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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1928
Page
2
The Vatican, the world’s oldest court, shifts with democracy. Candles give way to electric bulbs and radiators, quills to typewriters, and audiences become easier to obtain through applications at the American college in Rome or the American embassy.
Dr William Hornaday, noted naturalist, warns that Americas wild birds and animals have fallen to about 2 percent of the 60 years ago stock. Hunters with guns and dogs decimate populations while refuges prove inadequate. Species at risk include woodcock, jacksnipe, golden plover, antelope, California grizzly, wild sheep, mountain goats, turkey, grouse and beaver.
Reports from Rome say Gambusia the mosquito fish thrives in ponds and ditches around the Tiber as it was transported from America to Spain and then Italy. Favorable food and environment, plus few natural enemies, boost its rapid spread along the peninsula and Dalmatian coast.
Insects become torpid as blossoms fade and winter quarters. Social bees and hornets store food in chambers or combs to subsist until spring. solitary species often die, but their larvae survive in burrows or parasitic spots until warmth returns. In warm tropics winter fear is absent.
A northern European tale recounts St Martin emerging from a church on a bleak November day and sharing half his cloak with a shivering beggar. This act gave the season its name and marks a period of milder weather within the usual cold stretch.
James plans to finish his lunch before playing with Helen who is eager to spend all her time with him. His mother guides him to complete his meal first, while Helen’s affection is described as growing stronger as she wants constant company.
Reviewed Amended and Substituted ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Of The State Bank of Rock Valley Iowa details name and business, capital stock 35000, directors, annual meetings, stock certificates, indebtedness, private property exemption, amendments, dissolution with dated signatures and notary. Includes founding directors P D Van Oosterhout C A Walhof Wm Hospers D J Scanlan C Rozeboom and officers.
Eastward schedules list Passenger No 4 to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton and Sioux Flyer No 22 to Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago Wayfreight 98 to Sanborn Southward Sioux Flyer to Canton Lions Falls Mitchell and North Black Hills No connections for Sioux Falls Way Freight schedule. Tickets and baggage check advised for eastbound No.4. Sleeping car reservations possible. The Pioneer Dray Line Steck and Walpole proprietors.
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