Local Notes From Sioux Falls and Surroundings
Rock Valley correspondent Sam Bellefield reports week in Sioux Falls and Sioux City on business and sights. Rev Father O Rielly travels to Fort Dodge after his mother’s illness. Hakes family planning indefinite visit in Mora. Opera House in Hull opens season October 14 with The Lonesome Pine. Potatoes arriving, selling 50 cents a bushel. Numerous visits from relatives in Sioux Center Oakland and Idaho. A young couple wed near Rock Valley. Firearm mishap leads to medical care after stabbing incident. Dog kennel accident disturbs neighborhood residents.
Shooting at Academy Injures Unnamed Girl and Narrows Escape
Report notes a weapon fired toward dogs near a school. A bullet pierced a window and lodged in a wall near a sleeping sister. no injuries. Janitor Alf Thomas will oversee affairs during the absence. Also noted is the death of Edward F. Neary, 29, of Brights disease, who lived near Rock Valley before working for Union Pacific in Omaha. He left a mother, a brother, and three sisters. Funeral services were held at a Catholic church.
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Frank Bowman
Kelley
Manning
Iona
Alf. Thomas
Edward F. Neary
Girardville
Pennsylvania
Sioux County
Rock Valley
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Omaha
Nebraska
Knights of Columbua
Railway Telegraphers Union
Father O' Rielly
Vail
Sioux Center notes and events from Sunday and beyond
Local items list visiting relatives from Pipestone and Denison and plans to travel to California. Residents engage in home improvements, a sky-light add-in at Balkema Co., and personnel moves at a creamery. The Davidson Opera House opens with The Lonesome Pine. Sioux Center High School tops Rock Valley 21 14 and a Rock Valley rematch is set October 21.
Local notes from Boyden and nearby towns
Mrs T J Stein lists weekly happenings as births occur at the R Barenbregt and John Rensink homes. Visitors include Ruby Wagner of Sanborn and Norman Lowery with Henrietta Van Stryland in Hull. Several residents travel to Waterloo for the dairy show and the Davideon Opera House plans a 1911 12 season with The Lonesome Pine. A seven month old baby girl died and was buried, with community sympathy offered.
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Davideon Opera House
Hull
Lonesome Pine
Paul Schroeder
Barried Mongay
The Printer's Devil Legend in Venetian History
The tale explains the term printer's devil as an urban legend from Aleus Minutius in Venice. A homeless Black boy hired to help print Greek and Roman classics was blamed as Satan’s imp when the office was attacked. He survived and continued in the role, earning the name ever since.
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Aleus Minutius
Venice
Moira
Open lands in South Dakota set for October settlement
The U S Government will open half a million acres in Mellette and Bennett counties on Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations for homestead settlement in October. A Mellette County map lists open lands, all allottees and their allotment numbers, streams, and general topography. J A Flynn Gregory South Dakota offers the map and full opening details for fifty cents.
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U. S
Mellette
Bennett Counties
South Dakota
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Mellette Co
S. D
J. A. Flynn
Cowboy ships body parts in bear to avoid death rumor
A Western tale reports a cowboy asking a depot agent to ship to his parents the body of a comrade killed by a grizzly. The heavy box misleads staff until a telegram reveals Billy’s bear disguise. The cowboy replies that there is no mistake, Billy is inside the bear.
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Billy
Delay Is Dangerous Eye Care Notice Urges Free Examination
An old newspaper notice warns that delaying eye exams can cause headaches from undiagnosed vision issues. It offers free examinations to determine who needs glasses and cautions against self fitting by untrained individuals.
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G. W. Lensink
Areciat
Sam Bellefield
Sioux Falla
Buainenr
John Stuckelawer
Sioux City
Christ Schmidt, Jr
Canintata
3. D
Bomeffolke
Bison City
Father O'Rielly
Fort Dodge
BE. A. Hakes
Paartmeater
Hakes
Werneaday
Mora
Minn
Davidson Opera House
S. M. Bradshaw
Tractor Reed
Schemmer Hardware Store
Iowa
Eden
Northwest
H. VandeHoop
Sioux Center
A Vandelfoon
H. Vande Hoop
Oakland
Michigan
North
al Roelofa
Misa Hazel Burvink
Courag
St. Joseph Hospital
J. C. Kurvink
Levis Studer
Lapway
Idebo
Indian Service
Fred Studer
Idaho
Joe Konima
Alice Scheyder
John Holwards
Christian Reformed Church
Charley Partma
Farmars Lumber Company
Misa Esther Buck
Down
Chalmers
Doon
the Hull Harness Shop
Joe. Peters
Ty Speetal
Mies
Katrmerman Howe
Albert Prunes
Pipestone
Minnesota
Dr. and
Mra. DePree
Denison
Lews
Chicago
Vende
Mra
A. M. Beaukamp
Alton
Gert van Reekel
Wim. van Stesthergen
G. J. Schult
Maurice and Treten
W. VanSteanbergen
Mrs. H. Vanieck
Weatfield
Vanden Berg
Churchville
Ed. DeMonte
Californias
Ben VandenBerge
Koster and Ver
Dunn
N. Balkema and Co
Fred Gerritson
Mother
A. VanVeen
Mr. Gerritson
Wali
Sioux Center High School
Rafters
Rock Vailey
Josh
Boyden News
T. J. Stein
Ges i
R. Barenbregt Home
Ruby Wagner
Sanborn
Tena Steenhoven
John Rensink
Norman Lowery
Henrietta van Stryland
Mrs. B. Demots
Rena Carsot
Johannah Veenscholten
Wento Pella
DPD
DeHoogh
Ben Heemstra
R. Kaminga
Waterloo
Sheldon Gpera
Maesdamen K. Winters
Charles Heemstra
J. S. Dethmers
Misseea Nettie
Helen Dethmers
Mrs. G. van Slyland
Wein Fins
Mr. Merchant
Suariety Brand Clothes
Alfred Decker & Col
Hospers
Hirsh Wickwire
Sheldon
van Steenbergen Bros
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