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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
16
Local snippets report George Abbott in Sheldon Matt Kernissee at Inwood J W Atches visits Can- Chas Rademacher from Doon H Hannemeyer to Cherokee and back Y's meet with Miss Gertie Huizenga Will Goad and Chas Patnam from Hull discuss electric lights Birth of a daughter noted and many town movements including creamery business Rebekahs and Juvenile Band events plus farm and railway news with Dorothy-like social updates
Reporter tours a stock farm north of town, noting Thoroughbred Cruick Short Horn cattle and top prize animals from Barclay sale and Nichols Gibson. Mention of Golden Aberdeen $35000, three Cookson Bros purchases, two two year old heifers at 1400 pounds, and Professor Curtis selecting herd stock for a stock breeders lecture. Also poland china hogs, corncribs, and a drive to announce sale and discounts at Shannon Bros and Anction.
Mrs Dr Plumbe hosted a five o'clock tea for lady friends while Mr and Mrs I B Large gave a party. The G A R group surprised Mr and Mrs Moss in Fairfield Washington with a joyful reunion. Grandma Davis celebrated her birthday with family and friends. Sioux County Teachers Association called to meet at Maurice January 22 with a full program of papers and discussions. A note mentions a free calendar with fairy soap purchases.
A reader letter from Mann Arkansas dated January 16 1898 describes a trip via the Trans Mississippi Exposition sites near Omaha and from Kansas City to the Indian Territory. The writer notes rough hilly rocky terrain timbered country small one room shanties heated by boards and fireplaces and numerous sawmills. The town built since 1896 has about 3500 inhabitants mostly northern, a Gulf Railroad division station with 40 to 50 mile trade reach. The climate is mild and healthful, leaving a favorable impression, with plans to write again from the Gulf.
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