Death of John A. Huizenga Reverberates in Rock Valley
Dr. A. Huizenga learns by telegram of his brother John A. Huizenga’s death in Hollywood California after a sickness two years prior. The Rock Valley native lived thirty years in town before moving to California five years ago. He worked at First National Bank and later in a bank in Lankershim. He left a wife, one brother and three sisters.
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A. Huizenga
John A. Huizenga
Hollywood
California
Guee
Lankerssim
Huizenga
Holland
Nebu
Rock Valley
Poultry Feed and Supplies From Valley Poultry Yards
Valley Poultry Yards promotes Chicken care with free service and a new carload of Egg Mash. They offer poultry feed, self feeders, and fountains to assist customers.
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Chikens
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Valley Poultry Yards
Book Agents Annoy Adams County Teachers
Adams County schools superintendent Miss Anna Lynam warns teachers against book agents who canvassed rural schools. Two men have already pressed sales, with one teacher paying 59 dollars for five volumes and others as low as 25.50. An agent falsely claimed kinship to Miss Lynam and Miss Agnes Samuelson.
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Anna Lynam
Adams County
Miss Lynam
Agnes Samuelson
Methodist Church Notes Invitation to Sunday services
Rev Adkins delivered a timely message last Sunday evening. Sunday School begins at 10:00 A M and the morning service at 11:00 A M Dr C H Kamphoefner will speak at the 7 30 P M evening service You are always welcome by Pastor L F Foert.
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Methodist Church
Adkins
C. H. Kamphoefner
L. F. Foeht
Local brief notices from Rock Valley area
Community items report travel on illness and deaths prompting departures to Wisconsin South Dakota and California. Property sale details note an 80 acre Rock Valley farm near Chas Hengst sold to Gaspar of Remsen at 135 dollars per acre. Lucid social updates include church call to Rev. Lamberts and a WINGS screening at Lyon Theatre in Rock Rapids.
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Koster’s
Fred Smits
Waupon
Wisconsin
Gerrit Smits
W. J. Heizig
Canisota
S. D
Rock Valley
Chas, Hengst
R. Huizenga
Hollywood California
J. A. Huzenga
C. A. Bonthuis
Muskego
Mich
Irred Smits
Wm. Stergen
Rosebud
M. D
Will Open Filling Station Saturday
Bert Van Maanen announces in this week’s Bee that he will open his new filling station on Kimball Avenue near the Cumminings residence. The modern service station offers a special inducement to visitors on opening day and is seen as an improvement and promising business location for the area.
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Bert van Maanen
Kimball Avenue
P. A. Cumminings
van Maanen
Halloween activities and perfect attendance across grades
First grade students began Halloween room decorations and listed perfect attendance for the first six weeks. Second grade reading aloud and a Halloween sand-table scene are noted, with finished perfect attendance in fifth and sixth grades. Seventh and eighth grades showcase a Columbus dramatization. The Teachers Association opened with The Dover Road and round table sessions, with statewide educational addresses and a strong choral emphasis. Des Moines grocers join the Independent Grocers Alliance to bolster collective buying.
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Dorothy Dixon
Rena Kosters
Irma Walpole
Elenor Henderson
Berneath Simmonsma
Eve de Young
Agnes de Young
Henry Verdoorn
Charley Vande Weerd
Melvin den Hartog
Goel Verdoorn
Bunny Babits
Bolonius
Esther Buffington
Ferrell Davisson
Margaret Gerritsen
Kenneth Gray
Judson Smith
Anna Wade Weerd
Henry van Dyke
Theodore Ver Doorn
Ellen Ver Doorn
Elizabeth Kersbergen
Irene Roorda
Gladyce Vander Poel
Cornelia van Dyke
Milton Vander Stouwe
Richard van Zee
Albert Vander Weerd
Jessie Vogelzang
Helen Roorda
Columbus
Teachers’ Association
Hardsay
Dover Road
Nebraska
Cram
Iowa
State Teachers College
North West District
Sioux City
Glen ‘Woods
Oakland
California
Association
Authorities Seek Conviction of Highway Sign Mutilators
The state highway commission says signs along highways have been torn down or damaged. Some individuals have used signs as targets with a shotgun. County engineers are to identify the responsible parties for possible prosecution. Authorities will not tolerate disturbed or broken road signs.
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State Highway Commission
United States
Iowa
Public sale in Madrid shows strong finances says Lucas
J G Lucas of Madrid Boone county notes a Will Drake sale where all but one buyer paid by cash or check. The event, not a cash sale, drew totals between 3600 and 3700 dollars with seven cows selling for 1150 dollars and a high of 190 dollars for one cow, indicating prosperity.
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J. G. Lucas
Madrid
Boone County
Davis County claims sheep strength sustains local farms
Kenneth Baldridge of Bloomfield asserts Davis County remains stable amid deflation with twice as many sheep as Van Buren and other counties. He cites diversified farming including sheep hens hogs and dairy as key, plus strong banks and overall not broke status.
