Aurelia Sentinel Notes and Local Anecdotes
The Aurelia Sentinel lists notices and ads on town life. The column mentions The Des Moines Capital on eggs in Australia, Peterson Patriot quips about wealth and heat, and Montgomery Ward’s advertising legacy. It also records Sam Sherman leaving Minnesota Wildwoods for a Williams relinquished claim with family and goods.
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Des Moines
Australia
Peterson Patriot
Hades
Wildwoods
Minnesota
Sam Sherman
Sutherland Courier
Williams
Van Wagenen Ousted as U S Attorney in Sioux City District
Anthony Van Wagenen of Sioux City has been removed from his post as United States Attorney by presidential action. The firing follows claims of failure to prosecute white slavery and other criminal cases, cited as the principal cause for removal.
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Anthony van Wagenen
Sioux City
United States
van Wagenen
Political purge ends dissenting official's tenure
The text notes the target was treated more leniently by some but faced charges seen as sufficient to remove a man who refused to align with the ruling political ring. This reflects a purge motivated by party loyalty rather than unique crimes.
Ambitions for an Opera House in Aurelia Stir Local Interest
A crowd from Aurelia attended The Shepherd of the Hills in Alta and Cherokee last week. Town leaders argue an Aurelia opera house would boost commerce even if dividends are modest, urging business people to unite and plan a local project.
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Alta
Cherokee
Aurelia
Amelia
Doings at Diamond Notes From Aurelia and Surroundings
Bert Wilson and family of Aurelia visited H. H. Lucas on Sunday. Mrs. Hall and Vernon planned a visit with relatives at Pierson and Correctionville before moving to Denison. W. F. Hickey and family to Storm Lake for a day. HL Lucas did business in Cherokee. Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs. Weise visited Carroll relatives. A. C. Lanham and family visited Schaller. Robert Kenyon and Frank Welse went to Cherokee. Luella and Stella Hickey spent Saturday in Cherokee. A social Friday night drew many neighbors to hear, attend, and enjoy supper.
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Diamond
Bert Wilson
Aurelia
H. H. Lucas
Robert Kenyon
Frank Welse
Cherokee
Luella
Stella Hickey
Christmas in Silver Township Sees Visits and Gatherings
Silver Township residents report a busy Christmas season with visits from Dallas Center York Nebraska and Canton and South Dakota. Alman Thompson Algy Lindsay and Landon Miner return home from college or visits while Carl Martinson plans a Colorado move. E F Carr funeral set at Good Hope church. Mt Olive features a successful music and literary program by Cherokee and Alta groups and a Hard Time social planned December 31 at the parsonage.
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John Towner
Dallas Center
Albert Miner
Canton
South Dakota
Silver
Pilot
John Bengston
Miner
Dakota
Iowa
Allen Cunningham
Acorn Industry Grows Amid National Harvest Push
In Arkansas a new acorn trade feeds eastern nurseries while government regulation taps streams to yield 800,000 horsepower for forest projects. Massachusetts Representative Treadway backs state driven education plans, and Maine lobsters move toward the Pacific coast under Secretary Redfield. Taft and Roosevelt clash over unity, while Mrs. Paul warns Democrats of suffrage opposition. Cabinet dinners at Caraboa trigger mockery of Philippine policy, and Congress weighs tighter product labeling amid anti trust overhaul talks. General Sherwood revises pension cost projections downward, challenging earlier fear.
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Arkansas
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Treadway
Maine
Puget Sound
Commerce Redfield
Pacific
Hard Times Soshul at Mt Olive Parsonage
A 1913 notice proclaims a Hard Times social at Mt. Olive parsonage on Wednesday evening December 31. Women must wear calico dresses. men must wear their old clothes. Gentlemen in knit shirts or fiddle collars face a five cent fine. ladies wear aprons, trimmed aprons, or jewelry at small extra costs.
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Mt. Olive Parsonage
Dude Koller
Diante
Remembering the Good in Work and Hearts
The note counsels perseverance in deed and faith that inner good endures. It contrasts enduring impact with external failures, urging focus on genuine help to people's hearts rather than outward success.
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Imen
Charles Agsley
Baby in Water Sparks Quick Rescue at Notgrove
In Notgrove Gloucestershire England a two year old boy fell into a trough while playing beside it. The three year old sister ran to their mother crying BABBY IN WATER. The mother saved the boy with help and he was revived.
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Notgrove
Gloucestershire
England
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James PF. Toy
W. P. Miller
H. Bischel
A. D. Coffman
Aust. Cashier
D. RB. Whitney, Beckhees
Hickey
ML Whitney James F. Toy
W. H. Bischel
First National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
Carol
First National Bank OF Aurelia
Aurelia Sentinel
E. C
postoSice
Peterson
Peter
Knoxville Express
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Montgomery
Silver Township
Algy Lindsay
Ames
The
Agricultural College
Harrison, Dubes
Allen Neville
Elmer Dubes
Armour
Dr. Bates
Mt. Olive
Landon Miner
Beresford
Cherkee
Carl Martinson
Martinson
Colorado
Boulder
Tené
E. F. Carr
Good Hope Church
Good Hope Cemetery
Mr. Carr
Hartley
Mt. Olive Church
Young People’s Society of
Taft
Roosevelt
Misa Alice Paul
National Women’s Suffrage Association
Washington
Miss Paul
Wilson
America
Democratic Party
Prohibition
Men of the Capitol
Congress
Campbell
Kansas
House of Representatives
Callaway
Texas
Peri Tonne
Representativea He
Bureau of Corporations
Joseph E. Davis
Davis
Clayton
Alabama
White House
General Sherwood
Cape Cod
San Francisco Bay
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
Gulfport
Great Gulf
Pension Office
Committee On Pensions
Soshul
the Peoples Store
Poland
Woodland Stock
D's A. Wonder
C. A. Davis & Son
Galva
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