Iowa Old Press
Sheldon Sun
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
April 9, 1930
Wolff Bros. are advertising men's wool suits from $24.50 to
$35.00 with two pairs of trousers.
Ali Hassan, the "Terrible Turk" from Chicago, lived up
to his name, but was not quite terrible enough for Sheldon's
Henry Kolln who won two out of three falls in a rather drawn-out
match.
Dr. W. R. Brock announces that he is closing out his interests in
the Samaritan Hospital after 16 years and in the future will have
his patients at the Cram Hospital.
Frank Christiany, Louis Wolff, and Mr. Mulhaul of Sioux Falls,
met with the city council Thursday to discuss the matter of a
municipal airport for Sheldon.
Advertisement: Wall paper, 4c to 25c a roll. Fred Zeldenthuis.
The boat "Miss Thriller" is still lying in the mud 110
feet below the surface of Lake Okoboji. Efforts to raise the
boat, which figured in the accident taking a toll of nine lives
last July, have been abandoned.
O'Brien County, with 46 bushels per acre, ranked ahead of every
county in northwest Iowa except Buena Vista, with 47 bushels, in
1929 corn yield.
The Hospers triplets, Wilhelmina, Catherine and Henrietta,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Westerman who farm five miles
southeast of Hospers, are celebrating their first anniversary
healthy, physically fit and happy.
Dr. G. E. Vermeer has purchased Dr. Brock's interest in the
Samaritan Hospital.
Theo. Monk has built three tourist cabins at his farm home near
Sheldon which are now ready for use. He expects to build a few
more later in the season. They will be known as the Maple Grove
Cabins.
[transcribed by L.Z., July 2006]