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Davis County
Kenneth Baldridge
Bloomfield
van Buren
Gibraltar
Moingona Loses Postoffice and Rail Service
Moingona in Boone county loses its post office after Northwestern discontinues passenger and freight service. The town famed for Kate Shelly's 1881 Des Moines river crossing saw its railroad line abandoned and a new long bridge built across the river, watched over year round.
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Moingona
Boone County
Kate Shelly
Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern
Northwestern
Griver
Apple tree bears second crop in Milford orchard
Thomas Walpole of Milford Dickinson county testifies about A. J. Northey of Okoboji township having a Duchess apple tree in his orchard that is bearing a second crop this year. The apples are large and maturing and turning red.
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Thomas Walpole
Milford
Dickinson County
A. J. Northey
Okoboji
Helmers Sells Watkins Medicine Business
Herman Helmers has sold his Watkins medicine business to Dick Roetman of Hull. The deal closed Monday and Roetman assumed possession immediately. Roetman previously lived in Edgerton Minnesota before moving to Hull a few months ago. Helmers, in the business fifteen years, will stay in Rock Valley and pursue future plans.
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Herman Helmers
Watkins Medicine
Dick Roetman
Hull
Roetman
Edgerton
Minn
Helmers
Rock Valley
Famous Theatrical Man Locates in Des Moines
Bob Murphy, famous comedian known from coast to coast, becomes manager of the Orpheum Theatre in Des Moines. He wrote the song Mother O Mine, saying he started the first verse in Los Angeles and finished it in Des Moines, premiering it in Sioux City.
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Bob Murphy
Orpheum Theatre
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Sioux City
Airplane Flight Over Des Moines Inspires Letter
Mrs. Messine Denckle traveled from New York to Denver in the regular mail plane and sent Mrs. Florence Gillette Nichols a letter from Des Moines noting the city lights and river reflections under a full moon. Mrs. E H Gillette of Des Moines, widow of a former congressman, reports no letter from her daughter. The letter compares the Des Moines night scene to early New England to Denver journeys and Pike’s Peak era adventures.
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E. H. Gillette
Des Moines
Congréss
Florence Gillette Nichols
New York
Messine Denckle
New Ys
Denver
Mrs. Nichols
New England
Pike’s Peak
Military drill draws many students at Iowa State University
The military course at the State University at Iowa City shows strong appeal to students with 214 volunteering for the advanced course. An additional 753 are enrolled in the first year basic course and 556 are completing the second year course under the direction of Col Converse L Lewis.
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State University At
Iowa City
Farm Bureau Seeks State Aid for Rural Schools
A survey of rural school activities aims to present a plan for state aid to the next general assembly. The Farm Bureau asks lawmakers to appoint a system commission to develop rural educational facilities, seeking parity with existing funding without increasing farmers' tax burden. Supported by the Iowa State Teachers' Association and many school authorities statewide.
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General Assembly
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
American Legion elects Pfarrer Fox Post officers
W. B. Hansen was elected Post Commander of Pfarrer Fox American Legion at the regular meeting held Thursday evening. Other officers elected include John Haupt as Vice Commander Dr R M Schutz as adjutant C Rozeboom as finance officer and sergeant at arms George Ahrendt John Haag Chaplin Frank O Mara Dr R Huizinga and G Van Nimwegen on the entertainment committee planning events for the next regular gathering.
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W. B. Hansen
Pfarrer-Fox Pogerican Legion
Mor Ity
Jonn Haupt
R. M. Schutz
C. ‘Rozeboom
Primghar School Board Bans Tobacco and Liquor for Students
The Primghar Iowa Independent School District prohibits any student from using tobacco or intoxicating liquor during the school year. Violations lead to immediate hearings and possible expulsion or suspension from all class and athletic activities including plays, banquets, contests, and games.
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Primghar
O'Brien
Seae BP c
Iowa
Davenport Has a Colony of Monkeys
D D Henry of Coon Rapids Carroll County visited Davenport and inspected a famous colony of about seventy monkeys. They live in a large artificial hill with holes as rooms and trees in the grounds. Monkeys jump from 6 to 12 feet, but a deep water stream inside and beside a stone wall prevents escape.
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D. Henry
Coon Rapids
Carroll County
Davenport
Prairie Fire Reminder in Pioneer Days Show Place
Sam D. Henry of Coon Rapids reports a prairie fire on a quarter section near town that spared hay stacks and preserved the old blue stem sod. Firefighters arrived by car, using wet sacks to extinguish the blaze before damage, while the unbroken prairie had long been a local show place with native flowers.
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Sam D. Henry
Coon Rapids
Carroll
Iowa
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Warren Avenue
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Independent Grocers’ Alliance of America
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Sterling
Farmers Elevator
H. Helmers
Watkins
Nigt
American Legion
Tobe
First National Bank
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