Polk County Old Settler Made Money Farming
In reflecting on the death of Henry W. Wagner a longtime Ankeny banker and landowner a neighbor stated that during the sixty plus years he lived in Iowa Wagner amassed a fortune as a farmer He started with nothing as a farm hand at a dollar and a half a month and by twenty one worked on his own The farmer bought and paid for 3060 acres of Iowa land He gave each of his seven children 100 acres when they married and at his death retained 2000 acres plus each child received a 160 acre farm and 4000 in cash
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Henry W. Wagner
Ankeny
Iowa
Henry Wagner
Sioux Center Social Roundup Gathers Local Visitors
Miss Wilma Pals of Meservey visits Sioux Center friends and relatives. Ben and Margaret Mouw host relatives from Kansas. Margaret Va Wyke of Sioux City plans weekend with parents LS and Ada Van Wyk. Dr Neal Jagewaard and son Eugene return from South Dakota business. Spate and Bernice Borggins visit Le Mars. Mr Martin Punt returns from Le Mich to visit the Punt family. Mr and Mrs N Wasar and daughters Kate and Alice return to Holland Michigan after visiting Sioux Center relatives. Rev Raymond Lubbers and children of Peoria Illinois visit their B Lubbers parents. Mr and Mrs R De Zeeuw arrive from Michigan for a visit. Arnold Vard of Wilton North Dakota visiting his parents. Mildred Mouw, nursing student, visits home briefly. Mr and Mrs J Duit of Hawarden spend Sunday with B Dutts family. John Grotenhuis and son Wallace motor to Hawarden Saturday.
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Ben Mouw
Kansas
Margaret Va Wyke
Sioux City
LS van Wyk
Neal. Jagewaard
Eugene
South Dakota
Spate
Bernice Borggnsin
le Mars
Martin Punt
le Mich
A. Punt
N Wasar
Kate
Alice
Holland
Mich
Sioux Center
Raymond Lubbers
Peoria
B. Lubbers
R. de Zeeuw
Michigan
Arnold Vard
Wilcon
North Dakota
Mildred Mouw
Mrr
Mes. J. Duiis
Hawar'den
B. Dutts
John Grotenhuis
Wallace
Hawarden
Army worm damage hits De Vries farm and nearby fields
Local notes report army worms sweeping the John De Vries farm by the Rock River destroying grain and invading corn stalks after a June storm. Farmers dug ridges and sunk trenches with postholes filled by worms treated with paris green. In Fremont County fields near Thieman on July 1st and 10 cents a bushel offered for corn pickers due to wet conditions delaying harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johm de Vries
Eyge
Rock River
Mr. Vries
Paris Green
Local Social Notes From Chandler to Sioux Falls
Bay area items list residents visiting relatives and returning from trips to Clinton Wisconsin Yellowstone Park Black Hills and Sioux Falls revival meetings led by C C Smith of Chicago with several families from Vertile Perkins and Harm Kiovthoif Lime noted among callers and visitors in nearby towns.
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HampgAoltholt
Sioux Falls
Friga
Rex Hill
Vertile
G. Dink
Frances M. Alderson
C. C. Smith
Chicago
Houx Falls
Mrs Word
Mike
Rock Valley Iowa Ordinances regulate shows and traffic
Two city ordinances from Rock Valley Iowa regulate shows and traffic on Mitchell Street. The first requires admission taxes for canvas shows, circuses and manager ies with a 15 to 25 dollar fee, the second bans certain turns at Mitchell Street intersections and sets penalties up to 25 dollars or five days in jail. Both repeal conflicting ordinances and take effect after passage, approval and publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
Iowa
Mitchell Street
A. J
Murphy
Av. Halstead
Boys Clubs Display At Sioux County Fair
The 4 HLivestock Cra exhibits will be larger this year at the Sioux County Fair with Fight Baby Reeves presenting ten dairy heifers twelve market pigs and poultry and garden products shown by club members.
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Sioux County Fair
Junior Livestock Judging Contest A Feature At Fair
Sioux County 4 H Chubs hold a 10 AM event on Tuesday with classes for horses hogs beef cattle and dairy cattle underway under County Agent supervision. contestants are judged 60 percent on placings and 40 percent on reasons while the Alfons Poultry Club Team explains egg grading standards.
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Sioux County
Plac
Theaons
Poultry Demonstration Teams Compete at Fair
Two Center Township Poultry Club teams plan demonstrations for Tuesday afternoon, August 20. The teams will show best methods of controlling lice and mites on chickens, with 9 Luan and Thurlow Kerr leading one squad.
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Poultry Club
Center Township
Luan
Thurlow ‘Kerr
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Polk County
Fu Town
Tistory
Biant Pay Transport
Hoover's Place
Seine Pioneer Farm
Pompeii
Royal Highland
Wilma Pals
Meservy
Sioux Centre
Premum
Gerrit van Stryland
Qrange City
DOGN
W. L Murphy
A. J. Halstead
Firestone
Central Tire & Bay Station
Henry HI
C. J. Schroede
Rock Valley, Iowa
Sioux County Farm Bureau News
Alfons Poultry Club
Vernon Kellen
Esther Jansen
U.S
Makter
Christian Reformed Church
Jerry Brandts
A. McArthur
Ralph
San Jose
California
Joe MarcKellar
Cora Roberts
Columius
Nebr
McArthur
Rock Valley Rendering Works
Orpheum Theatre
Laurel and Hardy
Hoot Gibson
Ruth Elder
Atlantic
Richard Dix
Rock Valley Grain Co
John Coert
Huntting Elevator Co
WM. Schouten
Ford
Star
Willys-Knight
Dodge
Central Auto -Co
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