H S Track Squad Looks Promising
Coach Anderson leads Aurelia’s spring track group with athletes in vaulting high jump broad jump and shot and discus. Peterson Rapp Heller and others push sprint hurdles and relays as new talent develops. schedule includes Meriden Cleghorn Alta Quimby county and state events.
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Anderson
Aurelia
Quimby
Herbert Peterson
Rapp
Kintigh
Oris
Red” Holderness
Peterson
Heller
Red
LeRoy Heller
Harvey
Howard Anderson
Erickson
Cook
Lockin
William Bates
Carl Lighter
Meriden
Cleghorn
Alta
Cherokee
Easter Sunday Message from Congregational Church
Pastor Edwin Crigg urges making every Sunday Easter by filling the church. Morning service at 10 36 A M with evening service at 8 00 P M and Christian Endeavor 7 00 P M announced. Wedding stationery offered at Sentinel.
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Edwin ‘Crigg
Christian Endeavor
Sentinel
Quick Action Prevents Grade Crossing Crash
Engineer Bird and Fireman Hollister on train No. 15 stopped on a dime near Meriden to avoid a collision with a sedan stalled on the track. The incident ended without an official report or identified driver, though collision nearly occurred if brakes had failed.
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Bird
Hollister
Meriden
New Cherokee Garage to House Chevrolet Agency
Martin Poulson and son were awarded the bid for a new 50 by 100 foot modern garage in Cherokee to house the Chevrolet agency. Supt L L Peterson and the Schaller school staff were reelected for next year. Irving Larson aged seven died at home west of Alta after a brief illness. Elk Baptist church hosts a pastor retreat bringing in Baptist pastors from Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. The Danish Baptist Conference members discuss a membership drive. secretary to canvas businessmen with a 45 member threshold to avoid disbanding.
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Martin Poulson
Irving
Niels V. Larson
Alta
Elk Baptist Church
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pators
Books Donated to Arealia Public Library
Mrs. Aug Nelson and Mrs Peterson donated several titles to Arealia Public Library. The gifts include Lights to Literature Book Two by S E Sprague Mildred at Home by Martha Finley The Easy Road to Reading Second Reader by Carnaham Fourth Reader by Thorndike and Sixth Reader by Thorndike.
Plans For Boy Scouts And Junior Baseball In Aurelia
At a Monday Legion meeting in Aurelia leaders from local lodges schools churches and business groups agreed to form a Boy Scout Troup and a Junior Baseball team. A district organizer will be invited to meet boys over 12. The Legion sponsors Junior Baseball to foster citizenship and national organization with a trip to the world series for champions. Eligible are boys under 17 by September.
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The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion
Aurelia
Trigg
National American Legion
Plan Statewide Poultry Meetings
The Iowa Department of Agriculture plans a statewide series of poultry meetings with Iowa State College and the U S Department of Agriculture. Last year 63 meetings drew over 90 percent of poultry shippers and hucksters, helping buyers understand market requirements. This fall aims to include both producers and buyers with federal explanations on market grades and unsafe fowls, plus college talks on production sanitation and disease control.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Department
Mt Olive Woman With Profitable Egg Flock
Mrs Earl Crippen of Mt Olive writes to Cher okee Times praising her laying hens. She reports 156 eggs on a cold day from 300 hens and monthly sales of 55 dollars in January 70 50 in February and 66 in March. Her flock is Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds.
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Earl Crippen
Mt. Olive
Cherokee Times
Paullina
Rhode Island
Obituary Dale C Beeghley
Dale Clifton Beeghley was born July 29 1907 near Aurelia and died March 25 1929 after a brief illness. He married Leta Bradley April 16 1927 and lived in Aurelia then Waterloo where he worked at John Deere. He is survived by his mother wife sister and three brothers.
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Dale Clifton Beeghley
Aurelia
Calvin
Louisa Beeghley
Fire Eternal
Leta Jennie Bradley
Sioux Rapids
Iowa
Waterloo
John Deere
Pearl M. Dailey
Clyde
Glenn
Burt
Sioux City
William Philpott First at Cherokee Declamatory Contest
William Philpott of this place won first in the humorous class at the Cherokee predistrict declamatory contest, advancing toward the state finals in Sheldon. Cherokee county contestants also earned two other firsts, with DeWitt Pelson and Miss Madge Barnes taking the oratorical and geosatic classes.
