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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel published every Thursday and entered at Aurelia Iowa as second class matter. Proprietor B C Light er sets subscription rates: advance sixty cents per year, outside Cherokee country 1.75, foreign 2.00. advertising rates include display per inch local and reader notices per line.
The letter reports Watts dealing with fevers and Bolenge trouble but remaining active in work. He mentions overseeing entries and serving as treasurer and notes schedule changes with days off and a plan to hire a house boy and train a new one. Mr. Johnson's movements are described as uncertain regarding Evangelistic work and returning to assist.
A district administrator describes six month cycles of Bible and school work for out-station teachers, noting slow progress but steady recruitment from local students. It also covers appointment as administrator of Frederika Buddenhar a deceased estate with probate notices and a list of garden seed offerings from Kolb's Garden.
Community notes describe visits by Mrs. Haight and children to the H H Williams home in Galva, Theodore Nordstrom’s trip to Chicago, and a successful Diamond Ladies Aid food sale in Aurelia raising about $50. Easter services included baptisms, new members, and choir performances with Rev. Ralston. the Diamond choir sang at Good Hope. Grandma Frazer visits relatives. Cherokee visitors include Mrs G W A Peterson and daughters. various locals named in routine social calls and a Ladies Aid gathering at S P Bengtson home with a luncheon afterward.
Neighbors helped Irving Brewster plow his farm using three tractors and about 118 horses. Emmett Reckoff shelled corn Friday. Mr and Mrs Albert Meyer were Alta callers Friday afternoon. The Booth family visited relatives in Pomeroy Sunday. Howard Haight was a business caller in Storm Lake. LeRoy Goettsch shelled corn Tuesday and Aurelia went to organ Sunday. Families at the Booth home south of Cherokee shared Tuesday evening. Sentinel ads stimulate business.
Sunday guests visited Emmett Reckott and Mr and Mrs Chas Pettingill of Cherokee. Attendees included Hana and Henry Stermann and families from Larrabee, John Betz and ChaaiAndrie families from near Sutherland, plus Fred Gould and Earl Zwick families.
Public notice by executors H Bischel LeRoy Hench and Meloy attorneys announces administration of estate in Aurelia Town on April 6 1926. He requests all creditors to present claims and settle debts to avoid costs, warning that the undersigned will proceed to close the estate. George Simmons honored veteran listed in U S Navy since May 15 1900 nearly 25 years. Mrs Peterson serves as deputy and has provided mail service for years.
Readable parts list Cherokee Hatchery with a phone line and partial address in West Cherry Cherokee area. Missing full street data.
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