County Seat Comment Highlights Board Budget Watch
The county Board of Supervisors met in a June session with all members present. They will review property assessments on an equalizing board and decide vault room needs for county records while rejecting a new courthouse for now. A special election to fund a new courthouse was discussed as essential for safeguarding records and fiscal economy.
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Board of Supervisors
Ragatar
Mare
Sioux County
Court of Justice
Court House
Orange City
Will Rute The World Hartley Herald Huglish Language Rise
The English language will someday rule the world with its beauty harmony and power. Its expansive spread in Great Britain and the United States drives a global civilizing influence and a growing desire to learn this Huglish tongue.
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Hartley Herald
Great Britain
United States
Illustrated Lectures at Opera House in Lock Valley
G B Swartz presents a Life Line illustrated lecture series at the Lock Valley Opera House starting next Friday with Throw Out the Life Line. The schedule runs through Wednesday with titles including Stara and Stripes Wall of Babylon Ten Nights in a Barroom Ben Hur and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Free first night and notices list residents awaiting pickup at Rock Valley post office through June 7 180.
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G. B. Swartz
Opera House
Stara and Stripes
Wall of Babylon
Lock Valley
Farmera Co operative Society Meeting at Rock Valley Hall
The Farmers Co operative Society of Rock Valley will meet on Saturday June 17 at 2 pm in Porden's hall in Rock Valley to transact business pertaining to the society by order of the committee.
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Noties
Farmera Co-operative Society of
Rock Valley
Porden’s ‘Hall
Ladies Shirtwaist Fashion Sparks Wardrobe Reform
Vintage column notes a latent trend toward affordable shirtwaist patterns for ladies. Makers promote easy sewing options and broadened sizes, signaling a shift in home dressmaking and practical stylish options for households.
Ruskin on Witehood and June Bee Gift
The text discusses Ruskin's view of witehood and women's roles, praising Saxon terms like wife and home tied to female labor. It then notes a June Special for Bee patrons offering Kendal's Perfected Receipt Book with recipes for animal diseases and household advice as a free gift for subscriptions.
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Aes
Kendal
Excursion Train to Sioux City and River Side Park
On Sunday June 18 the G M and 1st P Ry runs a special round trip from Rock Valley to Sioux City and River Side Park leaving 8 30 a m arriving 11 00 am returning 1 10 pm Fare 1 95 includes concert and free distribution of watermelons for old settlers picnic at Doon June 23 round trip Perkins to Doon fare 1 a limited return June 24 Agent G W Hannon Tug Bur is now in new quarters at 1 door south of the posts Buy old papers at the Breeze office
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G. M
1St. P Ry
Sioux City
River Side Park
Rock Valley
Lla
Farida
River [Side Park
Doon
Perkins
G. W. Hannon
N. Ry
Tug Bur
Alice Leek
Local Notes Highlighttown News and Projects
Will Dunn staged The Confederate Spy in Leanex to strong receipts of 88. Holle’s subscription funds boosted road spending to 17 400.00 for La Rolfe links. Sioux City Methodists start ten day camp meeting at DeMars. St Mary’s Catholic church dedicated in Gachwood. A Rebekah lodge forms in George with 36 members. Windmills proliferate in northern Town County. Edori notes Iowa sandstone use for foundations. Bub Unis calls spring decent until recently.
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Chof Holle
la Rolfe
Local Notes From Allen and Nearby Towns
Martin Bennett sells his farm and his interest in threshing gear to Denry Lowry and may travel to Washington and western towns to inspect the country. L. Bate visited Allen with granddaughter Fonte Jissingtoo. Mesdames Davison and Mohels stayed with Mr. Weary Lowry. Various local visits and arrivals noted through the week.
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Martin Bennett
Denry Lowry
Mar Bennett
Washington
L. Bate
Allen
Grantaughteer Fonte Jissingtoo
Mesdames Davison and
Mohels
Alexandria
Weary Lowry
Hif
Local notices and social roundup from Rock Valley area
Community members including Avery, Jessie Thayer, Netlie Meredith, Maul Meredith, and Avril Schaap appear in a Memorial Day observance and local visits. Fred Starkweather left for Yorktown to take up land. Rev Acheson delivered the memorial sermon at Wall. Repairs, painting, and home projects continue as townsfolk plan the One Old Settlers picnic on the 17th.
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Gk. A. BR
Avery Nica
Fred Starkweather
Yorktown
B. G
Myre
Jessie ‘Thayer
Rock Valley Paidens
Gartland Rock Valley
Hayas
Netlie Meredith
Shel‘don
M. Brink
Meredith
Maul Meredieth
Treton
Rev. Acheson
Wall
Avie Schaap
Montstreat
Maggie Morae
Sioux Center Snap Shots
Local column recounts community events in Sioux Center and Orange City area. Notes Memorial Day observances with Ladies Aid Society program and fresh refreshments. Mentions recruitment to regional churches, travels to Hull, and school year end.
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Leyla
Black
Hyink
Monay
Treton
Sioux County
Ladies Aid Society
Local youths urged to join temperance pledge group
A town committee seeks parental consent for children to join the Juvenile Te ngle. Members pledge abstinence from liquor tobacco swearing and gambling. Weekly meetings during vacation offer lessons to reinforce temperance values and moral work. Ten cents per capita dues.
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Tye
Ilya
Hugus
Georgia Knapp
Good Templars
CG. W. Jacobs
Fragmented letter on newspaper influence and fair trade
A fragmented editorial style piece argues that newspapers gain lasting influence through years of precise, truthful writing and consistent policy. It critiques local merchants for stale goods and ostentatious promises, urging readers to boycott shops and seek better options elsewhere.
Women Progress at National Suffrage Convention
The National American Woman Suffrage Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan reports global progress on equal rights. It praises Texas, Colorado, New Orleans, France, Kansas, and Oregon for suffrage advances and voter participation, noting 30 percent female turnout in Paris and rising municipal votes in Kansas City.
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Michigan
France
Tribunals of Commerce
Paris
Ton’gether
Kansas
Epi
Kansas City
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