Council Meetings and Open Bids Lead September Session
The September 12, 1911 council meeting presided by Mayor Weir approved August minutes and heard bids for painting the hose house annex. Peter Bell awarded contract at 12.00 with others for $12.80 and $19.50. Bills approved or referred to the finance committee. Also details on land openings for homesteads and a Mission feast in Orange City with $541.75 collected.
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Weir
H. Beckman
Brouwer
Gorzeman
Beach
League’ of
Iowa
Bose House
Arthur Warren
Furniah
Wm. Heenskirk
Peter Bell
T. DeKoster
Mackie
E. C. Stevens
Varder Kooi
Nettinga
First National Bank
M. Houck
League of Iowa
VanderKooij & Nettinga
Yeas
Reformed Churches
Sioux County
Rouwenhorst
Orange City
A. W. DeJonge
Domwestra
Newkirk
H. Kuyper
Japan
J van Ess
Arabia
A. Pieters
Cantine
Fesat H Been & Buccesh
Avery Way
Hartley Forms New Gun Club and Local Notes
Hartley hosts a newly organized gun club while the community awaits Hoopers winter lecture series. Sioux County meets for the Farmers Picnic at the county farm as Doon disbands its baseball squad after 35 games.
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Hartley
Sioux County
Third National Conservation Congress Aims Soil Fertility Focus
Des Moines letter notes Kansas City congress Sept 25 26 27 with Henry Wallace highlighting soil fertility as key to feeding nations. He cites past yields decline due to virgin soil mining and urges increased yield through improved farming methods and rural development while Kansas officials discuss soil health readings and Ten Eyck input at University of Kansas. Local item reports Alton rumor of a hotel disturbance and Democrats’ news gaps.
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National Conservation Congress
Kansas City
Aoil
Henry Wallace
Congress
Wallace
United States
Russia
India
England
Germany
America
Ten Eyck
University of Kansas
United Presbyterian Church
Farm Life Commission
Theodora Roosevelt
Free Land Draw In Rosebud Pine Ridge Lands
On October 24 a drawing will determine the distribution of lands in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations in South Dakota. The lands are being opened by the United States Government.
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Chamberlain
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Rosebudg
Pine Ridge Indian
South Dakota
United States
Ministers Leave Hoopers Declares Mayor Post Vacant
The town of Hoopers lacks a mayor and marshal after resignations at the first council meeting. The mayor quit amid local fussing. In Doon the same day Samuel H Grimm of Lester wed Emma Nester at 5 PM with Judge Bowers officiating.
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Hoopers
Doon
Samuel H. Grimm
Lester
Misa Emma Nester
Bowers
Seater
Iowa
E. Nester
Douwe Dykstra Heads South for Dakota Trip
Douwe Dykstra, manager of Schoeneman Bros. lumber yard at Sioux Center, traveled with his son and other children to the station Tuesday morning to catch a train for destinations in South Dakota.
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Douwe Dykstra
Schoeneman Bros
Sioux Center
South Dakota
Douwe
Prominent Experts to Address Congress on Farm Fertility
The note cites Robert Munford and former Governor Hoard among speakers on stock farming and soil fertility. It mentions soil analysis by an American expert and guidance for farmers to improve fertility, with ties to dairy, grain, and livestock topics.
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Munford
University of Missouri
Congress
Hoard
Wisconsin
Hoard's
Dairyman
Security Salve and Antiseptic Healer Offer Quick Relief
Sore should ers, sore necks, and tired workers can find relief with Gall Salve and Security Antiseptic Healer. The ads promise reduced pain after a single application and improved work capacity, suggesting reliable healing for minor cuts and sore shoulders.
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D?brim County” Editorial Association
Sutherland
Hackenachmidt
Vingon Okla
Ed Schlotfeldt
Agoma
Minnegota
Dropey
Ireton
Boyden
F. H
J.J. Veenschoten
C. L. Dyk
Sioux City
C. W. Hentges
Sheldon
Sheldon Fair
Sleeper Manufacturing Co
van Zyl
Hespers
Rock Valley
Laura E. Mingus
P. A. Mingus
Mary Groen
Commelius Groen
Groen
Fred DeMay
Jonn Mulder
Baateck
Mulder
Mrs. Mulder
J. DeVroen
Perkins
Saisber
J. DeBoer
de Vroeg
Tull
Dr. Maris
Angel of Death
Des Moines
Hull
Alton
Alton Democrat
Democrat
Schoeneman Bros.Co
Eee
J. H. Sensensy
Eo Paul J. &. Church
J. 3. Deprey
First Presbyterian Church
Deplagn
Pittsburgh
Win Shimp & Sons
Aoila
Activerntinus
J. H. Rowe
Cram Hospital
Friends
Shektdon Sun
Joe Peters
Co-Operative Assn
Mgr
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