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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
7
A historical notice describes deafness as a stealthy aging condition and stresses early intervention before ossicles and nerves deteriorate. It cites cases from five to twenty-one years ago where patients retain hearing well with timely treatment.
Iowa items relate to war stamp premiums at Southwestern fairs a Sac City boy Bayard Fuller shot at Jefferson Barracks and deemed mentally unbalanced by specialists. antitea and sociables deemed unpatriotic. grain storage urged by food officials and Hoover letter on milling. Iowa physicians shortage noted. a rail crash near Arion-Denison kills engineer George Thompson. 100000 women subscribe to liberty bonds totaling 14656265. Cedar Falls Teachers College 1917-18 enrollment and war fund contributions exceed 10000. Auto registrations rise. power plant engineer George Hedges dies from steam burns. 61 service men head to Vancouver in aeronautical branch. Plymouth county praised for war savings stamps sales with 79 percent raised.
Gen Fred Grant invited Mark Twain to lecture for the Robert Fulton Monument association at $1,000. Twain declined payment, citing joy of talking and desire to instruct about Fulton. He pondered historical gems, asking about Fulton and his links to Signers of the Declaration and Paul Jones, then offered to establish them himself.
An international correspondent describes lake villages built on timber piles sunk into lake beds. A Constance site used 50,000 piles to form a 15 000 by 400 foot parallelogram housing hundreds. Platforms supported wattle huts with hearthstones, clay bonding, and shore links via a causeway and drawbridges.
Unusual animal bond stories arise as a cat and a female fox terrier swap their newborn litters. The cat rears the pups while the dog raises the kittens, a mutual exchange that proved satisfactory as both litters reached the weanable stage. No clear explanation emerges for this abnormal conduct.
Local committee reserves six days of seating at 66 cents including war tax cushions provided. Seats face platform in tent center and can be reserved at Corner Drug Store. Committee chairs oversee decorations ushers grounds order seating lights tickets and overall event organization.
The Woman's Committee of the National Defense establishes the Child's Welfare League to examine all children under five, aiming to save 100000 lives this year. Doctors Bradshaw Huizenga and Lock volunteer, with Mrs Will Thomas assisting. Mrs H M Corwin leads the 18th district drive to register all local children.
Will Dedicate flag Monday Messrs R Klay and EE C Suter arrange forth raising of Rock Valley's new flag at Public Square Monday evening at 7 o'clock weather permitting Music by Town and Country Club Band followed by short address by Rev Colenbrander Let there be a large attendance of loyal citizens present on this occasion.
An old advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts a constitutional remedy, Hall's Catarrh Medicine, to restore mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any cure it cannot achieve, with free testimonials and the Toledo address of the manufacturers.
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