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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1930
Page
3
Greiner Bros. were called to the East bridge north of town Monday morning as repairs were underway. The tar kettle boiled over causing a blaze and smoke but the fire was quickly fought with chemicals from the fire truck and no damage was done to the bridge.
Local dish of sensational notes recounts a bootleg find in City Hall chimney as Rock Valley residents joke and judge men of law. A leveraged tale of concealed liquor, a firehose rescue, and a hasty justice sentence in a nearby South Dakota case follows.
An ad fragment promotes new end tables and consoles as well as soft mattresses and springs. It touts updated furniture pieces and competitive prices, claiming to carry the best mattresses and springs on the market.
Eldon Sneugling head of U S fisheries at Marquette recently caught a channel catfish weighing 82 pounds on the Mississippi. It was the largest fish of record at that station. After exhibition it was sent alive to Inco Park museum in Chicago for display.
An old advertisement features Julius Bender claiming Vind gives long sleep and boosts mood after years of insomnia. It touts Vind as containing iron calcium and cod liver peptone, prescribed by doctors for nervous or worn out people. The first bottle allegedly delivers sound sleep and strong appetite, with taste described as delicious by a druggist endorser.
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