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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1930
Page
5
Ford Motor Company shows enclosed cab and open cab models with black rubber wrap, four speed front drive, power takeoff option, and various body options including pickup, deluxe delivery, panel, and station wagon. Smaller wheels with larger tires mirror new Ford passenger cars.
Notarized statement filed in April 1930 listing A L Halsvad as publisher and owner of the Rock Valley Bee Rock Valley Iowa. It notes no bondholders or other security holders owning 1 percent or more. Sworn before Corie Rozeboom on April 14 1930 with commission to July 4 1933.
The article traces an early Scottish submarine concept by Scot Saw Possibilities of Under-Water Craft. It notes attempts on land, a pamphlet from Edinburgh dated June 7, and how the inventor spoke of devices of underwater progress, though no successful trials or adoption followed. The piece reflects on why the plan never materialized and its impact on the Firth of Forth.
Capt. John Lee Maddox notes American women gained prominence in medicine yet faced legal barriers. In 1688 Massachusetts threatened Jane Hawkins with deportation for practicing, and around 1750 a Boston physician praised legislation excluding women from medicine and obstetrics, praising medical education reform that barred female practitioners.
Miss Shirler Moor, Yale Law School’s first woman graduate, surveys modern girls as two young women at a country club terrace discuss a masquerade ball. They wear riding outfits, smoke long amber cigarettes, and joke about going as girls.
A Manchester Guardian columnist notes that silver once held greater value than gold in the Bronze Age and cites Agatharcides from the second century BC who claimed ten ounces of silver equaled one ounce of gold, a reversal supported by archaeology.
P B Cole of the New York World recounts a freshwater pond near the Tombs with a central pictorial island. A small outlet fed a stream to the East River near James Street, enabling canoe travel for fishing. An inlet lay where Broad Street now runs, and a high hill at Grand Street and Broadway offered wide views.
In a quirky tale a landlord visits a house to collect rent but encounters an irate tenant demanding a new front door. The tenant explains a dog was tied to the knob and a cat’s pass by left them with no door at all, a mishap that transformed a normal inspection into a humorous crisis.
The Great East Indian firm Tati Sons, Ltd founded by Jamsetji Tata, a Parsi industrial pioneer, is headquartered in Bombay. Its undertakings total an estimated capital of $250,000,000 and provide employment for about 250,000 people.
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