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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1931
Page
4
An Australian digger story recounts a storekeeper trying to force sales of nails with staple goods. Diggers protested, weighed nails, paid full price, and dumped them, posting No more nails to halt the swindle.
The Highlands stretch across northern Scotland with no strict political boundary and include most highland counties and the Hebrides while excluding Orkney and Shetland. The text notes Norse origins exclude those isles and describes wide Celtic language retention and a proposed geographic extent from Nairn to Dumbarton. It then shifts to ancient sites, describing a Neolithic camp on Tron Gle Hill near Goodwood racecourse and a notable flint-marked fire-making ridge. A separate note covers Charleston Sugar House, the old workhouse for enslaved people and detainees, detailing its administration and destruction in 186L.
The article explains deer and elk antlers shed annually from January to March with new growth starting afterward. It notes a four month cycle to full growth, roots exposed briefly, and growth rates of about one third of an inch per day once started.
An eccentric beggar claiming holy status traverses Peiping streets for 23 years. He wears a cheek-skewer and carries two large wooden gongs called Buddha's Ear. He deafens a native home to demand coins, moving on only after receiving adequate funds.
The mildest winter in a century, 1877-78, records show Iowa's statewide average temperature for December through February at 32.2 degrees, 10.5 degrees above normal. Subsequent mild winters include 1881-82 at 30.2 degrees, with 1930-31 nearing that level though Des Moines averaged 31.9 degrees. The 1930-31 winter is the driest on record in 58 winters, with 1.32 inches total precipitation, and February 1931 stands as the driest February except for 1887.
Efforts to shift permit authority for dance halls and road houses from township trustees to boards of supervisors failed. Proponents argued trustees are closer to local conditions, and the notion prevailed.
The notice outlines Eastway passenger and freight schedules with runs on Tuesday Thursday and Friday. Times listed include passenger No 11 at 7 30 A M and No 3 at 3 40 PM for Black Hills. Freight Nos 97 at 12 45 PM and 61 at 9 50 PM are noted with daily operation unless otherwise marked. Passengers are advised to take No 3 for Black Hills and east, No 11 or 8 for Lions Falls and Mitchell, No 22 for Milwaukee Chicago and east, and No 4 Local to Mason City. Reservations and sleeping car bookings require early phone contact with agent C W Jacobs.
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