County Seat Notice on Ballots Tossed in Buncombe Capel
Board of Supervisors canvassed election returns and threw out Buncombe and Capel townships for failing to certify judges' tallies. Capel loss did not alter results. Buncombe changed supervisor race, elevating Van Oosterhont and lowering Smith. Clerks in Lincoln Nassau Reading Plato also failed to tally house vote, but board counted totals anyway over law dispute.
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Buncombe
Capel
Leideman
Smith
Lincoln
Nassau
Reading
Plato
Veterks
Court ‘House
Court House
Plumb Couple Attend Railway Surgeons Meeting in Chicago
Dr and Mrs E Q Plumb traveled to Chicago Tuesday for the C M and St P Railway surgeons annual meeting. They plan a Sunday stop in Dubuque on the return trip. Mrs C W will accompany her son home next Tuesday as the rail line keeps him busy.
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E.Q. Plumb
Chicago
Dubuque
Jacobs
Belvidere
Ill
C. W
J. W. Wilson
Hull
The Home Merchant and Local Credit Role
The piece extols the home merchant as the saver of credit in hard times. It argues he helps with taxes for schools and streets and offers favors in distress. It questions why shoppers should ignore him for purchases, noting he sells goods at low figures comparable to big city merchants.
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Sheldon Mail
Was He Insured When He Dies
The piece notes how obituaries now emphasize life insurance coverage. It hints that death notices increasingly specify policy amounts and beneficiaries, shaping readers’ expectations about financial security after a death.
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Peter Jones
Murdered Husband at Breakfast Table In Rock Valley
Mrs. Geo Blood shot and killed her husband at the breakfast table six miles east and two north of Rock Valley. She admitted the deed saying years of abuse justified the act and, though jailed, was released on bond. A coroner's jury ruled the homicide premeditated with two shots to the occipital region. Funeral services followed at the house, with interment in Rock Valley cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Blood
Flis
Eod
Rock Valley
Sato
Alice A. Blood
FP. Hawkins
M. F. Miley
B.H. Tamellin
Menry
Orange City
Usde
Fred Wiese
Rock Valley Memoir Notes from Sheldon News Founder
D A W Perkins recalls visits to Rock Valley linking former Sheldon residents Lansing Hurd of Ton Ber Zeph Hollenbeck and Parden ex postmaster now at Doon. He reflects on past legal days when lawyers first opened here, noting a drift toward peace and happiness in the town.
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Rock Valley
Lansing Hurd
Ton Ber
4Zeph Hollenbeck
Dim Parden
Doon
D. A. W. Perkins
Sheldon News
Arie Hernisse
Man Allegedly Blew Out Gas at Bonnie Doon Hotel
Last Monday night Art. Knott blew out the gas at the Bonnie Doon hotel but L. A. Kissinger discovered the error before any injuries occurred. Lyon County press reports on the incident.
Thanksgiving Reflections On The Year’s Changing Seasons
A reflective verse recalls autumn’s fading splendor and October’s fleeting beauty while anticipating spring. The speaker names farm bounty and nature’s cycles, urging gratitude for yearly gifts as winter approaches and memory endures. The closing line notes Benton and the hopeful return of spring.
Switchboard by Battery Causes Louisville Outing
A Louisville telephone exchange ran a battery powered switchboard and tracked calls by energy use. At 10 a.m. the chart showed a sudden drop as managers discovered the city was out drinking. The outage followed a daily crowding at buffets and a rush to nearby bars.
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Louisville
Chicago
Hoe
Gladstone’s shifting stance on empire and Ireland
W T Stead reviews Gladstone as a paradoxical reformer who defended the Irish church then helped demolish it, pressed Britain’s stance in Egypt, and moved from peace with Russia to near war. He notes Gladstone’s prison of Parnell, later offers, and his claim to consistency amid changing events.
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Mr. Gladstone
Egypt
Tel-el- Kebir
Russia
Lord Beaconsfield
Constantinople
Pevjdeh
Mr. Parnell
Ireland
Gladstone
W. T. Stead
Confusing Homework Note From NSW Teacher
A New South Wales country school teacher reviewed a boy Jim's homework on compound proportion. The next day she found a letter accusing the assignment of slur toward the eight hour workday and stating Jim should not work more than six hours, signed AunaM BLANK, Bonz.
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New South Wales
Finen
Jim
Ben
Aunam Blank
Bonz
Donizetti’s witty reply to Czar during St Petersburg stay
An anecdote shows Donizetti’s quick wit when he paused a performance for conversation with Czar Nicholas. The composer explained that silence was needed while the ruler spoke, illustrating his readiness to adapt to autocratic etiquette. We print calling cards.
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Donizetti
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Maurice Notes Share Weddings And Local Happenings
One Tus Bee friend Ty 2 Duignan wed Della Gannon at Larchwood. Mark Case of Standard Oil recovers enough from a shotgun injury to be around. A Sioux City clergyman jailed his 10-year-old son for disobedience. Maurice youths form a skating park company. Ireton waterworks work starts next week. A Cole creamery burned Saturday night with about 3000 loss. The Board of Supervisors have been in session this week.
