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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
7
A Missouri woman asks English aviator Claude Grahame-White to teach her to fly in a playful note. He declines offering only a summer lesson, while a humorous old woman in a shoe quip adds light relief to the aviation query.
A Pound Wisconsin woman declares she was cured of dyspepsia and female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She had fourteen years of symptoms despite consulting doctors and credits the remedy for her improved health. She invites others to write for advice and endorses the product's long history and relief claims.
A fragmented farm note discusses tuberculous and contagious abortion and white diarrhea in poultry and hog operations. It outlines causes such as inbreeding, poor nutrition, and improper incubation, with emphasis on early post hatch transmission, incubator contamination, and droppings. Preventive measures include clean housing, vaccination, culling infested ovaries, and winter precautions to avoid next spring outbreaks.
Instructions on building cement water tanks for farms detailing slope, underdrain, reinforcement, and forming. Describes a 12 by 5 by 24 foot rectangular tank with 3 1/2 inch walls, reinforced rods, wood formwork, and a cement mix of one part Portland cement, one part washed sand, and three parts crushed rock. Includes curing, painting, and moisture protection steps.
A two story five room frame house on High Street near the alley famed for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is donated by Clemens Mahan and wife to the city of Hannibal to be preserved. Mahan, a wealthy traveler, hopes the site will inspire future generations of Americans by showing how poverty can spur success through honesty and industry.
A farmer in Denison notes questions on corn preparation for hog fattening. Iowa State College and state agricultural experiment station findings over two years with 32 hog lots show dry ear corn yields faster, more economical gains up to 200 pounds. For hogs over 200 pounds soaked corn is most economical though growth slows slightly. Ear corn performs better than shelled or grower corn in early weights. soaking reduces gain.
The Iowa State College agricultural division reports record enrollment with larger classes and added sections to meet demand. Students from farms and abroad converge as the college expands its cultural and agricultural programs to educate more young people for farm and global work.
Frantic Frankfort report recounts a county court day incident where a woman keeps the street dry by creating a scene. A man faces arrest for liquor, while the judge orders him home for dry clothes as townsfolk bargain over fences and a chaotic scene unfolds near the residence. Local attorney Harmon presses for action as Gilder signs an information for a $50 bond.
A torn silk banner linked to Civil War service of Captain Heath and once owned by George W. Eckert is described as a pennant of the New Ironsides. Its true origins and history remain unknown due to missing records and obliterated markings.
A collage of antique quips and ads from Harper's Weekly and period humor pieces. It riffs on romantic scenes in a Venetian garden, a Lewiston senator’s response to whiners, and old tonic and patent medicine ads for infants, teething, and soothing syrups.
An ad for Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin touts a natural cure for constipation. It claims forty years of medical practice behind it, notes it's helped reduce laxatives, and offers a free sample by writing to Dr. W Caldwell at 21 Caldwell Building, Monticello, Illinois. Prices are fifty cents to one dollar.
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