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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1898
Page
29
Local advertising is charged ten cents per line for the first insertion and five cents per line for every publication thereafter. All local ads run until ordered out unless specified. Cards of thanks and wedding presents lists are charged at regular rates.
A fragment from a 19th century page discusses varied topics including Weyter as a potential leader for Spanish forces, a forthcoming commemorative postage stamp for a Mississippi exposition, and the resignation of a Secretary of State. It also notes a new uniform for southern soldiers and describes naval strength and flood damage along rivers, plus details about the Sioux County Sunday School Association annual convention at Boyden with plans for banners, entertainment, and teams.
The Ladies' Home Journal will publish the attribution of the controversial Tuner Experiences of a Cabinet Member's Wife. Anna Farquhar is named as the author, believed to be Mrs. W J H Miller wife of the Attorney General in Harrison's cabinet. The writer, Indianapolis born, has lived in New York London and Boston.
County seat notes report townsfolk visiting towns and court activity. G T Hatley visited Perkins while De Huizenga from Rock Valley was ill. The grand jury was convened and equity cases set for early week. Company E received praise for wartime service and local mumps outbreaks affected school teams.
Canon Francis Byrne of St Johns Cathedral Denver writes that good and intelligent women are a majority among Denver voters and influence for good is recognized. Equal suffrage has had no bad results here and helped close dens of iniquity and vice. The letter appears in the Women’s Corner column with notices of local goods and sales.
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