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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
5
The paper lists time schedules for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line andHudson Line services. It notes freight departures around 2:15 pm and freight arrivals later in the day with passenger connections to Chicago and Sioux Falls via agent W. Jackson.
A lyrical meditation on fate and karma warns that every act seeds future consequences. It asserts that selfishness greed and hatred reap a just, remorseless reckoning carried by Nemesis through time and memory.
Local items from Rock Valley cover visits by Knapp and neighbors, school opening, chicken pox in Miss Dunham's class, reminders to clear sidewalks, and advertisements for Pioneer Store bargains. Residents discuss land sales, travel to Chicago, and upcoming lectures while shops plan new blocks and products.
An article discusses Rock Valley as a leading grain and livestock market with bidders like Fink & Marmiller, plus reader letters criticizing local hog buyers over weights. It includes a dated letter from Rock Valley Iowa January 8 1901 noting scale concerns and calls for fair dealing.
Morning service at M. E. Church centers on the foundation and Paul as a master builder with 2 Cor. 8:10-11. Evening service presents David’s Fool with Psalm 14:1 as text.
The text extols the American citizen as an inventor who minimizes hard manual labor. It contrasts Americans with Irish, German, and English workers, noting Americans constantly seek easier methods. It credits American ingenuity across engineering, mining, transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture for global economic benefits.
The piece doubts a press circulating tale of a man who invested $20 in a wheat option, reinvested profits, and netted $12,000 last June. It argues such luck is improbable, notes people typically reinvest winnings, and warns options are risky versus safer ventures like surety loans or gold investments.
A stern admonition warns creamery and dairy operators that fraud and skimming schemes harm trust and profits. The text emphasizes that dishonest gains are short lived and liabilities linger for life, discouraging tampering with milk quality and orchard stock.
In the District Court of Lo Sioux county the final report of undersigned executor for the estate of William Gilbert deceased is on file. The next term begins at Orange City on February 11, 1901, when the report may be approved and the executor discharged. O G Reiniger, Attorney.
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