrs. E C Carpenter home with program led by Eveline French and Marie McCrory. Ireton High School seniors and juniors met at Earline Parrott home for a diversion and luncheon. Girls basketball team won the county contest in Hull, with Hull second and Boyden third. Dorothy Lavras coaches Teton team. Mar and Mrs Hirem Wood of Hudson celebrated their fifty second wedding anniversary. former Ga field township residents.
The Globe Creamery in Iowa City will start powdered milk production around March 1. Milk from dairy herds within thirty miles of Iowa City will be utilized by the plant. Powdered skim milk will feed baking powder and candy makers, while powdered buttermilk will be mainly for horse feeds.
A chorus of critics argues liquor spreads with Western civilization. Dr. Albert Bushnell Fuller warns alcohol hurts Africa, while Philippine Commission head Schurmann cites Filipino social ills from drinking. A Filipino quips civilization brought five hundred dram shops. Ex President Harrison warns rum accompanies civilization, opium in China. Prohibition is seen as a global issue, and the piece urges constructive work over wrecking crew approaches.
George W. Shockley of Oskaloosa recalls 25 years ago prices for butter, potatoes, eggs, chickens, oats, corn, hay, cattle, hogs, and hides. Frank Bell of Red Oak reports February 9 1928 market prices for hogs, cattle, wheat, corn, oats, butter, eggs, butterfat, hens, roosters, springs, ducks, geese and hides.
County teachers drill contestants daily as elections for school directors occur on the second Monday in March. Superintendent Tye, en route to the NEA in Boston, will focus on rural education. In basketball, Treton High School girls win the county tournament with Hull, Boyden, Hospers, and Rock Valley teams posting scores. tournament teams named and trophies awarded.
Gerrit Klay of Orange City Iowa announces his candidacy for Congress on the Republican ticket subject to Republican voters approval in the upcoming primary for the Eleventh Congressional District of Iowa.
Plant fruit trees and shrubs with no payment until delivery. Place orders early to ensure supply. Fred Heisig handles the selection and ordering for orchard and garden needs.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.