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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
8
A married man hints at a birthday surprise offering his wife money per year of marriage while requesting privacy. A playful, brief exchange reveals a light domestic joke about a hidden check and secrecy amid the couple’s lighthearted tone.
A fragmented humorous dialogue recalls biblical allusion and wordplay about ages and roles. Characters debate meaning, with snippets about a red oak, housekeeping division, and marital quips. The odd exchanges resemble a late 19th or early 20th century joke page.
A humorous exchange wonders if sending a son to college is affordable then jokes a raccoon coat buys status. The crowd react sardonically as performance humor ends with playful banter about audience feeling.
A passerby stops to help a broken down van and offers car advice in a comic street scene. Dolly Dimples and Dapper Dan humorously debate a newspaper claim that kissing is dangerous to health, prompting a mock epidemic suggestion.
A dialogue highlights May's gown as a perfect fright and calls her shapely in costume. The scene contrasts style and pedigree with true worth, while a buyer remarks on monologue value when a capable salesman presents goods.
A playful dialogue features a maid confessing theft of silver spoons, a new maid on probation for stealing at a previous place, and a humorous sock confusion between a husband and wife. Pages Gales, Tverdon.
A wry father and son debate the proverb about a rolling stone and moss, the son quipping that he has no use for moss while the father underscores the saying’s warning about change and stability.
A collage of frothy quips and exchanges from a humor page. Dialogues touch on a shop clerk exposing a hole in a sock, a playful aviator courting risk across the Atlantic, congressional questions and printed answers, a song tune mischief, and a coy romance pun about hearts and fortunes.
Fire chiefs and firemen from numerous Iowa cities will attend the sixth annual Iowa fire school at Iowa State College in Ames on May 20 and 23. Trainers from principal cities will teach, and organizers hope a representative from every organized department in the state will attend. L. J. Murphy of the engineering department announces.
The 97 acre Iowa Lakeside Laboratory on Miller's Bay west shore, part of the State University of Iowa, hosts diverse flora and fauna. The land, including mesophytic and xerophytic forests, bogs and prairie, is being allowed to revert to its natural condition. The northern Biv extension holds a large bed of unusual water plants that serves as a fish breeding area and habitat for various small animals and plants.
Des Moines Kiwanis officers received word from Hollywood Florida members about a tree planting to honor each state. The note proposed including Iowa data in archives and placing the Iowa state flower the wild rose alongside the goldenrod, clarifying the actual state bloom.
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