Pocahontas County Fair Dates Revised to September 13 16
Pocahontas County Fair officials announced the 1932 show will run September 13 through 16 instead of the previously set August 23 to 26. The change affects planning for exhibitors and attendees across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonda Times
Pocahontas County
Peterson Patriot
Wendell Brown
Peterson
Storm Lake
A. N. Smith
W. J. Kearney
Fort Dodge
Washta
Marcus News
Better Marcus Club
Marcus
Directors of Peoples Telephone vote temporary rent cut
At a recent meeting the directors voted to reduce all phone rentals by 25 cents per month starting September 1. The Aurelia system rentals will be 76 cents to 1.50 dollars lower than many other towns. The company aims to provide good service at the lowest possible cost and commends its officers and directors for their efforts. Wedding stationery at Sentinel.
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Peoples Telephone Co
Aurelia
Mildred Cave Tops County 4-H Record Book Contest
Mildred Cave of Afton township wins county 4-H record book prize with 511 quarts canned this season. Miss Pearl Sims notes the detailed, neat record and hints the winner may advance to the state canning contest at Iowa State College if not surpassed by October.
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Mildred Cave
Afton Township
Miss Sims
Iowa State College
Alta News Items and City Actions Highlight Local Changes
The Alta district sets September 65 opening day and expands the fire department to 20 members. Don E Castle becomes manager of Mid-Continent Service in Alta. Mrs. W M Clark wins third place in a Budweiser Malt contest. Artes move to Spencer and Arney leaves Mona Motor in Alta for Spencer. City council plans a new high pressure steam boiler for the light plant at 1300 dollars with 350 to 400 dollars installation. Classified rates rise to 10 cents per line first insertion and six cents thereafter.
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Board of Education
Alta Independent Consolidated Schools
Don E. Castle
Ilinois Central Railroad
Alta
Alta Volunteer Fire Department
W. M. Clark
Eri
Oo. E. Artes
Spencer
Arney
Mona Motor Station
Frost Manufacturing Company
Galesburg
Illinois
Aurelia All Stars win Storm Lake four team tournament
The Aurelia All-Stars won the Storm Lake event beating Alta 4 to 0 in the opener and Storm Lake Lutherans 2 to 1 in the final. They then defeated Cherokee Merchants 12 to 3 in Cherokee with Grapen and Rapp as battery. Mazdorffff and Grienke starred for Aurelia.
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Aurelia All-Stars
Storm Lake
Alta
Storm Lake Lutherans
Roy Matzdorff
Grienke
Battery
Aurelia
All-Stars
Cherokee
Cherokee Merchants
Grapenthen and Rapp
Alta Fair
Schaller
Storm Lake All-Stars
Mazdorffff
Benson Furniture
Sioux City
Open Season on Ducks Extended in Iowa This Fall
Iowa’s open duck and goose season runs October 1 to November 30 due to improved conditions after 1931 drought. Daily bag limit remains 15 ducks with a 10-duck cap on specified species. ruddy and bufflehead to be protected by a closed season. Possession limit doubles the daily bag. up to 25 live duck decoys may be used nationwide.
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Iowa
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
United States
Dorothy Stump Wed Eagle Grove Educator
Miss Dorothy Alvina Stump of Oskaloosa Iowa married W Bryan Boatman of Eagle Grove Iowa on July 22 in Peoria Illinois. She taught at Aurelia for two years and will teach again. Boatman is principal of the junior college at Eagle Grove and brother of the late J H Boatman former Aurelia superintendent. The couple plan to live in Eagle Grove after September 1.
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Dorothy Alvina Stump
Oskaloosa
Iowa
W. Bryan Boatman
Eagle Grove
Peoria
Illinois
Aurelia School
William A. Stump
Boatman
J. H. Boatman
Aurelia
South Dakota Farmers Union Prefers Nonendorsement of Iowa Action
South Dakota Farmers Union secretary E. H. Sauber says no plans for a farmers strike in the state and will not endorse Iowa farmers action for now. State union president E. H. Everson opposes highway blockades to force nonparticipants from selling their products.
