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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
3
Local items from Marcus Galva Storm Lake and Peterson report a high school loss 35 to 16 Jefferson defeat 16 to 8 and various community events. Notes include births weddings resignations church gifts and a Fathers and Sons banquet set for February 6 with Rev. O M Bond as speaker.
Cherokee county organizes a Near East Relief drive to raise 3000 dollars or corn with 225 dollars or 450 bushels of corn from Au relia and community. A Friday meeting at the Community Club outlines plans and Governor Kendall chairs the state committee. All officers volunteer. costs are travel for organizers and railroads plus the Shipping Board will transport corn free.
Revised winter schedule lists games with Larrabee on Feb 9 at home and Feb 16 at Quimby, Holstein on Feb 20, Galva on Feb 23 at home, Meriden on March 2 at home, and Cleghorn on March 9 away.
A wartime diary style letter details David Watts aboard a French ship leaving La Pallice, sightings of jellyfish and trenches in Europe, Canary Islands shore leave, and arrival in Matadi Congo with plans to ride the Kinshasa line. He notes sun, customs costs, missionary settings, and a humorous equator baptism rite.
Library displays new donations from the Womans Club and other figures. Titles include Master Skylark by John Bennett and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Works span Kipling to Wharton and H. G. Wells to M. A. C. Hut chinson with several classics and modern novels.
Aurelia's high school boys and girls teams have won three straight on their home floor boosting local interest. The boys beat Meriden and Quimby 24 to 7, showing strong improvement under Coach Lingenfelter with new passes and teamwork. They travel to Galva Friday and host Larrabee next. The girls defeated Quimby 25 to 12 in their first match, proving solid basketball material for the season.
Brief classified note from Mummert offering harness oiling and repair services. Mentions a first class job and indicates availability for repairs and maintenance.
W P Miller longtime Aurelia resident died at Summit Point West Virginia on January 25 after two years of ill health following a stroke. Services were held at Federated church in Aurelia with burial in Storm Lake. he had lived in Aurelia and Storm Lake before relocating to Summit Point. He married Elizabeth Denio in 1875 and later Harshberger of Summit Point. no children. Survived by wife and three sisters, with a record of public spirited business leadership in Aurelia and Webster City.
Last Wednesday Clair Parrott celebrated his tenth birthday after school with twenty four classmates. Games were played and a supper was served by Mrs. Parrott to the cheerful group.
Congregational and Baptist church notes list Bible School at 11 30 Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and Evening Worship at 7 30 Pastor E H Gillet invites all not worshiping elsewhere to attend The sermon titled The Plan of Salvation and the Way to Understanding will use a chart to aid teaching with good music and general good will.
J S Mummert announces readiness to perform cleaning and repair work on harnesses, indicating a local craft business.
Ten dollars in prizes lure attendees to a three session corn show at Woodmen hall this Friday. Town notes report two local deaths January 27 and 28, 74 and 50 years old respectively. Other items include James Thomson starting a Marcus moving picture theater, Kenneth Brooks joining George Garber store, a February 14 farm closing sale, Fred Wieland purchasing a residence, and Carl Nelson beginning teaching at Zoma Coombs school.
A Cherokee Iowa company named Cherokee Stocke Remedy Co faces unclear details in fragmented notice. The readable fragments point to a local business with potential product or service claim but lack full context or actionable deadline.
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