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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
11
Free Paper Offer With Subscriptions Promoted
An offer invites readers to receive one year free of a newspaper by paying a subscription in advance to Stoux County Bee. The notice claims readers will be pleased with either paper and that the choice is theirs.
Butter Making and Cook Book Offerings for Home Cooks
A catalog snippet promotes Womankind Cook Book and a Butter Making book. It highlights prize essays by farmers wives and daughters on feeding cows and making butter, plus a general Cook Book with culinary receipts drawn from readers. Both titles priced at 25 cents.
Canada-US talks hindered by multiple negotiators
A Washington dispatch reports that Canadian premier Laurier and associates find it hard to reach a deal with the United States because too many American officials handle different issues. The piece argues for a single Washington envoy to streamline negotiations on all subjects and improve prospects of agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Canada
United States
Blaine
Liuurier
Foster
Carr
Kasson
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Laurie
No Policies for Gold Seekers in Yukon Travel
Ottawa reports Toronto life and accident insurers will not issue fire or life policies to Yukon bound gold seekers. Most firms declined risks and set a strict policy at refusal, with Hamilton group of sixty seeking coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Toronto Life Insurance
Yukon
Wendike
Namilton
Toronto
King of Dudes Arrester in Self Defense Shooting
Walder Kirk known as the King of Dudes from Chicago was arraigned in police court in New York on charges of shooting Richard Mandelbaum in the Water Guard area. Mandelbaum allegedly forced entry after searching for his wife and was shot five times, with one bullet near the heart and another in the groin. Kirk claims self defense after Mandelbaum struck him with a blunt instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walder “Kirt
Richard Mandelbaum
Hears
New York
Walder Kirk
King of
Chicago
Richard Mandelbaum Jas
Kirk
Mandelbaum
Pensions and Postmasters Official Lists Revised
Washington reports pensions granted yesterday for Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska with original and increased awards, widows and reissues. Postmasters appointed in Iowa Popejoy Rowley and South Dakota Lake Preston area with resignations and removals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Washington
Iowa
Robertworth
Alasentine
George Stockman
Woodland
Iward L. Foote
Strawberry
Charles 3
Omaha
Nancy H. Pearl
Wymore
Prisettla F
Goodrich
Lincoln
Mary Co. O'Donnell
Popejoy
Franklin County
Annie A.” Gordon
B. P. Finch
Rowley
Buchanan County
A. B. Norton
James Clayton
Dakota Lake
Prbury County
Lyman J. B
Mystery surrounds death of Augusta Meyers in Hay Springs
Miss Augusta Meyers aged sixteen, daughter of Fred Meyers, was found dead in a canyon ten miles north of Hay Springs Nebraska. Authorities report possible criminal operation after a ligature and a box labeled strychnine were found. Coroner Bowman orders inquest as some believe she may have taken her own life. A jury is convened and adjourned pending new testimony from potential witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay Springs
Tlan Springe
Neb
Augusta Meyers
Fred Meyers
Hes
Bowman
Hehr
Muel
Barrett Scott and Bartley Bonds Case Similarities
In Lincoln Nebraska on November 1 the Attorney General is urged by the supreme court to file a brief in the Barrett Scott case. The court seeks arguments on two points including estoppel of sureties and late approval of official bonds. The Bartley bond case mirrors these issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Scouts
Bardec A
Bartley
Scott
Supreme Court
Adair Family Celebrates 40th Wedding Anniversary
Dakota City Nebraska November 17 yesterday a reunion of the family of Mr and Mrs William Adair marked their fortieth wedding anniversary. Attending were Ed M of Judith Montana WI R and Frank of Omaha Charles W and Miss Mattie of Sioux City Iowa Mrs Sarah Deuschl of Mapleston Minnesota and Miss Mamie and Warry Hof of this place. William Adair came to this county in 1856 among the earliest settlers and aided local development. He served as clerk of Fort Peek Agency in 1877, as county treasurer for an unexpired term and was re elected to another term. He was a member of the state university board of regents for nine years and in 1881 was appointed railway postal clerk between Sioux City and Omaha, a position he has held with only one short layoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adair
Dakota City
Neb
Ed M
Judith
Mont
R and Frank
Omaha
Charles’ W
Mattie
Dakota Country
Board of Regents
The
State University
Sioux City
Ind
