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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
3
Aurelia residents attend visits and calls from Storm Lake and Rembrandt. Auctions for horses and furnishings are announced. School events include a county corn judging contest and a conference for consolidated schools. Local commerce features fresh produce and new car service stations.
Charles Everett reports a lost pocket book containing money to help with expenses after his mother's death. The finder is expected to be holding the item for the rightful owner and is asked to return it. A reward is offered for its prompt return.
Carl Nelson and his Fort Madison high school band will perform on Aurelia streets on June 5 and 8, revisiting the city after a prior visit. J M Ditto and family toured through Aurelia, visiting friends on the way to Rolfe. Main Street gains a new cement sidewalk from power house corner to the square, widening to business street width and aligning grades with adjacent buildings.
The county board approves a revised route for county road E from Aurelia. The new alignment runs ten miles north from the Aurelia schoolhouse corner then east to the Buena Vista county line, with one mile graded this summer. The old path was six miles north one mile east four miles north then east.
The notice touts a tonic product for business growth, claiming benefits to sales and customer appeal. It markets the tonic as a quick fix for lagging results, urging readers to try it and see tangible improvements.
Muriel Nordstrom underwent tonsil and adenoid removal at Sioux Valley hospital. Mrs. Griese and Mr. Griese visited from Silver town hip, and Ed Griese and baby came from near Galva. Diamond Ladies Aid hosted a successful supper with games and contests, raising about thirty dollars. Various residents visited relatives in nearby towns and townsfolk attended family gatherings and drives to Cherokee, Storm Lake, Aurelia, and Sioux City.
A long list of social visits marks a weekend in East Afton and Elk Ponds region with many households hosting friends from Sioux City Brooke township and Aurelia. Local notices include lost pocketbooks between East Side Garage and depot and farm ad offerings from Alta Hatchery and a Cherokee cottage sale by Jacob Trahn.
Mr and Mrs Chas Robinson and Evelyn spent the weekend at Windsor Minnesota. Geo Zwick and Wm Jenkins of Washta joined Fred Zwick near Sutherland for Sunday visits. Mrs P T Young ill Friday and Saturday. Her daughter Faye Pettingill stays with the Youngs this week. Albert Young Claude Young and family with Geo Cave Effie Cave Eva of Cherokee visit Youngs. Earl Zwick and children visit Gould home near Larrabee. A C C to meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Mel Menefee.
For Sale Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching 38 dollars per 100. Mrs M Parrott listed bills. For Sale state inspected strawberry plants 1 dollar per 100 1 75 per 200 3 dollars per 400 postpaid Frish mans Garden Cherokee 33. For Sale restaurant business and fixtures plus household goods and a good second hand piano J H Evans 21.
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