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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
3
Local items recount daily life in Rock Valley and nearby towns. Reports include debts, sales, housing ads, weather, visits, road and sidewalk repairs, church and temple events, market notes, births, deaths, and community announcements.
Mr Alpine Walter Jerman and Henry Myera are listed in a period ending May 1890. Puta Wasnenaad is noted, with Exoxsx and M identifiers present. The entry records names with no clear event, action, or location.
The Y a will meet with Mrs. K McCulloch on Saturday evening May 18. The program includes Kipling read by Clarence Tanton Recitation The Recessional by Ming Helen Maguire sketch of Ruth Ashmore by Miss Stella Renshaw reading by Mrs. W J McLean a sketch of James Whitcomb Riley by Miss Gertrude Minard.
Mr David Adams gave a lecture on Persia at the M E church Monday night and hopes to fund college with his talks before returning to Paraia as a missionary. Mrs Stutzman and her ill diphtheria patient are recovering. Mrs E W Hazard leaves for Galesburg Ill. Misses Mao and Myrtle Ward visited Sheldon. Harvard spelling tests reveal common errors among Fine Arts Three students. class has about 300 juniors and seniors.
Mrs. William E. Curtis displayed at the Chicago World’s Fair a necklace made of three raw human eyes preserved in resin. The eyes, said to come from Jeru, drew fascination before visitors learned they were petrified organs, turning admiring crowds to repulsion.
A fragment describes the American Museum of Natural History displaying a phenacodus skeleton from Wyoming. Scientists regard it as an early horse form, tied to Cope’s Interref collection, noting its tall frame and multiple toes.
The New York Herald reports Faneuil Hall in Boston is being rebuilt with original rings and material reused where possible. A full interior teardown and steel fireproof rebuild is proposed at about 160000 dollars, preserving the cradle of liberty while noting the building’s slave-trade origins.
A St John s Newfoundland report says thirteen ships returned from seal hunting with 250 000 gems killed. The Newfoundland steamer, once a Cuban blockade runner, joined the fleet after capture by Marblehead. It arrived with a 30 000 seal catch worth about 40 000 dollars.
Ancient inkstands believed Egyptian dating to the eighteenth or nineteenth dynasty around 1800 BCE have been acquired by a Berlin museum. One wooden stand features two ink holes for black and red ink and a lower compartment for reed pens. A second schoolboy inkstand with four holes was also found at Thebes.
The article argues Kipling holds the premier place among modern writers, with Stevenson now deceased marking a difference in their careers. It notes Kipling’s rising stature and the poignant potential loss if he were to die, contrasting their distinct fortunes and timing.
A historical note explains that the Chinese solved telegraphy by using numbers in place of characters. The Humhérs must reinterpret numbers into characters when received. To ease operation, types jam characters at one end and corresponding numbers at the other. Printing the types on paper reverses the process for accurate output.
An article discusses why snow appears white due to light interference in ice crystals and trapped air. It notes how snow can reveal red coloration in polar and alpine regions, tracing observations from Aristotle to 19th century Arctic expeditions and attributing the red hue to plant substances or lichens and later confirming protaceous organisms as the cause.
A fragmented description discusses new art trends, methods, and the role of painting in society. It mentions varied styles and the challenge of achieving sufficient quantity and natural appearance in works.
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