Mysterious Death of John Geuther
John Geuther, a wealthy Aurelia farmer, died in a Loyal hotel in Sioux City early Tuesday. Police cite three likely possibilities from poisoning by strychnine, foul play with robbery, or accident from doped liquor. a sizable bank roll and vanished $180 fuel questions. Geuther, who owned land in Iowa and Minnesota, is survived by his widow and seven children.
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Sioux City
John Geuther
Aurelia
Guethers
Aurelis
Loyal Hotel
Genther
Gunther
City
Bruce Cram
Sibley
Bia
J. B. Roblin
J. P. Sheehy
Robbing
Wis Penielity
Ewlecide
Minnesota
Geuther
Calling Makes Farm Poultry Flocks Pay Profits
In one Iowa county during one month 62 demonstrations culled home poultry flocks handled 6833 birds with 2000 culled saving owners 3322 for feed A total of 1200 was realized from sale of nonproducing birds Women in another county deem flocks mongrel housing poor and 90 percent infected with tuberculosis They cull infected birds and nonlayers based on county extension workers information USDA notes farm families show rising interest in farm home poultry flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Notice to Property Owners on Sewer Assessments
Notice from L. E. Christensen Town Clerk Aurelia Iowa stating sewer assessments are due at the office with option to pay in annual installments by signing a waiver and paying one seventh of the total by April 16 1921.
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L. E. Christensen
Aurelia
Iowa
L. B. Christensen
Subscription Renewal Offer From The Aurelia Sentinel
Local ad invites readers to renew subscriptions to the Sioux City paper via The Aurelia Sentinel office. Readers are urged to call, mail payment, save postage, and support the newspaper.
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Sioux City
Aurelia Sentinel
Local Hanover store change and Alta news roundup
Lou Plog Jr manages the Hanover store for Corneliussen Co while Carl Larson returns to work in the Alta store. The Alta school board re elected seventeen teachers after a special session and salaries were raised. Floyd Chamberlain family move back to Alta from Fort Dodge via Florida wintering in Iowa. Fred W. Smith's World War II casualty body arrives in New York and will be buried by Smith Post 498 American Legion. Alta Burns marries Bruno F. Thiede in Storm Lake on the fiftieth anniversary of her parents' marriage.
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Lou Plog, Jr
Hanover
Corneliussen Co
Carl Larson
Alta
Floyd Chamberlain
Florida
Fort Dodge
Fred W. Smith
New York
Smith Post No. 498
American Legion
Alta Burns
Storm Lake
Bruno F. Thiede
J. A. Schmitz
Miss Burns
Will Organize Boys Band in Aurelia
C W Peterson, director of a newly formed juvenile band in Cherokee, visits Aurelia to discuss forming a local youth band. A meeting is set for Saturday at 3 pm in the band hall over the Arends planning establishment inviting all interested boys and any women who might join a girls band. The project aims to educate boys musically and build a future Aurelia band separate from the old group, hoping for broad community support.
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C. W. Peterson
Cherokee
Aurelia
Arends Planning
Storm Lake News Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Obituary
Thirteen farmers formed a spraying outfit and will hire a man to spray their orchards led by president C F Keister and secretary P I Kinne. Patrick McGuire, 55, veteran Ida county auctioneer, died after a brief illness in Holstein. Dr Vanc Eli Herbert elected mayor of Storm Lake. Rev J W Parkhill resigns from Buena Vista College deanship. Buena Vista County Pure Bred Livestock Breeders elect Bert Hyzer president. Patrick McGuire, born in 1866 in Ireland, immigrated at 18 and later led Storm Lake Toy Bank before entering auction work.
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Storm Lake
C. F. Keister
P. IF. Kinne
Holstein
Patrick McGuire
Ida County
Vanc Eli Herbert
Storre Lake
S. Fi Luhmann
Storm Lake Register
Buena Vista County Pure Bred Livestock Breeders Association
Storm Lake Commercial Club
Bert Hyzer
Mr. McGuire
Ireland
America
Notre Damme University
South Bend
Indiana
Toy Bank
Letter details Aurelia Sentinel order and baby birth
A reader from Spencer Iowa dated April 1 1921 encloses a renewal order for the Aurelia Sentinel which stopped March 22. The note adds that a ten pound baby boy was born March 29 to Mr and Mrs Thomas H Clague near Spencer, with Mrs Clague formerly Edith Faulkender who moved from Aurelia to Spencer a decade ago.
