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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
3
Investigators probe the power of the New York zoo electric eel after keepers report sledge hammer like shocks. Earlier tests failed due to insensitive apparatus and a German professor reportedly produced a momentary dazzling flash by wiring the current to bulbs.
Fourteen year old Carl Johnson of Kalamazoo Michigan rescued his seven year old brother from drowning after falling through a pond ice. Carl plunged into frigid water and pulled the boy to safety then brought him home to recover. An honor medal application has been filed with the national court of honor by the local council.
A contract to plant 10 000 trees on the Montreal Quebec highway was awarded to a Pollette nursery by the provincial highways department. Half of the trees will be planted this spring and half next fall. This adds to 2 000 trees planted by lands and forest department for the roads department. A total of 200 000 plants will be needed to improve scenery on western province highways.
Noise That Annoys Not Liege centers a Bel gian artisan hobby of cock crowing. Special roosters compete in close ranges to spark rivalry, with markers tallying crows. Matches typically run about an hour, highlighting a niche sport with local passion.
A stormy wind drove swarms of bees to the South West lighthouse off New Haven Connecticut. The dense swarm covered the beacon lens and obscured the guiding light for mariners in Long Island Sound. Eyewitnesses describe the scene as remarkable and warn that actions will reveal the bees' impact.
An old health advertisement cites Life Tables to urge readers to quit caffeinated coffee after age 31. It promotes Postum as a caffeine free hot drink made from roasted whole wheat and bran and offers a free week’s supply with directions from Carrie Blanchard.
The American Automobile Association president Thomas P. Henry urges smaller cities to widen and connect arterial streets now to handle current and future motor vehicle traffic. He says many towns were planned before cars and must anticipate future growth to save lives and avoid prohibitive costs later.
The industrial division of the National Association of Real Estate Boards launches a campaign to tidy city back yards visible from railroad rights of way. Industrial railroad commissions will cooperate with industrial realtors to improve the right of way outlook and help travelers identify towns encountered along routes. Joseph Kramer of Deyton Ohio chairs the committee developing intercity industrial real estate exchange and district development.
The Colorado Springs Automobile Club aims to replace motor route billboards with trees to beautify scenery. After threats to remove unlawful signs, many owners gave in and the club uprooted or removed several signs at Ute Pass. The club ordered 10 000 pine seedlings for nurseries and later transplanting along main approaches to Colorado Springs, winning support and cooperation.
Twenty of the forty eight states record increased home ownership from 1900 to 1920. North Dakota Wisconsin South Dakota Idaho Minnesota Montana Utah Maine New Mexico Michigan lead the list. Maine is the only eastern state among the top ten with Wisconsin and Michigan from the middle west.
Department of Interior investigators at the Pittsburgh experiment station report that resting bodies cannot endure sustained heat above 90 degrees Fahrenheit in 100 percent humidity. Heavier subjects lose more weight yet endure longer. ice water restores weight quickly.
Joaquin Maris Argamasilla, a Spaniard now in the United States, says he can see through certain metals. A photograph shows him telling the time from a watch through its casing to observers, a feat he described amid contention about the trick.
Jonesville students ban face powders and lipsticks in school as Hillsdale girls lead the move.
Washington reports that weather forecasts and bureau data have wide commercial value. Examples include umbrella stock planning by predictors of rain, sheep purchases timed to spring weather, roof design for snow loads, and legal cases using weather records to explain losses or damages.
The home department reports average Japanese laborers earn 1.65 yen per day, about 78 cents in US currency, with men averaging 1.79 yen and women 0.88 yen. The typical workday is ten hours and twenty-six minutes.
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