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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1901
Page
5
The paper lists passenger and freight schedules for the Chicago to Hudson Line with daily trains. It notes times for passenger service and stock freight, including a day passenger between Chicago and Bronx Falls and agent Jacons.
A collage of poetic lines and local notices references charity and virtue, bring in names like Charles Dickens and Bibi while listing job ads and subscriptions. The item includes brief society notes on visitors, subscribers, advertisements, and upcoming events such as plays and clothing sales.
Rock Valley news highlights a two night performance of Bibi at the opera house March 22 and 23 with seats selling quickly. The issue also covers local visits, livestock and farm updates, church events, road work, obituaries, new residents, and travel notices from the area.
The Incorporated Town of Rock Valley Iowa schedules its regular annual town election for March 25, 1901. Voters will choose two councilmen for full terms to replace H H Pember and H C Simmons. The election will be held in the Town Council Room in the Warren block.
All members of Rock Valley lodge No. 496 I O O F are asked to attend the next regular meeting on March 28 for initiatory work. E O Prumaz N G W W Coororz Sec.
A mountain man questions a rider about Abe Gore and a missing horse. The wary speaker warns the rider not to travel the trail past Gore’s shack, hinting Abe is in need of a horse and may be connected to the theft. The exchange carries caution and possible danger.
Paris congress reports new heart surgery field with ten cases of direct heart wall repair after bullet or knife wounds. Surgeons exposed the heart, repaired the rent with sutures, and about half the patients survived beyond a year in good health. NY Journal notes the progress.
Fuller announces Bran shorts ground corn grand corn and oats available in any quantities. He lists yellow pearl or white corn meal and assorted flours from Sheldon Big 4 Jefferson S D Rock Valley and Richland S D as the best mills in the northwest. Also offers hand sorted navy beans.
Property ads describe 60 to 320 acre tracts near Akron, Chatsworth and LeMars. Listings note cultivation, native grass, rolling productive soil, few buildings, water sources, and cash plus time payment options at 5 to 6 percent interest. Prices range around 30 to 65 per acre with several 500 down and balance terms, possession dates in 1901 or 1902.
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