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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1930
Page
7
A wealthy woman aged seventy five died after forty years in a bed she never left for spite. Once active she vowed not to rise again and kept the pledge, cared for by a husband and later help. The piece notes spite harms the doer, not the world, and calls such acts a boomerang.
A terse, reflective note on constancy and possibility. The phrase hints at timeless musings on what could have been and what remains, framed as a concise literary reflection typical of a brief column or motto.
Autumn fruits inspire colorful servings using foliage and fruit arrangements. Recipes include Strawberry Flamingo and Peach Supreme with tapioca and whipped cream, plus Peach Ice Cream. The piece notes presentation and flavor balance, urging careful preparation for appealing fruit displays.
In old England a village prepares for May festival. Girls gossip over who will be Queen of the May while a hidden plan unfolds. An impoverished child awaits rescue as Granny secretly stores a bright costume for the next day.
A curious fable about a leopard who tries to shed spots to become unique, then a village scene where Marion is crowned May Queen. The narrative shifts from animal wonder to a springtime village pageant with music, dancing, and revelry.
A word puzzle presents horizontal and vertical clues. Across entries hint at a punny phrase and abbreviations while down clues reference animal names and initial letters. The grid includes hints like a fruit and a trek, with spots labeled A, B, and others for solver alignment.
An odd Brazilian tale describes a lethargic biped living in eastern Brazil near Amazon delta roosting in two by four trees. Natives use sauerkraut smoke to drive the opsia to another tree, repeating until it reaches the edge of a tree line.
An amusing Metropolitan Newspaper Service caption fragment imagines a fantastical creature built from edible seeds and nuts. It describes ordinary round limbs, flat feet, and a body of brazil nut with a filbert head. Popcorn tail feathers hatch at six months, cloves fix legs, split almonds form feet, and navy bean eyes.
A poem reflects on aging fields and humility amid boasting while acknowledging legacy of masters and centuries of thinking. It contrasts old field labor with art and progress. The fragment ends with notes on flour classifications, detailing short and long patent flours and their baking purposes. Knowledge is the antidote to fear.
Four hogs in a Wisconsin University trial averaged 1.86 pounds daily gain for 51 days with feed cost 6.82 per 100 pounds and dressed 79.08 percent of live weight. A second four hogs group gained 1.6 percent daily over 92 days at 6.56 dollars per 100 pounds of gain, dressing 78.1 percent. Highest gain pen fed 0.75 pounds protein. Dressing percentages stayed within about 2 percent. All hogs started at 225 pounds and ended near that weight.
The exposition will harbor bulls born before September 1 1826 except Angus no earlier than May 1 1926 for this year to preserve breeding value. Aged bulls return yearly despite prior wins. The premium list also eliminates heavy barrow losses with no hogs over 300 pounds allowed as markets favor lighter stock.
A plan for hog testing is being developed across several regions. The effort, coordinated with experiment stations and the USDA, aims to test lung strains and dust exposure in cows and poultry, measure litter size, feed needs, and dressing percentages to produce robust, thrifty pigs capable of good yields.
Beef calves moved through their first winter show that maintaining very high condition yields poorer pasture gains in the next spring and summer. Keeping calves in medium condition during winter supports about one pound of daily gain on pasture later.
The passage notes saving well bred pigs rowed in April, focusing on thrift and ample forage to reach an early market. It advises limited grain during the summer for late farrowed pigs and finishing them largely on new tom, with forced feeding not sufficient to overcome late maturity.
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