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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
3
Business leaders in Aurelia plan to organize a live commercial club. A meeting at K P Hall will discuss starting the club and addressing town welfare issues including a sewerage system and town improvements. Organizers urge residents to unite and boost for a bigger, better town.
Next Sunday morning the W. F. M. S. will lead the service and the pastor will give a missionary address titled Gods Thought for the World. The world is in crisis and needs support in money, talent and prayer. The evening sermon will be on Resisting the Invasion of Personality followed by an evening song service.
The Cherokee supervisors awarded contracts for forty five bridges and culverts totaling 41000. The Cherokee Rifle club was organized to be fully armed by the government. Cherokee hosts a triangle track meet April 28 at Nokomis park with LeMars Storm Lake and Cherokee contending for a silver cup. Debates see Cherokee and Storm Lake each win one. the question upholding the Monroe Doctrine as permanent U.S. foreign policy.
Have you any articles to dispose of? The Sentinel offers 4 words per ad line in the for sale column. Good second hand furniture farming tools and other equipment are salable and advertised weekly. A ready sale occurs in our classifieds and the service grows in use.
Miss Mabel Leonard married Emil Elbers at the Methodist parsonage on April 21. Rev. C. H. Young officiated and Miss Imo Fraser and Mrs. A. A. Dingman attended. The couple will reside in Minneapolis after May 10 at 2048 Lyn dale Avenue with a wedding dinner at the bride’s home.
Cherokee county promotes the Acre Corn Club inviting 100 or more boys to enroll. Future seed plots and prize acres will help teach corn growing, with planting next week and enrollment via county leader Lew McDonald. After planting, members receive an Iowa club button and a corn circular from Iowa State College. Prizes and donors listed include $80 from Mr. Wearts. Also reports a reckless driving fine in Cherokee Democrat court.
A collage of small notices from Iowa and nearby towns. Clergy moves include Rev R D Echlin resigning Buena Vista College to lead Rolfe Presbyterian Church. Superintendent Bates moves to Rockwell with a higher salary. Towns report baseball chatter, a wedding in Sioux City, a big campaign by LeMars Commercial club, and local civic plans.
Iowa State College promotes low cost crop adaptations to boost yields on many Iowa farms. Suggestions include cross drilling 4 bushels per acre of oats such as Kherson lowa 103 or lowa 105 into wheat fields to save winter wheat while allowing later separation. A succotash mix of 14 bushels oats, a peck each of winter wheat rye and barley, 3 to 4 pounds red clover and 3 to 4 bushels rape provides cheap forage for livestock, usable from now through June and potentially into November if well managed. Dr. R V Barrick osteopathic physician advertises availability at the Lockin hotel. Pierce & Son are paying.
A small group of business men attended a Monday night band booster meeting. They discussed raising 360 to 400 dollars to cover concert season costs including hall rent fuel and music through year end and plan to appoint a committee to solicit other interested citizens.
Higher temperatures and heavy showers boost vegetation. northwestern rain delays field work. Spring grains and winter wheat improve as plowing for corn quickens. corn planting may start in southeastern counties late this week with acreage up. Potatoes and garden crops surge. pastures grow with warmth and moisture. fruit remains promising. Aurelia High School to present The Dust of the Earth on April 27 at the opera house with special scenery and acts. admission 50¢ adults 25¢ children. Stray calves: two red about four months old with star on forehead last seen April 23 near Cedar Rapids. contact Co. P. F. Parrott, Agent, or C. E. Gustafsog, phone 707.
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