Probate Notice for Will of John Morris in Sioux County
You and each of you are notified to appear at the Court House in Orange City on June 18, 1923 at 10 o’clock AM to attend probate of the purported last will and testament of John Morris, late of Sioux County Ionia deceased. Show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated May 17, 1923. (Seal) Klay and Klay, Attorneys for Estate, T. J. Reeves, Clerk of District Court.
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Orange City
Sioux County
Iowa
John Morris
Ionia
District Court
A. D
Klay
T. J. Reeves
Local Dignitaries Visitor and Community Chatter in Hospers
Mr. S. H. DeVries and daughter Anna visit this week at the S. DeVries home in Hospers. A note suggests trying Buck or Blatz Neer Bear at the Home Bakeryard Res taurant. C. A. DeValois went to Le Mars on Monday for tonsil surgery. Mr. Mike Jansen purchased a Dodge Sedan from DeWitt Motor Co.
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S. H. DeVries
Anna
S. DeVries
Hospers
Mike Jansen
DeWitt Motor Co
Local Social Roundup From Matlock and Nearby Towns
Matlock and nearby residents report gatherings and visits. G Dice hosted Paullina relatives. Avery and family from Sioux Falls visited Green family. Mrs Westerman hosted C A O social club. Patterson family and son Clarence joined relatives near Melvin. Anna Busker of George visited Matlock friends. Stoker and Anna Mae Stoker of Rock Rapids spent time with Erfert family. Nellie Duimstra resuming store duties after appendectomy. Loris Kane to attend Clear Lake summer school. Baptist services and Sunday school announced with Rev J Meyer pastor.
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G. Dice
Paullina
M. Ic. Avery
Sioux Falls
J. D. Green
John Westerman
Patterson
Clarence
Melvin
Anna Busker
George
Matlock
C. W. Stoker
Anna Mae Stoker
Rock Rapids
H. Erfert
Nellie Duimstra
St. Jospeh’s Hospital
Sioux ‘City
Loris Kane
Clear Lake
The
Baptist Church
J. F. Meyer
Boyden Community Club Drives Town Progress in 1922
The Boyden Community Club, two years old with over 30 members, pushed major projects in 1922. They funded a 100 foot steel flag pole and bandstand, started street graveling, held free movies, provided all night street lighting on Main Street, leased baseball grounds for children, organized a community sale and band, with a yearly $5 membership urging every man to join.
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Boyden Community Club
Boyden
Boys and Girls Line Up for Club Work
The Sioux County Farm Bureau announces three club programs for youths aged 10 to 21 this fall. Two pig clubs begin now a pure bred gilt contest and a market pig club while a baby beef club starts in September or October. Entries are due by June 10.
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Sioux County Farm Bureau
Vanderbilt Offers to Sink Merrimac and Save Union
The Detroit News recalls Thurlow Weed and Cornelius Vanderbilt offering Lincoln a no pay naval aid to halt the Merrimac during Hampton Roads. Vanderbilt, aged sixty seven, would command with government crew and, if needed, sink the ram. The threat faded as the war continued with the Monitor assisting at Fortress Monroe.
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Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Ericsson
Fortress Monroe
Thurlow Weed
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Commodore
Lincoln
Navy Department
James River
Vanderbilt
Detroit News
Pickles Crowned Beauty Aid Across Ages
An editorial notes the pickle’s rise as a beautifier and credits its recognition to the Pickle Packers' association president. It jokes that cucumber morsels supposedly gave Catherine of Aragon beauty, compares royal romances, and hints pickles as perhaps a life saver amid scandalous love stories.
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Pickle Packers’ Association
Catherine of Aragon
Henry VIII
Henry
Catherine
Reno
Paris
Anne Boleyn
Springfield Union
Man's Age of Strength
A historical note explains peak muscular strength occurs in the late twenties to early thirties, with a lift around 820 pounds by age twenty and a maximum near 865 pounds by thirty, followed by a decline after thirty and rapid loss between forty and fifty, despite muscle use.
Umbrellas Through English History from Saxon Times
An old Saxon manuscript in the British Museum shows a servant holding an umbrella over a crowned lord. The piece notes umbrellas were common in Queen Matilda’s era and confined to two women in Queen Anne’s reign. Jonas Hanway revived umbrella use in 18th century England and it spread globally.
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British Museum
Matilda
Anne
Jonas Hanway
England
Europe
Sixty Miles of Pyramids and Ancient Kings
From the summit the pyramids form a grand southward view. Hadh Pyramid marks a royal tomb, each tomb signals a king’s life rule and death. The sixty mile line spans the earliest Pyramid age, 8000 to 2800 B C, in Breasted’s Ancient Times.
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Hadh Pyramid
James EL Breasted
Tin Pie Plates and Local Notables Mix With Ford Plant News
Mr Henry Work and son Arthur return to Britton Ss D after a week with relatives. Ralph Vander Pol Miss Catherine Scholten and Ben arrive from Pella Iowa after finishing the Central College school year. The Ford plant in Des Moines employs 1900 men on three shifts with 24 hour operation and 300 cars produced daily.
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Vanden Brink
Henry Work and Son
Arthur
Britton
Ss. D
Ralph Vander Pol
Catherine Scholten
Ben
Pella
Iowa
Central College
Vanden Brinks
Great Ford
Des Moines
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Jacob van Zwol
C. A. DeValois
le Mars
Y “Eburchi
the United Presbyterian ~Church
W. T. McConnell
C. U
Chicago
Wilwaukee da
St.Paul
Boyden Train
Wes
Sheldon
Sioux City
Omaha
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Commodore Vanderbilt
Diekever
Boyden, Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Farmers Savings Gank
Will H. Eddy
S. Gi
Nic Rowenhorst
Towa
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