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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
4
Shoppers consider Edison light bulbs and other bulbs for holiday decor noting available new energy efficient models. Consumers weigh safety costs and energy savings as retailers showcase festive lighting bundles for the season.
A Thanksgiving night showing of Family Pride at the opera house drew a packed audience and many turned away. The production was written and directed by Mrs. W. A. Lewis and repeated Saturday to good attendance. Receipts for both nights paid back the effort, with clear praise for rehearsals, scenery, and stage management.
Governor-elect Harding spoke at a Cherokee banquet launching a campaign to raise 15 000 more dollars for the Sioux Valley hospital. He focused on hospital needs, noted Iowa’s dry status, and urged funding through voluntary gifts rather than taxes. Garber's advertises fancy collar sets, handbags and handkerchiefs.
Oscar and Victor Carlson headed to Sweden for a visit and planned to rejoin a large group in New York. LeMars defeated Cherokee 18 to 6 at LeMars on Thanksgiving with 1,500 witnesses. School boards meet December 22 to elect a county superintendent to fill Lew McDonald’s unexpired term. Marriage licenses issued to several couples. Woman's club visits county home praising its care and cleanliness. James Elmore, charged with murder, may face trial. preliminary hearing possibly led by Judge Hutchinson after a guilty plea, with attorney Herrick & Herrick.
Buena Vista college lost to Wayne State by 14 to 13 in football. Reports note deaths of Mrs. Jacob Hensling and Chas I Bass in Sioux City hospitals. Infantile paralysis case closes. school reopens next Monday. LeMars names Edward D. Chassell as Patireed commissioner. Farm sales detail acreage trades near Holstein and Blaine township. A Chicago marriage prompts family notice. Wrestling match ends without a fall. Parcaut declared winner. Holstein votes on an $8,000 school bond. two women join majority. Real estate loans being sought and offered.
The piece notes the seventieth anniversary of Iowa's admission to the Union on December 28, 1846, when President Polk signed the act making Iowa a state on equal footing with others. It cites Benj Sham-baugh of the State Historical Society, praising pioneer's pride in statehood and national status.
Cherokee Democrat Carl Koldt, recently jailed, admitted forging two checks for 25 and 35 dollars in Cherokee. A southbound passerby identification led Sheriff Huber to arrest him. Koldt said he was hard up and planned to earn money to repay the amounts while visiting his wife, who works as a housekeeper.
A local notice prints upcoming public sale dates in the area with names and dates for organizers. Listings include August Nelson December 19 S. M. Carlson December 22 and others through Gearke Bros February 13. Readers are invited to call to publish their sale.
The marriage of Homer Tiffany to Miss Dorothy Wade occurred in Benson Minnesota on Saturday, November 18. The bride came from Halloway Minnesota and the groom is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Philo Tiffany of Aurelia. He is described as industrious with excellent habits and Dorothy as a pleasing young lady and accomplished musician.
Mrs. C. H. Leonard recovers well after an appendectomy at Alta hospital. Fred Tincknell suffers heart trouble threatening a Florida trip. Mrs. Reen Peterson returns from Oakdale sanitarium to be home. Jorgen Larson dies after paralysis, funeral held at Elk Lutheran Church. County road graveling begins north east of town, four miles planned. Ruth Swanson injured in runaway, broken rib and bruises from overturned buggy.
Notice states the Aurelia Lumber Co. has been purchased and calls all stock subscribers to pay promptly so operations can start smoothly. It mentions 852 and references Farmers Elevator Co. and Garber's offers for family gifts.
Sioux City Journal reports that Tom Steele plans a formal contest of the election results for George C. Scott. Attorneys F. E. Gill Kass & Kass lead the effort with W. B. Palmer directing the contest committee. The filing will name every precinct and allege counting errors, focusing on a city precinct. Scott has thirty days to respond. a hearing could occur within ninety days.
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