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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
3
A good crowd attended the chautauqua Thursday afternoon despite threats of rain. The Rookie Quartet offered voca and instrumental numbers with popular appeal. Cyclone Davis lectured on history and figures, engaging though his delivery was eccentric.
Cherokee county notes cover a coroner resignation a census of highway traffic and local deaths. Laurine Rice returns home for a visit. An army balloon crew passes over Cherokee and a court fines Whitfall for a bad check. A gravel pit accident leaves Elmer Smith near death but救救 others escape.
Wilbur Dagger returns home after a year and a half in France serving in the mobile hospital unit. Mrs. Hans Poulson of Alta dies at 72. Ray P. Van Buskirk dies in Storm Lake from tuberculosis. Mrs. Brenda Johnson dies in Alta. Harold Kasky funeral near Sioux City. Mrs. Peter Cox injured in auto crash near Fonda after a blowout. Chas Cox drove the distressed vehicle.
Francia Swindle of Cleghorn won the Cherokee County Boys Livestock Judging Contest with 1284 points to earn a trip to the state fair boy s camp. Leo Wendt Marcus finished second with 1253 and John Dewar Cherokee third with 1231.
Three juveniles held on forgery charges received preliminary hearings. Tuttle and Pruitt were set at 600 bonds each for juvenile court appearance while North, whose hearing was waived, is under 500 bonds. Sheriff Hoffman reports one current boarder, George Mays, held after attacking his wife awaiting Judge DeLand. A $15,000 fire destroyed Larkin Tire and Rubber plant in Cherokee with gasoline and rubber burning. no injuries.
Morning church service at 11 and evening service at 8 30 with Sunday school and junior and youth activities listed. Readers are invited to place want ads in The Sentinel for premises articles furniture tools and other equipment at five cents per line with weekly sales noted in the classifieds.
Elizabeth B Kolpin and Charles J Hamann married in a double ring ceremony at the bride's parents' home in Elk township Buena Vista county. Rev Kilera officiated with about 25 relatives present. The couple plans a honeymoon at Lake Okoboji and will reside on the groom's farm near Aurelia next year.
Morning worship at 11:00 and evening service at 8:30 mark the day with Sunday school at noon and Epworth League at 7 30. Dr A H Eddy maintains office rooms over the Aurelia Sentinel office. 14 6
Ernest Roepke and family moved back to town. W. Swanson sold a farm in Buena Vista county. Coon Mummert sold land to M. Mummert and plans to move to Aurelia. Bob Foye drowned at Cherokee while reportedly intoxicated. A wedding occurred July 28 at the Dillon farm for Elsie Lorraine and Herman Hansen. Grandma Gilchrist died in Cherokee at ninety. Jens Jensen acquires the Main street pool hall building from L. P. Nelson for 1800. Real estate notes list several Aurelia lots and transfers, with additional property for sale and farms in the area.
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