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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
6
Edward W. Pickard notes the census kickoff with new questions on home ownership unemployment and radio ownership. Prohibition discussion stalls amid tariff action as lawmakers clash over enforcement and a united front for or against the eighteenth amendment.
The street railway firm offers to donate its Missouri River bridge to Omaha and Council Bluffs with no cost or taxes, on condition they refrain from building a closer municipal bridge for six and a half years. The proposal follows years of talks on free bridges, with bond votes and court rulings shaping the fate of municipal ownership.
Brest France United States Navy memorial to World War I is under construction overlooking the Atlantic. The granite tower will be 40 meters high on a star adorned base with an anchor. Completion expected within 18 months with public stair access for views over Brest and the sea.
Glendive Montana report says three pioneer soldiers killed in early Indian skirmishes will be exhumed and reburied with markers. The local American Legion post has requested the War Department identify the soldiers and locate their graves, believed in Yellowstone valley three miles south of Glendive.
A forty-year-old horse owned by Dr. Eugene Shurtleff of Boston died in Westfield after years on a specially prepared diet due to tooth loss. In its youth the animal carried the doctor from the rail station to his summer home in Blandford.
A humorous column sketches vivid New York scenes and figures from street vendors to bootblacks, hotel guests, and a noisy sleeper at a theater. Characters include Charley the soda hustler, bootblack Tony on Canal Street, a pompous hotel guest with a pajama gaffe, and a loud theater sleeper.
Sleep tests at Colgate University led by Dr. Donald A. Laird show there is no full catch‑up sleep after a sleepless night. The findings indicate that extending sleep beyond normal patterns cannot completely compensate for lost rest.
In Windsor North Carolina the town of Snake Bite in Bertie county has 2000 residents. It is noted that one out of every 133 people in the area is over eighty years old.
The medical staff of the national health insurance committee estimates the average man’s body contains chemicals worth about 125. Fat could yield seven bars of soap, sugar fills a shaker, lime whitewashes a chicken coop, phosphorus makes 2200 matches, magnesium was a dose of salts, potash could explode a toy cannon, and sulphur could rid a dog of fleas.
In a bizarre Douglas promotion, a May 7 expedition invites amateur or professional “Injin fighters” to join a Mexican army volunteer unit against Apaches in the Sierra Madre. About 140 Douglas businessmen back the plan. officials foresee 75 to 100 outsiders and 20 locals enlisting, with a 30 day campaign and daily pay for fighters.
Yakima Washington report describes on reservation horses that roam freely and forage from freight cars at Parker Beach Ashoe and White Swan. The horses, skilled at stealing baled alfalfa potatoes and wheat, wait for wagons to depart then stretch into cars and pull out feed before fleeing with their prizes.
In Ocracoke North Carolina two hammerhead sharks were found ashore after strong seas in the last week. Their unusual shape drew much attention as hammerhead species are rare to wash up along the surf and near the inlet.
The senate appropriations committee recommends an extra 62000 to run the senate office building to banish cockroaches and keep the building clean. Senator Keyes of New Hampshire complains the roaches have eaten the bindings of his books.
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