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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1928
Page
9
Iowa reports dairy product value rising from 30 million to 104 million dollars between 1905 and 1927 due to higher quality cattle. Cow testing associations expand, with 2,438 members sending 600 cows to butcher. interurban freight cars sold for junk. farmers cut corn cost to 42.5 cents per bushel, 3 cents higher than 1926.
A banded wild duck, numbered 5677847 and ringed at Beachton Georgia on February 3 1928 by C O Handley, was sent to the U S Biological Survey to aid a study on wandering fowls. Orchardists near Des Moines display baskets of apples along roadsides as a common sales method. melon season boosts this practice, and potato growers also use roadside selling for disposal of spuds.
The article notes that a shark tooth is the sharpest and hardest known natural substance. Porto Rico expert C. W. Barrett says shark teeth, almost pure enamel, resist wear and can scratch glass like diamond. Sharks have left fossil teeth in ancient rocks, proving their durability over millions of years.
A historical overview explains the Sargasso Sea off Florida’s latitude in the Atlantic, describing its drifting brown weed and buoyant masses of Sargassum. It notes ships’ fears and Columbus legends, then states modern expeditions show vessels face minimal danger from the weed and currents.
A mustachioed man purchased two conservative newspapers and a liberal literary monthly, then asked for a monthly with a zippy title. He explained to the clerk that he is merely a contributor, hinting at an inconsistency in his choices.
An Americanization teacher’s class of elderly ladies writes an original letter. In the sample dated April 23, 1928, the student pleads with Standderte Gas Co to settle a billing dispute, asking the company to “please find out” and promising to pay the last month’s bill.
A federal engineering official notes that only 65 percent of 28.75 million American homes own refrigerators and just 20 percent use them year round. He estimates annual food spoilage at $700 million, about 10 cents per day for most failures, suggesting waste could feed a major Western European nation.
In Parson Drove near Wisbech on the Cambridgeshire Lincolnshire border a wood mill remains seasonally active using huge wooden rollers drawn by horses to crush plants. The extracted dye still serves in new industries and, for some uses, outperforms modern substitutes.
A fragment notes Aan believes wealth and clever devices enslave him and also bind him in his actions. The passage reflects on modern industry and personal freedom within an American magazine context.
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