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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1935
Page
3
Ehmer Ducommon, a Laurens area farmer, nearly died after drinking cold water in the field. He felt weight on his chest and grew stiff before collapsing. His wife summoned help as bystanders cared for him.
A woman revived her husband by giving him brandy while a doctor treated him after he was saved from cold water. The doctor stated the brandy saved his life as the cold water caused gas that pressed on his chest.
A. D. Hart, a 55 year old farmer near Keo kuk Iowa, mounted a car radio on his cultivator to hear baseball games. He found moist dirt formed a perfect ground improving reception versus his car. His horses paused whenever the announcer exclaimed Oh. During haying he parked by the hay mow door.
A robin in Chariton produced four young, three pure albinos and one brown chick. The nest sits near Glenn Holmes residence, with Tra McCoy across the street rearing one albino in a canary cage.
The column notes St Marys Church marks its fiftieth anniversary with praise for its role in local progress and cooperation. It recalls years of community service, standing for betterment and opposing harmful changes, and hopes the church continues its constructive influence.
A quirky item spots Gerrit Mosterdt running in wooden shoes each morning after chores as he trains for a champion wooden shoe race. Weather canceled last week’s Rock Rapids fair events, but he persists with workouts and eyes the Sepneer fair next week.
Nels Moore of near Ochrein reports a Plymouth Rock hen adopting eight water spaniel pups. The hen huddles the pups and scratches for food, fights off the real mother, and drivers off anyone trying to separate them. When the pups are returned to their dam, the hen paces the yard in disapproval.
Esther Hilda Kock born July 18, 1913 died after a long illness at age 20 in Hudson area. She leaves parents Fred and [unreadable] Kock and 11 siblings. funeral at home and Peace Lutheran Church with burial in Lutheran Cemetery conducted by Rev. Graf.
Billee Green daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Green of near Jolley Iowa rode in a wagon hitched to a large dog. A cat attracted the chase causing the dog to pull the wagon over rough barn yard surfaces. Billee dismounted with only scratches and bruises reported.
A Nevada Iowa sale of 1044 acres in Story County from P E Shugart to Dr A W Kinney of Henderson Texas closed recently for 155000 dollars, about 150 per acre, cash. The deal, described as the largest leash land transaction since boom days, signals rising Iowa farm prices with several smaller northern Iowa deals at or above 150 per acre.
Lake Mille post office officials in Winnebago county seek the sender of a letter to Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia. The envelope lacked sufficient postage and the postmaster posted a notice asking the writer to pay the extra two cents so the letter may be mailed.
A Waverly Iowa man reports a crate of confusion after receiving an envelope with a single wrapped dollar and no explanation. Beyer suspects a Santa Claus gesture, but months pass without clarity on who sent it or the purpose of the money.
A harvest picnic at Hanlontown Worth county Iowa drew a large crowd and filled parking. During the celebration several individuals punctured tires on parked cars with an ice pick or similar tool. Over a hundred tires were punctured that day. May or Lee offered 50 dollars for information leading to the arrest of the guilty party.
Julian Owen, longtime Conrad resident, bequeathed 2000 dollars for street resurfacing. The town will gravel thirty blocks using the funds, addressing chronic dirt streets and mudholes after his death.
An Iowa ad promotes Mineral Wells Crystals from Rock Valley for health and energy. Prices listed are 60 cents per carton or 75 cents for a full pound, with mail orders welcomed and payments in dollars or coins.
John M. Bobeldyk operates at the Kersbergen Shop offering general blacksmithing wagon work plow work and welding as specialties in a durable craft ads listing services and shop location
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