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Rock Valley Bee

Location

Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1930

Page

4

How to Live Longer by Avoiding Self Tinkering

Public Health Education in Pennsylvania warns against self diagnosis and home remedies. Many people misuse advice and quack products, causing harm. If illness is suspected, seek professional medical guidance and follow physician orders. do not tinker.

United States

Break the Hotel Kitchen A Vacation Food Warning

A 1929 Weathers Newspaper column cautions vacationers against turning eating into a sport. It argues hotel kitchens cannot be broken by overindulgence and urges moderation to enjoy fresh air rest and mental change instead.

Weaters Staton

Nature's Long Process Creates Slate Roof Material

Geologists describe how slate forms from sediment on ocean or lake beds under heat and pressure. The rock becomes fine grained, water resistant, and nearly weatherproof, earning the name eternal rock for roofing use. Further pressure completes the slate transformation.

Nature

Thee Woman's Eyes Thee Woman's Eyes

Lionel, a five year old, disrupts a train card game during a 36 hour journey with no playmates or activities provided by exhausted parents. He faces threats and a slap as his restless energy tests limits, highlighting a child’s handicap from parental neglect of engagement and care.

Lionel Bell Syndicate Iney

Why Civil War Is The Worst Kind Of War

Analysis argues civil conflict is harsher than interstate war. Closest ties amplify bitterness as kinship, lovers, and kinship groups turn from love to hate amid fiery clashes. The piece likens the surge of anger to a head-on car collision, noting pride and shared living worsen outcomes.

DicClare

Dear Editor Letter Warns of Unwanted Photo Capture

A reader complains about ubiquitous cameras and the risk of people enjoying taking photographs. The letter notes fear of losing privacy and social connections as photo obsession grows, citing the rise of self shooting and potential celebrity-like behavior.

A Father's Lord by Douglas Malloch

Poem reflecting a father's changing view of burden and duty. The speaker recalls family, mortgage, plow, and wife, noting that care for children makes hardship meaningful. A meditation on memory, permanence, and the impact of a father's load.

Desserts and Pudding Recipes From Barbara Boursaily

Easy to make desserts using pantry ingredients include a peach and raisin pie a peach mousse mold salmon on toast and a gelatin pudding with a custard sauce. Recipes feature peach mixtures raisin additions lemon juice mushroom and pimento notes and a final vanilla custard.

Steel tape could replace celluloid film in sound reels

A London inventor promotes Blat terphone, a steel tape system for sound reproduction. Electromagnetic control imprints acoustic vibrations onto a steel tape, enabling immediate playback and endless copies. The tape is durable, recording is positive, and a home talking book may soon allow nine hours of continuous listening for literature and music.

London

California Fig Syrup touted as trusted with 50 years use

A Los Angeles mother praises California Fig Syrup for her son Leroy Young saying it cured his constipation and biliousness and helped his stomach and bowels function normally. The ad claims four million bottles yearly and urges buyers to seek the California label to ensure authenticity.

Leroy Young Georgia St Los Angeles Leroy California

Safe Representative Oldfield on Auto Accident Tone

Safe Representative Pearl P. Oldfield decries auto accidents at a Washington dinner. She cites a frightened woman misdialing a call from a grave voice reporting a son’s arrest for joy riding, then remarks on memory and shopping habits.

Pearl P. Oldfield Washington Margaret B. Winslow Mrs. Winslow John Evans Winslow Mrs. Witslow

Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin becomes world’s top laxative

In 1885 Dr Caldwell devised a harmless laxative to treat constipation by addressing its cause. His Syrup Pepsin, a blend of herbs and pure ingredients, gained wide trust for relieving sluggish bowels without gripes. It helped adults and children and became a staple in drugstores worldwide.

Dr. Caldwell

Transferring Game Aids Eastern Forest Population

Deer have been brought from the West to replenish eastern forests but with limited success. Transfers from overstocked areas to places where needed continue where practical. Even heated houses may cost more than coal.

Mrs Walkinshaw Praises Dr Pierce's Medicines In Ad

Mrs F H Waldeshaw of Lincoln Nebraska endorses Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a reliable tonic providing strength and health. She notes family use and recommends it for weak women. Ad invites readers to obtain trials from Dr Pierce's Clinic in Buffalo New York. Sioux City No. 3 1930.

F. H. Waldeshaw Dr. Pierce Buffalo N.Y

Costly Proposition Mrs Tapp

A humorous exchange contrasts farmers needing two men for a scarecrow with the idea of dressing a woman as a scarecrow, highlighting financial constraints and social gender notions in a light anecdotal tone.

Not Sustaining Enough Stray Stories Exchange

A brief dialogue excerpt shows Jack claiming endless kisses and a reply about survival. The exchange questions enduring affection and the character’s plan to live on love while seeking a viable future.

Jack

Home Has More Danger Than Savages of Brazil

Lecturer Jece J. Whitehead returns from eight months in South America researching Col. Fawcett and son, but danger at home proves greater. He praises Najol as a tasteless, colorless health aid that cleanses the body, boosts energy, and aids digestion, claiming it prevents illness and should be used nightly for two weeks.

Brazil South America Fawcett Najol United States

Neon and Air Fact Blurs with Gag Electrics

The Bureau of Standards notes neon is lighter than air with air at a SG of 1.000 and neon at 0.0964. A high voltage gag may require about 400 volts per font plus 400 to glow, depending on tube length and meter readings.

Bureau of Standards

Also Mentioned on This Page

Teter Public Health Educatio State of Pennsylvania Gene Carr Dmcclure Newspaper Syndic By Jean Newton Little Lionels M. B. Thomson Richard Galliburtons Orates Fred Barton Douglas Matloch Douglas Malloch Dr. Chalmers Matisse Stern Jer Tinla Barbara Boursaily Vere A AgSe Ayia Wel Hanford N. Y Sioux City John J. Whitehead
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