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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
4
A dense local page mixes verse on light and truth with bustling community notes. Reports mention residents like H E Durland, Mrs M Hurd, and J J Shannon among many names with town events, farms, sales, and social notices in Rock Valley and Hull areas.
H. and Shipman and friends request readers of Tue Bee to accept heartfelt thanks for sympathy and deeds shown during their bereavement.
A nostalgic plea to readers about the newspaper as a weekly companion that informs families, teaches children, and connects neighbors. It extols the paper as affordable, reliable, and welcoming, bringing daily life news and local updates into homes in all seasons.
James Fitzpatrick, a Sioux county pioneer and leading farmer, marketed a record hog load in Stock Valley Monday. Fifty-one hogs weighed 10,220 pounds total, averaging 870 pounds each. Dealers say they never saw such a uniformly fine lot from one man. Ten teams hauled them to town, and Fitzpatrick deserves top recognition for hog-raising prowess.
A.Fact: members of the A O U W adopt a death payout plan where survivors contribute to a deceased partner’s share. The approach echoes the risky mindset of joint ventures where the living pay to cover losses. The item ends with a remark on aggressive selling and cash discounts at Foppe's Pioneer Store.
The school reports two new reporters, several adult visitors including Mrs Woods Mrs Leighton Mrs Minard and Mrs McKee visiting rooms. Absentees include Alfred Scott Dwight Minard Josie Foppe and Charta Bloom with jaundice. Miss Gertrude Minard returns to teaching after Sioux City trip improving eyesight.
Doon residents note steady corn picking as harvest nears. Local movers include O M Merritt purchasing a Hills Minnesota livery barn to operate there. Henry Rosemeir plans Bancroft relocation after ten years in Lyon county with friends regretting his departure. VanderPlats returns from Klondike, plans selling 200 acre farm and spring return. Photographer Baynes back on duty and serving clients.
A farm sale of 40 Poland China fall and spring pigs and fine strains will be held 14 miles north of Orange City on Wednesday November 30 1898. Lunch at 11 a.m. and sale at 1 30 p.m. Time will be given until October 1 1909 on good secured notes.
A saying promotes using Tou Buz to publicize lost items, urging quick notices in the local paper to recover possessions. It emphasizes the practical step of advertising to increase chances of recovery.
A Moscow trial sentenced Princess Eugalytcheff to lifelong exile for embezzling 140 000 rubles. Her baptism certificate was altered to 1867 from 1847, prompting officials to pursue the charge. The bridegroom witness claimed age was irrelevant, having paid 8 000 rubles for his name and a passport, and then faded from her affairs.
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