Town News Roundup From Cumberland to Iowa
Weather shifts bring a 30 degree drop with light snow in the Alleghanies. Hess earns 110 dollars an acre from a 1916 potato crop near Sergeant Bluff, selling 809 bushels from 2.5 acres. Struble store changes hands as Abe Dimsdale takes over the building stock and two lots. Ocheyedan minister funds church finances by asking stewards to add five dollars each. Moody Bible Institute graduates 137, plus 88 correspondence certificates from 23 states and 3 countries. Hebert Booth speaks at graduation. Orange City gears up for a larger Baby Welfare contest on Sept 4 with a one dollar entry fee and coupons forthcoming.
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FW. Hess
Sergeant Bluff
Br. Hess
Sioux City
Gan Ra
Struble
Henry McKeown
Mr. McKeown
Abe Dimsdale
Mr. Dimsdale
Strubie
Allie
Sioux County Picnic Planned at County Home
Weather permitting the Sioux County Agricultural Experimental Committee sponsors the annual Sioux Oak Picnic at the County Home on Wednesday August 0th. A grand basket dinner at noon will be the highlight with free coffee for all. All residents are invited to attend this community gathering and bring a lunch basket.
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Sioux County
Plac
Tire
Notice In Probate for Tong Will in Sioux County Iowa
Notice is given to all interested parties to appear at the Court House in Orange City Sioux County Iowa on September 12 1916 at 2 o clock P M to attend probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Jacobus D Tong late of Sioux County Iowa deceased. Show cause if any why the will should not be admitted to probate. District Court seal dated August 14 1916 signed by Qii G Heiniger Clerk of the District Court.
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Orange City
Sioux County
Iowa
Qii G. Heiniger
Iowa Citizens Discuss Federal Road Aid Use and Highway Plan
Members of the Greater Iowa Association discuss using $2,209,000 in federal aid plus local funds to build a connected state highway system. The plan would tap the automobile license fund, with counties contributing based on mileage, aiming for about $1.6 million in total to create extensive gravel roads without increasing taxes.
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United States
Iowa
Greater
Towa
State Highway Department
IEEE
Lown
Tinele Sam
Iowa association debate on discus sion consensus reaches members
A draft position is being presented to Iowans for discussion. A broad consensus emerges from many association members who have written to headquarters.
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Iowa
Notice of special examination at county officials
A special examination will be held at the County Students Office on August 23 24 and 25 for those presenting certificates of attendance at summer schools during 1916. Only admitted persons meet this requirement.
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Aon Stedent
The Hygienist School Childrens Health Issue
The September Hygienist issue will be the School Childrens number with articles by specialists on food clothing and general care of the school child. It covers teeth and eyes and urges sending ten cents to The Hygienist Publishing Co for a Denver Colorado mailing.
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Aygienist
Hygienist Publishing CO
Matestic Blog
Denver
Colobrad
Tris Boy Seeks Football Future at Work
A London Answers item recalls a young worker balancing football dreams with job duties. After repeated Saturday absences, his employer warns him, then offers a cheeky plan revealing the lad’s resolve to try again and possibly fit in early shifts.
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Jon
Moaene
Von
London
Nervous War Film Operators On Fireline Missions
The war motion picture operators endure perilous reconnaissance flights low to the ground. Volunteers face great risk as enemy fire and crashes threaten the crew while filming crucial scenes. Their nerves of steel and skill keep cameras rolling under deadly conditions.
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England
Syerton
Colonel and Private Firearms Drill at Rifle Butts
Colonel Fireveand visited the rifle butts with his territorial battalion. Captain Sabres urged a novice to shoot, Ramrod loaned his rifle, and the colonel demonstrated by taking a shot. Dust rose yet bullseyes appeared, while Ramrod earned praise for steady aiming despite jeers from Versnant Smart.
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Fireveand
Ramrod
Versnant ‘Smart
Elis
Blockhead
LIGHT FOR LIBERTY SYMBOL STATUE OF LIBERTY
A passage extols the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor as a lasting symbol and silent witness to America's life and inspiration. It discusses plans to fund a lighting system and seeks federal support to maintain the beacon after public funding.
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Bartholdi
New York Harbor
Arpa
America
Washington
Sonia Co-Operatic
Philadelphia
Ledyner
Tractor adoption boosts farm acreage in half states
The report notes many tractor owners claim the gasoline powered machine can replace several workers and boost output. About a third increase acreage after purchase, averaging around 120 acres per farm, while only about 20 percent saw no gain.
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Tulisea
Hleste Nois
Genoe
Onanuiber
Acculat
Otalie's wit and a 3605 fim lease
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Otalie and a 3605 lease term. Context unclear. no clear events, dates, or named organizations discerned.
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Otalie
His Exception, ee ah hans Sem a 3
A fragmentary text item notes a personal or legal matter with unclear names and associations. The readable portion references a sequence or status, leaving the key facts and participants unspecified in the accessible lines.
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Maryland
Cumberland
Otter Points
Alleghanies
Ocheyedan
Pocahantas
Iirty
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Sev
Hebert Booth
Salvation Army
H.P. Crowell
Orange
George Dunlap
Maintice
Tris Boy
AN Tut
Iomshine
Cenis
Light For Liberty
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