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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
14
The article discusses subterranean life forms that develop without sunlight, noting few typical animal types, with adaptations such as pale or transparent skin, reduced or absent eyes, enlarged hearing and smell, and specialized hairs. It mentions grottoes with underground rivers hosting richer life and ancient remains found in caverns.
In Bremer county near Waverly Joseph P F Grawe reports a farmer uses a machine shock on his farm to feed pheasants during winter. Members of an Frank Walton league committee feeding pheasants found they occasionally come out to feed with the chicks and stay near the farm yard.
Snowy conditions earlier raised fears of ice shortages, but producers report abundant harvests. At Waverly the Chicago Great Western fed ice supply with hundreds of tons distributed along the line. Burlington yielded twelve million pounds with 120 workers over two weeks. Shippers report ongoing work and steady output from northern Iowa lakes.
H A Grantham announces De Witt Observer printed on cornstalk paper, the first weekly in the world to use pulp from corn stalks. mills in Kalamazoo and Danville produce wallboard rayon. St Joseph and another plant also claim profits. Iowa towns eye new industries amid corn stalk supply. Belle Plaine plans a plant. Clinton County cited as busy rural crossroads.
Milton resident N E Gurnsey recounts a flag that flew over the Washington Capitol dome now owned by Milton School. George Gnah, former Milton boy and captain of the capital police, secured and presented the flag to his boyhood school. Wool bunting with stripes about ten inches wide shows wear from breezes.
Miss Mary Hill, private secretary to O B Miller of Rock Rapids for 11 years while he treasurer of the general conference fund, leaves for Chicago to serve C Grant Markham as assistant treasurer at the Methodist book concern. MM Fitch of Manson succeeds Q P Miller as treasurer until the next conference session.
A discussion of prejudice against selling dogs and the biblical debate over dogs as unclean. Some readers view dog flesh or sale as sinful while others argue the term may refer to a person rather than an animal. The piece cites Deuteronomy 28 18 and notes Palestine’s contempt for dogs.
The article traces the Medici family crest to a pawn broker sign of three globes. It recalls Averado di Medici, Charlemagne’s commander, who slew the giant Mugello and kept a club with three iron balls. It links later Medici activity to lending and rumored poisoning.
The Farm Journal notes that wealth is measured by local standards beyond gold and silver. Porpoise teeth in the South Seas signal wealth, Yap uses cartwheel stones, beads and shells serve as money in the East Indies and Africa, and fishhooks function as exchange in polar fishing economies.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune describes Siamese money and weights such as 100 gatang per baht, with the baht valued at 0.68587 grams of gold. It details units like chang, haph, fuang, salung and various minor measures, noting the trial money unit is now out of use.
Paethfinder Magazine discusses how experts label groups of ideas and feelings as complexes. It notes conquest, inferiority, and superiority complexes as common terms. The piece reflects on how these states are described and often linked to repression.
This excerpt defines height of land as a watershed or divide between basins where streams flow in opposite directions. It notes Minnesota has small lakes near this divide and rivers sending waters toward the Red River and beyond.
Public notice from The Pioneer Dray Line in Doon highlights community cooperation and service details. Richard Sneller, owner. Jake VandeWeerd, manager. contact information provided for storage and hauling inquiries.
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