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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1926
Page
3
The article surveys strikes and labor actions in Europe, with the United Kingdom discussing conciliation terms and a general strike controversy. It covers air history as Byrd and Amundsen complete polar flights, and political upheavals in Poland Germany and elsewhere, noting new governments and military actions alongside U.S. farm policy debates and rail labor law changes.
Foundation plantings of evergreens often crowd together reducing visual appeal. Plant taller varieties at back and dwarfs in front with upright junipers for variety. Prune regularly as evergreens tolerate trimming. Observe nursery shades from green to bronze and white.
A reflective voice critiques praise of wealth and status, condemning overdone virtue, hypocritical preachers, and public manners. The narrator recalls a rich woman disrupted by crowds, honors gentility, and highlights a mother’s sacrifice in a burglary case, urging honesty as the simplest virtue amid modern vanity.
Watts and All-Year Benefit Homeowners overlook two facts about insulation. It cuts winter fuel bills and also keeps summer heat out. Materials block heat flow through walls roofs and ceilings. Insulation helps prevent warm rooms from losing heat in winter and cool rooms from absorbing heat in summer. Even remodeling can add cooling blankets over rooms that get too warm in hot weather. An exposed attic roof heats living quarters below, making insulation a hot weather proposition too.
The piece laments neglect taxes on properties and estimates repairs lost to neglect at about 31.8 billion annually, a figure emphasizing widespread homeowner carelessness. It argues many owners underestimate the risk of delaying repairs and warns of larger losses than current government taxes.
One hundred seventy eight cities entered 311 playgrounds and athletic fields in a national beautification contest by the Playground and Recreation Association of America. Forty one states and Canada are represented with $5,650 in cash prizes and nursery stock from the Harmon foundation. New York is the largest entrant while Antreville and Coward each list 100 residents. Cities are divided into three population groups, avoiding direct competition between metropolis and villages.
A fragment from David Morton’s poem The Town praising a tree lined town and its simple scenes. It notes homes Atticns, market square, wagons, streets, the Sunday spire and a calm, unnamed greenery that feeds the residents’ hearts.
The roof treatment is the keynote of the house influencing architectural and decorative impact. Whether flat or sloped, roof color handling greatly affects attractiveness, adding or subtracting to the dwelling’s charm.
An old advertisement asserts Bayer Aspirin is proven safe and promotes Green's August Flower as a stomachic remedy used for 60 years. It claims relief for indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation and urges readers to visit druggists or write G. G. Green, Ing, Woodbury, N. J.
A famous clock in Rye parish church, claimed as England’s oldest working timepiece, was restored after a worldwide golf community funded the appeal. Erected in 1515, its 20 foot pendulum and cannonball weights are notable features.
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