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Yankton
S. D
South Dakota Farmers Union
E. H. Sauber
Iowa
E. H. Everson
St. Charles
State Union
Everson
Peoples Telephone Co Reduces Rates for Prepaid Patrons
Peoples Telephone Company announces a temporary 25 cent monthly rate cut starting September 1 1982 for patrons who pay phone rent in advance. The firm asks patrons with back accounts to pay up to help sustain the lower rates.
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Peoples Telephone Company
Peoples Telephone Co
Seven bogus checks passed at Cherokee
Cherokee Times reports Miles Sabin of Buena Vista county passed checks stolen from the Han ford creamery of Rembrant at Cherokee merchants on a Saturday evening. Sheriff Thompson and Sheriff Tilton sought identifications, Sabin was held briefly but released after no checks were found. Checks from six to nine dollars were used at J C Penny, Roger Jewelry, CG A Druger, Nicholson Hardware, St Clair & Kovareske, Berry & Son, and Gambie store.
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Miles Sabin
Buena Vista County
Hanford Creamery
Rembrant
Tony” Thompson
Sabin
Art Tilton
Buena Vista
J. C. Penny
Roger Jewelry
CG. A. Druger Paint
J. R. Nicholson Hardware
St. Clair & Kovareske
Berry & Son Grocery
Gambie
Man waives to grand jury in forged instrument case
Roy Miles nineteen pleaded not guilty to uttering a forged instrument at Justice John Scott's hearing. He remains jailed in default of a one thousand dollar bond awaiting grand jury action. C G Turner county agent presided over the 4 If club livestock show at the Alta fair. Bertha Melter thirty one of Rapid City S D and a companion were found dead after a highway collision near Kimball S D. Both women suffered neck injuries when the Ford coupe overturned. A petition by forty Cherokee County taxpayers asks for extra counsel to contest a paying bond election suit on unconstitutionality tied to the sixty percent affirmative vote rule.
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Roy Miles
John Scott
Miles
C. G. Turner
Turner
Iowa
Bertha Melter
Rapid City
South Dakota
Kimball
Board of Supervisors
Cherokee County Taxpayers Association
Methodist Church Notes with W H Welch Pastor
Morning service and Sunday school at 10 00. Preaching at 11 00. Evening service Epworth League at 7 00. Pump windmill and plumbing contact A Perry phone 171.
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Methodist Church
W. H. Welch
Epworth League
A. Perry
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago
A report from Hanover notes Julius Buman beginning a garage and repair shop. Ed Nelson sells cattle at Sioux City market for $10.20. The Day couple arrives with household goods from Akron. A farewell for May Boatman at the Methodist church. Ten years prior, Lowell Chase and Will Murphy head to Des Moines to buy a cigar store. Mrs. W. J. Lewis leaves for Smithland to run a military store. JT Ogle buys the rented quarter section at $127 per acre.
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Julius Buman
Hanover
Ed Nelson
Sioux City
C. KE
Akron
Iowa
J. H. Boatman
Lowell Chase
Will Murphy
Des Moines
W. J. Lewis
Smithland
JT. Ogle
Spring Township
Penny Pickers Suffer Setbacks in Local Kitten Ball Standings
The Penny Pickers lost to the Grease Balls 7 to 2 and to the Sewer Rats 16 to 4 in recent CASON play, dropping in the standings. Upcoming schedule lists Penny Pickers facing Grease Balls August 11 and Nickel Dusters August 25, with Sewer Rats and Grease Balls in key matchups.
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Grapenthen
Wehking
Matzdorff
Butterfield
Grienke and
Bryans
Battery
Matador and
Sewer Rats
Nickel Dusters
Congregational Church Service Schedule
Church school begins at 10:00 a m with Morning Worship at 11:00 a m led by Pastor Edwin Trigg at the Congregational Church.
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Pilot-Tribune
Larchwood Drive
J. A. Swallum
Sentinel
Alta Advertiser
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
Dorothy Stump
South Dakota Union
County Seat News
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