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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
6
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Justice Lanning of Inwood consulted with Judge Murphy on a legal question in town Wednesday. Atty PLD Van Oosterhout of Orange City visited Rock Valley Saturday. Paul Ketels of Sioux City checked in Tuesday on Rock Valley Milling Co. Abs F Windsor of Fairfax arrived Tuesday, staying with the Fitzgeralds. Mr and Mrs J A Huizenga left Monday for Waterloo and Dubuque for a bankers convention. Oestreich, Gunderts clothing man, briefly disappeared Tuesday and reappeared Wednesday morning. A wind storm toppled a top light on the flag pole Tuesday. Elden Rounds repaired it Thursday, joking about the Sioux City “human fly” feat from a year ago.
An advertisement proclaims Ghatabérlains Tablets as a wonder with praise from Tress and Richmond, noting digestive relief for constipation. The copy includes stray marks and unclear attribution, reflecting a fragmented late 19th or early 20th century ad style.
Rock Valley Cement Block and Tile Co. offers cement blocks of all designs including silo and supply tank blocks. Manager Arie Gaalswyk invites customers who are ready to build to inspect the stock and choose from the cement block line for their projects.
A crowded page of notices and ads from Rock Valley includes bakery and clothing promotions, livestock for sale, farm land transfers, furlough news from Camp Dodge, personnel changes at hotels and mills, lost items, and community announcements. Mentions include Rieley Bros, The Fair Store, Rock Valley Lumber Co, Mat Walpole place, and Rock Valley Milling Co with plans to grind corn flour.
The Gas Defense Service now makes about 5000 horse gas masks daily. Masks are sent to France and soon every horse linked to the American Expeditionary Forces will be equipped. A fully equipped factory exists, and within three weeks a building was chosen and production began.
Iowa readers learn Berlin town changes name to Lincoln and notices sent to Washington about the change. Sioux County supervisors reject all bids for road work near Rock Valley and Hawarden as too high with only two bids at 41 and 39 cents per yard. more bids to come later.
The article notes that salmon face a wide array of predators from ocean to river life. Mature salmon fall to man, bear, birds, seals, sea lions, while eggs and young are eaten by trout, ducks, larger fish, and other species. Despite heavy predation, salmon populations have persisted over ages, maintaining balance in numbers.
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