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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
26
For Tae Stock County Berara subscribers, review advertising pages before seedings. Observations show that active, wideawake advertisers are the most accommodating, cheapest, and liberal in trade. The piece lists merchants and officials, urging patronage and attention to columnar bargains from Hock Valley dealers and local business names.
A condensed church notices page lists Methodist preaching times and meetings, United Presbyterian service times and pastor, Catholic church services on holy days and Sundays, Christian Science Sunday services, and a Baptist school building address. Various pastors names appear with service times and locations. The page also contains a fragmented financial figure related to Paris and New York.
Albert Wheeler 25, a well to do Traer youth, vanished after saying he would return in two to three days from Grundy Center. His mother and two brothers investigate with no clear clues as to his whereabouts or possible foul play. He left with little clothing and no mail forwarded.
J Taylor ex cashier of Malvern Savings Bank won a verdict for 3335.33 against Pacific Mutual Insurance in Mills County Court. He claimed the gun in the bank vault discharged during his attempt to retrieve a book, the shot piercing his wrist. The defense argued he owed large sums and sought to destroy papers but the jury sided with Taylor. The case is likely to be appealed.
State Teachers Association elects officers led by President A N Currier Iowa City with officers Willard Marshalltown Parker Spencer Everidges Garden City. secretary Carrie Goodell Corydon. treasurer G W Lampman Cedar Falls. council members Dick W., Dennison, Vanness. Newton Ja Jan 4 Court adjourns in Cox v Jasper county case awarding county verdict after two weeks. Iowa law in Kentucky: Dewesse defaulter not pursued as judge rules default not a felony. Oelwein Jan 4 Sturgis still missing. Lew James seeks reward. Ames Jan 4 Mrs Miller and 18 month old fatally burned. father unharmed. Des Moines Jan 4 Frank Klong sentenced to 10 years for murder. Yale Jan 4 Mary Mostic survives carbolic acid dose. Grinnell reports diphtheria and new health board.
In Gilman Iowa inquiries rise about Jacob Baker who served under General Washington and built a vast fortune. About 400 heirs including Beale and Kerns families may contest a Philadelphia estate with $5 million cash and $4 million in real estate plus coal lands and other holdings worth around $17 million. Local relatives anticipate counsel and trips to Philadelphia to pursue their rights in final distribution.
Des Moines reports Attorney General Remley travels to Washington to argue before the U S Supreme Court in a pivotal Iowa case. The dispute tests whether railroads under the Wilson bill may bring liquors into Iowa to locations where sale is illegal, with the Burlington route involved and a $100 fine previously upheld against station agent T R Rhodes.
Iowa brief items report revivalist meetings in Tipton and Keokuk, injuries from a Burlington fire engine, farm creameries planned in Grundy county, marriages near Waterloo and Waterrloo, crime cases in Muscatine and Davenport, and local elections and bonds in Vinton and Marshalltown. References to tax exemptions, robberies, and a missing Holland farmer frame a snapshot of daily life and civic concerns across towns.
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