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Newspaper
Sac Sun
Location
Sac City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
8
The Sac County Fairgrounds show a well known sight as Sac County fairs remain a living tradition. In 1955 the event drew crowds from nearby areas, highlighting breeding tests, vegetables, and entertainment as small county fairs serve as a measuring stick for comparison with larger fairs and urban auto access.
A 95 year old Smithland resident recounts the Spirit Lake Massacre of 1857, detailing corn theft, a settler’s dog in a kettle, confiscation of Indian guns, and rising tensions leading to the tragedy. Inkpaduta’s band fled up the Little Sioux after negotiations failed.
An aged manuscript fragment recounts 19th century massacres and depredations by Native Americans around Correct ionville, Mitford, and Okoboji. It lists cabins raided, settlers abused, women captured or killed, and the Adams family fleeing then returning to a near Sioux River farm. James W. Adams, nearing his 98th birthday, remains a local memory keeper and community figure.
In Lake View area a dragline operator uncovered mammoth tusk fragments about four feet long with an inch diameter in a gravel pit on the southwest edge. A similar piece was found last year nearby. Dr. Frans Furter of the Sanford Museum in Cherokee examined the piece and plastered it for preservation. a skull or teeth may be uncovered later and the tusk will be placed in the Sanford Museum.
A guidance note explains that private household employees may qualify for Social Security on cash wages. Workers should ask their employer about coverage and how to report earnings to ensure eligibility and benefits.
Mrs Lena Boerner a longtime Odebolt resident born near the town and raised on a farm seven miles away lived in town since the 1990s. She married John Boerner in 1999 after his 1948 passing and has two sons who finished eighth grade locally. Her Pioneer parents came from Illinois in 1874, the era before Odebolt existed.
Edmund Hether ton of Waterloo was pistol whipped and robbed after giving two teenage youths a ride in his car. The victims knocked him from the vehicle and fled.
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