Longstanding Maquoketa Firms Remain Family Run
The Rock Valley Bee notes Maquoketa Iowa firms with over fifty years in operation. Eight decades of enduring business include Cundill Photo Studio founded in 1880, Joby Schroll shoe shop, Blessing grocery in the 1883 building, and Harrisons Son furniture now run by the third Harrison generation.
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Ma~quoketa
Towa
Will
Cundill
Joby Schroll
W. A. Blessing
Harrisons Son Furniture
Harrison
Farmers See Beer Near Montgomery Farms
Farmers George TI Palmer and Ed Beeson heard a dog bark while near their Montgomery county farms Town. A young deer leaped a fence, raced down the road, was pursued by the dog, then jumped fences and vanished into a thicket. Farmers monitor whether the deer is escapee or truly wild in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George TI. Palmer
Ed Beeson
Montgomery County
Towa
Accidental Test of Tear Gas Gun by Iowa Sheriff
Sheriff Fred Evickson of Spencer drops a mountain tear gas gun in the Spencer courthouse. The weapon discharged filling the second floor with gas forcing evacuation and driving Judge F C Davidson from the courtroom. Evickson and others suffered gas effects as air was cleared over about half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif Fred Evickson
Spencer
Iowa
Evickson
F.C. Davidson
Right or Wrong on the Road and Civic Notes
A local column laments auto collisions and urges ongoing auto safety campaigns as frost arrives. It notes peaceable farm protests, misperceived pickets, and a Sioux Center News trip to report on reception. Census figures claim married men live longer than single men, urging readers toward Benedictine steadiness.
Iowa Soprano Excels at Century of Progress Fair
Miss Martha Van Gordon, Iowa soprano from Palo Alto County, was selected by the Young Artists Bureau to perform on the Court of States program at the Century of Progress. She entertained fairgoers for four days from the floating theatre stage in the lagoon after a competitive tryout process.
Alaskan Snow Goose Shot Near Ruthven Iowa
A snow goose, an Alaskan avian wanderer, was shot and killed at Mud Lake near Ruthven Iowa by a hunter. The bird measured 28 inches in length with a nearly five foot wing span, highlighting how far north species occasionally stray into Iowa.
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Mud Lake
Ruthven
Alaska
Canada Ine
Towa
Rock Valley Weather Day Stuns Old Timers
Sunday, November 12, 1933, brought an unforgettable clear dawn in Rock Valley and surrounding areas, a day longtime residents and weather records struggle to recall, marking a remarkable weather milestone for the region.
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Rock Valley
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Dust storms and a reindeer visit mark a South Dakota to Iowa tale
A soft northwest wind rose into a fierce dust storm darkening streets and prompting lights to come on, while chickens sought shelter. A dead eight hundred pound reindeer on a Missouri truck, shot in the Black Hills, stirred Rock Valley celebrations. Hunters faced tougher pheasants and larger jackrabbits, and a careless farm incident near Bardin county caused porch damage. In Osceola a mystery car exposed a belt-scam, yielding $5 to informants.
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South Dakota
Towa
Rock Valley
Missouri
Thei Khl
Osceola
Arney Auto Repair
Arney
Handl Arney
Dull Headaches Vanish After Simple Alderika Dose
Headaches caused by constipation are gone after one dose of Alderika. This remedy claims to cleanse poisons from both upper and lower houses, improve sleep, and end nervousness as promoted by H. H. Pember, druggist.
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H. H. Pember
Deuggist
Notes From Our Public School First Through Fifth Grades
Public school notes cover first grade Thanksgiving crafts and high spelling scores in second grade. Fourth and fifth graders describe Eskimo Life on Battin Island in Summer with sand tables, talks, and a planned dramatization of The Childhood of Hiawatha. Hygiene lessons on memory concluded with printed student stories.
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Battin Island
Hiawatha
Longfellow
My First Memory And Childhood Mischief Fragments
A series of brief child memory snippets recount hunger for jello, a toppled high chair, a near drowning, a surprising doctor visit, school mischief, crying lessons, and a cookie spoilage episode. Narrators include Vic, Jerry, Dolores, Charles, Minnie, and Vernon sharing small, vivid moments from early years.
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Vic Jane Beamer
Luncheons Highlight Home Economics Class Efforts
Over the past week home economics students hosted three lunch events in the classroom with four faculty guests at each. The meals were delicious and efficiently served, and tables featured attractively arranged flowers and place cards. Miss Lewis praised the girls’ display of skill.
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Lewis
Harmelink brothers enter new school grades
Last Friday Robert Harmelink entered high school and his brother Donald entered the sixth grade.
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Robert Harmelink
Donald
Unusual Wood Carving Preserves Couple's Marriage Certificate
Mr and Mrs Frederick W Balluf of Council Bluffs celebrate 59 years of marriage with a wooden reproduction of their original certificate. Mr Balluf spent nearly a year carving the intricate scrollwork, preserving every detail as clearly as it appeared fifty nine years ago.
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Frederick W. Balluf
Council Bluffs
Astronomers Use Six Years on Galaxy Motion Study
Astronomers detail rigorous work measuring spectra from 525 fat test and massive stars using the 72 inch telescope at the Dominian Astrophysical Observatory. Two researchers spent over 2,090 hours, aligning lines with a spider thread and transforming measurements into velocities, yielding important advances in understanding galaxy structure and motions.
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Dominian Astrophysical Observatory
Department of the Interior
Vietor
Borrowed Plumes And Hats From Distant Lands
A humorous essay notes that many foods and items attributed to certain places are actually made elsewhere. Hats from Tuscan hills, Panama as a trade hub, chop suey as American invention, Welsh rabbit from New York, Yorkshire pudding from an American cook, and Frankfurters from Vierma are discussed as misattributions in a light newsy tone.
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Legiora
Panama
Boston Transcript
Celestial Empire
Wales
New York
Frankfurt
Vierma
Fruit Trees From Seeds From Passengers Grow Along Idaho Roads
Strange Wayside Orchards along the Tuliaetta Troy railway in Idaho rise from seeds and cores discarded by passengers. Spring brings blossoms of peach cherry apple pear and plum. Summer fruit ripens among pines tamaracks firs and hemlocks in the forest. Similar trees sprout along the Juliaetta Genesee road from pips and cores tossed by ranchers salesmen and stage passengers before cars, showing accidental growth of domestic fruit trees.
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Tuliaetta
Troy
Idaho
Potlach
Juliaetta
Genesee
Armadillo Speedy Prairie Survivor of the Americas
The armadillo, a small armored mammal of Central and South America, averages about 30 inches in length and possesses short legs. It can outrun a man, defends itself by rolling into a ball, and burrows rapidly when pursued. It is mainly nocturnal and feeds on insects worms roots fruit and carrion in woodland and pampas habitats.
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Central
South America
Tex
Groodland
Pampas
Notice of Adminstratrix Appointment in Iowa Estate
Notice published in Sioux County Iowa appointing Mary Greiner as administratrix of the N. J. Greiner estate. Creditors urged to payment and claim filing with the Clerk of the District Court by order for allowance. dated October 31, 1933, D. Wiersma, Clerk of Court.
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State OF
Iowa
Sioux County
N. J. Greiner
District Court
Mary Greiner
Warhoi
D. Wiersma
For Sale and Want Ads Take the Lead in Rock Valley
Local classifieds list livestock goats boars hogs and cows for sale with breeders in Rock Valley and nearby towns. Also offered are rental homes shoe repair welding and auto top services from Peters Harness Store and Greiner Bros. Separate notices request lost item coats estray minerals and crystal sales with mail order options.
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