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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1928
Page
1
Legion members John W W Boucher aged eighty four and George E Mackenzie aged thirty three live at Miami Fila. Boucher served in the aviation forces of the A E F in France joining Pershing's army at seventy three. Mackenzie ran away from home to enlist when scarcely thirteen.
Captain Romer, a 29 year old German navigator and aviator, sailed from Lisbon in a 21 foot rubber covered canoe to Las Palmas then to St Thomas and on toward New York. He crossed 2730 miles in 58 days amid calms and storms, surviving near exhaustion and sharks. He plans to reach Florida then New York, with future ideas on air and sea travel including a safety position device.
A man believed to have died from a heart attack was subjected to Moslem washing and burial rites. Promptly revived, he rose in his shroud frightening mourners before being carried to the cemetery.
Durham investigators and federal agents raid a Durham hotel arresting two Richmond men amid a massive cocaine and morphine cache. Officers say a nationwide dope network centers near Virginia cities like Norfolk and Richmond with violence and a $100,000 lot tied to a New York peddler. Additional arrests are expected as the probe widens.
Cuban sirt breaks Spanish conventions by entering offices and preferring fewer chaperones. She embraces North American fashion with shorter skirts as she pushes social change. Sweden maintains a fleet of 230 full rigged ships and sixty smaller vessels, a contrast to evolving maritime trends.
The text advises on lot width and depth for air light and fire safety, warning against overly narrow or wide parcels. It notes terrace lawn upkeep, frontage assessments, and the value of shade trees. It urges choosing a favorable street side and sun exposure for rooms, porch, and ventilation.
Brighten home landscapes with painted or whitewashed common brick walls. Even low-cost, kiln-fired brick yields good results. stucco effects or strong white against green backgrounds are possible. Eastern Pennsylvania homes feature clinker bricks and timbered, stuccoed gables with stone trim to enhance mass, value, and fire safety.
An organized movement to preserve the scenic beauty of Delaware County Pennsylvania has been launched with Chester Real Estate Board and local civic groups. The Delaware County Parks and Boulevards Association was incorporated to acquire waste land along the creeks and conserve it in its natural state. Delays have cost the county an estimated million dollars in land value increases, as stream valley land has jumped from 700 to 8000 dollars per acre due to development potential.
Several leading cities including New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh St Louis and San Francisco are adopting elevated or depressed cross streets to separate crosswise traffic from main thoroughfares. This grade separation aims for minimal grade changes at major lines.
Villagers of Ilion New York plan a 5000 pine tree display to outline the word Ilion with birches framing dark evergreens. The foliage sign will cover a 4000 acre field atop Oak Hill, with each letter marked by ten yard wide borders to ensure visibility from the air.
Clean up volunteers from the Montesano Boy Scouts collected litter along a main town highway near the local baseball park. They removed posters and stickers left after a recent circus display on the fence beside the park.
A physician reflects on 47 years of practice noting that constipation persists despite health efforts. He advocates natural treatment with Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, a mild vegetable remedy not habit forming, preferring gentle bowel emptying over drastic purges. Encourage daily movement and urge readers to obtain a free trial bottle by mail.
Pistol collector B M Raab of Dallastown Pennsylvania acquired a Virginia made pistol dated 1805. Officials say it is the oldest known weapon of its type, surpassing the previously dated specimen from 1865.
A fragmentary item reflects a restless chatter in New York about a main rumor concerning motor cars moving every 20 minutes. The piece contrasts delusion with reality, invoking a Macaulay quote about fleeting triumphs of illusion.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia advertised as a universal sweetener and stomach relief. Promoted for soothing sour stomachs and correcting breath with a spoonful, claimed to neutralize acid more effectively than harsher remedies. Promo stresses physicians endorse it as a genuine medicinal product with a long trademarked history since 1878.
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