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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
10
A Dublin opera audience quips the Countess Waldegrave who married four times. In Kentucky a 17 year old whisky seller is acquitted amid courtroom flirtation. A theosophy talk prompts questions, ending with a goat on beer signs mystery.
In a curious turn of events Scotland borrows clubs from America as £000 worth are ordered for use there. The home of golf faces shame as Scots clubs are sidelined by American designs, a matter that stirs doleful laments across the braes and banks of bonnie Déon. The mood is wary yet practical as players seek superior equipment from abroad.
A Kansas minister recently preached How to Get to Hell noting preachers have sought solutions to avoid the place. The exchange recalls Napoleon asking for the keys to hell and a witty reply about sending him out.
A German professor reports Freiherr Bernhard von Parravis ini of Schloss Rundeck near Meran Tyrol married four times at 52 lived to 104 and sired seven children including a posthumous last. His eldest daughter was 0 at his death. A New Jersey lover paid 10 to kiss his beloved before two old maids, yet that would be cheaper than kissing the two maids before his sweetheart.
A column of assorted oddities notes misers paying for luck to warm a wife s collection, women s pride in husbands, fish that dress in seaweed, new hospital aims, a theater spectator s glimpse, a method to purify sea water via a tree trunk, and weather tips from groundhogs. England seeks 750000 pounds of canned beef for India while Philadelphia laments gas stove shortages. A war vessel from swamp el in construction would defy torpedo attack.
Des Moines reports show the Senate passing the Titus biennial elections measure 40 to 2 with Hurst and Malloy in opposition. Debates touch mortgage taxation, printing scrutiny, and anti fusion law defeat as Temple amendments near settlement plus related Senate and House votes on public interest bills and revenue outlooks for 1898 and 1899.
In Des Moines the house debated a March 18 adjournment resolution and downed a censure attempt against congressman Je A. tull for lobbying in Des Moines. The resolution favoring adjournment was unlikely to pass, while Downing’s censure measure was tabled without dissent. The primary bill’s publication clause was stricken on reopening measures.
IOWA BREVITIES REPORTS A Brooklyn club formation and Northwood candidate Gilbert Haugen for Congress. New London IOGF plans a Rebekah lodge. A Colfax runaway horse damaged a rye glass window worth $130. Fort Dodge YMCA secretary W C Garrison appointed at Davenport. Northwestern Iowa Veterans encampment set for Sibley June 30–July 1. Collins publishes a paper titled Justice on earth. Des Moines Cuban relief committee raises $118 for New York.
Des Moines dispatch notes rising tensions in the Iowa legislature as personal motives and party strategy threaten key measures. The board of control bill and the Whelan constitutional amendment face deliberate opposition, while Titus and other leaders clash over biennial elections and reform proposals. A court of inquiry will probe the Prime election row, with hearings set for March.
A gasoline explosion in the second story rooms of Dr. F. J. Brown in the Brown and Chambers block caused extensive damage to the dentist’s equipment and ignited a blaze. Firemen fought the blaze with chemical and water engines, briefly threatening the town’s business district, as Brow’s large mercantile stock suffered damage.
Waterloo Iowa organizes to secure the G A R encampment for 1899. A Dubuque post circular has spurred Waterloo to action and a determined effort will be made.
A Waterloo petition drives opposition to a pending osteopathy bill. Claims circulated say every local physician will sign, urging the General Assembly to pause or reconsider the measure amid strong local pressure.
John Lindgren, a wealthy stock man, confessed to killing Rudolph Popke, who he said insulted a Swedish servant girl twenty years ago in Burlington. Lindgren claimed he struck Popke and fled. Popke’s death was ruled accidental at the time. Lindgren died recently, admitting the crime on his deathbed. The case ties to a Montauk fortune and a long hidden deed.
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