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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
1
Dr F W Taylor of Maxwel, Iowa leaves veterinary practice after earning a Chicago diploma to lease 20 acres for hogs and alfalfa. He plans to source corn from neighbors, raise hogs to combat cholera, and stay in touch with Iowa State College experts while moving his farm.
State official Barney leads joint action with federal authorities to curb sale of tainted eggs. Eight cases filed in southern town courts as inspectors tour border counties. Campaign aims to protect honest farmers from price cutting while urging candling to verify egg quality.
The dataset records transfers in Alton and Treton areas including parcels on H loutsmas street and van Houte Street with values from 50 to 18000 dollars. Transactions show multiple grantors and grantees such as Bynes L ta H Hloutsmas Smit Ato J van Houte Gibbs D Dykstra Morrison W J Brown Slothouber WG van Lee and Muyskens Fet to Douma and others.
The article notes West Branch Township formation in Sioux County with future divisions from Grant and Floved Townships. It highlights local history and events including Orange City’s forty-year celebration, the Orange City Glee Club lineup, early county records, and the first land sale in 1856. It also mentions a hail storm in Plymuth County, wheat yields, a push for a Sioux County High School, and a new Pioneer Cheese Factory at Seney, Le Mars area, plus agricultural seed shipments from Washington.
The Orange book covers October 1913 to July this year detailing Holland's wartime challenges due to its location between belligerents. It notes disputes with Germany and Great Britain, delays in settlements, and deadlocks including the sinking of the Tubantia and issues over orders in council affecting Dutch merchant shipping.
A farm one mile east of Nevada Store county sold for 300 dollars per acre about two weeks ago. This week Le Mars Sentinel reports a farm nearby sold for 425 dollars per acre. Crops like corn clover alfalfa and livestock are expected to reach five hundred dollars per unit soon.
The Orange City National Bank of Orange City Sioux County Iowa is authorized to commence the business of banking by order of the Treasury Department Office of the Comptroller of the Currency dated July 14 1916. Thomas P Kane Acting Comptroller of the Currency certifies the bank meets all statutory requirements and may begin operations.
A fireight wreck on the Great Northern railway near Sioux Center halted a northbound passenger train. Five or six cars derailed, delaying service until eight o'clock Saturday. The incident disrupted traffic for several hours with crews clearing the tracks overnight.
Bernard Cornwall a Sioux City fireman drowned in the Sioux River on July 23 while bathing. He, a reportedly capable swimmer, lost footing in deep water as five bathers failed to reach him. He clung to a pole briefly then released it to reach another swimmer and drowned in about twelve feet of water. The report notes a prior drowning of three high school girls about two months earlier.
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