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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1928
Page
2
Federal assistance of ten thousand dollars to restore Fort Atkinson near Decorah in Winneshiek county will be requested in a restitution measure soon before the state board of conservation. Fort Atkinson, among the earliest army posts west of the Mississippi, is now largely ruined.
To our friends and patrons we present a season of clean plays with top authors, a fine orchestra, vaudeville, and complete scenic lighting. The agency touts Firestone tires and shocks, inviting attendance and patronage to support the upcoming performances and tire sales at Lyon Theatre next week.
Tire and Battery Station Shoes introduces Big Four Shoes for women growing girls and children's school wear. Visit to view the new stock and find fitting pair.
A year of study for a resident Iowa freshman in the college of education liberal arts or commerce totals 816. The calculation excludes outside work for board and room recreation or fraternity or sorority membership. In Grinnell a monument honors Billy Robinson, a pioneer airman and non stop mail carrier, who died during a 1916 altitude flight near Grinnell. The bronze memorial sits on a granite stone marking his grave and notes the Grinnell to Indianapolis non stop flight as a notable early feat.
The annal encampment of the Town department of the American Legion reported total membership to date at 33 382, up 1 100 from last year. Cedar Rapids post was the state’s largest with 1 052 members, Argone Des Moines 1 022, and Sioux City 1 004.
Closing out sale by T to California lists 6 work horses 25 dairy cows and heifers 30 spring pigs 150 White Leghorn chickens plus farm machinery household goods and 40 tons of alfalfa. Sale is at one sharp on Thursday September 87 with cash on delivery.
Nother vacation ends and children return to classes. Clothing, textbooks, and schoolroom tools must be provided. Fresh tablets pencils rulers and notebooks brighten the year. A top grade in composition may come from a new fountain pen. Drug stores remain the go to for home essentials.
Iowa DRAGGIS S HENRY LUBBERS of Orange City alongside HARKER and BURKETT of Hawarden W A MARIENAU of Ireton and STICKEL and JOHNSON of Hawarden appear in a fragmented business directory entry listing multiple firms and locations.
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