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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1930
Page
6
An Ohio nursery with extensive land grows profitable holiday trees including Norway Spruce. The operation uses seeds and seedlings raised in beds with careful spacing and planting practices. The article notes large acreage and high yields in the evergreen industry as tied to annual Christmas demand.
Deteriorated text describes a drowning incident near a university area and a misfit or outcast context. Mentions a dog and water, with references to a heel and long pedigree. Details are garbled and names unclear, offering little verifiable facts or sequence.
John D. Adams of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce projects 1930 spending at about 112 million dollars, dominated by public improvements. Iowa plans 1000 miles of concrete highways costing 33 million, totaling 3,924 miles on the primary system.
A civil war veteran driven project has funded the erection of 111 steel flag poles in rural schools across Mahaska Marion and Keokuk counties. The $12,000 trust, started by GW Schee of Primghar and led by Harriet Crazew of Oskaloosa as vice president, supports flag poles with 35 foot height cement bases and bronze mastheads. The Iowa Sheriff’s Association notes robberies across the state with bandits targeting banks, often in small cities, aided by vehicles and fast escapes. The article also mentions estate tax receipts and distributions in 1929 including the C. Tr. Aeider estate and others, totaling about $95,490 in estate taxes and related figures.
Salvation Army hosts annual Des Moines Christmas program featuring food and clothing aims for the needy. Speakers Brigadier Bo Penfalt Clyde Herring and Charles Mardison shared remarks. Special entertainment by Larry Adams and Charles Agnew. Santa Claus gifts and carol singing highlighted the downtown visit.
W. Oregon Gillette of Fostoria Iowa breeder of champion Holstein cattle recently attended a booster meeting in Clay County Spencer He described showing two fine animals at the Iowa and Nebraska state fairs both animals placed first at each fair but at the Clay county fair one placed third and the other received no prize at all
C. E. Raver of Emburg found no candy to pacify his pet bear, which grew angry and gave chase. He drove it to its den, then shot and killed the eighteen month old animal weighing about 400 pounds.
Henry A Wallace cites Iowa figure Judge Towner once governor of Porto Rico and former congress member now living in Corning. At seventy, he remains keen on politics and tax law revisions amid Iowa and national concerns.
Rev John D Clinton of the M E church in Fayette presents a reproduced history of the Upper Iowa River community from its founding eight decades ago to the present. The exhibit includes pictures and portraits of notable men and women who shaped the area’s development and the early settlers’ thrilling experiences.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the ten mill tax on motor buses imposed by the legislative enactment. The Iowa Motor Vehicle Association appealed to the U S Supreme Court, which sustained the state court action. Several bus firms have withheld the tax pending Washington's decision.
A rural fire protection system is proposed linking outlying farms with the town fire department. An 75 member committee will oversee the service, funded by a property distance based charge. Special equipment will be shared with the city department and a rural telephone link will coordinate fire responses.
A fragmentary Iowa article notes the Capitol sits atop a distinctive geological feature formed by glacial drifts. Professor Charles Keres discusses the viaduct on Cont Avenue south of the state house and claims Capito hil is the youngest of glacial deposits. The piece mentions Wisconsin Avenue and a monument to John Sctt linked to Capitol FBI in the era.
A young Oskaloosa resident Affis Bernice Snider won a national prize in a window decorating contest. She used jade plate glass windows for the display, earning $2,500 plus a $100 honor prize, amid a promotional setup for a toothpaste and toothbrush brand. The win follows her previous success at the International Stock Show in Chicago.
In Des Moines federal court two new bankruptcy filings appeared with clerk N F P Reed. The petition states the Tri County Fair at Perry Dallas county is bankrupt. Debts total 44955.13, largely on notes but including wages and several open accounts. Assets total 15266.90 with none exempt.
The Bergman act, effective January 1, moves the secondary road system from township trustees to the county board of supervisors. All former township road employees now fall under the workers compensation act, reversing a prior Supreme Court ruling. The change likely places about 6,000 men under compensation coverage.
Fragmentary OCR discusses bells signaling various events from war to rejoicing, mentions January 16 1936 and the Tenth Amendment era of Prohibition ending after ten years, and notes religious and social themes around tumult and reform.
Balloons released from Davenport on December 28 carried humidity and temperature instruments. Parachutes would open when at high altitude. Two balloons recovered, one 144 miles southeast and one 112 miles northeast. Expected altitude up to 50,000 feet. Government offers 85 for delivering a parachute to the nearest station. Eight testing points in the United States, including Devonport and Sioux City. Data to be used in aviation guidance.
A man once living in Marathon Town, now a Rhodesian resident, returns home briefly. He joins a missionary program at Iowa State College studying agriculture and teaching methods under the direction of the board of missions, traveling to teach natives in Kea for a year.
The cigarette tax division of the state treasurer’s office placed a requisition for 50,280,000 cigarette stamps at a cost of 904,200 dollars. The supply will last the department until September 1.
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