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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
3
A mix of poem verses on the holy dead and local notes from The Bee. Reads like a Bee issue with fruit prices ice cream and cafe notices, along with names of residents, arrivals, trip reports, and a premium box promotion.
Miss Georgia Knapp returns from Storm Lake and Cherokee while Miss Maud Lickel arrives in Rock Valley. Local caucus set for August 26 as Republicans meet in Rock township. Thirty horses train for Fair on September 11 12 and 13. Several oblique notices about church dedications and social visits, plus ads and travel offers.
In Puebla Mexico a November raffle at St Joseph’s Church offers souls as prizes. Nine days of memorial service will fund the raffle with masses and offices of the dead. Prizes include Saint Gregory masses and smaller offerings for winning souls.
Philadelphia physician Dr John Aulde introduces a new typhoid remedy combining arsenic and nuclein claimed to invigorate brain and nerves and revive antiseptic blood quality. The compound, derived from yeast eggs and animal tissues, is said to rest on ventilation principles and careful study. A Chicago street evangelist note closes the fragment.
The Hartford Courant argues against adopting foreign spellings for place names arguing English forms like Vienna Munich and Japan should be retained. The piece condemns papers that push foreign spellings and urges consistency with English usage across all names and cities.
An elderly English editor publishes a monthly in which the tall hat is denounced as an ugly abortion. The will of a wealthy stock broker funds the periodical with 400 pounds per year and three copies, one for the editor and two for the testator’s executors. A separate condition in the will leaves everything to the widow who must avoid London and refrain from stock speculation.
The piece notes high flour costs in Jerusalem and reports a curiously signed appeal in Hebrew and English by the elderly chief rabbi of German and Polish Jews. It describes slow wages, hard employment, and the contrast of charity funds entering the city with criticized distribution.
A Biograph parade reel of Astor’s Battery was shown at Keith's theater in New York the same night. About one thousand pictures were taken in twenty five seconds after four o clock, developed and returned by 6:00 pm, claimed as the fastest recording then on record surpassing London’s seven hour prior best.
A fire damaged a dwelling described as the home of the fanons near Rye England. The text mentions Mr Mapes and an intended return, with references to the United States and absentee concerns, though details are unclear due to OCR errors.
A verse from Charles Lusted in Gentleman's Magazine laments birds in cages while urging respect for birds’ freedom to nest and sing. It contrasts wild woods with confinement and pleads for space and natural rights of songsters.
Henry rings off after a pharmacist recounts a late night visit by a stylish woman who confronts him over alleged infidelity. The caller questions his whereabouts, threats of a story, and a confrontation at home loom as the argument unfolds in a drug store in Cincinnati.
Washington correspondent cites biblical and secular estimates placing Solomon's Temple and its contents at over 350 billion dollars. Materials valued at 12.5 billion, labor 3 billion, cedar and stone work by tens of thousands over seven years, gold vessels 2.026 billion dollars, silver 3.232 billion, priest robes 10.05 million, gold trumpets 1 million. Source Chicago Record.
A naturalist narrates an exciting chase where a swallow pursued a dragon fly, one of the swiftest insects. The dragon fly darted and dodged with remarkable speed, and the swallow could not catch it despite its best efforts.
Reading notes describe Brussels glove cutters earning high wages and famed knives passed as heirlooms. Also recounted is Aristotle and Cuvier on elephant lifespans, Alexander’s post victory gift an inscription to an elephant named Ajay, a tale proving ancient timekeeping.
Portrait of the late Baroness Hirsch known as the Angel of the Jews highlights her $1.5 million in Paris charity, a Riviera hospital costing $400000 for consumptive children, and leadership in the Educational Alliance. Baron Ulr sc hved supported Jewish advancement. she inherited $125 million for women of great capacity and distributed it as she wished, including a $9,100,000 gift to the Jewish Colonization Association in America.
The Bee’s Want Column offers 14 cents per word for first insertion and 4 cents for each subsequent insertion. WANTED Several trustworthy persons in this state to manage our business in their own and nearby counties. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Salary straight $900 a year and expenses definite. Dolafide no more no less. Salary monthly $75. References. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Ierbert I less L reg Dept M Chicago.
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