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Floyd H. Hamilton announced his candidacy for state representative on the Republican ticket. Storm Lake Register notes a marriage license issued in Storm Lake for Karl A. Runge and Margaret Leehy. Harold Miller elected superintendent of Lincoln Lee consolidated school. Galva Tribune reports May 17 commencement at high school with address by J. J. Davis. class of 1934 lists 23 graduates. Peterson Patriot notes George Allbee died suddenly. retired minister once lived in Peterson. LeMars Sentinel covers preparations to reopen First National Bank with organizing meeting and directors. Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune says fish and game commissioners declare war on carp. spring seining to begin. Sutherland Courier notes petition for municipal light and power plant. Remsen Bell reports burglary at railway station with $290 loot. Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: grand jury to decide on slot machines and punchboards seized near Newell. no charges yet. The Sentinel is authorized agent for Sioux City papers. subscription drive mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus News
Floyd H. Hamilton
The
News
Peterson Patriot
Storm Lake Register Today
Storm Lake
Karl A. Runge
Peterson
Margaret Leehy
Linn Grove
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Harold Miller
Charles City
Lincoln-Lee Consolidated School
Wesley Lawlor
Galva
First National Bank
LeMars
State Fish and Game
Sutherland
Remsen
Bull Durham
Thompson
Newell
al Johnson
Squire Heathman
County Tasks and Civic Activity in Cherokee County
Contracts for grading 103 miles of roads will be let Friday by the board of supervisors after Tuesday action. Young Democrats organized at the Cherokee county courtroom under Miss Marion Leslie and Harold Reese with a second meeting set for Friday. Fifty-year-old farmers seek early corn-hog benefits mailed to Washington, and eleven seed varieties are distributed to relief families for subsistence gardens at county expense. Two bandits robbed the Lewis hotel cash register of about 160 dollars after knocking out Tex Arnold, night clerk, and fleeing.
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Board of Supervisors
Cherokee County
Marion Leslie
Harold Reese
Sioux City
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Washington, D. C
C. G. Turner
The
County Association
State Emergency Relief Committee
Tex” Arnold
Lewis Hotel
Arnold
Morse of Storm Lake is new high school band director
Albert E. Morse of Storm Lake will direct Aurelia high school band replacing C. E. Barto Correctionville. Morse has long led Storm Lake and Buena Vista college bands and will work one weekday and two days during vacations while Saturday concerts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Morse
Storm Lake
Aurelia
C. E. Barto
Correctionville
Mr. Morse
Buena Vista College
Fonda
Auto Collision at Art Whiting Corner Near Aurelia
An accident at Whiting corner north of Aurelia involved William Mummert of Afton township and Trumble, Tracy Porter’s father-in-law. Horse buyer Wm Roush suffered head injuries and was treated at Bates hospital. Mummert limped home after the crash. The Mummert car overturned twice and was towed to Aurelia. Dollar Days Friday and Saturday.
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Whiting
Aurelia
William Mummert
Afton
Trumble
Tracy Porter
Montana
Wm. Roush
Mummert
Roush
Bates Hospital
Neville seeks county clerk nomination in Cherokee county
Allen L. Neville of Aurelia launches an active bid for the county clerk of court Republican nomination at the June primaries. A Cherokee County native and long-time Republican, he has served on the county board of education two terms as Diamond township trustee, directed the Farmers Elevator Co. six years, and acted in the County Farm Bureau. Neville, educated at Diamond township country schools, Morningside College, and Waterloo Business College, emphasizes business training and public service as qualifications for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen L. Neville
Aurelia
The
Sentinel
Mr. Neville
Cherokee County
Diamond Township
County Board of Education
Farmers Elevator Co
County Farm Bureau
Neville
Morningside College
Waterloo Business ‘College
Cherokee
Whitney Named Supervising Engineer for Iowa Relief Projects
Aurelia resident N. R. Whitney was named one of seventeen supervising engineers appointed by Iowa relief administrator E. H. Mulock. He will outline relief work projects and supervise programs in Iowa counties, having taken an exam in Des Moines and now assigned to Plymouth County in LeMars.
