Talent announced for Aurelia Chautauqua campaign
A local chautauqua committee formed with G R Wharton as president and A D Coffman as secretary. Dick M. Vawter of Redpath Vawter will line up the talent for August, aiming to avoid Alta fair conflicts. The program features Merry Makers Sextette, Ruthven McDonald, Chaplain Lougher, Walter R. Smith, Meister Singers, Opie Road, The Boyds, Lucian Stevenson, Arthur K. Peck, Ferrante's Hungarian Orchestra, Dr Isaac Woods, Donald Bouwchier, and Isabelle Courtney with lectures, music, and illustrated demonstrations led by noted speakers and performers. The Children’s Program runs in forenoon daily as in prior years.
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Aurelia
Farmers National Bank
Dick M. Vawter
G. R. Wharton
A. D. Coffman
A. H. Eddy
J. C. Nelson
BE. C. Lighter
Vawter
Albert L. Blair
Boston
Ruthven McDonald
Chaplain Lougher
McDonald Company
Walter R. Smith
Honolulu
Panama Canal
Meister Singers
Boyds
Lucian Stevenson
North‘west
Arthur K. Peck
Ferrante
Isaac Woods
Trenton
New Jersey
Donald Bouwchier
Chicago
Isabelle Courtney
The Past Week at Washington in 1914 Politics and People
A profile of Oscar W Underwood highlighting his leadership, personality, and influence in Congress. Discussion covers tariff reform, Panama toll repeal, southern representation, and Senate dynamics with references to Taft Taft era politics and the McKinley parallels. Also notes on lobby investigations and public figures like Coxey and Cox. The piece reflects Washington’s mood and upcoming battles over policy and leadership.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Richmond P. Hobson
Merrimac
House of Representatives
Underwood
Congress
Washington
Senate
South
White House
United States
Panama
Taft
McKinley
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Republican National Committee
Payne
Hilles
National Committee
Supreme Council
Hiiles
McDermott
Chicago
Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Committee of
House
Illinois
Association
Rainey
Mississippi
River Power Company
Porosa
Keokuk
Jacob 8
Coxey
Beef Trust
Department of Justice
New Jersey
Panama Canal
Wilson
LaFollette
M.vengeance
Representative Good
Iowa
Diverse notices from Cherokee and surrounding towns
Reports from Marathon Sioux Rapids Alta and nearby areas note the dedication of a new Methodist church in Marathon, bond elections for a new schoolhouse in Sioux Rapids, and multiple obituaries including W. H. Scarborough William C Roberts William Henry Glosson Herman Hartman George Welch and others. Local events include a fire at Alta Hotel Clark tax and school employment news and sheriff candidacy discussions.
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Marathon
Sioux Rapids
W. H. Scarborough
Clark
Alta
Ed Comstock
Cherokee Times Office
Washington, D. C
Wm. C. Roberts
Peterson
Cherokee Democrat
William Henry Glosson
Cherokee County
Cherokee
Hanford Produce Co Opens Cash Cream Station
Hanford Produce Co opens a cash cream station in Mose Mummings office building with W R Robinson as manager. The firm promises top prices and honest tests and asks for a share of patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford Produce Co
Mose Mummerts
Parole Likely in Manslaughter Case of Hessenius
Des Moines April 9. E P Hessenius of Cherokee county awaits parole board review within the year. The manslaughter trial drew wide attention and reached the Iowa supreme court last winter. The defense questioned the circumstantial evidence as there were no eye witnesses to Mrs Hessenius death on a second story porch. The court’s decision noted strong support for the circumstantial case on both sides.
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Hessenius
Des Moines
E. P. Hessenius
Cherokee County
Supreme Court
Democrats Waking Up In Buena Vista County
Buena Vista County Democrats nominate candidates for county offices including Herman H. Timke for representative John Juergens for sheriff N W Layman for treasurer B C Kraemer for recorder George H Hadden for coroner and E M Matzdorff for auditor The party hopes to gain entry after years on the outside looking for a fall election chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
Democratic Party
Buena Vista County
Herman H. Timke
John Juergens
N. W. Layman
B. C. Kraemer
George H. Hadden
E. M. Matzdorff
New Subscribers Added to Our List
The following new subscribers have recently joined: Robert Benson Aurelia O A Royer Aurelia E Anderson Cherokee David Woodley Aurelia.
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Robert Benson
Aurelia
O. A. Royer
E. Anderson
Cherokee
David Woodley
Notice to settle debts for Aurelia Lumber Company
As we close the books Aurelia Lumber Company requests all indebted individuals to call and settle at once. Aurelia Lumber Company Jas Hartigan Manager.
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Aurelia Lumber Company
Jas. Hartigan
Weather Crop Bulletin for Week Ending April 12 1914 Des Moines
The winter of 1913-14 was warm and unusually dry with little snowfall. March was warmer and drier, but late March rain and early April cold delayed farm work and left buds dormant. The ground is dry below and moist above, suitable for plowing once warmer weather returns. Fall sown grains fared well. Hessian fly caused 8-10% damage in Scott county. oats seeding only just starting. spring wheat acreage up. few potatoes planted. grass growing slowly. livestock thrifty with adequate feed. The spring pig crop is solid given prior breeding stock losses from cholera.
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Scott County
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EIA
Pacific Coast Casualty Co. of
San Francisco
Cal
James M. Gay
Aurelia Chautauqua
George Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Order
William Hadenfelt
Storm Lake
Lakeside Church
R. D. Echlin
Buena Vista College
Alta Advertiser
Oscar Peterson
Oscar
Henry von Hederdorn
Hetrick
George Welch
Herman Hartman
Oak Hill
Buena Vista
Frank Duckett
Carl Synderman
Elgin
Waltham
Howard
Hamilton
Hampden
South Bend
Seth Thomas
Ingersol
Des Moines Iowa
Love Bros
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