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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
2
The Aurelia Sentinel lists publication details for Cherokee County as a Friday paper. It notes second class mail status, a local advertising rate of five cents per line, display ads at ten cents per inch, and subscription rates of one dollar per year in advance within county and one dollar twenty five cents outside county.
John Metcalf, born Feb 1842 in Swaledale England, died November 28 in Battle Creek Michigan at age nearly 67. A veteran and community leader, he lived in Aurelia Paullina Iowa, Paullina where he served on school boards and the city council. Surviving children include W. C., Mine Nettle, Jay, Lucille, and Marian. He donated to Morningside College and led the Bank of Paulina, with public services conducted at the M E Church in Paullin g. Interment at Prairies View cemetery followed a large public funeral attended by relatives from across the region.
Uncalled letters remaining at the Aurella post office for the work ending December 1 1908 include Curlon Fritz Euonttar Geo Johnson Matilda sfaenj Algovern Corfa and Foredin Pouettes. Advertised letters should be claimed with the date and name of the requester Wot Manet P M.
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