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Tus ‘Bee
Maurice
Ty 2. Duignan
Larchwood
Della Gannon
Sioux City
Prompt payers slow to settle local paper bills
Sad but True. Some people who pay other debts promptly and who pay crush for liquor and tobacco are habitually slow in paying for their local paper.
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Sheldon Mail
Bean bake and entertainment planned at Hawarden hall
Hawarden Uricts and Mansfeld Post announce a bean bake and village entertainments at their hall next Saturday evening November 19. Supper starts at 7:00 and the program includes speeches, comic acts, war soaps, and songs by local school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfeld Post
Jr.f. DePorest
B.‘T. French
Weat
Ben Rummel
Joohn Smith
Neuth
J. A. Moody
Salem
M. D
Jim Waite
N. C. Nash
Canton
Orange City
F.C. Waller
Walter Loys
Omaha
C. F. Bailey
Ek Point
J. I. Orcutt
Rev. Jones
Leland
A Sure Sign of Croup
Hoarseness in a child warns of approaching croup. Chamberlains's Cough Remedy given at hoarseness or after the cough appears can prevent the attack. Mothers of croupy children keep this remedy on hand and find it saves trouble and worry. For sale by Knapp & Co.
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Chamberlains
Knapp & Co
Tea's Wild Growth Noted Across Asia and Britain Value
Tea found growing wild in south China Siam Burma and the region in India near Ellamlayie. When first brought from the east tea sold in England for 10 pounds a pound with the best grades fetching twice that sum per pound, according to the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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China
Siam
Burma
India
Ellamlayie
England
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Sioux Center Snap Shots: Local Notes and Oddities
A collection of small town sketches and brief notices from Sioux Center and surrounding towns. Mentions include public fast talk, purchase of eighty acres by TE Van dir Zwaag, attorney TePaske in Rock Rapids, visits by Toney Kuyper and a Orange City steward, Arie Hernisse in Rock Valley, and the election of Andrew Vander Stoep as the new Justice.
Obituary: Mrs. H. R. Shipman Dies Near Rock Valley
Mrs. H. R. Shipman aged 35 dies at her home six miles west of Rock Valley after a sudden illness. She leaves a husband and an infant daughter. Funeral at the Presbyterian church at noon conducted by Rev. Huizenga with Oddfellows in attendance. Her mother and three sisters survive. Burial at Rock Valley.
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H. R.shipman
Rock Valley
Presbyterian Church
Huizenga
Rock Valley Cemetery
Local Visits and Home News From Spencer Area
Mrs Rust of Spencer visits J M Stickney then travels to Rock Valley. Mr and Mrs Kirby of Sioux Falls spend winter with daughter Mrs Ed Fleming. Jos McKellar and brother shipped their threshing machine to Waterloo Iowa. Mr and Mrs J Dykstra of Middleburg visit their son. Friday go to Wortmhondt's for bare gains.
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Jos McKellar
Waterloo
Iowa
Mra
J. Dykstra
Middleburg
Wortmhondt
South Dakota to Trial Equal Suffrage as Nationwide Experiment
The Sioux City Journal notes that South Dakota will test equal suffrage, with potential impact beyond its borders. The column argues women’s voting participation could reshape politics in Iowa Nebraska and across the United States, inspiring practical demonstrations of suffrage.
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South Dakota
Iowa
South ‘Dakota
Woiabin ‘Auffrage
Nebraska
United States
Sioux City
Bread Across Nations Shows Global Baking Traditions
A survey contrasts world bread making from spring and fall wheat in the United States to rye in Sweden, barley and oats in Lapland, bark-based breads in Kamchatka, Iceland moss flour, buckwheat in Siberia and China, chestnut breads in Italy, rice bread in East Asia, and the Persian wood fired oven method for quick, large loaves.
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Sweden
Lapland
Iceland
Siberia
Italy
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Proceedings OF the Supervisors
Capels
Baliots
Opera
Alton
P. S. Junin
Verritt
Klay
S-city
Sioux Center
P. D. Rhout
B W. Robey
Jerry Kendrick
John Weir
Sheldon
Thomas Downs
Boyden
Will A. Wells
W. W. Overholser
Ireton
Bence
Uattie
Cora Fisher
P. J. Watkins
J. W. Waite
Hawarden
Nic. Balkema
Miss Black
Our City
J. A. Ashley
Dan Montgomery
Treton
City
Home Merchant
Surors
Mahood of Wall
Usea
Aymmer
Benton
Mark Case
Cuiploye
Sheldoh
Cole
Board of Supervisors
Xmas
Sioux
John Heideman
TePaske
Rock Rapids
Toney Kuyper
Town
Allorway Klay
Andrew Vander Stoep
Sioux Venter
Wormhoudt
Perkins
Equal Suffrage
Bread of the Nations
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