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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
5
Next Thursday at 8 45 boosters plan a Rock Valley delegation visit from Des Moines to Billings. A trip to Custer Battlefield with a city secretary attending the Associa tion meeting in Rock Valley is noted for Tuesday.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Canton boys and reform school terms with unclear names and quotes. Readable facts are limited. no clear event date location or outcome is evident.
Mrs Elizabeth Fox died recently and funeral services were held at the home of her daughter Mrs Wo Pobes, with burial at Hull cemetery. Born in Baxmby on the Marsh near Howden Ireland on June 21 1826, she married Charles Foss in 1873 and came to the United States the same year. She spent most of her life with daughter Mrs Floyd G Spencer in San California and died July 20, 192. Survived by three daughters Mrs Wr C Floyd G Spencer Tom Fox and grand children.
A brief note from friends thanking kind people for their height and sympathy during the time of our sad bereavement.
The article notes the unexpected death of William J. Bryan at age sixty five. He was known widely and admired for his sincerity, courage, and belief in doing what is right, earning respect across parties. Bryan had spoken at Hawathee program events in Rack Valley and at a flag pole dedication, drawing large crowds.
South Sioux City gardeners report crops better this year as the sixth annual butterfly contest pays one cent per butterfly for all amounts up to 25 cents. The Commercial Club offered five grand prizes for the most butterflies killed, with funds to cover the dead specimens.
Lyon county officers with help from Special Agent Nugent arrested five men named Martin John Whalen Francis Briggemann Jack Thoms and Elgie Be for grand larceny in a case hurting farmers near Larchwood. They confessed, and will be taken before Judge Bradley at LeMars for lunience.
Court records from Sioux County list actions against Jevlink and wife over a 10 acre property and lot 4, a custody ruling in Ruth Tuttle's case, Mooreman Mfg. Co. judgment in Justice Furgeson’s court, and various notes of debts and foreclosures. Other filings name Benjaman Grooters, First National Bank, Farmers Grain Co., J. A. Dalton, Hiram Swift, Henry Baker, Dena Van Waylin, Gorzeman, and HH. Dellers among others with judgments, notes, and mortgage issues.
AW Washer sues Gust Beldt claiming he owes 100 on a note dated December 2 1924 and 25 on merchandise purchased in winter 1924. Washer seeks judgment for the total 125 dollars.
The Iowa Legionaire reports the National convention will be held in Omaha October 5 to 9. About 1,000 Legionaires from Iowa and 47 other states will attend. The town will host concerts floats bands and a grand pageant led by Commander Webster. Ladies admitted same as members and details appear on the bills.
A six year old boy, Clarence Dykstra, died in a fire that engulfed a barn on the Born farm six miles south of Sheldon. Neighbors and Sheldon firemen arrived to find the child overwhelmed by smoke and the hay in the mow ignited. The barn burned to the ground. The incident follows the family’s April loss of a one year old sibling. Funeral planned for Friday at the home with burial in Hospers cemetery.
Incoherent remnants describe Indian bands and frontier commanders with scattered names and phrases. The garbled inscription hints at events in a distant settlement era but lacks coherent facts or a clear incident, places, or dates.
Local report describes outsiders selling water at ten dollars per gallon, with some buyers paying up to thirty dollars. Men arrived by wagon with vans and improvised spouts, allegedly mixing alcohol into water, and residents witnessed intoxicated consumption.
Uncle Pederson, a Danish born co op advocate in Iowa, praised Danish cooperative marketing before news of a Danish farmers bank failure. The collapse follows frozen credits and unbalanced obligations totaling about ten million dollars, despite Denmark’s strong farming organization.
Lone Vogelaar will hold an auction of household goods and other articles on Saturday, August 1. See his and the Bee for details.
William Taylor a 23 year old resident near Le Mars died last Friday night when his new truck collided with an eastbound car at a Creek road crossroad. He was thrown head first under the truck and found beneath the rear wheels by farmers after the impact. The other car went into a ditch. its occupants were uninjured with only two hubcaps lost.
A letter promotes spinal manipulation as a cure for stomach disorders. It argues symptoms are not caused by food or illness but by nerves affected by a spinal Subluxation. The ad offers a thorough examination at a medical office and urges readers with stomach troubles to visit.
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