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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
9
A batch of Republican and Democratic campaign notices appears alongside editorials and reader comments. Candidates including G. J. Shoemaker A. Balkema John A. Walraven announce bids for treasurer sheriff subject to county conventions.
Thirteen starving African men reached New York, remnants of a group once numbering 300 who intended to settle in Africa. The piece criticizes colonization efforts and notes public speculation on Tesla's wireless telegraphy and rumors of Earth Mars communication.
Mondamin announces a carnival week October 4 to 9 with one fare round trip to Sioux City. The program features Mudje Kee Wis grand reception, industrial parades, bicycle day with 2000 riders, ladies day floral parade, bard tournaments, fireworks, All Fools Night, and town lighting enhancements.
Weekly transfer list for Orange City Iowa includes numerous parcel deeds from 1897. Entries name grantors, grantees, parcel descriptions, and prices such as 2500 dollars and 5400 dollars. Transfers involve farms town lots and school districts with multiple tracts and legal descriptions.
A call announces a Republican delegate convention in Ireton on Friday October 1 to nominate candidates for several offices and conduct other business. It details representation by township and voting history for McKinley, lists township entitlements, and notes post-convention district meetings for supervisor nominations. It also includes a separate Great Music Offer urging readers to mail in names and addresses for sheet music samples.
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