31 Oct 1930
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1930
Page
1
George Atkeson, star guard of the University of Kansas football team, is a regularly enrolled student in the morning, plays in the gridiron in the afternoon, and serves as night chief of police in Lawrence at night. The image shows him in a characteristic football pose.
The column surveys public figures and city life, noting Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s fame and the long-standing presence of Patrick Egan guiding his horse in front of the Hotel Plaza. It also riffs on taxis, town history, and aviation antics, concluding with a cautious quip about parachute safety in air travel.
A fragmented OCR fragment presents quirky lines about a baby in a tree top and a pilot Balchen with passengers, followed by musings on time healing wounds and apathy. The piece reads like a quirky, unsourced column note or filler from a 1939 Bell Syndicate syndication.
New Yorker Mrs. Maude Radford Warren, after a three month Arctic journey centered in Aklavik, warns the Eskimo may vanish in fifty years. She notes influenza and diet changes threaten their health, contrasts government wards for Indians with Eskimo independence, and describes village life as simple but not permanent.
Dean of Men Thomas Arkle Clark argues the urgency of making a will, recounting Ferguson who died intestate and left his wife with little income. He urges consulting a lawyer, notes that a will can be changed, and highlights the risks of delaying. A 1930 United States paper clipping from Western Newspaper Union.
Margaret Bennett, a youthful bride of naval stoker Will Bennett, fell gravely ill after a two year cruise. A royal Navy stoker raced from South America to London on leave, aiding doctors as she hovered between life and death. Will Bennett arrived to comfort her as doctors declared recovery virtually assured.
The article reviews the fate of the ten lost tribes of Israel, noting extensive theories about their disappearance after Israel split with Judah. It details Sargon’s conquest of Samaria, dispersion of populations, and enduring identity of the remaining tribes, while offering various European and American hypotheses with little authenticated evidence. It also mentions 1495 English labor rules as a separate historical note.
Cornstalks mixed with ordinary sewage undergo a simple eight step process to produce gas. After drying and shredding, stalks are boiled and soaked, then combined with sewage in a small tank with a sewer for gas collection. The mixture ferments bacteria in the sewage to generate gas. Inventor C. S. Boruif and Dr. S. M. Buswell of the University of Qingis are refining the method.
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