Farmers Picnic Draws Aurelia Crowd September 1
The Aurelia Farmers Picnic features two ball games with Aurelia facing Remsen in the afternoon and an opener between Algie Lindauer’s team and a local country squad in the morning. Attractions include a Flying Circus parachute drop, a top notch bicycle act, a wrestling exhibition, pig and poultry exhibits, a free watermelon and coffee meal, and a large Main Street bowery dance with the Aurelia band and seven guest musicians.
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Aurelia
Remsen
Herman Bell
Sibley
Edgar Rapp
Algie Lindeau
Acreh
Sioux City
Tribune
Ralph Parcout
Sioux Rapids
Main Street
City asks cleanup of Main Street gutters and rubbish
Mayor T B Parker requests owners and tenants clear rubbish from Main Street gutters in front of their businesses and place it in a pile for haul away on Monday August 22.
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T. B. Parker
Paulaon Prompts Settlement with Farmers Elevator Co
Paulaon requests payment of a small balance owed to Farmers Elevator Co Lumber Dept, indicating a pending account action or settlement.
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Paulaon
Farmers Elevator Co. Lumber Dept. Tf
Deaths and thefts ripple through Iowa towns
In Alta and Belle Plaine areas two incidents draw attention. In Alta, Chas. Bassett, a former Aurelia resident and Civil War veteran, was found dead along a railroad near Belle Plaine with probable train-related causes. Nearby, Morris Fouts caught two youths pilfering a wheel from a Ford in a pasture, leading to a brief pursuit and gunfire before the suspects escaped.
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Chas. Bassett
Aurelia
Alta Advertiser
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Charles Bassett
Bassett
Marshalltown
Charlie
Alta
Fair Ground
M. Adams
Duroc Jersey Pigs Shine at Alta Fair Exhibits
Twelve Aurelia boys club Duroc Jersey pigs placed well at the Alta fair. The junior boar class saw a fourth place finish and the junior sow class a fifth. The boar hailed from Rudolph Burgeson’s litter and the sow from Carl Peterson’s, with over thirty entries in each class.
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Aurelia Boys
Rudolph Burgeson
Carl Peterson
Storm Lake Death and Regional Happenings Highlight Week
Storm Lake mourns Harold S. Powell who died after pneumonia. The area recalls Harold Shaeffer’s military funeral in Storm Lake, with a large turnout at Chautauqua auditorium. Other towns report ancient graveside discoveries, bank sales, chautauqua closes, and Washta store robbery arrests in Sioux City precincts.
Legion post moves to form four Women’s Auxiliary
The Grashoff McManus Post 390 of Iowa plans to form four Women’s Auxiliary units for mothers wives daughters and sisters of veterans. Eligible members are those who served or died in World War I era and veterans in good standing. A meeting is set for Tuesday night August 23 at 8 09 to organize the auxiliary.
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State Department of the American Legion
Grashoff- McManua
Department of Iowa
United States
Legion
Grashoff-McManus
American Legion
Bbc
Aurelia
Treptow
Gill
Federated Churches Schedule At Mount Olive And Aurelia
Federated Churches Congregational and Baptist with H Gillet pastor announce services at Mount Olive with Sunday school Divine worship and a 11 a m Sunday school at Aurelia 11 45 am Christian Endeavor 7 pm public worship 8 pm Theme Faith as a Grain of Mustard Seed Messages for all who seek guidance and strength to face life s burdens and find a hopeful end.
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Mount Olilve
Aurelia
Aurelia Defeats Fonda 3–2 In Tight Sunday Game
Aurelia won a close 3 to 2 contest over Fonda on the local grounds last Sunday with Heard and Parrott forming the battery for Aurelia. The Aurelia team will play at the Casino next Sunday afternoon. Niels P Peterson added a steam pressing outfit to his cleaning business, purchased for 500, enabling faster and better work. Advertise it in the Sentinel.
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Aurelia
Fonda
Heard
Parrott
Niels P. Peterson
Bargain Days Try to Keep Marcus Remsen Trade Local
Remsen merchants test special bargain days to draw shoppers from Sioux City. A Marcus store advert shows dresses and cuts to lure buyers, with home merchants fearing loss of trade if residents cross to the city. A Marcus clerk notes lower prices than in Sioux City, surprising a shopper.
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Marcus News
Remsen
Marcus
Sioux City
Sidi City
Fatal Auto Crash Claims Storm Lake Farm Hand Chester Hostettler
Chester Hostettler aged 38 a farm hand was found dead on a road five miles south of Alta after his car overturned and his chest crushed He was returning from the Youngstrom brothers farm near Storm Lake to the John Hollingshead farm where he was employed The death was noted Aug 12 in Storm Lake Iowa as reported by local sources.
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Storm Lake
Chester Hostettler
Alta
Hostettler
Youngstrom Brothers
John Hollingshead
Aurelia Happenings Ten Years Ago Highlight Alta Fair
The Aurelia ball team defeated Early 11 to 8 at the Alta fair on a Wednesday. Gunard Anderson left for Ida Grove after working in the local barber shop. Luella Lewis traveled to LeMars to begin as head trimmer in a millinery waterer. The Alta fair dominates conversation as locals plan attendance. Roy Leonard and others played with the Truesdale team at the Sioux Rapids carnival. A. H. Waddell bought the 120 acre I. D. Minor farm in Diamond township. Minor plans to move to Cherokee.
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Aurelia
Gunard Anderson
Ida Grove
Luella Lewis
LeMars
Roy Leonard
Ray and
Roy Hill
Edgar Rapp
Truesdale
A. H. Waddell
I. D. Minor
Diamond Township
Mr. Minor
Cherokee
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Wisconsin Lumber Co
Paul Kimball
Aurella
Morris Fouts
Morris
Ay Wslal
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Harold S. Powell
Harold Shaeffer
Chautauqua Auditorium
Cherokee Democrat
Quimby
Sutherland Courier
Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua
Sutherland
Storm Lake Register
Ray Jones
John Fulton
Dent Gregg
Illinois Central
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Peterson
William Meyer
Park Street
Cherokee ‘Times
Ol “Post
Aditerican Legion of
Frank F. Miles
Iowa Legionnaire
Fred H. Diercks
Washta
Sioux City Journal
Hartington
Bloomfield
Verdigre
Neb
P. J. Larson
Ross Street
Harry J. Weidner
C. A. King
Bono Keptno
Gus Danielson
Cherokee County
American Legion News
the American Legion
Committee On Cats
Federated Churches
Congregational and Baptist
H. Gillet
Portis Bros
Men’s Dept
The
Sentinel
Alta Fair
Nelson Bros. Poultry Co
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