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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
7
In Rock Valley community updates, promotions for Carl Johnson The Woodman appear with show dates February 4 and related ads. Community chatter covers schooling, farming efforts, water works construction progress, and a strong push for school cooperation. Officers in local Women’s Relief and Gem Rebekah Lodges listed along with a column on women’s suffrage in western states.
A late 19th century column quotes optimism over women’s suffrage spreading nationwide, noting “as the West goes, so goes the Union” and urging patience. The text blends political talk with local ads for Knapp’s Pharmacy, goods, services, and patent medicines, mentioning fresh oysters, carpet weaving, farm loans, and Stoll’s Cough and Cold Balsam from Sioux Center Iowa.
An elderly Rock Valley father counsels his son newly employed to save by continuing to buy clothes at Foppe’s ProxEeR Store. He notes long-term savings from steady purchases and praises the value and prices at Foppe’s, urging prudent spending.
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