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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1932
Page
2
Sule Smith of Chariton shows an old English copper coin minted in 1362, about the size of a half dollar. The piece is very hard with a nick, and has been kept for over 50 years. Mr Smith uses it to test glass though its exact purpose remains unclear.
A Cedar Rapids peddler loaded his wagon with merchandise and set out on his day’s work. On returning, his wagon presented a spectacle as the barter days resumed.
A man arrived with a valley of goods in exchange for cash, offering popcorn pork beef eggs and other farm products. He preferred bartering his wares for market access, hoping to sell the produce later and profit from the 20 cash received.
Q B Davis of Grinnell Iowa is humorously famed as a safe-cracker with years of experience opening burglar-proof safes for three major manufacturers. Local bankers rely on him, while a Madrid Iowa writer recalls 1834 deer-hunt lore along Boone and Moyie rivers.
A column of local recollections notes wide ranging concerns from a railway accident witness to jokes about a hired witness sipping two swallows. It laments hoarding money amid cold March memories of 1932, compares kidnapped Lindberghs and Ohio victims, bemoans media coverage, and hints at a looming kidnapping law. The piece also recalls a river flood, weather shifts, and coal shortages amid community squabbles.
Theiatus Wie Mepa Phigias warns farmers that English starlings will cause major crop trouble in Iowa, urging immediate kill-on-sight action as they spread westward from the east where they are a growing nuisance. Washington County reports two large flocks. no closed season exists and prompt lethal control is advised by the state agriculture department. Leopold of the state game department calls the bird the most damaging to crops known.
Increasing interest in horses shown by attendance at Ames horse meetings during Farm and Home week. Common farm horses selling 15 to 20 dollars higher than a year ago, good farm type animals at par with a year or 90 days ago. Morse Association’s Dinsmore urged farmers to buy promising stallion colts aged three. Horses costly yet cheaper to produce now, offering income and profit to farmers with several stock each spring.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture conducts an annual seed checkup. Inspectors sample seed lots, record labels, and forward samples to the state chemist for analysis. Impure seeds or mislabeling lead to steps to prevent sale. Each bag must show variety purity germination and any noxious weeds.
Bloomfield Iowa students advocate an economy move by wearing overalls, wiewalls and cotton stockings to beat high prices for pressed trousers and silk hose. Some instructors support the plan, cheering denim and cotton garments as an economy measure in a quirky student-led fashion shift.
A federal case filed in Davenport by a Washington county couple accuses Natural Gas Pipe Line Co of America of a 2900 dollar nuisance from a leaking valve within 200 feet of their home. Plaintiffs allege gas affecting health and crops. seeks damages and abatement.
Paving along a 19 mile stretch from Grundy Center to Marshalltown will cost about 20 cents per square yard less this year due to lower material and labor costs. A Kansas City firm won the bid at $1.09 per square yard. last year the contract was $2.02, averaging under $20,000 per mile this year versus over $24,000 last year. A window in Summer Iowa shattered mysteriously, with panes breaking similarly in the same building.
Sioux County students excel in memory contests and reading programs. Eight of nine fourth to eighth graders scored above 95 percent in a memory contest linked to the Bicentennial effort. Third graders excelled in an oral memory contest with Cagey Van Zanten achieving 100 percent and first prize. Attentive attendance lists praise for multiple districts, with notable participation from Miss Gladys Benson of Hawarden and teachers across Districts No. 2, 4, and 6. Sioux County schools won top honors in a sectional basketball tournament, Hawarden High first in Class A and Boyden High first in Class B, with close games throughout.
A Waverly Iowa youth attempting a sled hitch to a passing car suffered injuries from exhaust exposure. The incident highlights the dangers of the old fashioned ride-hitch sport as the boy rode behind the auto, phasing in a risky thrill.
In April a Decorah resident planted three hackberry trees in the yard as a memorial to President Lincoln, who had been assassinated days earlier. The memorial tree stands over 100 feet high and three feet thick at the base, with Decorah residents recalling the planting.
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