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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
5
Daily freight and passenger schedules listed for east and west routes. It details mixed trains, freight, and daily passenger times between Chicago, Milwaukee, Sioux Falls, and nearby lines with agent C. W. Jacobs.
Local notes list residents visiting, campaigning for Titus Amendment, and two year election discussions. Reports include Mrs. Doherty’s illness, Hurd clothing, and Brewster for clerk of courts. Safe break-in at Rock Valley post office noted with missing tools and back door entry. four o’clock luncheon puzzle evening praised at Mrs. Downey’s.
Grand jurors summoned for the November term include Nick Jungers Floyd C B Ross Logan N Howard Center Mathias Kellen and others. Petit jurors listed must appear November 19 at 2 r m with names including Henry Donwhute Sheldon Green F D Lutyens Hull AwHeemstra Orange City W E Bray Hawarden and more. Notice also calls all persons owing for twine or machinery to call and settle by November 1. Cold weather is here and Minard Miller stock of Buff Lodge Jally Scott’s Ty Liver Oil promotes health.
Unclaimed letters remaining at the Rock Valley post office for the week ending Friday October 26 1900 include East Albert Bushmenn Fred Hoeck Fred Krang D Provost Lewis Tester Ernest Ward M Elder Pp m and others listed in the notice.
Local notices report the Tus Bar office relocating under the First National Bank and Tur Byer Printing House operating in the basement under the same bank. Other items include a call for overdue subscriptions, a lost jacket, and various brief notes on military pay, Paraguayan trade, blockade running, and a novel fruit combining lemon and orange.
Reported depths from a Pacific voyage aboard the Penguin reveal an unusually deep basin near the Tongan Archipelago. The expedition notes a deep crater like feature and observations of volcanic activity and a vanished steamer from earlier years.
A Monolaly correspondent reports the death of Kepoolele Apua in Hawaii at about 127 years old verified by Prof. Alexander and A. T. Atkin. The article recounts her memory of Kapiolani, Kilauea, Keoua, Kamehameha, Captain Cook and Hawaiian history through interviews with Mrs. JH. M. Nakuina.
The passage recalls a Dublin theater where Sir Henry is called to the stage and Irving appears early in the first act. Audience chatter echoes through the gallery as youths shout across to each other about actors. The scene emphasizes the gallery’s notoriety and the tension between spectator behavior and performance.
A fragmented OCR fragment hints at a poetic exchange about music in a soul and a wife asking if the audience liked it. The text is garbled with stray punctuation and unclear attribution.
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