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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
4
George E. Bowers, Orange City post office, issues Saturday weekly Sioux County Herald subscriptions. Terms include arrears payment before service continuation. Accepts payment by draft, express, money order, or registered letter. sample copies on request.
The Nationalista party won the recent elections in the Philippine islands. The party demands immediate independence, aligning with a Cuban element. It recalls that force was needed to persuade Cobang that independence was premature.
The Standard Oil Company was fined nearly thirty million dollars for accepting rebates from the Alton railroad. The government’s first major move to curb large corporations obeying the law is reported, with note that the company may appeal to seek a reduction. The ruling signals a potential shift to fairer competition and possibly cheaper oil in the long run.
The Herald protests the petty taxes and burdens placed on about two hundred county teachers. It argues teachers bear the heavy task of shaping children amid untrained parental input while facing costly institutes, memberships, and board. Reform by the next State legislature is urged to cut these petty taxes.
A reflective piece traces the sandwich from a butterless tramp’s meat between bread to a symbol of custom. It notes butter scarcity altering recipes and jokes about potato and peanut sandwiches as modern distortions, ending with a question about whether we are all tramps.
The article critiques didactics as a school art, discusses teachers institutes, and praises education for forming a well rounded gentlewoman. It reports farm profits per acre from Schreur and Campbell, contrasts rents on cotton and corn lands, notes urban population growth and rising farm demand, and mentions tariffs, bank capitalization, denatured alcohol, and coal use in railroads.
A garbled excerpt discusses a kernel and silk fertilization in corn. It mentions pollen from the tassel and a timeline of fertilization or growth steps, though the text is incomplete and unclear.
The Mueller Brothers at Alton Creamery paid out nearly $100,000 for cream and produced 415,000 pounds of butter this past year. June output reached 51,000 pounds from over 3,000 cows supplying milk for 372 patrons on various routes. The operation is praised for its square dealings and mutual satisfaction between buyers and sellers.
The item notes Jamestown exposition travel by Jitee Aie Ven Zaste and Rev Dykhuizen preparing for departure. Obituaries cite C Van Stigt Earlham Des Moines tubercular illness Richard Van den ever and Mrs P Preeamar Peile age 87. A wedding reports J H P Doodgns Omaha to Miss Willamina Nella Doodyns James Gardner Rev FR T Gell officiating. Local quip ends with a remark on marriage truth.
Over the past week the institute enrolled Florence Willison, Hertha Winch, Francea Dockelmann and others, bringing total students to 120. Two daily lecture periods inspired teachers as Seph Clifford, Supt. May, Supt. Elliot and Prof. Holden led talks on Geography, Didactics, agriculture and literary culture. The institute reported success in every aspect this year.
Jurors drawn for the September 1907 term of the District Court for Sioux County to appear at Orange City on September 23 at 2 o'clock P M. Names include O J Bylsma Peter Laugatraat Henry Prins Phil Muehl M H Day J A Gartland J H Van Deest M Wiltgen D A Parkenaon John Higgens William Kersten Jr Dries Bosch W E DeVoe Ole M Torkelaon D L Grau Jobo Pease A F Boathby A Verrips Harry Van de Stoot T L Dek G J Van der Waa J A Van der Masten A Veillinga L Snyders Jacob Moeller John Bauder W Dykstra J H Miller Peter Winkel L Schaap D Schalekamp John Perkee D Bogaard A J Te Grotenhuis John Kern A Stewart EK Bos Will Ablers
George Kammistade bought the N. E. of sac tion sevee in Grant township from Pete Freerksen paying 92.50 per acre in cash. The purchase was noted as an excellent farm investment and worthy of congratulations. W Van Henthem of Grange City visited Sheldon for bul i peas and called on A J Schaap family. Van Henthem has retired from action business and now attends to property interests near his hometown. Nettie Carden of King County Press Paster S D returned home for a visit with family and friends.
District Court of Iowa Sioux County. Anna Sullivan administratrix asks for approval of the estate report. Hearing set for September 11 1907 at 2 o clock pm at Orange City court house. All interested may appear and show cause why the report should not be approved and claims stricken. administratrix discharged. G M Hatley attorney for estate.
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the courthouse in Grange City Sioux county Iowa on the Mth day of Sept A D 1907 at 3 oclock p m to attend probate of an instrument purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Nickolas Rog huir late of Sioux county Iowa deceased At which time you will appear and show cause if any why said Will should not be admitted to probate In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court this Sep day of August MT A D J OLt G RELNTORR Clerk of the District Court
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the Court House in Orange City Sioux county Iowa on September 17 to attend probate of the will alleged to be that of KK Borgman late of Stour county Town deceased at which time you may show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate provided hereunto is the seal of the District Court and signed by Wis Gibday of July a
September Term of the Fourth Judicial District approves the petition and orders publication of the game notice weekly for six weeks in the Sioux County Herald of Orange City. Dated July 1007. William Hutchinson, judge.
A veteran endorses Ariosa coffee, praising its rich flavor and energizing effect. The ad claims Ariosa roasts and packs coffee with egg white coating to seal freshness, touting warming as flavor-enhancing and declaring the brand the world’s largest coffee business.
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