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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
4
The piece explores how time speeds when busy and slows when idle, noting that interest drives perceived duration. It contrasts practical jokes by AT HER TINGS with human behavior, and argues time is relative to our focus, with examples of appetite and effort shaping our sense of passage.
A humorous sketch notes the so called most powerful creature, a freckled goat living in Arabia’s mountains. It jokes that the British army planned to use goats against Turks in Palestine, but the goats fainted near enemy lines, mocking overconfident science. The piece ends with playful imagery of peanut and filbert bodies, almond feet, and freckle stencils.
A diaristic musing contrasts gifts given on anniversaries with spontaneous tokens of love. It argues that while birthdays and weddings feel sacred, a surprise gift born of devotion without the calendar’s pull holds deeper meaning, as two women discuss expectations and romantic logic.
The poem extols roads as symbols of everyday effort where small paths serve large duties. It contrasts grand routes with humble lanes, noting roads guide and connect people to their gates and fields. The speaker asserts that each person, though small, bears a meaningful load and helps others reach their place.
William A. Radford offers free farm building advice for readers, focusing on a two-gable poultry house design 24 by 24 feet with concrete floor and insulation. The plan targets housing pullets for fall laying, detailing tight construction, window ventilation, nests, roosts, and space for about 100 White Leghorns.
A mixed recipe feature details creamed radishes with tops greens, summer squash fritters, tomato cheese eggs, New Peas With Bacon, String Beans Au Gratin, and Banana Cranberry Jam. It offers methods, ratios, and step by step cooking tips for seasonal produce and preserves.
The piece traces the word wicked from ecclesiastical usage to common meaning bad. It notes religious imagery of light versus darkness with lights of the earth and smoldering wicks and cites Bible metaphors about the candle of the wicked. It credits the Saxons with adapting wick into everyday speech.
Vitreous china plumbing fixtures are graded regular selection or culls. Culls bear two parallel glaze cuts filled with bright red enamel, placed on water closet bowls, tanks, and lavatories, with red splashes on crates to prevent deception. The marks indicate defect count, not sanitation or safety.
A study by climatologists and physicians argues for 1 to 16+ gallons of daily evaporation to humidify homes. It says dry American indoor air causes colds and sickness and higher death rates, noting cosmetics spending to counter dry air's effects.
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as neutralizing stomach acid and calming digestion in minutes. It claims relief from gas and sour stomach, suitable for children, and warns to buy the genuine Phillips product, not imitations. The piece ends with a humorous proverb from Uncle Eben and a line from the Washington Star.
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