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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
18
Market note indicates shipping livestock at one percent fee. Mentions Bay and Mai Walpole. Provides brief pricing cue without concrete figures or dates. Shows a small commerce item typical of a local market brief with minimal detail.
Seb Eien reports a brief local note about Mr We and friends gathering here for an informal visit. The short item notes community chatter and a casual meetup among residents.
Miscellaneous news items from Rock Valley and vicinity include visits by Ed Dierks and S John Kurvink, auctions announced by Mrs. A. Ykeme, and sales by Greiner Bros. Local farming ads offer repairs, harness, and hay dippin g services. Marriage of Franz Uinink and Cortrude Vande Weerd noted, with planned reception. Upcoming exams, farm job ads, and shipping notices round out a bustling community page.
Friday January 23 features Shannon Qualet performing songs from classical, popular and jazz repertoires at the Orpheum. Samuel Kennedy Jr of Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, has shipped 110 carloads of produce from his 200 acre farm and plans 25 more cars. He grows 60 acres potatoes 30 acres cabbage 20 acres sugar beets and runs remaining acreage as general farming. Veterinarians say the disease on Nephews and Aye farms in Cedar County was not foot and mouth after all, affecting cattle and some horses but not spreading widely. TA Richardson opposite a hogless Cass County farm discusses hog feeding and tankage impacts on hens and chicks.
A historic bell once used at Cedar Falls area schools was carried through transitions from Cedar Pulls to a public festival and then to Humbert and Jefferson ward schools. Weighing about 500 pounds, the bell stood 20 inches at the mouth, rising to 20 feet in height, and is noted as among Iowa’s first forward bells. The piece marks seven decades of community education development and school growth.
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