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Spencer
Iowa
E. C. Lighter
Aurelia, Sentinel
Thos
H. Clague
County Seat News Highlights from Cherokee Patriot Times
School board reelects Superintendent I F W Johansen and most staff with a few opting not to return. Miss Jessie Campbell wins county spelling contest. Bryant Paving to finish street and cemetery road work by month’s end. Dr. Burlingame stays in Cherokee as district surgeon. Dr. Hoard sells practice to Dr. Bunker and pursues automobile patent work. Remains of Mahlon Woodley arrive for burial in Good Hope. County Pig Club promotes youth pig feeding, entries due and prizes at plowing match. Eggs for hatching advertised. farm listings include local poultry.
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Jessie Campbell
Pilot Township
Margaret Montgomery
Bryant Paving Company
West Main Street
J. F. Burlingame
Southland
Florida
Cherokee
Illinois Central
B. O. Hoard
J. H. Bunker
Leavenworth
Kansas
American School of Osteopathy
Adrian
Minn
Good Hope
Cherokeee County
Cherokee County Breeders’ Association
Pilot Rock Plowing Association
Pig Club
Ben Snyder
Marcus
Orla Seeley
Cleghorn
C. J. de di Paer
Farm Bureau Office
Three Stills and Liquor Seized in Marcus Cleghorn Raids
Sheriff Langwin and Deputies Totman and Jenkins raided two Marcus area farms near Cleghorn and Marcus, seizing three stills and about 60 gallons of mash and whiskey. A 20 gallon still was found behind a secret coke passage at the Gund farm, and a 20 gallon still plus mash and whiskey were taken at the Nielsen brothers farm. Grand jury will hear the cases in session.
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Langwin
Totman and Jenkins
Marcus
Cleghorn
Enoch Carlson
Gund
Tom Herbert
Nielsen Brothers
Grand
Seasion
Bankers association plans mobilize vigilance in counties
A. J. Whinery and W. H. Bischel attended a County Bankers' Association meeting in Cherokee Monday night where plans for stronger protection against robberies were discussed with a state agent. Vigilance committees will be deputized sheriffs in each town, with Clif ford Robar and Edgar Rapp named for the local panel. Ninety five counties are organized, linking county sheriffs with local committees to deter robberies and holdups. The system aims to cover robberies beyond banks and safeguard the public.
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A. J. Whinery
W. H. Bischel
Cherokee
County Bankers’ Association
Clifford Robar
Edgar Rapp
Business Houses To Stay Open Wednesday Evenings
Aurelia business men announce extended hours starting April 18, keeping stores open until nine as mid week trading for customers especially farming community. Signatories include Carlberg Bros, G J Lewin, QO A Royer, W A Biachel, W A McLaughlin, W C Waddell, T A Darby, C VanNimwegen, Pierce and Son, George Garber, J G Nelson.
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Aurelia
Carlberg Bros
G. J. Lewin
QO. A. Royer
W. A. Biachel
W. A. McLaughlin
W. C. Waddell
T. A. Darby
C. VanNimwegen
Pierce & Son
George Garber
Nelson
Baby Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Henry Mann
Ten years ago in Aurelia the Manns welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday morning. R A Gustafson, then in Boston, planned to move back to Iowa in spring. Confirmation set at German church for April 9 with Martha Bischel Lizzie Kolpin Jennie Mohrer and Walter Bischel named. Mrs Hana Nelson Sr died aged 77 years 10 months 28 days after a quiet life. A heavy snowstorm of seven inches fell Wednesday night transforming fields into a wintry scene for farmers and gardeners.
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Henry Mann
R. A. Gustafson
Boston
Aurelia
Towa
Martha Bischel
Lizzie Kolpin
Jennie Mohrer
Walter Bischel
Hana Nelson, Sr
Hereford Bull Sale At Alta Fairgrounds Saturday
An auction notice lists a registered Hereford bull sale on Saturday afternoon April 30 at the Alta fair grounds. Oscar Peterson of Aurelia Iowa invites buyers to bid their own price on serviceable age bulls with time given to responsible parties. Phone 21 £ 120 Alta. 1-4.
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Alta Fair Grounds
Oscar Peterson
Aurelia
Iowa
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Aurelia, Iowa
Mickie
Gables Sunnoe
Galva
Dunn
Iowa Highway Commission
Cook
Cherokee County
Witters
Vicklary
Ida Grove
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Buena Vista College
J. W. Parkhill
D. D
Parkhill
Lenox
County Seat News
Paters
Board of Education
IF. W. Johansen
Rhode Island
Penone
Abraham Miller
Town
The
Sentinel
Farmers National Bank
Our Lumber Department
the Farmers Elevator Co
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