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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1898
Page
7
The column ponders a future for China amid foreign power tensions and division risks while a health tip promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to fight common ailments. It also recalls a humorous editor note about a young woman's story submission and the editor's health.
A fragmented clippings page mentions instant photography with a quip about posing and facial expression. It shifts to jokes on bloomers and social farewells. An ad cites Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children and a note on the Suez Canal’s length and vessel speeds for part of a voyage.
Advertises Salzer Seed Co offerings including Salzer's Red Cross winter wheat and other grains with an 80 bushel per acre claim. Promotes a four cent postage seed catalogue from La Crosse Wisconsin. Also mentions wartime song revival and Wabash girls with corkscrew curls.
A vintage ad extols liver health citing Chas Lamb and medical science. It promotes Cascarets as the gentle liver regulator sold by druggists in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes, urging widespread use among readers and troops at San pare.
An OCR fragment advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents. It mentions Sampson and McClellan in unclear contexts and references consumption, with unclear schoolday escapades and Awritera-can-tell’ phrasing. The legible items are the product and price.
Des Moines July 27 General Shafter era Sylvester Scovel father of the University of Wooster president Sylvester Scovel was to speak at Highland Park college but telegraphed he could not attend due to his son's danger and expulsion from Cuba making public appearance impossible. The elder Scovel served fifteen years as pastor in Pittsburgh and long led Wooster University.
Sylvia Stevens of Sioux City took an overdose of laudanum at the Grand Central hotel in LeMars on Sunday, denying it was a suicide attempt and saying she took the drug for toothache. She was revived by two physicians after swallowing morphine. her party included sisters and several LeMars youths blamed for supplying the drug.
Iowa items report 1200 acres in Clay and Palo Alto counties near Lost Island lake to be opened for settlement amid expected lively competition. Squatters who have camped since 1890 may contest the new land. A small portion crosses into Clay. major area remains in Palo Alto.
Condensed war notes report 500 new fever cases among Shafter’s forces in Cuba. Cuban actions aid the Pandora duel. Shafter denies Garcia attacked surrendered Spaniards. Most Spanish troops in Santiago province surrender. Watson’s fleet likely to stay home. Havana claims impregnable city, while Madrid discusses continuing censorship.
Details the three landing sites Guanica Pajardo and Barceloneta as the initial step in a campaign to seize San Juan. Describes port strengths road networks and rail links from Ponce to San Juan and how a simultaneous push from west east and north would isolate the capital for bombardment and occupation.
Dispatches from Santiago report Cuban insurgents warned by a New York paper influence not to molest Spanish residents or return to brigandage under threat of extreme penalties. Santiago suffers food shortages as funerals mount for refugees, while American troops bury twenty five fallen near the San Juan hill trenches. Chaplain Vandewater recites services amid heavy losses.
A Madrid dispatch to the Associated Press quotes a high-ranking royal household official saying the present government will not initiate peace but will seek a modified settlement. The source identifies Gamaza as the minister in question.
A countryman entered a newspaper office to place a death notice for a relative. He balked at the $2 per inch rate, remarking that his friend was 6 feet 3 inches tall, implying the cost would be prohibitive.
An old advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Ease a foot powder for relief of painful swollen feet and bunions and Altes Boot-Mase for tight shoes. It claims instant comfort and offers mail order options 250 in stamps with a free trial package. A Chicago paper quips about an alliance with England, mentioning the English sparrow.
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