27 Jul 1928
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1928
Page
1
An old style ad touts Pexel as a tasteless colorless jelly aid that ensures firm gelatin when cooled. It claims no risk of failures, lower cost, and savings on sugar flavor and fuel, offering a recipe booklet and tables with each package from The Pexel Company in Chicago.
A reflection notes that public scorn fails to affect a man who shows no concern for society. The comment emphasizes apathy over social judgment and suggests personal indifference shields him from reputational harm.
The Kansas Supreme Court upholds no act of legislature banning signs except official markers and advertising signs within 300 feet of road intersections or railroad crossings. The piece argues for roadside beautification through tree planting, citing Connecticut and Maryland examples and praising leafy canopies for safer, pleasant driving and urban contrast.
A guide to fire resistant building design discusses using concrete foundations with waterproofing, a two story block or hollow tile wall, reinforced with steel at key points, and a roof of light steel shapes with gypsum concrete and slate roofing. Steel windows and metal or laminated doors with pressed metal casings are recommended, along with waterproofing checks for exterior cinder blocks and a forced inside wall construction to prevent future issues.
A Rushville Republican front reflects on people who always plan yet never act. They drift through life with flimsy excuses, lacking true friends or enemies because they inspire neither. The piece urges them to buckle down and start something.
Viewing it practically, well kept property with neat lawns and thoughtful planting is more valuable than neglect. If citizens resist efforts for neatness, they should hear that greater care increases a home’s value as an investment.
Informal plantings often favor pyramidal forms for house framing. Desirable choices include giuka, European Irrch, and cercidiphyllum. On small lots, dwarf downering trees like cherry, peach, magnolia, or crabapple are also popular.
A reflective verse contrasts grass and sky with human vanity. It laments forgetfulness of life’s value despite geographic and social variety and notes pride and selfishness among people remembered by the McClure Rest Syndicate.
A fragment from a 1028 Western Bible page mixes poetic lines about roads with multiple recipe instructions. It lists Chicken Gumbo with onion butter stock okra and seasonings, Tomato Soup with tomatoes spices and soda, Potatoes Au Gratin with cheese white sauce and crumbs, and Fruit Cream dessert using gelatin, milk sugar lemon juice eggs cream prunes figs and almonds.
Springfield Massachusetts holds the record for trees, boasting more shade trees per capita than any other American city. The thriving movement could shift donors, yet the pioneer commonwealth remains the finest in tree coverage.
A brief note on a superstition where a girl glances at the new moon over her right shoulder to glimpse her future husband before the full moon wanes. The broadcast cites a McClure Newspaper Syndicate source and frames the ritual as a folk belief.
The piece explains the belief that initials spelling a four word outcome predict wealth. Tracing nomancy from ancient Rome to modern superstition, it notes rules once used by Romans and how initials linking to riches arose. It cites the emperor Valens and Theodosius as ancient examples.
The South Pole is colder than the North Pole because it lies near the center of a large continent and at higher elevation. This geography and altitude explain the lower temperatures observed at the South Pole.
Washington eggs reports describe a motorist with a leaking radiator. With no other resources, the driver poured fresh eggs into the radiator. The water allegedly grew hot enough to congeal the eggs and seal the leak.
A reflective essay on social judgment and the habit of weighing others' worth. It warns that collective scrutiny distorts character and can harm souls, urging restraint before condemning a fellow human's frailties.
An early Chicago Herald excerpt cites the phrase his nibs, used to mock a figure described as Albert Hawkins in a bearskin cape, driving “seal browns.” Tim Campbell of New York popularized the line, framing the subject as “the great man himself.”
Castoria is described as soothing for babies and older children. It claims to calm fretfulness, ease constipation and stomach pains, and to be safe and vegetable based. The ad urges keeping an extra bottle for emergencies and cites doctors’ approval.
The Dayton News notes salmon runs in Alaska surpass gold mines in value, with 1926 exports at 49 million dollars versus mineral production of 17.7 million. A normal year around 1927 yields about 27 million. The piece contrasts nature's beauty with mineral wealth and ends by praising the salmon’s spectacle.
American author Robert J Casey reports finding ancient city ruins in Siam. He claims to be the first white man to see a city once home to about a million Khmers from the fifth to eleventh centuries. Dense jungle and a crocodile-filled moat hid the site. Casey cites French archaeology records as lacking details.
A campaign exchange questions the scale of porch additions as the architect disputes the need. The confrontation suggests design choices intersect with political considerations and public opinion.
Fragmentary text appears to reflect an old quotation about a first visit to Chicago and a remark about four motor lorries. The readable lines mix a question and a citation with a Montaigne quote praising the past and blaming the present. The fragment lacks clear attribution or full context.
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