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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
1
Obscure English dialect phrases appear in a historical text. The lines feature archaic syntax and misquoted words such as make my shoe to use and what shall there ber. The passage references a pound sugar and a town near Alton, with questions about meaning and location.
Among our neighbors Gerrit Westra and family return to Monroe after a visit. Carl Tott buys Erick Hirt residence for 1750 while Hirt purchases Tott property for 1100. Various residents visit, travel to Rochester for eye doctors, and property deals shift in Hull and Misaca areas. Alfalfa sowing contest extended to July 1, 1914 by Northwestern State Bank.
A series of real estate transfers lists multiple deeds across towns including Beyer G to S Van Viet Lot 3 4 Block 38 Oak Center with 3300 dollars and De Lange A to B De 3rd lots 3 4 Block 85C valued at 1400. Other entries show Scott JE Coto S Shafer transfer for Block 11 WT 1 in Hawarden and Van Zee parcel in Alton with 900 dollars, among others, detailing buyer, seller, parcel descriptions, and prices.
Thirty years ago items from the Hermano files of 1894 note the jail addition carpenter work nearly finished. Sheriff Harrington plans to move his family from Pattersonville to Orange City once ready. The town hall will be 44100 feet two stories high with space below for two stores. The hall floor or skating rink will be hard maple.
A fragment recalls a game themed around Paris with hints of Medici poison intrigue and a seventeenth century porter, casting the era as the era’s greatest crime in a modern context.
At a Monday night meeting Prof. Pietenpol was named manager and a three member finance committee including H. Rhyensburger A. Van de Steer and the manager was formed. The panel has already raised 25 dollars and will report at the next town hall gathering Monday evening.
Sioux County Iowa urges Pax Payers to submit payments by April first under the new State Form of county accounts. Officials warn penalties will be added for late payments during state inspection, urging compliance and noting legal obligation.
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