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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1898
Page
21
A patchwork of notes and anecdotes outlines a community dinner, church remarks, ship names, a Maine battleship replica, a brief crime incident, and assorted curiosities. It mentions New England figures, overseas ships, a secretary’s vault item, and varied social observations across regions and times.
Des Moines reports detail Senator Grealy’s defense of the board of control measure and the opposition’s efforts to amend or defeat it. The day features heated debate over the bill’s scope, with Healy and Holter arguments, committee references, and calls for centralized power, while discussions on related measures continue.
Fragmentary report covers a shooting incident near Fishville and subsequent pursuits. Names like Nelson and Brooks appear amid scattered details while others are garbled. The text also hints at discussions on electric lighting extensions and university alumni organizing activities.
Hobard has a substitute Gill 1a likely to pass during the wheele aged War Have an ends fuey to shorten the sessions Tes Moines March S With the test vote of Saturday on the board of con tral to end of Ute session heve ri ght That vote proved that the measure has strength to assure its passage in the upper house and probably with very little change. Opposition prepared to abandon bitter fight and accept passage as inevitable though battles over specific items lie ahead. The session outlook includes fights on the board of control powers and on the handling of institutions and reforms.
Coupon tickets issued for baggage and travel savings with contact for G. W. Jacona agent of M. & St. Ry and C. W. Jacobs agent for Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway at Rock Valley, offering lowest rates for five cabin, second cabin and steerage outward and prepaid across the Atlantic.
Fragmentary report notes a shooting involving Balle Cherokee and Durkee last Sunday near Boiler Avenue. Evidence was sent to the grand jury with no bail, stirring local tension and a disruption around a nearby poker room and avenue.
Yesterday the town mourned Sapel K Willanson with a large funeral at the Mongregation church. Sermons by McNowara and Qlenner drew many mourners from the community, with over 160 marching to the cemetery under the auspices of Mat Woodman.
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