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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
2
Miss Alice Probasco, known as Pro, runs a boarding house for Upper Iowa University students in Fayette. Despite lifelong disability requiring a wheelchair, she cooks and manages the home, hosting about twenty five boarders yearly since 1910. Her notable service is employing three boys and three girls each year to work off their board bills.
Miss Esther Laackmann of Alvérd visited relatives here including Mr and Mrs Gerrit Klock and children of Sioux Falls 8 D. visited in the R Ray and K Thompson homes Sunday. Mrs Paul Trigg and gou visited Jasper Minn Sunday. Miss Norma Kook of Rock Rapic called here Sunday evening and Mrs Lenn Tries and daughters Marian and Bernice of Colman SD spent Sunday in the W R Trigg home. Evelyn Aller is at her home with quinty this week AG and 3 H W Steven and wife Phyllis Mae were Canton SD callers Sunday. Benny Ver Maas and W Rk Trigg were Sheldon business callers Monday afternoon. Levi Enis was at Orange City on business one day last week. Andrew Klorstad and daughter ack attended Uncle Tom's Cabin at Rock Valley Times day evening. Mr and Mrs VA Reinkhons returned from Rushmore Alvin where they had been visiting. Arnold Krienke was a Rock Valley caller Thursday.
Local ad promises a free oil change this month only. It touts crankcase drainage and cleaning with Sushing Oil and urges customers to switch to Standard Oil Station for proper grade oil and service.
Notice is hereby given that on November 21 1925 the District Court Sioux County Iowa appointed the administrator of the estate of Johannes Olen Ramp deceased. All persons indebted must pay and those with claims must present them to the administrator for allowance. Dated November 21 1928 Herman A Oldenkamp Administrator CG A Walhof Attorney.
The secretary of agriculture reports Iowa feeder cattle shipments at 120,485 in five months, up from 78,329 a year ago. This year’s figure is nearly on par with 1926 when 123,707 cattle were sent in the same period, indicating strong demand driven by a big crop.
At the State University a new record for enrollment in Saturday class sessions was reported by wartime students. More than 250 men and women are studying, compared with 190 last year and 150 the year before, all devoting spare moments to learning.
A Waukee Iowa report notes John Vertine drove a Feldstein truck to Chicago with crates of chickens for Wolfe of Lansing and 5450 pounds of horseradish roots for M Sher of Waukon. The total load weighed 9830 pounds and the hauling charge was 123 dollars and 45 cents.
Warren County farmer E. Gardner near Carlisle is a claimant for entry into the 100 bushel per acre class of corn growers. Accurate measurements show a yield of 107 bushels per acre from a 5.7 acre field, with disinterested parties measuring the field and standard scales weighing the harvest. The field had alfalfa for seven years before breaking sod last spring, hybrid corn seed used with four kernels per hill.
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