Interesting News From Far and Near
A digest of notices from small papers includes travels by Atty Will E Johnston and Ed Cassiday to Asia. obituaries for Mrs. George Munday. editor Van Atten's recovery from an accident. Willie Beese buying land for a theater. sales of stores and elevators. marriages in Marcus and Lan dusk Denslow residence. burglaries in Remsen. property sales and paving progress. Cherokee county land prices rising with Gould farm sale. a August 11 marriage in Butler. Hawkeye highway gravel work and funding details.
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Galva Tribune
Will E. Johnston
Cassiday
Whiting
Japan
China
Philippines
Washta Journal
George Munday
Washta
Peterson Patriot
van Atten
The
Royal Banner
Linn Grove Independent
Willie Beese
Danielson
C. UL. Danielson
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Lee
H. C. Lee
P. J. Bram
Violet
Rose Joray
Marcus News
Floyd E. Knox
John Knox
Dessa Edgar
Ute
Iowa
Sioux City
Marcus List
Evans
Galva Union Elevator Company
Teideman Company
Farmers Company
Adelia ‘Denslow
Landusk
Denslow
Bell Enterprise
Rem‘sen
Storm Lake
Ten Years Ago Highlights From The Sentinel
G S Goodrich took possession of the meat market Monday. Mrs Murphy Langlet died at her Elk township home after weeks of illness. Edgar Wall bought an 80 acre farm in Cherokee county for 67.25 per acre. Peter McDonald a Cherokee brakeman on the Tlinois Central was killed near Newell Monday night. Cherokee county to receive solid rural free delivery of mail with daily service to farms within a half mile if roads allow.
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G. S. Goodrich
Murphy Langlet
Elk Township
Alta Advertiser
Edgar Wall
Joe Boulting
Cherokee County
Peter McDonald
Cherokee
Tlinois Central
Newell
The Black Box serial at Idle Hour theater
Johnson and Butterfield present a new motion picture serial The Black Box at Idle Hour theater with first episode on Thursday August 26. It will shown on Thursday nights weekly and compared favorably to The Million Dollar Mystery. story will run in The Sentinel weekly with the first installment on the back page of this issue.
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Johnson & Butterfield
Idle Hour
the Sentinel
Ten-year-old daughter loses finger in cream separator incident
The ten year old daughter of Pete Anderson had the middle finger on her left hand crushed in a cream separator requiring amputation. Also notes visit from Max Schuelke and family from Ireton to Hanover relatives and local contractor trouble at Highview school.
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Pete Anderson
Max Schuelke
Ireton
County Seat News Highlights From Cherokee Paper
Clover of items from Cherokee reports include Ruth Lindberg returning from California, the Cherokee Fire Department planning an August picnic, 24 convicts arriving to work on the state hospital railroad, the death of Arthur Anderson in Cedar township, Berlin Warren selling an eighty acre Liberty township farm for 200 dollars per acre to James Lamont, a double wedding at the Presbyterian parsonage for William Horstman and Josephine Lamont and Charles Lamont and Ida Horstman, and the Lake Pilot-Tribune noting the death of Lawrence Burns of Buena Vista County in Storm Lake.
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Cherokee Fire Department
Anamosa
State Hospital
Arthur
Gust Anderson
Cedar Township
Berlin Warren
James Lamont
Liberty Township
Meriden
Rev
Thutt
Presbyterian
William F. Horstman
Josephine. Lamont
Chas. Lamont
Ida Horstman
Weather Crop Bulletin Des Moines Eight Day Ending August 16
Des Moines Iowa reports the week brought favorable weather for belated farm work and corn growth. Sunshine averaged, rainfall below normal, warm days with cool nights keeping the weekly temperature near average. Harvesting nearly finished except southern oats, shock threshing underway, heavy small grain yields but southern grain quality below normal due to wet weather. Corn progresses, second clover crop will be a heavy hay crop. Scott county onions yield 400 to 900 bushels per acre with rotting signs in half. Fruits potatoes gardens pastures in good condition and improving.
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Scott County
Ice Cream Social at Mt Olive Church Friday
An ice cream social is scheduled at Mt Olive church on Friday evening August 20. All welcome to attend. A local seller will feature items in the for sale column.
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Mt. Olive Church
Band Boys Visit George Randall Home Sunday
Fourteen Aurelia band members visited the sick George Randall at Cornell Sunday afternoon. Chaperoned by H. E. Johnson, George Garber, and George Clover, the group played a concert on the lawn and shared ice cream and cake after. The trip was closed with a group photograph.
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Aurelia
George Randall
Cornell
H. E. Johnson
George Garber
George Clover
Randall
George
George Brooks
Algie Lindsay
Clarence Rapp
Lew Stutz
Will Murphy
Harold Nelson
J.C. Nelson
George Nelson
Albert Grashoff
John Mummert
Will Diercks
George Wieland
Kiernan
A. A. Dingman
Advertising Chautauqua Promotes Vawter Circuit in Aurelia
C R Aydelott, advance man for the Vawter chautauqua system, visited Aurelia Saturday to promote the event set for August 29 to September 2. Banners across the business street, mobile banners and pennants, window cards, and lithograph folders were distributed to raise awareness. Vawter touts aggressive local advertising to inform the public of their offerings.
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Chautauqua
C. R. Aydelott
Vawter Chautauqua
Aurelia
Vawter
Waterloo Bay Tractor Plow Event August 19 20 21
Notice invites readers to attend plowing demonstrations with the Waterloo Bay tractor on August 19 20 and 21 conducted by J. B. Mummert.
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Waterloo Bay
J. 8. Mummert
Final Arrangements for Aurelia Picnic Today
Final plans for the Farmers' and Merchants' picnic in Aurelia promise a full day of sport and entertainment. Balloon ascension by Dan Rice planned for 6:30, weather permitting, with alternate day. Enjoy six free street acts, Geyers and Hill & Hill performances, Aurelia band, two baseball games, a speech by Rev. Sidney L. Chandler at Idle Hour theater, and moving pictures plus a dance and open air band concert. A merry-go-round will also be present for children.
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Aurelia
Dan Rice
Committee On Amusement
Peterson
Matzdorf
German White Sox
Sim
Aurelia Giants
Sidney L. Chandler
Letter List Uncalled At Aurelia Post Office
Week ending August 19 list of uncalled letters includes Esther Swanson Harvey Smith Ralph Maxwell Harry Henry Anna Duatro B Brown Elllicot Wilkins Jno W Arndt P H Sansson foreign W C Marsh Postmaster advises calling for advertised letters.
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Aurelia
Esther Swanson
Harvey Smith
Ralph Maxwell
Harry Henry
Anna Duatro
B. B. Brown
Elllicot Wilkins
Jno
W. Arndt
P. H. Sansson
W. C. Marsh
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Fifth Street
Jake Avenue
West Fifth Street
Illinois Central
Cherokee Times
Walter Gould
Cleghorn
Edwin Freed
A. J. Rasmus
Charlotte K. Butler
Rolland E. Heywood
Hortense Butler
Rev. Rowe
Congregational Church
Butler
Buena Vista
Hawkeye Highway
Litchfield
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
Sentinel
Weinberg
ALTA
Highview School House
J. N. _Emarine
Emarine
C. H. Wegerslev
Moeller
Fairview
County Seat News
Cherokee Papera Democrat
Ruth Lindberg
California
Lake Lake
Pilot-Tribune
Lawrence Burns
Buena
Vista County
Hudson
Des Moines
Prof
Ana Tee Highway Commission
Waa
Ainmen
Aevers
Oy Nats Srrean
Bec Mt
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