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William Philpott
Cherokee
William
Northwest Town
Sheldon
Cherokee William
Cherokee County
DeWitt Pelson
Madge Barnes
Marcus
Happenings Across Nearby Towns Galva Tribune
Happenings from Galva Storm Lake Peterson and Spencer report anniversaries bank burglary and a fatal rail collision. Mr and Mrs Christ Peters celebrate their fifty eighth wedding anniversary on a farm northeast of Galva. A band tax vote failed in Storm Lake with 391 against and 120 for. Buena Vista college named Prof A C Nielsen new dean. HE M Clapp survived a Buick crash near Rembrandt with injuries. Kephart re elected Peterson school superintendent. Auburn Savings Bank burglars net about 300 in small coins. Albert Albers killed when his car hit by a westbound train in Spencer.
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Galva Tribune
Christ Peters
Galva
Peters
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
A. C. Nielson
W. O. Benthin
Nevada
Iowa
HE. M. Clapp
Rembrandt
Clapp
Peterson
Thos. S. Kephart
Peterson School Board
Sac City Sun
Auburn Savings Bank
Road Bond Proposal Moves Through Iowa Legislature
In Des Moines April 1 1929 amid tense endgame of the 43rd General Assembly the House and Senate siftings push the road bond bill. The measure seeks authority to issue up to 100 million dollars in bonds for highway work with repayment through motor fees and taxes and a special election about two years hence.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
House
Senate
Highways Committee
Ee Mottage Sbottelinty
Supreme Court
Hammill
White
Iowa
Executive Council
County Seat News Highlights and Local Disputes in Cherokee Area
William Lucas sues Henry Montgomery over injuries from a car crash near Cherokee dated November 6 1928. A new modern frame school at Simpson Bethel suffered basement fire damage destroying the piano with only the northeast corner affected. A county school officers institute drew 25 attendees from about 200. Frank Surles leases his restaurant to Ellis Morton who will take charge soon. Mr and Mrs W K Herrick and daughters begin a world trip ending in April returning via Cuba New York City and Panama to San Francisco.
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William Lucas
Michael Lucas
Cherokee
Henry Montgomery
James Montgomery
Lucas
Simpson-Bethel
Cherokee County
Frank Surles
South Second and
Maple Streets
Ellis Morton
Surles
W. K. Herrick
San Franciso
Panama
Cuba
New York City
Methodist Church Notes From Pastor J F Moore
Sunday morning the choir will present the postponed cantata and in the evening a set of pictures on Leberia with illustrated song. Evening service begins at eight oclock on Sunday.
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Methodist Church
J. F. Moore
Leberia
Daylight Time Changes Hit Aurelia Businesses
Ten years ago Aurelia observed daylight saving time with business hours shifting to match. A Knights of Pythias homecoming drew 39 service members. Obituaries note Mrs. Carolina Reckolf’s passing at age 86. Edna Blake left for St. Paul for work. J B Pierce opened an auto repair shop behind Alfred Stiencke’s plumbing. H A Holmes won a county cement bridge contract for eleven spans. Theron Converse bought the Bell farm in Diamond township. Bert Elliott quits Aurelia baseball. Lewis Playes and Wiss Sylvester wed Wednesday.
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Conun
Knights of Pythias
Theron Converse
Bell Farm
Diamond Township
Bert Elliott
Aurelia
Eleven County Bureau Session at Cherokee Farm Bureau Meet
Eleven county representatives attended the Cherokee farm bureau conference in Cherokee on Thursday. The meeting focused on spring work and increasing membership, with informal talks and exchanges of ideas. Notable participants included W. Junney and J. L. Stark, Louis M. Jonas, Mrs. Henry Wood, and leaders from Iowa State College and the Sioux City Producers association.
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Gieventy Disuel
Farm Bureau
Towa State College
N. Brady
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H.S
Alta Advertiser
Arealia Public Library
Farmers National Bank
Troup
MT. Olive Women
Dale C. Beeghley
Spencer
Albert Albers
Spence
G. L. Caswell
County Seat News
Lewis Rlayes
Wiss Himma Sylvester
Peter Sylvester
Marrie
First National Bank
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