08 Mar 1929
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
1
A long survey recounts Hoover era politics and postwar policy. It notes inaugural events, cabinet aims, and fiscal plans, including a push for waste reduction, federal reorganization, and immigration questions. Also covered are shipping contracts, aviation accidents, and international debt talks with Germany and France.
San Antonio once a hub of Mexican revolutionary plans and exile politics has faded. Businessmen shift to growth and refugees are met with suspicion as Mexican youngsters grow into Americans and return to normal life in Texas. Many exiles relocate to New York and California, leaving the city’s revolutionary past behind.
James Adams of Wise, Virginia, who studies geology, acquired English papers containing an Instrument with a preserved signature claiming to be Captain John Smith. The faded parchment bears the date March 16, 1617, in the fifteenth year of King James I, marking Smith’s supposed witness signature during his stay in England for treatment of his brothers.
In White Plains New York Golf is alleged as a cause of the estrangement of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Parker Delana. One counsel, during preliminary proceedings, said the wife sued for separation because the husband wished to be on the links all day and forget Nis. They have been married yet.
Paris reports a postwar shift in jewelry style as modern art influences dominate. Big clear stones move to platinum settings with geometric shapes and cubist-inspired surfaces, replacing ornate fligreed pieces. The 1923 Exposition of Decorative Arts spurred the change, with Citane bracelets and bold forms reflecting rapid modern life and tech.
The Scottish piper Private Macintosh, attached to the royal household, played daily at 8 to 8:30 while King George lay ill. Disturbance from bagpipes led to a halt until a brighter day. Queen Victoria started the custom, later continued by King George and King Edward VII.
An eighty-year-old woman in Charlottesville Virginia has spent her life within the almshouse system. She has never read or written, never traveled beyond the County home near Waynesboro, and memories of her parents are lost to archival records. The District home is described as finer, and she appears content in her limited world.
The Pennsylvania game commission reports 25,007 deer were killed in the open season last year, a total below early projections. The plan aimed to reduce the deer herd to match natural food supply, but faced renewed criticism echoing debates from 130 years ago about controlling populations.
An old advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world, asserting that every woman who has used it knows this claim to be true.
Plans to reclaim vast peat lands in Scotland are being pursued with optimism despite prior costly failures. Proponents say the current scheme promises substantial provincial gain if undertaken, asserting previous efforts failed only due to obstacles now solvable.
Brown jokes about income tax sparking crabby reaction. Phinnie wrote many tax jokes and earned substantial income, triggering tax payments himself.
A satirical note on marriage and gender roles references Ganna men as fools to marry and questions women’s options. Pathfinder commentary notes the pastor’s view that hope for the choir may be slim, reflecting social tensions of church life.
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