15 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
1
Local items include purchases, rentals, and sales of farm equipment and livestock. Reports cover visits, travels, church missions, missing goods, and upcoming events with names like Vitzthum, Shannon Brothers, Greiner, and Kemper. The piece notes weather effects, dray service, and community ads.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Modern Woodmen Society reports robust 1900 activity for the Royal Neighbors of America with 49,692 benefit members in January 1901, total benefit fund receipts of 208,931.10 and disbursements of 203,800, plus a net insurance gain of 14,176,500 and average member age 35. Royal Neighbors, the largest ladies driven fraternal order in the United States, continues expanding local camps.
Rock Valley Camp No 2249 initiated two candidates and welcomed two more in a local Woodmen event. The Hustling Knights of Woodcraft formed Tuesday with twenty two charter members and listed officers. A Harper's Magazine story on parental discipline via Yellowstone Park bears is cited, including a bear mother correcting cubs. A letter argues rural free delivery boosts towns and farmers, countering merchant fears. Notices mention local election details for Rock Valley in 1901 and mail routes.
Fragmentary notice from Fuiler's Store lists bran shorts groy corn and oats with oats availability unclear. Mentions wheat and meal near term and unspecified quantities.
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