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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
3
The Farmers National Bank has added the Burroughs Adding-Subtracting Model, a mechanical bookkeeper that prints dates and computes balances as deposits and checks are posted. It posts figures automatically with error-proof steel brains, warns of overdrafts with an OD signal, and can be used for ledgers, deposits, and statements.
Obituaries note G. J. Lewis of Aurelia and Cherokee pioneer William Like. Hartman building sold to Wilson & Wilson. Bert Slater place sold to Wm Cockburn at ninety dollars per acre. Market prices posted for Hoge oats corn wheat eggs butter potatoes. Birth announcements for Hansbruch and Baumann families. Farmers and Merchants Picnic date moved to September 15 with plans for a big event. Kudrle back from Sioux City after nasal growth removal. not yet able to resume work.
Reports cover land sale of Mrs Sheridan farm at 210 per acre to Roe Unger on Hawkeye route four miles from Cherokee. Yeggmen robbed Cherokee creamery and steam laundry. fifty six dollars taken from laundry. creamery cash lost. Remodeling begins on D Kingabury store room with a new front and interior upgrades. L H Mays and wife travel for Midland Chautauqua. plan to live in Chicago after September. Board of county supervisors awards eight miles of highway construction to Leach Bros. at 25 cents per cubic yard. Second Lieutenant Ralph S Geiger and eight Iowan soldiers transferred to regular army at Brownsville. L H Adair buys Ike Wertheim’s share in Adair Clothing Co.. business to operate as Adeit Sigthing Co. Mr and Mrs Bernard Jones move to Owatonna Minnesota. news of their marriage two years ago. Ninety percent of Cherokee county marriages seen as successful per County Clerk report. 162 licenses issued, 16 divorces granted in year ending June 40. Oil drum penalties for Cedar Rapids Oil Co. drums stamped with name and number. urged return within 20 days to avoid charges.
A short list of items available locally at The Sentinel office. Remittance books and order books are offered along with calendars wall pockets fans carbon paper and typewriter ribbons.
A cool wave and scattered showers broke a long hot dry spell on the 10th, with southern counties receiving more rain than the north. Benefits fell to late corn, pastures, meadows, potatoes, gardens, and fruit, aiding fall plowing, while early corn damage remains. Threshing continues with satisfactory results. Seed onions in Scott county show yields of 150 to 300 bushels per acre. Fruit reports: summer apples 32 percent, fall apples 38, winter apples 40, pears 18, American plums 37, domestic plums 22, grapes 62. average fruit crop 31. Grape crop light in eastern lows, near normal in the west. apple crop about half last year. Look to Shea-Swensen Land Agency for farm prospects. 1914 corn for sale at Farmers Elevator Co.
Community chautauqua slated for Saturday August 26 promises high quality talent from the Vawter Redpath system. Adult tickets are 1.50 while children pay 1.00. organizers urge ticket sales and distribution of advertising folders and banners.
A search light lights the fairground amphitheater to brighten the grounds. The school house second floor was poured last Saturday with work starting on the third story. The Variety store changed hands with Harry Walstead selling to Chas Saathoff of Storm Lake. Robert Beatty of Storm Lake aided at the store during fair week. Seven year old Everett Hulbert died of heart trouble after retiring for the night. The piece ends with a reflective note on local discipline and youth behavior.
To Close Out A few pairs of leather wets left that will sell at a big reduction at Kleeber ger's, or Ladies silk sweaters, new, pretty and serviceable at G. J. Lewis'.
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