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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
14
An old advertisement argues the menopause is a crucial life stage and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an energizing remedy. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Bera Watson of Cincinnati praising relief and urges other women to try the medicine.
A Scribner's era sketch describes seasonal harvest workers who travel from the southern U.S. to North Dakota, riding the railroad blinds to reach fields. The piece notes their nomadic pattern, work cycles from Oklahoma to Red River country, and the rough, industrious life of migrant laborers traveling across towns like Omaha and Milwaukee in search of wheat harvests.
William Stimpson of Rush County Indiana was paralyzed by overwork, confined to bed for two months, and recovered after taking nine boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Local residents report cures for rheumatism and neuralgia as well. The New Era notes the remedy’s ingredients and pricing.
Ward reports immense nuggets found on the Alaskan river near the Yukon headwaters, likely the Koyukuk. He claims the claims are to be kept secret until location is secured, with a promise of year round placer mining using a new mechanical process.
Mutiny erupts aboard the Montserrat near Cuba's Matanzas as 2600 wounded Spanish troops demand overdue salaries in gold. Captain General Weyler is aboard. clashes ensue when soldiers are forced below deck to free space for officers. Several killed on both sides during the abortive uprising.
News that the United States Supreme Court would not interfere with the Durrant execution spread through San Francisco. The ruling clears the way for five more death sentences to be carried out, including Treth Wrecker, Wernil, Williver, Alfander of San Jose, and Ebanks of San Jose, whose victims were an elderly couple.
Senator Foraker says the 1897 campaign ended Tuesday and that a strong Republican legislature would have ensured Senator Stanna's election not the current news. He travels to Washington tonight and claims he would not engage in any Republican contest.
Chicago dispatch reports Judge Jackson affirms that civil service appointments grant equity in the office and salary, prohibiting transfers without trial. The decision holds that removal requires cause and that the President or commission cannot unilaterally alter rank. It orders reinstatement of a U S storekeeper or gauger, warning Congress did not delegate such powers.
A man identified as Dreyfus or a relative of the captain is reported to have killed his wife and three daughters before taking his own life aboard a coast near Irene Guinea. The bodies were found in a Paris apartment hours after the event. A 400 franc funeral fund was left for the commissioner of police and the family name was altered following the court decision.
Captain Gould aboard the Challenger reports sighting a sea serpent off the San Francisco coast. The creature appeared thirty feet off the beam, fifty feet long with a bucket size head and two foot body diameter, calm and motionless after a long voyage.
A major blaze in Texarkana Arkansas destroyed four steam lumber kilns five timber sheds and more than 1 250 000 feet of lumber owned by Central Coal Coke and Lumber company. The loss exceeds 100 000 and several men were killed or injured with three expected to die. A giant shed 360 feet long burned as a whirl wind damaged nearby structures.
Work on Finns Point and Delaware batteries opposite Delaware Bay and new defenses at Fort Delaware is being rushed to completion. Double shifts of men are employed and many heavy guns have already been mounted. Battery B Fifth Artillery under Captain Chase is at Washington Barracks.
Names of sixteen of the nineteen Idaho victims repaired from Buffalo origin list captain Alexander Gillies and crew. Three drowned remain unknown. two survivors Louis Lafores Jr and William Gill saved by the steamship Harlem after the wreck in a severe gale on Lake Erie.
Saturday appointments grant pensions in Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska with original increases reissues and widows noted. Postmasters named include H R Weer X Bickens and others with resignations removals and vice appointments across counties Franklin Hamilton Cedar Colfax and Miner in the rosters.
Schuyler Nebraska November 9 191? Helen Drake thirteen daughter of engineer Drake of Burlington and Missouri disappeared from home about a week ago. She was seen at Edholm across the river Wednesday morning then went toward a road crossing where she is believed to have boarded an eastbound train. Parents think she may now be in Omaha.
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