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Newspaper
Sioux Valley News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
6
A county Sunday School convention starts Saturday evening November 28 at the M E church with sessions at the MH, Evangelical, and Christian churches. Attendance urged and sessions run through Sunday morning and afternoon.
The page records a death from severe cold and asthma with interment in Lamar Missouri. It notes visits and family travel including Mrs E J Raw and daughter Marjone, Jobe Tyscho and Jinny guests, and various relatives in Park Row, Kingsley, and Pierson. Birthdays are celebrated, school starts, revival meetings, and community visits across Rutland No.6 to No.9.
Midway reports Peterson returning from Chicago with cattle shipment and BR Utesch preparing a large sale leaving tomorrow. Mrs Peterson hosts a birthday gathering. Misses O'Meara return to teaching after two weeks away. L Peter Wigand Jr buys a clover bullet for sowing. Strackbein recovers from asthma. Local ladies attend dedication of Lutheran church at Battle Creek and visit Hooster. Leap year dance planned December 5 with eligible couples.
Savannah GA hosts the International Grand Prix Automobile Races November 23 to 20 3904 with low fares on sale November 1 to 30 for return trips. Rates apply at one and one half fare or less for excursions to points south southeast southwest and west on November 3 and December 1 and 15.
Announcement of the National Corn Exposition in Omaha December 9 to 19 1908 detailing educational aims practical demonstrations by the U S Department of Agriculture and exhibits on denatured alcohol production grain milling and farm products. Tickets go on sale December 8 9 and 10 with return by December 22. Includes Chicago International Live Stock Exposition notices and rail travel details.
Moran and Lee secured the North Western railroad premises to construct a special track to a new sand and gravel pit opening on Albart Kampel’s farm, miles west of the station. Supt Brown and Agent Lowderbauh visited, work expected to start this week. The pit is touted as one of the finest in western Iowa.
A new consignment expands the library catalogue to 1770 volumes. Memberships at $1 extend privileges to January 1, 1910, with the season featuring diverse fiction by authors including Ravel, Judith, and Chiyrginn, among others.
The notice explains a 30 dollar gold watch contest with 103 ballots printed in every paper. Sent to the office, each counts 20 votes for a favorite school teacher. New subscribers yield 260 votes, old subscribers paying to date 100 votes, and old subscribers paying for a year in advance 100 votes. Vote early and often.
Public sales announce auctions near Washta and Pierson with multiple parcels. Leroy Pease and partners list 27 Short Horn cattle and herd equipment including Poland China crossbreds, farm machinery, seeders, a dis pulverier, and irrigation gear among items. Also details on other farm sales near Anton and Rook Ranch with horses, cattle, hogs, corn, milk cows, and 800 bushels of corn. Lunch provided. terms set at 10 and under cash, over 12 months with approved notes.
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