Annual Roll Call Begins for Sioux County Red Cross
The Sioux County Red Cross executive board met in Orange City to plan the Annual Roll Call set for September 14 to October 15, 1929. Rural districts will be solicited via rural school teachers to beat cold weather, with emphasis on aiding veterans facing mental health and tuberculosis issues. Fetare Hurbert Muilenburg of Orange City was named Treasurer, succeeding P.H. Van Horsen after Al De Haan’s death.
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Sioux County
The
Red Cross
American Legion Rooms
Orange City
Hurbert Muilenburg
P.H. van Horsen
al de Haan
Doing Unto Others Teaches True Happiness
An elderly man, over eighty, shares the secret of cheerfulness in four words. Think of other folks. True happiness comes not from avoiding harm to self but from avoiding harm to others. When making others happy becomes a joy, one nears fulfillment.
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London
World's Great Debt to Peruvian Guano Bird
A historical note describes the Peruvian guano bird as one of the world’s most valuable birds. It notes vast, multi‑million pound guano deposits on uninhabited Peruvian islands, with reasoned speculation on why the birds gather there due to currents and fish abundance.
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Peru
South America
Silver Cartwheelz and the long history of silver dollars
A concise chronology traces silver dollar policy from 1792 authorizations through revocation in 1875 and 1876, with recoinage affirmed in 1890 1881 and 1831 purchases ending in 1904, followed by renewed authorizations culminating in annual silver dollar issues since the Pittman act of 1918.
Demand and Supply Two Fiends Discuss Partnership
Two men discuss business on the way home. They claim a partnership but sell different goods. One sells stove polish that stains fingers while the other offers soap to remove it, implying a coordinated scheme.
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Marples
London
Pontiac
Peculiar Beauty Customs Described in Islands
A National Geographic description details Solomon Islands women bleaching hair to white with coral lime paste and drawing lime arches over eyebrows. It notes Borneo and Dutch East Indies women expanding ear lobes with heavy rings to achieve long ear lobes as a beauty mark.
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Solomon Ands
Borneo
Dutch East Indies
National Geographic Society
Live Wire Dangers and Rescue Precautions
A historical note warns that a live electrical source can kill or injure a person in contact with a circuit. Rescuers should break contact with insulated tools like dry sticks or ropes. For voltages up to 6600, a coat wrapped around rope may help remove the person, though this risks closer proximity to the live line.
Odd Nesting Find and Unlikely Roadkill Tale
A young East Grinstead woman found a tit using a letter box as a nest and laying eight eggs. In Hartfield a snake was killed after being driven onto the road by fire debris from Ashdown Forest, likely run over by a vehicle. a bullock in the same town contained nails and bolts in its stomach.
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East Grinstead
England
Hartfield
Aviven
Ashdown Forest
Iowa Judge Credits England Talk On Prohibition Policy
Judge Carter of Corydon recounted abroad this summer meeting an Englishman who said if the United States stays dry and Europe stays open saloon the US would own Europe soon. Rev. Charles S. Medbury of Des Moines brought back a similar report last year. European labor lags behind U S individual production.
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Iowa
England
Carter
Corydon
United States
Europe
Charles’ $. Medbury
Des Moines
Betsy Ann Steamer To Open Northern Mississippi Route
Steamer Betsy Ann, an Iowa built packet from Dubuque, sails from Pittsburgh August 10 down the Ohio then up the Mississippi with stops en route to St Paul. Capt. Frederick Way commands the Betsy Ann expected to draw hearty welcome on the upper river. Piano for sale: inquire at this office.
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Mississippi River
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
St. Louis
Iowa Points
St. Paul
Mississippi
Iowa
Dubuque
Frederick Way
Thorough Rock Valley Local Timetable Summary
Eastward Passenger No 4 runs daily at 3 42 to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton Passenger No 22 the Sioux Flyer runs daily at 5 16 from Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago Wayfreight No 98 operates at 10 10 Bs on Tue as day and Saber ag
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Alan
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sioux Flyer schedules and local connections for Canton area
Details list daily times for Westward Passenger No. 11 the Sioux Flyer at 5 3 A M and Passenger No. 3 to Mitchell and north at 7 24 P M with no connections to Sioux Falls. Tickets and baggage check for Train No. 4 east available in afternoon. Local Canton freight runs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 30 A M. Sleeping car reservations available in advance through agent C W Jacobs.
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The
Sioux Flyer
Canton
Siour
Falls
Mitchell
North
Black Hills
Sioux Falls
A. AL
C. W. Jacobs
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National Red Cross
Armis
Legion Auxiliary
Iowa City
Knoxville
Fetare
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
OVICE
By Dian
Rick
Pe Incine
Tandard Oil Company
C. M
ST. P. RY
Rock Valley
Farmers Elevator Company
Wynia & Dykstra
Imi Rock Valley
Dempster No
Bsa
Lement CO
Mich
General Motors
Mishiyay
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