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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
1
A simple test guides readers to read the back label for alum or aluminum sulfate ingredients to identify alum baking powders. The text advises using Royal Baking Powder to guarantee a cream of tartar powder, ensuring purity and healthfulness beyond question.
The text presents garbled quotes and partial phrases likely from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It shows stray dialogue about a horse, a winter morning, and casual conversations, with mixed punctuation and nonstandard capitalization.
Real estate transfer notes show Ward G E to T Mo Muth and others across Ames Hawarden Ttreton Park and Searles add chapters with varied prices from 1 to 2100 dollars. Bruins A V Wetalio BR Jager and De Kruif Lubbers advertise bulk garden seeds at low prices.
Local notes report Herman Verhoef and family narrowly escaping a cow incident on the road while driving to church. The Peoples Co-operative store plans brick building on recently purchased lots. A water works petition circulates. heating and plumbing upgrades loom at the First Reformed church. Various local trades, travel, and parish updates follow, including farming trips and weekend visits. Party progress resolutions set out organization goals for 1914 with district leadership changes and nominations. Dr. E H Crane named for Congress and W S Gilman urged for governor candidacy.
The Academy basket social Friday night netted about $52 after auctioneer John Cambier led the event. The program featured singing by the Society, Crathia Pennings Voral solo, a duet by Misses Klay and Dykstra, and a fake band. Proceeds fund the Athletic Association and organizers hope for a winning baseball season despite tougher prospects.
At Primghar last week the Progressive conference placed a full county and legislative ticket in nomination. The suggested candidate for representative is Jos Metcalf of Primghar.
Sioux County farmers are urged to plant alfalfa to boost returns as land values rise. A contest offers $150 in prizes with $50 in gold for first place, $40 for second, $30 for third, $20 for fourth, and $10 for fifth, to spur alfalfa cultivation and higher yields.
The contest requires registrants to provide name and land description for sowing alfalfa by July 1, 1914. Each entrant must be a bank customer with at least five acres, seeded in 1914. Prizes go to top five stands in 1915, judged around June 1, 1915, possibly by a judge from Iowa State College.
An entry notes a lecture course special number featuring Dollie McDonnell as the speaker. The item is brief with readable details indicating a public educational event in Orange City. Further specifics such as date, venue, or time are not provided in the fragment.
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