Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund Grows
A war era note thanks donors Mr and Mrs B B McCarty and others for tobacco gifts to Iowa soldiers abroad. Citizens E C Lighter H E Crumlick and Enoch Tuller send gratitude as Troop D 2nd Cavalry and nearby real estate firm J C Lockin and Son offer property listing services.
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OUR Boys IN
France
iMr
E. C
Aurelia
Iowa
H. E. Crumlick
Troop D
2Nd
Cav
W. T. Henley
Enoch Tuller
J.C. Lockin & Son
Aurelia Happenings of Ten Years Ago
Items taken from The Sentinel files note births and local business changes. Victor Stiencker, Mr and Mrs, welcome a son born July 29. W P Miller becomes sole owner of Aurelia Lumber Company after buying out stockholders. Roy Schroeder returns from Salix for a brief visit and works in a drug store there. Frances Wallace returns from Foxboro Massachusetts, teaching most of the time. McAdams of the DeLaval Separator Company finishes road work in northwest Iowa. Ski-doo foot troubles. Dr Scholls appliances offered for foot care. Otto A Satter completes practipedics course for shoe fitting and foot comfort. Lewis' Clothing Dept.
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Victor Stiencker
Aurelia Lumber Company
W. P. Miller
Roy Schroeder
Salix
Misa Frances Wallace
Foxboro
Mass
A McAdams
DeLaval Separator Company
Iowa
Dr. Scholls
Otto A. Satter
Lewis’ Clothing Dept
Fourth of July in the Front Lines and Wounded in Iowa
Letters from John C. Dick in the American Expeditionary Force describe daily combat life in France with Fourth of July in constant memory. In Cherokee, A. Rabe and five others from the Royal Construction gang are hospitalized after a Saturday auto wreck near Larrabee. Roy Stoner drives away with minor injuries. A local ad notes 7 Cairns Bros presenting Clouds and Sunshine in Aurelia on August 13 with help the war effort and a government tax of ten percent.
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US S. A
Red Cross
I. Sa
France
Lighter
John C. Dick, Co. I
827Th Inf
E. F
Cherokee Times
A. Rabe
Ed Beacher
O. C. Gleason
Royal Construction Gang
Larrabee
Cherokee
Matthews Farm
Roy Stoner
Stoner
Rabe
Carina Bros
Cairns Bros
Aurelia
U. S
Anna's Three Wedding Wishes and Surprising News
Anna completes wedding prep and whispers three desires one for Van Tredwell to love someone else Lois Mather to attend her wedding and a spinet desk as a gift. Lois reveals she too is newly happy with Van and plans to attend, sending Anna a box with Van’s gift and Lois’s note as the scene ends with tears of joy.
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Anna
Mumsie
Denarest
Mrs. Leeds
van Tredwell
Lois Mather
Van
van ‘Fredwell
Lois
Ania
Amusing Train Car Conversation by Smith College President
Neilson of Smith College recalls a humorous incident on a return trip from a speech. While in the observation car he and a drummer tried to pass the time with a chat as the train ran to its destination.
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Neilson
Smith College
Rin
Post Office Skit Sparks Lively Exchange
A comic dialogue unfolds with a Post Office Clerk and Gladys Cummin as she reveals her name and a banter about letters. The scene turns to a joke about motorists and media, poking fun at writers and police reporters.
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Gladys Cummin
Pearson's Weekly
Safe and Sane prompts on car age and speeding
A dialogue asks about how long a person has owned a car and whether they have ever broken the speed limit. The exchange suggests a safety or traffic education context.
Yardle girl who sought stage life finds unexpected path
Dialogue reveals a Yardle girl ambitious for acting ends up as a mother of six with a faithful husband. Her friends underestimated her, but she achieved a quieter success away from the stage.
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Yardle
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Detroit Vapor
City Gas
Detroit
Fairchild Brothers
Aurelia, Iowa
B. B. McCarty
The
Sentinel
Buena Vista Co. Fair & Auto Races
Alta
Northwest Iowa
Vaudevill
New York
T. Fred Henry
Ronoranne
Woods
BIG Tent Theatre
Warren E. Cairns
Megaphone Quartette
Storm Lake
Holstein
Moore & Sims
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