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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
22
Weekly post office entry Rock Valley Iowa informs readers local advertising charges ten cents per line for first insertion and five cents per line for subsequent publications. Ads run until ordered out unless stated otherwise. cards of thanks and wedding presents lists billed at regular rates.
The piece praises uniform county record keeping in Towa and cites Decatur county Republicans winning the Tippecanoe banner in 1897. It laments taxes that deter citizen selection of officials as a national danger. Osceola advertisers support Smalley’s paper with editor D Brown and associate editor J Trainor.
A collection of editorials from Hartley Sloan Star Maurice Review and Sioux County papers discusses Geo. D. Perkins as strong Republican candidate for Congress. It weighs Perkins record, urges fair treatment of all contenders, notes possible challenger G. W. Pitts, and calls for united local support to keep Republican integrity and prevent fusion.
A fierce January storm strikes a densely populated city at midwinter midnight. The freak weather event leaves fifty wives lost and property damage totaling about one million dollars, a catastrophe with no equal in national history.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad and trustee John A. Stewart recorded a General Gold Bond Mortgage for 165 million dollars. The book form document spans eighty three pages and must be recorded in every county along the line. It bears the date November 1 1897 and matures in ninety years with principal and interest payable in gold. Recording fees total about 29 dollars or 20 dollars per county.
A noted railroad line announces round trip excursion tickets from Rock Valley for Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans Louisiana and Mobile Alabama dated February 22 1898 with sale details and return limits to be observed by passengers seeking carnival events and related gatherings.
Subscription deal lists several newspapers and magazines with joint purchase prices. Various papers include Sioux City Journal Cincinnati Inquirer Iowa State Register New York weekly Tribay Toledo weekly Blade Chicago weekly Inter-Ocez Sioux City weekly Tribu Detroit free Press and more. Prices range around 1.50 to 3.00 in different currencies or formats.
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