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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
7
Indebted customers urged to settle accounts at once with Owens and Waddell at the livery barn. Dr Bundy asks all debtors to settle before January 1st. B A Colby requests delinquent customers discuss piano tuning payment status.
A watch with initials M. B. engraved on the case is reported missing and sought by return to this office. The note asks the finder to leave the item at the office.
Help wanted advertisement seeking a reliable girl for general housework. Describes a good home and good wages offered. Posted by Mrs D Hankens.
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association of Aurelia Iowa insures at actual cost against fire and lightning. Operates in Cherokee county east of the Little Sioux river. Poul Chepps serves as president and J C Lockin as secretary.
Advertises that poultry and cream are sought at highest market prices. Urges residents to bring in their stock or dairy products for immediate purchase at prevailing rates.
A roundup of brief notices mentions A. H. Waddell selling candies and nuts at Johnson’s store, Lashell & Hansen Bros promoting Christmas goods, Anton Swanson ill with typhoid fever, and John Davis with wife returning from Minnesota. Other items describe shop repairs, sale bill printing, a death in the Shenandoah Valley, upcoming duck and goose shooting, and Edith Bundy returning home to teach piano after the holidays.
A jumble of items shows shop openings by Ed Rice in a new butcher shop, piano sales at Colby’s, fresh groceries by Lashell and Hansen, and Johnson’s gift ads. It notes births, illness, travel, and community notices plus real estate moves and upcoming church events.
A fragmented Diamond News item recalls Mrs Dyslin returning from a visit, George Anspach’s South Dakota trip, and teachers planning a Christmas tree at Diamond Center school. It shifts to Paul’s journey to New York where he starts selling papers, joins a printing office, earns five dollars weekly, and brings home a Christmas store for his mother and family.
Judge Bally struggles on icy Chestnut Street as bootblack Ben, fourteen, steadies him and offers aid. The two walk together to Judge Baily's home on Widlnut Street and share a holiday morning of help, visits, and a warm Christmas. Ben returns to work and later sees James on crutches with a festive tree, celebrating kindness.
A garbled Christmas scene shows a mother with sick children in a chilly room. Characters and events are unclear due to corrupted text but hint at a family hardship and small daily struggles during December.
Notice states cash coupons will be discontinued after January 1 1910 and can be redeemed at Andrew Johnson's store until January 10 1910. Also mentions Prank Welch winning a chanting coat at a shooting match with a score of 20 of 25 blue rocks.
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