Iowa Old Press
Maurice Times, September 2, 1910
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Meylink and Mrs. L. Mieras (left) Tuesday morning for a several weeks visit at North Yakima, Wash.
Ed Preston of Sioux City was a Maurice visitor Sunday.
Mrs. H.S. Hamilton, who has been visiting with her relatives here for some time, departed Tuesday for Alicel, Oregon, where she will join her husband, who has been there for some time on account of his health.
Alton Democrat, September 10, 1910
Sioux Center’s Celebration 40 Years
Sioux Center celebrated and did it right. It was a success in every way. There were more people in Sioux Center last Wednesday than ever have been there in its history. We would put the estimate above 5000.
The commercial club was in the harness and had been. Welcome signs greeted the visitors long before the business part was reached. Near the public school building an arch spanned the main street. Near this arch in the schoolhouse grove the excises were held. The parade historical in nature was a good one. Merchants took the opportunity to display the pasts and presents of their establishments. The contrasts were forcibly brought out and were extremely interesting.
Some of the floats were real works of art. The old settlers had the places of honor on the floats and they were given many hearty ovations as they moved along. The ‘Steel Hummer’ a cornsheller patented and manufactured by the Wandscheer Brothers of Sioux Center was also on of the attractions in the parade and was inspected by hundreds afterwards. The Wandscheer boys make the whole machine castings and all. They ship in their pig iron and ship out the finished product.
The cow boys and girls were also a very attractive feature. There were a large number of them and they raced up and down main street in very realistic style. They elicited cheer after cheer. The Orange City and Middleburg bands were there to make music and they were liberal. Immediately after the parade, Mayor Anthony Te Paske, master of ceremonies, opened the forenoon exercises.
The Orange City Male Quartette, consisting of Will Schultz, Hubert Rhynsberger, Dr. De Bey and John Oggel have the first number on the program, ’Until the Down’ which was much enjoyed and the audience demanded more and were treated to ‘Go Ask Papa’ a humorous selection. The Quartette was one of the treats of the day and we would suggest that these gentlemen make the organization permanent and give us a chance to hear them occasionally.
Many were pleased to hear John Oggel’s deep bass once more. John has been burying his talent and we are glad the Fortieth Anniversary of the Cutch Settlement came along and uncovered it. After the singing by the quartette and effort was made to find Rev. De Spelder of Maurice who was on the program for the invocation but he could not be found and Rev. F. Lubbers of Sioux Center was asked to take his place.
Before making his speech of welcome Mayor Te Paske held up a sweet looking boy that had lost its mother and remarked that he would gladly keep him if the owner did not show up. The little boy was not disturbed or embarrassed in the least. We after wards found that the little fellow’s father is Attorney Charles Walhof of Rock Valley and the little fellow got away from him while the father was mixing solare projectoscope and politics and handing it to a friend.
Mayor Te Paske’s address of welcome was a real genuine welcome. He opened with “Fathers and Mothers, pioneers of Sioux County, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends and neighbors, young men and maidens and prattling children; to all of you it accords me the greatest pleasure to extend you the welcome to our city.
Our gates not only are wide open, but we have even taken the hinges off and in closing remarked that there would be no sacred precincts in Sioux Center that day. The male quartet then favored the audience with another selection after which Judge Hutchinson of Alton made a few remarks that thoroughly stirred the audience.
A number of the first settlers were seated on the platform and as Judge Hutchinson would introduce them and call for “Hats off to the Pioneer” the audience would cheer with a vim. The judge put it right to the young people when he said “you young mean and you young women how much do you owe to the pioneers? Did they come for pleasure? I answer, yes, they did it for the home in order that you and I might enjoy it, they changed the wild prairie into a blooming garden”.
The Judge again brought up the plan of having rest rooms for the women. It is a good plan and should receive serious consideration. In closing the Judge remarked that the key should never be turned in the lock at night until the erring one, until all are home and hoped to meet all again at the fiftieth anniversary.
The pioneers of 1870-71 and 72 were then invited to gather and be escorted to the town hall by the band, where dinner would be served. It was the editor’s good fortune to set at the festive board with the old settlers. Sioux Center surely did it up brown. They fed more than 150 people that noon and without a hitch and it was a splendid dinner. The male quartette favored the large dinner party with a selection and Mrs. Minnie Mouw presided at the piano. The room had been decorated in the national colors and the table with strips of orange. The good ladies of Sioux Center had transformed the hall into a big Home. The windows had all been temporarily screened and the comfort of the guests was well looked after. Pretty girls passed the viands and good cheer and happiness prevailed. The committee had extended an invitation to Theo. Roosevelt but he sent his regrets to Mayor Anthony Te Paske as follows:
“ I wish I could accept, but it is a simple impossibility. I have received literally thousands of similar requests and with the best wishes in the world it has proved impossible for me to accept one in a hundred of these invitations. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and kindness of those who aske me to speak but you have no conception of the drain it is upon me even to accept the very limited proportion that I am physically able to accept and I could not greatly increase this proportion without absolutely abandoning all thoughts of other work. Faithfully yours. T. Roosevelt.”
In the afternoon the different street sports and the ball game occupied the time as well as another program on the high school ground. Rev. Heemstra of Orange City addressed the people as well as several of the old settlers. The ball game between Hull and Ireton was won by Hull. Hawkins and McGraw were the Hull battery and Muth and Marino did the work for Ireton. Both teams played a good game though Ireton needed tightening up at times. Hull won by a score of five to one. George Siemen umpired and did a good job. He is an experienced ball player and active on the diamond. He had a few very close decisions to make but did it very satisfactorily. After supper a free exhibition of moving pictures concluded the day’s program. It had been a successful celebration, and Sioux Center is to be congratulated.
Maurice Times, September 16, 1910
The two oldest children of A. Van Wechel are quite sick with tonsilitis.
Miss Helen Fie of Alton, visited over Sunday at the F.A. Mieras home.
Mrs. F.A. Mieras is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. L.C. Fie, of Eureka, S.D.
Maurice Times, September 23, 1910
Miss Dena Mieras is seriously sick with pleurisy. Word has been sent to her mother who is visiting at North Yakima, Wash.