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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
3
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A fierce storm in January wreaked havoc across a densely populated Black neighborhood at midnight. The event left fifty dead and properties worth about one million dollars destroyed, marking a disaster unmatched in the nation’s history.
Discussion centers on Geo D Perkins potential nomination for Congress with supporters arguing he is the strongest GOP candidate in the Ninth District. Readers note local optimism, labor support, and rival bids, including talk of a possible fusion threat and a Sioux County push for G W Pitts as a successor.
Notice explains advertising charges at ten cents per line for first insertion and five cents per line thereafter. It notes cards of Thanks wedding presents and lists priced at regular rates. Mentions desire for uniform Iowa county accounting. Recalls Ticeatta county Republicans winning a test vote in 1897.
An fragmented provincial column praises the county paper and editor leadership while critiquing county governance. It discusses school teachers, local advertisers, and a Granville town writeup. The piece highlights elections in Sioux County, supervisor votes, and calls for reform in county remedies and public education.
An offer lists multiple newspapers and prices for subscriptions including Cincinnati Inquirer Town State Register New York weekly Tribune Toledo weekly Blade Chicago weekly Inter Ocean Sioux City weekly Tribune Detroit Free Press Northwestern Catholic Wallace's Palmer Northwestern Agriculturial Womankind Lat Farm News St Louis Republic Kansas City Star Cosmopolitan Magazine Homestead Poultry Farmer Youth's Companion Ladies' Home Journal and others. The notice invites subscriptions via the Sioux City Journal priorta.
The Chicago and North Western mortgage to George bonds totaling 163 million dollars, to be recorded in every county along the railroad’s route, is described as the General Gold Bond Mortgage dated November 1, 1867. It spans eighty three pages and requires recording fees of twenty five to thirty dollars per county.
C M and St Paul Railway offers round trip excursion tickets from Rock Valley to New Orleans and Mobile for February 22 1809 priced at 37 dollars and 75 cents with on sale February 14 20 inclusive and return limit February 10.
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