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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
16
John Sipma moved to Hall this week and Emma Steinborn returned from Joliet. Mrs. Amos Frank visits eastern relatives while Landlord Brown hires a new girl. Waldrow manages the office. Hom Jackson plans a move toward Tampa. a peculiar city hall lawsuit unfolds. Community dinners, society meetings, and travel plans fill March with social and civic activity.
Jory of Rock Valley visited the city Monday while Roy Lang conducted business here Saturday. Boomer Bros receive a large invoice of new goods. John Webb traveled from Canton and spent Sunday in town. Miss Kate Knewel visits Rock Valley with her sister Mrs Woods. Ole Stensoad spent Sunday with Hull friends and left for Cleg horn Monday. Mrs Adelaide Ballard returns home for vacation after lectures on Woman's Suffrage. James McIntyre, visiting friends, returned to Omaha Monday. Public School exercises in the hall Friday evening drew a large audience applauding the children’s efforts. Chas Cassidy left Monday for Jackson Minnesota to work as a devil in a printing office.
Canton visitors Wilford Varley and Lute Farley plus W. M. Wennett and others spent time in Hudson this week. Shifts include residents traveling to Sioux City and Chicago on business, a birth at M Thomas’s home, a wedding near the Lutheran Church, and large Sunday meeting attendance with Evangelist Hartsough.
The article describes Stifter, a Hudson resident, claiming to swallow poisons and metals with no pain or lasting harm. He demonstrates the power by dissolving glass, swallowing rat poison, and passing hot pins through his cheeks, while observers confirm no obvious physical reaction.
Julius Halseth returns after a long absence from school while Zell Smith misses Wednesday forenoon. Tenth and eleventh grades sit exams Thursday and Friday. Lena Fortune is sick and absent Thursday and Friday. Mr Terwilliger visited last week. Directors are invited to attend. Myrtle Vernatter leaves to live with aunt in Missouri Valley. Myrtle Chisholm will be out several days with a sprained ankle from a fall. Gerke Huigbretse and Guy Bernissee miss Monday and Tuesday for a wedding.
A store advertises a good opening for several men with common sense and funds. It promotes cheap trousers and full suits at special prices, urging immediate visits for those needing pants soon.
An urgent appeal notes subscription requests and a push for purchases at Foppe's Pioneer Store with a six month payment option on bankable notes. The ad promotes winter goods at cost and previews spring stock, urging quick action and announcing a looming sale to clear stock. A separate notice records the March 2 1698 appointment of Casper Haysinger’s estate executors by the District Court of Stour County Iowa and directs creditors to settle with the executors March 4 1893.
Rock Valley Markets analyzes the current week as Special Farmer's Institute week with The Iowa Homestead. The March Special surveys Keating Farma with lease samples. The Farmers Berry Garden is covered in depth. Home topic promotes farm life for youth. The Homestead offers practical matter. Price is $1, includes monthly Specials. requests for free sample copies to The Homestead Co., Des Moines, Iowa.
Mocha Sine touted as a breakfast drink and health remedy offered exclusively at Foppe's Pioneer Store. Doctors praise it for invalids and children, claiming it aids sleep digestion and blood health while serving as a cereal substitute for coffee.
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