Local News Items From Aurelia and Surrounding Towns
Numerous short notes cover local life in Aurelia and nearby towns. Mentions include W. R. Robinson’s seeds, Harris' grocery specials, and Cedar Rapids Co oil. Social visits span Cherokee, Alta, Storm Lake, and Storm Lake. births, health updates, and council appointments noted. Community members travel, shop, and attend events, including a Ladies Aid gathering and a Masonic lodge. Weather and farming progress referenced with field work starting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Cedar Rapids of
P. F. Parrott
Stalla Bushnell
Cherokee
Dick Smith
Aurelia
C. Madaen
Newell
Kenyon
Storm Lake
Mt. Olive
C. DeVries
Frank, Spade
W.R. Robinson
Geo. Glawe
Elk Ladies Aid Society
Walter Bischel
Guy Peterson
Tuesaday
Ray Hines
M. Hines
Alta
Cherokee-area merchants advertise goods and visits
Items include groceries and hardware from Harris and Bischel, poultry and fruit offers at local stores, and farm supplies like hog troughs and Plymouth Rock eggs. Local residents visit between trains or on Sundays, while theater and church events are noted and improvements such as a steel ceiling and a gasoline pump are reported.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
A Victorian era style testimonial ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous membranes. Proponents offer $100 reward if any case fails to cure, inviting readers to request testimonials and contact Fr. Cieney & Co of Toledo, Ohio for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Fr. Cieney & CO
Toledo
All Drugalate
Toe
City’s Low Cost of Living For London Working Girls
In London a social group runs a lunch club for women workers offering a cheap meal at 13 cents. The Women and Girls Dinner Hour club, led by Lady Neaster, serves about 200 daily at the W. N. Smith Memorial hall in Portugal Street Kingsway with a menu of roast meat, rabbit, pies, potatoes, vegetables, and desserts. Membership is four cents a month and the club operates at no loss, also providing a cozy rest room with a piano for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London
Social Institutes’ Union For Women and Girls
Neaster Ia
W. N. Smith Memorial
Portugal Street
Kingsway
GIVES HER DIVORCE AND JOB
Augusta Blackledge secured an interlocutory divorce from John Blackledge and was offered a department store job after testifying of desertion. The judge quipped about stenographer fees as Roy Gallagher consented to forgo the charge. Also noted is a London dog show exhibit featuring brave dogs led by Sammy the retriever who rescued a sick owner and restrained a thief years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Blackledge
Graham
John Blackledge
Roy Gallagher
Trackledge
San Francisco Chronicle
London
Sammy
Epping Forest
Sam
Rabbite
Women to Raise Druge in English Gardens
The Woman's Herb Growing and Cultivation association in England outlines medicinal plants profitable for women to cultivate at home. After consulting drug dealers and medical experts, they list monk's hood camomile deadly nightshade thornapple henbane purple foxglove fennel opium poppy valerian as in urgent demand, aiming to revive domestic drug production previously propped by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Balkan
For Sale Column Focal Item Listed In Ad Brief
A focused note in the for sale column highlights a focal item offered for sale. It emphasizes the key object, asking price if stated, and contact method from the readable ad fragment. The entry reflects typical local newspaper sale notices and invites inquiries.
For Sale Board Clover Hay Seed Found
For Sale items listed in a thin column include Clover hay by the stack of load offered by W. H. Johnston and mixed Timothy and clover seed by Frank Parrott with prices, local buyers invited to inquire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Johnston
Timothy
Clover
Frank Parrott
Cap Brought Him Riches From a London to St Petersburg Tale
A German organist in prewar St Petersburg finds instant riches after buying a cap that turns out to be a pickpocket gang emblem. Each walk yields purses dropped into his pocket, total plots reveal the cap’s origin and gang wiring, aiding police to snare the ring. The tale shifts to Manchester describing a bagpipe street musician heard by a watchman and a makeshift fiddle from a cigar box encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Cap
Pleased with the Bagpipes at City Church Event
Police sergeant stood listening near a city church as a special approached. The church sits amid tall offices and warehouses, typically busy, but this Saturday after- noon the scene was quieter with the procession unfolding through the area.
Reindeer Project in Western Canada Fails
The Dominion government failed to propagate reindeer in the Peace River and Great Slave Lake districts. Of 60 animals sent from Labrador in 1911 only one survived due to bulls stamping in the north. Reindeer thrived in Alaska, but the Peace River and Mackenzie valley proved unsuitable. A later attempt may target the Yukon where success may be possible.
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Canada
Dominion
Peace River
Great Slave Lake
Labrador
Alaska
Mackenzie
Yukon
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Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
Lewis
W. R. Robinson's
W. R. Robinson
John Bill
Mrs
Alva Hi
D. Parnell Mahoney
Frank Long
Wih
F. L. McNear
Matia VanNimwegan
Sioux City
Kleeberger’s
Peerleas
Nela Peterson
E. A. Harris
Moorehead
Chas, Parker
Waterloo
Richard Nelson
Ladies
Aig Socraty
John Murphy
J. C. Lockin
W. A. McLaughlin
B. R. Wilson
Sentinel
G. H. Lockin, Jr
M. O. Miller
Storm Leake
Florida
S. Kiernan
H. G. Batea
Jas. Mahoney
E. C. Lighter
Port Dodge
Mr. Lighter
Con Carl
Rolfe
Fort Dodge
Harry Miller
Mamie Miller
Pearl Waddell
Harry
Harria
Lewin
Wm. Rice
Alden
Iowa
Ed Rice
Loretta Reeve Sinclair
W. B. Reeve
Mildred Stark
Elsis Nelson
Charlie
August Bische
Alma
Matie van Nimwegan
A. B. Smith
Odeboldt
W. P. Dawson
Katie Stutz
H. F. Clausen
C. W. Stark
Congregational Church
George Garber
Orlie Waddell
Misa Sadia Georke
Correctionville
Mrs. Garber
C. R. Kleeberger
W. G. Whitney
G. E. Blanch
D. J. Gilchriat
George Clover
R. B. Harrison
Masonic Lodge
Mra. L. P. Nelson
Venice
California
Mre. Jungera
Myre
Christ Knutesen
L. C. Johnson
Buick
G. J. Lewis
Henry Stiencke
E. H. Simmera
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Nao
B.A. Harris
Marshall
Minnesota
Emil Elbers
A. G. Connell
Dick Diercks
Anna
W. A. Bischel’s Hardware
Ste
W. P. Miller
Guy W. Peterson
Ray Green
Ole Harris
E. A. Hirrie
Henry Brommer
Mesdames Will Diercks
H. BP. Nelson
Claudine Nelson
Chicago
Prank Johns
Aurelia Auto Co
Main Street
Baby
Boyden
Ray
Mrr
Methodist Church
Dick Quigley
Milford
B. Butterfield
R. M. Hulbert
Primghar
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Mesdames
J. Dieterich
A. Fraser
M. Parrott
C. C. Jones
Georke Bros
E. W. Kreger
P. H
Hanson
Alta Phone
Eerie Exe
Usmail
First National Bank
Aden
Manchester
Saya
Fred Miller
Sioux Falls, S. D
Mr. Farmer
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