02 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1899
Page
1
Letter from Wilson Hinkley reports the death of Nelson McKellar on March 27 and details the trench fighting and hospital transfer. It notes climate, health, guard duty, and rumors of the unit returning home, with remarks on Manila bound service and a brief local update of community happenings and visits.
Poetic plea for a modest dwelling and shared contentment. The speaker wishes a small home with a loving partner, a hearth, a cricket’s chirr, and the warm gaze of a devoted wife. The note mentions Farm Journal location and a prompt to call in and buy old papers at Tue Bie office.
Sioux Center hosted teachers and students from distant areas with Supt Krav of Sioux City presenting a paper on Character Building, drawing on his child study work. Prof A M Nicholson spoke on English study, and about a hundred fifty attended. Wm Stuart from Princeton preached two sermons at the Christian Reformed church. Rev Smitter declined a church call. Orange City residents Ogg DeBey and others were seen on Wednesday, with large crowds at Thursday’s dedication exercises.
The Wort Dodge Messenger claims Burt school vaccination left 136 pupils unable to attend class amid heated controversy. Paulsboro authorities hold a $2000 bequest from Mr Frothingham for a library, allocating $1500 for a building and $590 for books. Also noted are elderly Mrs Sarah Batty of Linn County nearing 92, a fatal railway wreck near Waterloo with nine dead and around thirty injured, and a Winneshiek residents trapping rattlesnakes near Decorah for earnings.
Planned demonstrations at the Greater American exposition in Omaha celebrate heroes from Manila. The Third Nebraska may return in July with a homecoming day, followed by a reunion of Larre regiments. The 25th Infantry and Nebraska Volunteers are expected August and will join the event. If the 20th Kansas arrives in time they will be welcomed too.
A complete lining village with people houses and surroundings will be at the Omaha exposition. Pain's Fireworks and the Wall of Manila on the water promise a magnificent display. Includes a display by the Indian Congress of wild Indians from the event.
The column rebuts a claim that a service tax links to voting rights. It defends government by consent and equality in the Declaration of Independence terms, argues against military service as a basis for suffrage, and asserts women seek a voice in national governance alongside men.
The piece advertises the Greater America Exposition in Omaha from July 1 to November 1, 1899, highlighting Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines. 14 000 new electric lights and a vast collection of exhibits. It promotes music by top bands and an educational program plus the song The Old Farm House On the Hill with author J W Lerman. 20 cents requested for a copy.
A sales note advertises 5000 acres of choice corn and wheat land with price options of 200 dollars per acre cash or 1 dollar per acre yearly payments plus 6 percent interest. Agents sought for Geo. T. Blackman in Sioux Falls.
The notice invites non subscribers to visit the Bee office one door south of Shannon Bros to redeem a special premium offer, encouraging new subscriptions and a reader incentive.
The article discusses the expansion and efficiency of the U S postal service, praising its growth and facilities while critiquing second class mail abuses. It notes advertising sheets marketed as news, fraud undermining self sufficiency, and calls for Congressional action to curb gratuitous advertising and adjust rates.
Local Woodmen lodge members and others plan a Sheldon picnic next Friday with a full program. Parades, band music, male quartet, welcomes, addresses, a lecture on Shafter's Army, a Foresters drill, contests, and a hall game feature events. A special train departs Roe Valley at 9:50 A.M. for the excursion.
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