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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
1
Rates for local readers list display advertising at 20 cents per inch and 41 0 cents per line for locals and readers, with Card of Thanks charged at 10 cents per line. The fragment outlines unit prices without specifying publication name or dates.
The readable text contains scattered musings on high taxes and bad roads. It touches on Christmas bills and income tax urgency, plus remarks about Smith Brookhart and a farmer’s spring work and income. It also references international disarmament dialogue and Russian attitudes.
The Sentinel notes Lucia of Cherokee announces his candidacy for county recorder subject to the Republican primary on June 5. He has strong local support and is regarded as well qualified to improve county governance.
Funeral services for Andrew Swenson were conducted Friday in the Aurelia Lutheran church by Rev. Baumann. Interment followed in the Lutheran cemetery at Afton township. Swenson, born September 12, 1845 in Sweden, died April 4, 1922 at his Aurelia home. He had lived in Iowa since moving from Germany and Joliet, Illinois, with his wife Bertha Kahi. He leaves six of ten children and the widow Mary. Relatives from Adwater, Paullina, Arlington, and Aurelia attended.
Sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during illness and death of our husband and father. Special appreciation for the beautiful flowers. Mrs Andrew Swenson and Children.
The Aurelia Sentinel owner Be G Lighter of Aurelia Iowa files a sworn ownership statement for April 1922 under the 1912 act. It lists publisher Be G Lighter editor and manager all at Aurelia Iowa with Lighter as owner and no additional securities or bonds. The document is signed before a notary public in Cherokee County Iowa.
W. E. Ausman will represent the Cherokee Rotary club as delegate at the International Rotary convention in Los Angeles in June after being elected this week. Chief Jack Pitts, now living in Le Mars, is in critical condition after amputation of a leg to combat a spreading disease. G A Ellis elected president of the tennis club with Stanley Martland secretary and Lou Adsit treasurer. twenty members enrolled. Sheriff Langwin in Sioux City where State Inspector Deming warns of a general roundup of unlicensed auto owners. date not set. McCoulla and Dawson return from northern Eleventh district tour backing Dawson for congress as organization work expands and support grows.
Plaintiffs led by G Scott against the Incorporated Town of Aurelia see dismissal of the case. The temporary injunction stopping the town council from removing trees in the street is dissolved. The issue returns to the prior order to remove the trees with no further action disclosed.
The delinquent auto list will soon be ready for advertisement. If you have not registered, please obtain your numbers at once. If the car is not in use or has been junked, notify the County Treasurer or have the transfer made at once. This will avoid penalties and probable fines. Signed, Ray Adsit, County Treasurer.
Trustees invite sealed bids for a road project in Afton Township. Mail bids before May 1 to D. C. Jones, Brerk Cherokee.
Mrs John Johnson Jr of Aurelia visited Alta to stay several days due to her mother in law's illness. The Alta Concert Band opens the season with a April 14 program at the school auditorium. Hans Ivan Anderson and Edith Carlson wed March 8 at the Lutheran parsonage. C F Haltgren learned of his wife’s death in Gary Indiana after years of paralysis. Hulda Otto of Alta won first prize in the St Paul Daily News subscription contest and awaits delivery of a Hudson Super Six automobile.
A humorous historical note traces hoop skirts from Queen Elizabeth to Marie Antoinette and P. T. Barnum, claiming a modern revival within a year and recalling how wind and fashion fads shaped women’s attire from the Civil War era.
The famous tenor De Reszke, retired in Nice, insisted on earning only for stage appearances and not as a social guest. At a Rothschild banquet he faced a dilemma when two checks were offered. he and his brother accepted then returned them blank and torn the next day.
Efforts to employ airplanes to assist mountain scaling fail to deliver. Alps snow conditions hinder landings and takeoffs, while at elevations above 15 000 feet basic air rarity affects steering. At 20 000 feet landing control is doubtful and higher levels become impossible, explaining why the Everest airplane idea is abandoned.
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