Dorsey Case Deliberations Continue as Jury Delays Verdict
Lincoln Nov 17 At 2 am the jury in the Dorsey bay wrecking case had not reached a verdict after over a month of trial. The defendant Frank M Dorsey brother of ex Congressman William Dorsey of Fremont Neb was cashier and manager of the First National Bank of Onea Neb The jurors held a late session hoping to agree but no decision was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Dorsey Bay
Federal
Frank MM. Dorsey
Williuam Dorsey
Fremont
First National Bank of
Onea
Neb
Government to mobilize 600 reindeer for Arctic relief expedition
Interior will instruct Alaskan officials to gather 600 reindeer from the government herd for use by an expedition aiding ice bound whalers. The Revenue Cutter Bear sails from Seattle in ten days and arrives near Point Barrow after a 30 day voyage, with an overland stretch of 600 miles to the Arctic outpost. The effort plans to supply food and support for 263 whalers stranded in the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
Arctic Ocean
Bear
Seattle
Northern Sound
Point Barrow
South Dakota Man Fatally Shot at Church
Spencer, manager of the Postal Telegraph Co in South Deadwood S D, fatally shot in a Methodist church at Weestville Indiana during services. He is alive but not expected to recover, amid alleged financial trouble pressing the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal
South Deadwood
South Bend
Ind
Spencer
Postal Telegraph Company
S. J
Weestville
Pasti
Sugar Trust Struggle Deepens as Standard Oil Controls Sugar
The piece reports Standard Oil gaining control of the sugar trust and notes rising opposition to the trust in the West. It cites Havemeyer related stock sales, forecasts of widening beet sugar growth, and a pending nonrenewal of the Hawaiian sugar contract affecting refinery plans. It mentions the trust’s cash reserve of 35 million dollars and looming aggressive campaigns on Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
West
Ue Trust
Arbuckles
Claus Dorseher
San Francisco
California Reef Sugar and Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Wall Street
Angry Words On The Bench In Ensley Case At Clayton
In St Louis County Judge Hirzel’s court at Clayton the trial of Martin Ensley of Memphis for attempted murder and larceny proceeded without key witness Charles D. Collins who failed to appear. The judge lashed the absence as an outrage and issued a bench warrant for Collins, threatening heavy contempt penalties if he is not brought in. The trial proceeds with existing witnesses even if Collins is gone. The pair, both prominent and wealthy, lived at the Lindell hotel and were known for horse racing and patronage of the races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Martin Ensley
Memphis
Tean
Chas
D. Collins
Collins
Meramec
Highlands
Hirzel
Clayton
Wirzel
Ensley
Tey
Lindell
Sind
Claims He Was Her Husband After Milwaukee Marriage
Mrs. Mabel Estelle Wallace, a widow, asserts she married banker J. Bo Ketcham in Milwaukee last September and seeks his estate. Ketcham, formerly of Toledo, died Saturday in Chicago. Wallace, 45, had previously married James R. Falkup of Vanportia, Kan., who died in 1885 under unclear circumstances. she was tried for murder but acquitted and later changed her name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel ‘Estelle Wallace
J. Bo Ketcham
Chicago
John &. Ketcham
Toledo
Mabel Estelle Wallace
Milwaukee
Wallace
James R. Falkup
Vanporia
Kan
Europe
Ketehain
Boston Couple Fatal Shot Deaths Reported
In Boston on November 17 Frank McLaughlin and his wife Mary were found in their room with gunshot wounds. McLaughlin, severely ill with consumption, stated his wife shot him and then herself. The family was in abject poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frank McLaughlin
Mary
McLaughlin
Steamship Tickets Across Atlantic From Rock Valley Agent
Ocean steamship tickets offered by CG W Jacobs agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Rock Valley at lowest first cabin second cabin and steerage rates. Outward and prepaid options available through any line crossing the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athaetic
CG. W. Jacobs
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Rock Valley
Lows
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Farm News
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Womankind
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Womiankind
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Sioux County
BEE
G.L. Hurd
King OF Dudes
Borsey
Standard Oil
ILO
Havemeyer
Stock Exchange
Sioux City & Northern Railway
W. B. Menider
Gent Pass
A. Zawiebed
Kock Valley
C. AW. Jacobs
Hannah
Benis Pitman
Jerome
Howard
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U.S. Bureau of Education
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