This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
2
Social visits fill the week across Cherokee Storm Lake and Sioux City with extended family gatherings. Entries note guests at the Am ent and Borgeson homes, wedding anniversary celebrations, square dance attendance, and multiple Sunday dinners in Alta, Marcus, and nearby towns.
Residents are urged to return Christmas Seal donations promptly. Seals were mailed earlier and should be used on Christmas mail. Send in the enclosed return envelope. Mrs Henry Anderson serves as Christmas Seal chairman for the community.
Farmers Hybrid Seeds Corn Co. announced the Champions for Cherokee County as Kletis Lenz Marvin Pecken schneider E A Tuttle Horace Ferrin and Avery Ames of Marcus after selecting a 5 acre plot for the award program urging improved yields and seed quality.
At a recent LeMars recognition dinner each honoree received an engraved plaque. Lenz produced 141.6 by 427A, Peckenschneider 109 bushels by 427A, Tuttle 123.8 by 427A, Ferrin 17.4 by 319, and Ames 108.8 by 309. All yields use a 15426 moisture basis.
About 90 relatives and friends gathered at the Afton Community building on Wednesday evening November 28 for a farewell courtesy for Mr and Mrs Fred Kolpin and Fredrick. Five Hundred was played at eighteen tables with prizes to Dale Sleezer Ed Walters and Carl Grienke for the men and Mrs Darrell Huseman Mrs Bill McCabe and Mrs Larry Kolpin for the ladies. Karl Erhardt presented the Kolpins with a purse of money from their many friends after lunch. Mrs Kolpin received a yellow mum corsage and Mr Kolpin a carnation boutonniere. The committee included Henry Buddenhagen Howard Anderson Robert Booth Jerry Booth Max Ammons Carl Ammons Karl Erhardt John Patterson Glen Dyslin Dale Sleezer Quentin Anderson and W M Booth.
Local newspaper page dated Thursday December 15 1953 from Aurelia reports community notices and brief items. The readable portion includes standard town news and Laurel County style notices typical of mid-century small town papers.
Patients and residents in Cherokee receive visits and weekend guests. Mr and Mrs Carl Ammons host Fae Hines from Sioux City at the Ziegenbush home. W M Booth and the Ammons share Sunday dinner.
Regular meeting announced for tonight at the Legion hall. Members urged to attend, with details unclear due to damaged text.
Public promotion invites readers to buy and eat as much pork as possible during a themed week titled Operation Pork Lift.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.