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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1898
Page
4
Northwestern Catholic praises national providence while discussing the post office appropriation bill. A $150,000 item for free rural delivery aims to extend service to about 10 million families within five years, seen as a cheap national blessing and key to civic and intellectual life.
A collection of jumbled notes touches on politics and society. It mentions McKixtey as a statesman model, optimism about presidential moves, and local chatter about telephones on back fences. It also cites Klondyke fever, tax payers asking for treasurer statements, sidewalks defects, and Des Moines city elections. A yellow fever wartime note, Cuban peace fantasies, and Uncle Sam settlement views appear amid a farmer’s dream about 1000 bushels of wheat and a moral about paying a newspaper man.
The article portrays President McKinley as a deeply religious man who opposes bloodshed unless a just cause pleases God and humanity. It notes his private remarks as a caveat to avoid war, suggesting the statements could become historic and were spoken informally rather than in formal settings.
A Toledo Blade note riffs on grammar and national unity while recounting an Iowa editor’s youth embarrassment. The piece includes a school report for district No. 5 Plato township dated March 4, 1898, listing enrollments and attendance, followed by a garbled roster of names and partial terms from the term beginning January 3.
Governor Lowa, in February 1898, appeals Iowans to aid Cuban civilians amid civil war hunger and deprivation. A Des Moines central committee under Twombly Carpenter McGarraugh Ward Perry coordinates funds and supplies, with city mayors asked to help.
An election will be held at the two hall within Rock Valley Iowa on Monday March 28 1898 to elect One Mayor One Clerk One Treasurer One Assessor and Two Councilmen. Dated March 10 1898 Henry Scoruuer Mayor.
A lingering cough prompts calls for energetic sensible treatment after twenty five years of cod liver oil remedies proving insufficient.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as effective for throat and lung troubles. It explains cod liver oil aids body strength, hypophosphites tone mind and nerves, and fycerine soothes irritation. The wrapper features a man and fish and lists Scott & Bowne chemists New York and a consult line.
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