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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
3
A garbled report recalls Drake University receiving 3500 in receipts from a Chicago game against Notre Dame and notes basketball’s rise after night play and a plan for lit games. It mentions a peach volley style and early scenes of the sport with inverted language and limited clarity.
The article outlines a busy indoor basketball season with college teams playing at Drake Fieldhouse and listing a January to March schedule. It notes matchups against Penn Simpson Grinnell and others, highlighting a vibrant campus sports scene amid historical curiosity about athletic development.
Grace Hooper, county welfare league secretary and director, led charity work in Montgomery County over the past year. She logged 2412 miles during trips to review programs, conducted 160 office interviews, handled about 79 telegraphs and telegrams, and managed roughly 250 phone calls in service duties.
A fragmentary note from Millen Washington County describes a young chicken picker visiting four poultry dressers. It records a 20 et en picker performing and claims the best picker of the company signed this year. An 8 year old averages about 180 chickens, and the price per chicken is cited as a measure of value.
Trig announced from Karta Madison county that Mawkeye Cement of Des Moines will install a limestone crusher at the quarry to fill a state highway contract. The plant would supply about 175,000 tons in 3,500 days of operation to manufacture cement for a vast highway expansion, with an anticipated 1,000 miles paved next year.
A. M. McColl of the Iowa state board describes prison conditions at Anamosa and Port Madison with emphasis on modern equipment sanitary quarters good food and humane treatment. He notes cell separation self contained spaces and restricted privileges for first offenders and a general aim toward orderly confinement at the two facilities.
A garbled local item describes snakes and crocodiles for sale in a cryptic note. The fragment mentions Edwin J. Frisk and Des Moines, with unclear details about an animal breed, shopping or hobby context, and a question about a long creature possibly twenty feet long.
A group of 19 Newton high school boys faced fines in the superior court after an act of painting on public property in Grinnell. Investigations traced the vandalism to a planned display around a central motif, with most admitted guilty and paying fines. A Drake University figure commented on the signs of the time, linking the symbols to a broader cultural context.
TG Taveas of Madrid calls attention to the new secondary road law effective January. Poll taxes must be paid in cash during the assessor's rounds this year, as with other taxes. The law does not affect towns and a cash plan has long been in use locally.
The Lather League presents a play The Winning of Joy at Miller school house located five miles south and three miles west of Rock Valley on January 2. The cast includes Beers, Joe Reeves, Elmer Winterfield, Dave Reeves and many others. Local residents attend for community entertainment amid a string of names and relationships noted in the program.
Public notice from United States Fire Insurance Company of New York claiming recall of agent authority for policies and warning against informing on policies. Offers cash for livestock or stock promptly lost or found, signed Karl Hyeden.
Alexander brothers in Madison county grew 1800 pounds of tobacco on three quarters of an acre this past season. Plants reach about four feet tall with leaves on the stalk. Leaves tied into a hand, then stalks and leaves cut, dried and shipped to market. A few Fayette county farmers have grown tobacco profitably for several years.
A terse entry from Rock Valley Iowa lists J O Schroeder with a home phone contact. The notice notes a reticent or quiet listing without further details or context, leaving most personal information unspecified.
Trade notice for painting and decorating of paper hanging. Mentions Les Peter Spruyt ACME Pray Line Graying and Tean Work John Vander Poel, Prop. Sand and Gravel Delivered.
Richard Sneller owner and Jake VanDeWeerd manager are listed with contact details for The Pioneer Orey Line. The brief line notes team effort and operation in 2023 business record 39.
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