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N. R. Whitney
Aurelia
E. H. Mulock
Iowa
Des Moines
Mr. Whitney
LeMars
Plymouth County
Afton No 1 School News Highlights Perfect Spellers
Verla Tuttle and classmates dominate spelling results across grades. Seventh graders Verla Tuttle Gladys Tuttle and Ray Buddenhagen lead. Third grader Lois Lydell Celesta Allen. Second grader Annetta Braunschweig. First graders Lorraine Kolpin and Raymond Olpin also recognized. Ottomar Braunschweig’s team leads the tooth brushing contest. Verla Tuttle and Raymond Kolpin were absent Friday. Penmanship period produced paper cats squirrels and chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verla Tuttle
Gladys Tuttle
Ray Buddenhagen
Lois Lydell
Celesta Allen
Annetta Braunschweig
Lorraine Kolpin
Raymond Olpin
Ottomar Braunschweig
Raymond Kolpin
Wellsburg Man Oldest to Pay Old Age Pension Tax
Wellsburg resident R. D. Rieken aged 101, Grundy County, may be the oldest Iowa citizen liable for the 1934 old age assistance tax of 1.00 due from all residents over 21. Though well above the eligible 45, he will not receive a pension due to adequate means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
R. D. Rieken
Grundy County
Iowa
Ricken
Congregational Church Service Led by Rev Beebe in Primghar
Church schedule lists Edwin Trigg as pastor with 10 a m Sunday school and 11 a m morning worship. Evening service features the Men's Brotherhood sponsor and speaker Rev Ralph Beebe of Primghar. Special offering planned for painting fund.
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Men’s Brotherhood
Ralph Beebe
Primghar
Marcus Wins In Seasons Opening Kittenball Games
Aurelia lost a pair of kittenball games to Marcus last Friday as a windy dusty day affected play. The two games ended with Marcus scoring 12 to Aurelia 11 in the opener and Marcus 11 to Aurelia 2 in the nightcap. Ralph Mongan pitched the first game and Paul Jones started the second with Clair Whitney finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Marcus
Ralph Mongan
Paul Jones
Clair Whitney
Aurelia High’s 1934 Graduating Class Plans May Exercises
The Aurelia High School class of 1934, consisting of 24 graduates, will hold commencement Friday evening May 25 with Paul Jones as president and Lelia Hansbruch as vice president. Buena Vista College’s Dean of Students Montfom Nielsen will give the commencement address. Baccalaureate is May 20 at the Methodist church with Rev. Edwin Trive delivering the sermon. A class play Annie Blossom Time will be shown May 24, and the motto is We Have Crossed the Bay, the Ocean Lies Before Us with sweet pea flowers and orchid and rose colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia High School
Paul Jones
Lelia L. Honsbruch
Gladys D. Johnson
Vira D. Ammons Wayne
Anderson
Merle H. Bischel
Lois Booth
Marianne EB. Chandler
Lois M. Dieterich
Arnold Faber
Mary N. Fraser
Sylvia C, Geuther
Maurice G., Hansen
Lois M. Hahn
Lelia L, Hansbruch
Albert E. Johnson
Arthur G. Johnson Paul Jones
Monica I. McDevitt
Ralph G. Mongan
Astrid M. Nelson
Dorothy M. Nelson
Paul T. Stieneke
Tone L. Waters Montfom J. Whitney Melvin J, Williams Dean A. ©. Nielsen
Buena Vista College
Gillette Bill Aims to Aid Farmers
Washington D C The bill by Representative Guy Gillette would ease federal land bank loan limits to expand credit for Iowa farmers. It raises loan value ceilings to 65 percent land plus 60 percent improvement and total loan cap to 90 percent, aiming to help thousands with solid security secure needed funds.
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Washington
D. C
Iowa
Congress
Guy 4. Gillette
Gillette
House
Towa
Total Land Bank and Commissioners
Cillette
Fanny Land Bank
Washington Letter on Capper and Hope measures and farm relief
Guy M. Gillette reports petitions urging Capper and Hope-Weariing UK to regulate direct buying of livestock. He outlines McLean Bill to aid bank depositors, Frazier bill for farm credit and debt relief, Sugar Qude bill, Johnson protec tions, and potential public works funding. He notes ongoing debates on labor, securities, and stock exchange controls.
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Capper
Hope- Weariig UK
McLean
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Frazier
Federal Reserve Bankies
Federal Farm Board
Board of Agriculture
House
Tome Loan Corporation
Methodist Church Notes
Lloyd Scheerer leads the congregation as attendance races with the men close behind. Sunday marks the halfway point with Junior Church at 11:00 A M featuring a Japan lesson and “Little Miss Pine Tree” story. Morning worship includes a chair anthem and sermon “The Christian's Call to Service.” Evening service presents a quartet and sermon “Marked Men.” Several church events and district meetings are slated through May and June.
