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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
12
Local items include advertising rates and post office listings in Rock Valley Iowa, remarks on Gov Drake and the Des Moines weather service, Dalton gang news near Checotah, constitutional suffrage moves in Des Moines, and legislative notes on notaries public duties. Also reports on a Madison County man walking to state capitals, and party dynamics in Iowa and Ohio.
The twenty fourth general assembly required all railroad stock to have safety brakes and couplers by January 1 1898 or face contempt. It also debated a proposed memorial hall with a $25000 appropriation, noting bids far above that sum and a wish to press for more funds. The governor previously sought voluntary funding for an Origins cotton centennial exhibit, later reimbursed with 12000, while the executive council handles claims. Election commentary within the Register argues Republican gains, with Drake at 27000 and Shaw at 31000, citing combined Democrats and Populists and sound-money support as contributing to a Republican victory.
A list of names appears as November petit jurors across multiple locales including Sherman Reading Lincoln Grant Center and East Orange with numerous individuals such as H. Van Pearsem Petra Lund D. Bagnard J.J. Curtiss and G.A Dunham among others. The roster includes communities like Settlers Fast Orange Rock and Nassau along with several surnames such as Beeker Giebink Viernan and Kramer.
The county agent of Rock Valley Iowa will visit every house in the county within six months. He will promptly remove dead horses and pays one dollar per carcass. Telegraph or telephone at the agent's expense. Leave word at Mike Little's. A. P. Beranage.
Passenger listings show daily east and west service with routes to Dubuque Milwaukee Chicago Sioux Falls Sioux City Mitchell Chamberlain and Canton plus freight and refrigerator car notes. North and south divisions indicate freight departures and weekend exceptions with unclear times from the damaged clipping.
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