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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
7
Market notes show a house for sale and livestock listings including Chester White hogs and other animals. Some lines mention water rent and payments at a bank. Details are garbled but indicate property and animal prices and an October context.
A sparse item notes local trade in calf skins as part of a broader yard of salvage materials. The listing mentions scrap iron, inner tubes, and rubber hoot, with no further details on prices or quantities.
A long OCR chunk lists sales and notices across Hawarden area including for sale items such as 75 head of fullblond Duroe Jersey boars, a millinery sale, and various real estate offers. It mentions a Foo sale at the Post Office on Oct 31 at 390 o'clock, a Rock Valley to Orange City driving incident, and a large charity auction by Western Academy in Hull. It also records town events, personnel changes, and local short notices from multiple businesses and residents.
The text describes the sale of a dam on the Ippl river at Keoknk to Towapenote, detailing stockholdings and the formation of the River Power Co. Over time the dam and hydroelectric plant came under control of the sector, supplying about 170,000 horsepower to cities along the Mississippi, including St. Louis electric rail and Burlington Madison areas, with power reaching Illinois towns.
Notice to heirs to appear at Orange City court on November 4 1925 at 1 am to show cause why the last will and testament of Patrick Langen of Sioux County Iowa should be admitted to probate. Clerk I. J Reeves seals the district court. Attorney FT McGill present.
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