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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1929
Page
2
The text notes a surge in baby chick hatcheries across the state causing egg scarcity and prices above seasonal norms. It highlights industrial growth, shifts from kerosene to electric incubators, automatic egg turners, and a move by farmers to buy baby chicks rather than set eggs under hens. It ends with a mention of Uncle Sam.
Report describes streams of one million baby chicks dispatched by parcel post, moving through snail mail logistics with assurances of full safety and careful handling during transit. Details emphasize scale and confidence in distribution methods.
Mount Vernon man James W. McCutcheon reports Edwin R. Talley sold patent rights to an imitation rubber formula to M. Binnie and investors from Ottumwa for 25 000. The imitator allegedly tests well and supposedly lasts longer than genuine rubber.
John Vander Poel, proprietor of Sand and Grave, delivers a notice about the Acme Dray Line emphasizing teamwork and service.
Advertisers describe a private residence and aristocratic estate built with certified lumber southern pine and brick. The home features cork insulation quiet heating system lasting interiors period furniture genuine linoleum and radios with installment plans.
John W. Coverdale former secretary federation spoke at Cedar Rapids meeting of the Iowa Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries. He urged moving from shipping raw materials across long distances to building factories in Iowa to process and finish goods for the home market and export. He argued this would raise the population, expand the home market, reduce handling costs, and nearly double Iowa crop and livestock value.
In Centerville Appanoose county J M Becks advocates more dairy farms to supply milk and cream for new dairies. He notes dairies have been established and are shipping cream from as far as Texas, arguing dairying by farmers would benefit Iowa greatly.
A Kansas City Times tribute catalogs types of troublesome telephone callers. It lists the habitual wrong numbers, long-winded analyses, loud hangups, operator pranks, late night calls, and abrupt departures, painting a humorous portrait of Callers who disrupt the line.
A newly placed African Gold coast monkey at the London zoo shows a tail of unusual length and vulnerability. The creature’s weak tail circulation falters in cold weather, often wilting. tails are sometimes eaten by similar species. The animal arrived via Dover carried by Mr Woodward of Sekondi’s Medical Research Institute.
Fifteen families from Nulato and nearby villages gathered at Kevuruk Alaska to erect houses over graves of those who died in the past year. The custom features richly colored mausoleums with windows floors and tubes. Food and drink are renewed annually during the Decoration Day observance as the Western Alaskan Native tradition protects departed spirits with unique methods.
At a natural science congress in England, Prof Weygandt argued the whale alone holds the claim to the largest brain, noting the largest whale caught had a brain weighing 7,000 grams. He contrasted this with human brain weights of about 1,280 to 1,480 grams for males and 1,140 to 1,340 for females.
A reflective piece extols the home as a precious, fragrance-filled vessel for sacred memories and hopes. It notes that childhood homes, whether cottage hillsides or city residences, become woven romances that draw life’s journeys back with wistful regret.
A Devon legend says a booming drum signals danger to England and awakens the people. Known as Drake's drum, it is said Admiral Drake is stirring the nation, though no real drum exists. After World War I began many claimed to hear it on August 4, 1914.
A recent survey finds London school children still wear charms against evils. Blue beads are worn to ward off colds and forty percent of youngsters are addicted to amulets of various origins.
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