Sioux County, Iowa

DE VOLKSVRIEND
"THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND"

VOLUME 21
ORANGE CITY, SIOUX COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895
NUMBER 40

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1874.                 1895.

The People's Friend
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TWENTY ONE YEARS
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   If seven is the number that signifies perfection in biblical symbolism, it must be a good omen that

DE VOLKSVRIEND

is now twenty-one years (three times seven) old.
    When the Dutch colony in Sioux County is commemorating, with thankful hearts to God, her "twenty-five years' existence", DE VOLKSVRIEND certainly may participate heartily, now that she has fulfilled her "first three weeks." She has reason, for, since her arrival, her existance and her growth have been tied closely with the Dutch settlement since 1874. And besides -- it may be said safely -- her share in the success of her fellow colonists is calculable: in the organization of the colony, in publicizing the opportunities for everybody, in the drawing of many Dutchmen here from elsewhere, even from the Old Fatherland overseas. Till up to this day she holds faithful to the principle: To seek the wellbeing in general, and for Sioux County and the Dutch in the first place.

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