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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
9
The note warns grocers that no substitutes are acceptable for Royal baking powder. It states that bare cream of tartar cannot replace it and cautions that health powders offered as substitutes contain alum, making them unsuitable.
A clipped OCR fragment shows phrases like He was under the knife and Send quick. Tam ready with it capturing a brief, unclear text segment without a clear event or proper nouns to identify.
A town caucus met in the town hall to nominate city officers and council members. G L Van de Steeg chaired with A Van der Meide as secretary. Ballots show Slikkerveer and De Bey trading leads for treasurer and assessor positions, and C Hospers selected as a new council nominee.
The board drew lots between H. Te Paske and H. F. Bekman after equal votes. Bekman won the lot but did not appear to qualify. With two retiring members Halkema and Noteboor, Halkema will hold over. John Den Beste's hogs weighed 3404 pounds. John Roelofs from Lismore, Minnesota visited last week.
Six week program starting Monday June 15 offers special classes for coaching teachers for examinations and courses for primary teachers. Board and room at Morningside priced at 4.50 to 4.75 per week. Instructors provided for elementary agriculture manual training and domestic science to meet 1915 state board requirements with no extra charge.
The Farmers' Mutual Co operative Association held its sixth annual meeting in the town hall. All directors were reelected. Nearly half a million dollars in checks were paid out. Grain bought included wheat 39,425 bushels, corn 218,665, barley 30,442, oats 56,461, hogs 14,136. Total profits were 10,340.07 dollars and expenses 5,174.40 dollars.
A compilation of property transfers includes names such as Scripps Wim to B Schenk, Scripps W to H E De Vries, Van der Meer G to M De Jager, Jepma G to T De Haan, and De Haan T to G Van der Meer. Transactions span townships Hawarden, Olth, and nearby areas with varied parcel descriptions and prices from $600 to $28640, dating across 1894 to 1997 references.
A terse note urges swift action to obtain a transfer when on the downslope. It emphasizes haste and immediate steps to secure the move, implying a deadline or pressure to relocate quickly.
Sioux County farmers are urged to grow alfalfa as land value rises yet yields stay steady. A contest offers prizes totaling $150 to motivate adoption of alfalfa, aiming to boost returns from the land and crops like corn oats and wheat.
Contestants must register name and land description for alfalfa sowing by July 1 1914 at the office.Each entrant must be a Northwestern State Bank customer in Orange City.The field must be at least five acres prizes awarded for top stands in 1915 with five places. June 1 1915 judging planned with a judge from State College. Further information available. Alfalfa is always a winner even without cash prizes.
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