Local notes from Sheldon and area show community updates
Daily life items include movers and new jobs, farm talks, visits from South Dakota, storm damage, upcoming Fourth of July plans, births and marriages, real estate rentals, and upcoming improvements. Mentions include Roy Lubbers John Versteeg Mike Omera Walter Vander Well Stutzman Conner Ed Kuyper J. A. Stutzman G. Vanden Brink Dora VanDen Brink L. Morse and Gerrit Grooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lubbers
Sheldon
John Versteeg
Mike Omera
Rock Valley
Stutzman & Conner
Wm. Wagner
South Dakota
U. P. Ladies Aid
Frank Connell
Archer Sunway
Henry Pitstick
Aberdeen
Hull
Ethel Pryde
Orange City
Walter Vander Well
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Church of South
Traveler Sees Milwaukee Boom Near Harlowton Montana
Chas Leonard of Harlowton Montana visits for a couple weeks and reports the new Milwaukee extension is booming so fast that prairie nights wake to the sight of a large city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Leonard
Harlowton
Montana
Milwaukee
Obituary and circus hype mingle in 1909 notices
The obituary notes VYaandrager born in Holland in 1862 died June 21 1909 at his home east of Boyden after illness. He left a wife and five children and was interred at Sheridan Cemetery after services at the Dutch Reformed Church. The piece then extols Barnum Bailey circus grandeur with exotic acts and street parades claiming immense spectacle and world travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyaandrager
Holland
Boyden
Nebraska
Sioux County
Sheridan
Stuart
Sheldon
van Houte
America
Barnum & Bailey
Big Circus to Visit Sheldon Friday July 9
Barnum and Bailey, the greatest show on earth, plans a visit to Sheldon on Friday July 9. The text notes a historic event and promises a famed circus performance for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldes
Barmerd
Barnum & Bailey
Sheldon
Ottié
Arius
Advertised Letters at Boyden Post Office 1909
List of uncalled letters at the Boyden post office since March 1 1909 headed by Grant Luiderweg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden
Grant Luiderweg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anpet Boyden Business
Savine
Boyden Herenants
Adam Kwikkle
J. A. Stutzman
Hubert Boender
G. Vanden Brink
Axtons
Dora VanDen Brink
L. Morse
Iowa
Veenschoten
Versteegs
Webb Street
Howie
Kena Bergman
Ellis
Illinois
Bradshaw Gerrit Grooter
Kittie Birdsall
Rockwell City
B. J. Grooters
Clark County
Boyden, Iowa
John C. Pryde
Kansas City Weekly Journal
Southwest
Kansas City
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