Local Residents Visit, Travel and Notices in Rock Valley
Rock Valley townsfolk and neighbors drop in for weekend visits and holidays. Family guests include H J Dubbe of Wentworth and John Dykhnis of Volga. many recall former ties to the area. Local travelers report long motor trips and visits to relatives in Albuquerque and across the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dykhnis
Volga, S. D
Rae Valley
N. Haape
Bertha
Rock Rapids
B.D. Scanlan
Sheldon
Rock Valley
de J. Scanlan
W. Jacobs
Archie Reaney
Albuquerque
N. M
South
ML de Blank
Mel
S. D
Chicago
Kallamazon
Mich
Ted Limner
Spencer Roorda
W. C. Kooiman
G. Hoevenagel
Sioux City
Dale Halties
Elgin
G. P. Pfarrer
Herman Vander Well
Boyden
Satuday
Linton Bo
Rose Aurit
Ohio
Steven de Vries
Hosners
WL Vander Well
A. Vanden Brink
Alton
Vers. Vander Well
S. FL de Wees
Daugther
Vander Well
D. J. Scanlan
Emmett
Sioux Falls
John Vander Velden
W. B. Hansen
Iowa
John Hansen
Wil
Wea V. Yohe
Des Moines
RC Yohe
Allerton
Li. Daumon
Flv. Yohe
Ai RL C Youe
Shannon
Hurdlebrink
Wm Teynman
Plan Austher North and South Highway Across The State
A fragmented early notice outlines a plan for a north south highway across the state from the Minnesota border to the Mexican line. It mentions paving and gravel sections and references a dated target of October 28 and the Jefferson Hit area near Falls Juigian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Jeffarson
Aeros Rational
Missere
Minnesota State Line
Local coat sales outpace 1928 and 1929 fall figures
A small town retailer reports coat sales this fall surpass the same period in 1928 and 1929, noting loyal customers returning after trying chain stores and mail order houses. The piece argues for buying local, emphasizes value, service, and experienced buyers, and urges community support to sustain smaller towns and their businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eason
Big Grap of Black Walnuts Reported in Northeastern Iowa
From Allamakee county comes news of a large trap of black walnuts in the region. Bailey of Waukon says thousands of bushels will go to waste this fall without organized gathering to meet needs where such nuts are scarce. Hickory nuts are also abundant in local timber tracts, selling in Des Moines at ten cents per pound. An official Iowa standard lists a bushel of hickory or black walnuts as 50 pounds.
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Allamakee County
Bailey
Waukon
Des Moines
Iowa
Hailstorm Memory On Halwee Farm Ice For Corn Crew
Mee reports describe a ferocious hail storm in late summer that drenched the John Halwee farm area. John Dell collected buckets of hail from a creek bed fifteen days after the event and used hens to fashion ice for a corn aheadding crew that noon. Hail piles rose five feet high and lingered for days, even in unprotected creek beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mee
John Dell
John Halwee
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. J. Dubbe
Wentworth
Herbert de Jong
Parkersburg
Town
Rock Val
Jey
A. J. Pritts
Elmer Fritts
Dell Rapids
Ladies Aid
The
Methodist Church
C.D. of A
Hall
Sionx Falls
Leonard and
Tal
Herbert Haw
AL Chistianson
Inwood
Nettleton Commercial College
Mankato
Rock Vallow
Mr. Coolidge
Earle Hayden
Central
Stralion
Mrs. Aiken
Omaha
John Vandenci Theslay
Clarence
Beauty Shop
Landhuis
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Tyle Weshout
Orpheum Theatre
Talking Pictures
Chas. Bickford
Our Gang
Robert Montgomery
Bennie Rubin
Charley Chase
Pathe News
John NcCormish
Roelofs & Vander Bok
Rock Valley, Iowa
Rock Valley Creamery Co