Dustless Streets for Rock Valley Dustless Streets for Rock Valley
A Rock Valley booster meeting reviewed using Dow Flake road dust suppression. A Midland Michigan rep quoted $32.35 per ton with seeder machine at $60, offering three applications per season for Main Street and possible wider use on residential streets. Estimated first season cost about 1.05 cents per square foot with town or property owner funding through subscriptions or council support.
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Rock Booster Club
Kearns
Dow
Spencer and
Milford
Dow Make Co
Midland
Michigan
Rock Valley
Teachine
Dow Company
Rock Valley High School Holds Graduating Exercises
Graduating exercises at Rock Valley High School marked the end of the year with Friday as the final day of classes. Rev Lyman F Focht delivered the baccalaureate sermon at First Reformed Church to a large audience. The class play Come Out Of The Witchen was presented at the Opera House with strong attendance. Ten graduates, nine girls and one boy, received diplomas. Frank W Miles gave the class address. The graduates were Lunetta Schemner Arlene Keegan Sophia Vander Burgt Frances Smylie Emma Gayer Marcella O Menara Hilda Serck Rosie Klein Martha De Smet and Dick Eppinga.
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Rock Valley
First Reformed Church
Lyman F. Focht
Methodist Church
Opera House
Frank W. Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Lunetta Schemner
Arlene Keegan
Sophia Vander Burgt
Frances Smylie
Emma Gayer
Marcella
Menara
Hilda Serck
Rosie Klein
Martha de Smet
Dick Eppinga
Boeyink Dies After Accident and Operation
H H Boeyink of Inwood dies in Hull hospital after being struck by a freight train engine last Wednesday. His left leg was cut off below the knee and his head injured in the fall. A barber by trade, he had lived in Inwood for years and worked this spring at the Landhuis barber shop in Rock Valley. Funeral services were held at Sioux Center Tuesday afternoon.
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H. FH. Boeyink
Inwood
Innwood
Hull
Boevink
Landhuis
Rock Valley
Phil
Sioux
State News And Comments Puffery From a Minnesota Town
State News And Comments review local racing and farm, with references to a rat bred in Pred ton and a Minnesota State Fair Grounds horse stably trained by Henry Thomas. It notes ex-tramp racing, Park Windsor Connecticut stakes, and broad regional farming figures including Iowa and South Dakota. Patents from Iowa and surrounding states, a bank deposit preference ruling, and comments on Mussolini Italy, France currency, and a significant dam project on the Maankaket rivers near Delhi Iowa are mentioned alongside a general look at 1920s agricultural and financial conditions.
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Predton
Chicago
Minnesota State Fair Grounds
Henry Thomas
Finnesota
Dakota
Park
Windsor
Conn
Ilinois
Indiana
Braska
Lester L. Thompson
Maines
South Dakota
Okahoma
Crow Agency
Montana
Thompson
Éage
Panora
Guthrie County
Des Moines National Bank
Sikes
Vicaga
Italy
Mussolini
France
China
Dam and rail work plus wild deer in Iowa news
Article notes flood gates for a dam project with three nineteen ton gates shipped by rail and powered for electricity distribution in the northeast Iowa area. It mentions a dairy region around Delhi shipping carloads of cream to Chicago and an autumn air event. Deer herds in several counties reemerge despite previous culling and state protection. The piece also covers the American Legion Paris event with Davenport Auxiliary Drill Team earning national honors and Town pride remarks with local organizers Rudolph and Joons.
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Ing
Milwaukee Railroad
Munion
Towa
Delhi
Chicago
American Legion
Paris
Legion
Lions City
Drum and Bugle Corps
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Marius Rudolph
Josephine Joons
Aeinuer
Northern counties lead in bond paving drives
Northern Iowa counties push state and county highway bonds to pave gravel roads while southern counties lag. With 26 northern counties moving ahead and only 15 in the south showing interest, officials foresee accelerated paving in the north and delayed improvements in the south unless state bonds pass.
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State Highway Commission
Iowa
Towa
Joestity
Othap
Stores Closed Decoration Day in Hook Valley
The Hook Valley stores will shut all day for Decoration Day. Patrons are advised to stock up before Monday, the day Decoration Day falls this year, as in years past.
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Hook Valley
Rock Valley Triumphs 1–0 Over Aston in Town League
Rock Valley beat Aston 1 to 0 at the local ball park to stay perfect in the Northwest Town League after two games. Speck Van Nimwegen drove in the lone run with a fourth inning single and Heinie Schlefeldt added key hits as Rock Valley tightened defense late.
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Rock Valley
Rocks Valley
Aston
D. van Nimwegen
Alton
Heinz
T le Mars
C. Schemmer
Hein Te Hansen
Brink
Ming Gerrit
Speck
van Nimwegen
Hein
Heinie Schlefeldt
Heinie
Remsen
Sibley
Orange City
Deroration Dar
Hudser
Hudson
Ons
Bray Falley
VanNimwegen
EL Schiefeldt
Scanlan
Lure
Schlefeldt
Fou
Weis
Poppy Day Message From American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion and Auxiliary mark National Poppy Day on May 28 1927 to remind the public that for many veterans the war continues while funds support local relief for service men and families. The red poppy is urged to buy and wear as a symbol of service and sacrifice in memory of those who died in action.
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Enel
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Flanders Fields
Arrangements for Rock Valley Decoration Day Complete
All plans are set for Decoration Day in Rock Valley with a 9:00 AM parade forming at the public school grounds. Participants will march to the fire pole for the flag raising, then to the railroad tracks for cemetery car rides and short services. A city park program will follow with Rev. Lyman F. Focht delivering the address, plus Legionaire remarks, music by the Rock Valley Band, and performances by the Girls Glee Club. Citizens are urged to decorate graves before or after services.
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Rock Valley
Lyman F. Focht
Legionaire
Rock Valley Band
Odtelle
Girls Glee Club
A Prairie Rose comedy drama at Onera House
A Prairie Rose a K comedy drama will be staged at the Onera House in Rock Valleys on Friday June 30. The production showcases a lively title character in a regional performance broadcast to local theatergoers.
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Rock Valles
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