Local notes from Sheldon and nearby towns brighten week
Social visits and travel mark this period with residents from Sheldon Rockwell City and Alton seen in town. Births include a daughter for Ed Dickevers. Mrs. Wagner of Sanborn visits her parents. A hospital update notes Art Creswell recovering from prior surgery. Farmers Cooperative buys hogs at 7.20 per hundred amid regional activity.
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General Work
Cedar Falls
Joe Peden
Sheldon
Shipley & Co’s. Oil and Gas
Ed. Dickevers
Art Creswell
Wes. Beckman
Iowa City
Farmers’ Co-Operative Association
F. C. Wagner
Sanborn
C. E. Work
Matilda Bélling
Beckman Bros
Hull
The Living Harp and Local Holiday News
A poetic meditation on love as the harp’s tune and a Thanksgiving message about virtue. The column shifts to local notices: Miss Warren and Miss Eva Dean visit. Chestnuts at City Restaurant. Frohwein Thanksgiving with family. U P Ladies Aid to meet. sell and farm notices. a Boyden Opera House Thanksgiving dance. cigar box sales. visits from S H DeVries and W H Eddy. hull and sioux city visits. high school entertainment critique. Dethmers house delays. a seven room dwelling for sale. Women Missionary Society Thanksgiving Offering service at United Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Head End Collision and Local News Notes
A passenger train collided head on with a freight engine at the east end of the switch injuring the passenger’s engineer Mr Flynn and a station brakeman. The freight was backing into the switch when struck at ten to twelve mph. Passengers were shaken but unharmed. Hon John Morris was seat-belted near a stove and burned slightly. A wrecking crew worked to remove the engines. Also reported: Sackamaee Little Havanias beat City Restaurant. weather margins. Correctionville defeated Waterloo in football. Bert Bomgaars changes sale time to eleven with free lunch. The McCabes praised for a good show. Boyden Cook Bull for Ladies U P Aid Society completed. Ed Mahoney and wife departed. Annual Farmers Institute in Orange City December 7-9 with corn prizes for youth. program details available via Geo A Sheldon Hull, Iowa.
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Flynn
John Morris
Sestrai
City
Correctionville
Waterloo
Bert Bomgaars
McCabes
Ladies U. P. Aid Society
Ed. Mahoney
Marshaltown
Farmers’ Institute
Orange City
Geo. A
Sheldon Hull
Iowa
Kemp Expresses Plea About Cigar Smoking Preference
A brief, informal note notes Kemp seeking leniency or understanding regarding tobacco use. The message reflects a personal stance on smoking habits and associated expectations.
Sioux County Farmers Institute Set for Orange City Dates
The Annual Sioux County Farmers Institute will convene in Orange City on December 7 8 and 9 1909. The executive and program committees have prepared a strong program with able instructors. Expenses are funded by the state, so farmers are urged to attend and support a successful meeting led by Chairman B F Hawkins.
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Sioux County
Farmers’ Institute
Orange City
Itf
B. F. Hawkins
Farm For Sale Near Boyden With Eighty Acres
For sale is eighty acres of choice farmland near Boyden. Land is well located with good terms offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyden
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Boyden Merchants
Martin Triggs
Tony Struble
Merrill
K. Kk
City Restaifant
Johanna Veenschoten
Ben Gates
G. van Stryland
Susie van Diepen
Tony Veeschoten
A M. Hammer
Spencer
Nora Johnson
W. H. Eddy
C. A. Morris
William Grooters
al Rockwell City
Ben Grooters
Alton
Living Harp
Rev
W. Durward Howie
Philospher
Greece
Warren of
Eva Dean
Pennsylvania
Chas. Frohwein
U. P. Ladies Aid Society
Poland
A. Kuyper
F. E. Fuller
Boyden Opera House
Hull and
S. H. DeVries
Hospers
Jake DeVries
C.E. Wonk
Mrs. W. H. Eddy
Sioux City
Mrs
Callie Shimp
New York
Cit: Haurant
Mr. Dethmers
New House
Kemp
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