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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
2
The first auction sale of baby chicks in this county took place at Pulaski in Davis county. About 6,000 chicks were bid to the highest bidder, with losses from 25 to 100. An estimated 3,000 people attended and over 800 automobiles crowded the hatchery area, signaling a lasting chick industry trend.
A severe storm blows a bay window from a residence and kills livestock. Sixteen Holstein cattle on the State Hospital farm, Independence area, were struck by lightning while huddled in a fence corner, killing them. A house cat also perished.
The German Lutheran denomination in Waverly reports to aid an orphanage serving homeless children. Superintendent J. F. Dilges notes 95 children under care last year with 19 admissions and 19 return to relatives. Two girls left who were of age, a boy on a farm disappeared, one child placed for adoption, and 63 in the Home with 7 boys working away. Of 70 present, 41 are boys and 2 are girls, with 50 under sixteen attending school.
Conncourse association sends pigeons to Ames three times yearly to race back to Chicago. In the recent event 3,000 pigeons from 109 coops were freed, requiring an express car to Ames. A $2,000 purse awaited the first bird home. Corbin’s Corning field hosted the race prep, as neighbors rally to support Kenneth Corbin, a youth farmer facing tragedy after his father’s death.
In 1923 the Hospitality Club of Storm Lake conceived inviting all members of the legislature and state officials to be guests of the day with a fish fry and other entertainments. The success of the first effort led to a repeat in 1924 with even greater success, and another program was planned for the date.
June ELCG Foster, secretary of the Hospitality Club, states invitations will go to lawmakers, state department heads, press representatives, and Supreme Court members among others. At the State Hospital in Cherokee, flowers and plants aid mental comfort in wards. the greenhouse provides 7,000 carnations, 7,000 zinnias, 4,000 peonies, 800 phlox, 4,000 potted plants, and cut flowers totaling $3,562.
In Oskaloosa the Quaker college prepares for graduation day with speech amplifiers planned for the Chautauqua and a June 12 address by Herbert Hoover from the President’s cabinet to a 10,000 audience. Hoover, born in Cedar County, Iowa, travels from Washington for the event.
Wright county mourns the death of W A Davidson inventor of a ventilation fan used in many wines and tunnels worldwide and aboard U S battleships submarines and government buildings in Washington Blackhawk county roads may be black painted to mark centers at five dollars thirty five cents per mile across a fifty mile stretch funded by the county and carried out by the Town Highway Camp. Wa Young of Corydon Wayne county serves as court house janitor and wolf killer with roughly seven to eight hundred cubs killed over twenty years and wolves scarce around the courthouse as old settlers note more wolves now than when Iowa was first settled.
Regular physician and surgeon Dr. Doran travels to important towns offering free consultations. He claims to treat stomach, liver, bowels, nerves, heart, kidneys, and various ailments without surgery for chronic conditions. Married women must be accompanied by husbands. consultation is free. Address: 336 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn.
Only 36,725 applications for federal adjusted compensation have been filed in Iowa according to the U S Veterans Home. The figure suggests nearly two thirds of Iowa's service men have not applied. Washington reports almost 2,000,000 total applications, with only sixty four veterans declining. The filing deadline is January 1 1928.
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