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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
4
Local notices reflect community life with poems and editorials on resilience. George Abbott visits, skaters enjoy winter, and social events from minstrel shows to weddings fill the town pages alongside updates on post office plans, Woodmen installations, and local commerce.
Local items report landlords and travelers in town, church revival by Rev. McGreeter, a social dance at SCoad's Hall, plus council action eliminating gambling and slot machines. Mentions Milwaukee railway talks, Doon connections, and a horse and cattle sale. Advertisement for Stoll’s Cough and Tongue Balsam and free foot rulers from Knapp & Co.
Governor Shaw urges eradication of tuberculosis to aid Iowa industry and marketing of butter. He praises a granite Civil War memorial, preservation of state history through relics and papers, and advocates prudent taxation while noting debts and costs. He compares state financing with neighboring states and calls for careful public spending and a pay-as-you-go approach.
A history era editorial extols business methods in state governance while urging vigilance against maladministration. It argues valuations must rise with costs, notes growing state inmate populations since 1890, and praises the current administration as honest and worthy of emulation, urging citizens to report suspected waste with specifics.
Transfers listed by A W Lohr from Orange City Iowa for week ending Saturday January 5 1898 include numerous parcels with buyers and sellers such as J O to J taunt Borgman J to Klompenberg Lewis M B to Scripps McNally B F to McNally Masuen E I to Bosaver Rhoedain W to Wolfswinkle Pitts G W to Galt Minten Ww to Steichen Land transfers note blocks and additions in Orange City Alton River Add and N Alton neighborhood with various payments and prices among named parties and locations.
Notice announces J. B. Foppe as assignee for Kate Foppe of Rock Valley Sioux County Iowa. Creditors must present claims under oath within three months and debtors must pay the assignee. Dated Rock Valley December 15 87 with last publication February 4.
General debility and loss of flesh are addressed by Scots Emulsion which has been the standard remedy for nearly twenty five years. Physicians acknowledge it yields results unavailable from other flesh forming foods and many market preparations claim similar effects.
Advert shows Scott's Emulsion claimed to improve appetite and flesh with cod liver oil and hypophosphites. Mentions price and druggist contact, and a nursery stock offer in Rock Valley Iowa. Names Scott and Howe chemists appear on wrapper.
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