16 Jan 1931
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
1
A young Brooklyn woman rents a room and dies from gas in a locked room. Police trace a torn sheet listing illustrators, interview one artist who later discovers the morgue is a prank, and the artists and chauffeur reveal a ventriloquist joke as the twists end with no identification of the girl.
Rockne declares he will not resign as Notre Dame football coach despite Mayo Clinic rest cure advice to curtail duties. Physicians warned of possible collapse if he overdoes activity. The item also notes ghost writers and a fad for autograph collecting among schoolboys, plus a Belle Syndicate ad from 1931.
A smiling portrait of Inga Hollerstrom, Swedish workman’s daughter, earns a $50 prize in an international contest run by four German newspapers. The money brings welcome relief to her unemployed father and family in Stockholm.
Research by Mrs. Esther Stearn at Christian College shows 36 percent of students diet to lose weight. Among top IQ performers, 90 percent use lipstick and 50 percent practice daily manicures, with 75 percent eating fruit daily versus 50 percent in the lower IQ group.
In Olympia Washington Captain Billy Greenwood predicts a second inundation after 1932. His ark built aboard a sawmill craft will sail to safety without animals, claiming mountains and cities along the Pacific coastline will sink while the Cascade range halts the ocean in the north.
The narrative recalls Mae, a 25 year old man who believes marriage will reform him. He expects a future where bad habits vanish, but the observer notes habits form early and endure. Friends from youth show lasting traits, with religious, dishonest, tardy, or irreverent patterns persisting despite time.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union item notes only six of thirty-one presidents were under fifty at inauguration Park Pierce Grant Garfield Cleveland Roosevelt the youngest at forty two Harrison oldest at sixty eight who died after a month Buchanan sixty five who served one term Adams lived longest as ex presidents reaching ninety years.
Abner Monday, aged fifty three, has a lengthy run of arrests recorded at the Hollywood police station. The blotter shows he has been taken into custody 17 times on Mondays, all linked to drunkenness. The repeated pattern underscores a blue Monday in his life.
A cat riding on the rear seat of a car caused a collision in West Newton. Jasper Yes of Collinsburg, the driver, turned to see the meowing animal and the machine struck a telephone pole. The cat was injured.
A pairing of black crepe lounging pajama coat and long tie features green as the dominant color in a delightfully informal and very comfortable design.
Constipation may easily become chronic after forty and cause attacks of diseases including Diles. Watch bowels at any age, especially after forty. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsta claims to relieve constipation safely for all ages with gentle action. Big bottles at drugstores.
A brief note notes a father's reflection on family traits drawing from his son. The speaker observes his son's eyes resemble his own, the nose mirrors his wife, and suggests the voice may come from the child’s mother. The fragment hints at kinship and resemblance within a household.
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