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Japan
Ralph Peterean
Delewis Petersen
Theresa DeVries
George Law
Epworth League
Edith Wright
Sheldon
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Spirit Lake
Stundiv
Segular
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Ales. (lYerd) Ohlson
Hosttowey May
W. A. Lewis
Olive Hohiee
Fred Wieland
Auxiliary Notes and Meeting Reminders
Auxiliary meeting set for May 1 at the hall with committee for lunch including Margaret Scott Amanda Carlberg and Emily Port. A ninth district meeting scheduled for Ida Grove on May 9 at the M E F church. County meeting at Quimby at the schoolhouse Thursday evening in April.
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Margaret, Scott
Amanda Carlberg
Emily Port
Ida Grove
M. E F
Quimby
Alta News Items from Alta Advertiser
Rev J M Bloomquist will deliver the commencement address at Truesdale high on Monday evening May 14. Hall District Relief Committee balanced books and will use funds to buy garden seed. Zwemke and Dietering awarded highway grading contract for 20 miles in west Buena Vista county by Storm Lake board. A lighted kittenball field in Alta to be built through a three way arrangement with the town, the school and the Alta Kittenball association. Alta board of education renewed contracts with faculty and building engineers Stone and assistants at current salaries.
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J. M. Bloomquist
Presbyterian Church In
Alta
Truesdale High School
Hall District Relief Committee
Zwemke and
Dietering
Buena Vista County
Board of Supervisors
Storm Lake
Alta School
Alta Kittenball Association
Alta Board of Education
Stone
A Scotch Friend Sells Blood to a Sick Man
A hospital patient received four transfusions from a generous Scotch friend who supplied blood in quart units and was paid progressively $50, $35, $25, and finally nothing but thanks. The patient’s condition did not improve with the later transfusions.
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Old Scotty
Anderson to Head Gowrie Consolidated Schools
A. C. Anderson, former Galva consolidated school superintendent, has accepted the post as superintendent of Gowrie Consolidated Schools in Webster county Iowa. Gowrie, a town of 1100, features a 1922 era school building and a high school enrollment over 100. The move marks a advancement in Mr. Anderson’s career and pleases friends in Aurelia.
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A. C. Anderson
Galva
Aurelia
Gowrie
Iowa
Webster County
Anderson
Andersons
Dollar Day Sales Hit Aurelia Merchants Friday and Saturday
A number of Aurelia merchants join in Dollar Day Sales with special bargains on Friday and Saturday this week. Check the Sentinel ads to see what deals await.
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Aurelia
The
Sentinel
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago in Washta
A review of past- decade items notes Washta State bank failed to open Wednesday morning, six native Mexicans hired as Illinois Central section hands, J M Whitney returning from California, Mrs Augustine Schuelke selling 80 acre Diamond township farm, and Zoma Coombs rebuilding after a fire.
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Washta
Cherokee
Vera Cruz
Jank Lindsay
Diamond Township
Notice to property owners on outside toilets cleaning
Owners of premises with outside toilets are notified that some must be cleaned and put in a sanitary condition to comply with the town health ordinance on or before May 1, 1934. Notice is also given that all alloy and gutters must be cleaned of all ashes or other rubbish by May 1, 1934. By Order of Street Commissioner.
Bargain talk from veteran buyer of old flivver
A veteran buyer reflects that striking a bargain is tough after buying an old car for ten dollars. The quote highlights the challenge of bargaining and the value perceived in a low-cost vehicle.
Evans couple to celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary
Marcus residents Mr and Mrs M C Evans mark fifty years of marriage with a Sunday ceremony at their home in the company of children relatives and friends.
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Marcus
M. C. Evans
Driver safety diadem mired in railroad crossing remark
A teacher prompts Norman to craft a sentence using the word diadem while Norman quips about drivers at railroad crossings seeing danger more quickly than those who Stop Look and Listen, highlighting a rambling, incomplete thought.
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Norman
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Morse
H. S
Art Whiting
Farmers National
Aurelia Man
Afton NO. 1 School News
Guy M. Gillette
Washington Letter
Methodist
Lloyd Scheerer
Dour
Alta Advertiser
Andrew Swenson
Dr. Cleaves
Lockwood
Spring Township
Joy Kleeberger
A. A. Dingman
Richard Watt
First National Bank A Senn
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