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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
3
A travel promotion offers a Mardi Gras visit through the Mississippi Valley to New Orleans with a Free Mardi Gras Folder. It promises views of Carnival pageants and a book about the Crescent City, with excursion rates quoted and sale through the Division Passenger Agent in Duluth.
The Farner Elevator Company held a large stockholders meeting at Woodmen Hall. Managers reported year results with net profit around 1 755 dollars after freight deductions. several officers were reelected. A death notice for W. H. Vickey was read and a $50 secretary salary was approved. The Fort Dodge meeting of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association was announced with top speakers and strong cooperative support.
Funeral services for Mr Hickey were held Saturday Feb 1 with burial in Diamond Township. O M Band of Spencer formerly of Aurelia and Dimond churches preached due to severe cold. Hickey, born June 14 1842 in Rochester NY, moved to Wisconsin then to Aurelia and finally Diamond Township. He was a director and stockholder in First National Bank of Aurora and Gilva State Bank. He married in 1869 and had six children Clarence W F Arthur Stella Luella Edna, all in Diamond Township, plus his wife. He was not a Mason. The report also lists a monthly school attendance noting various Aurelia school pupils. A Swedish Lutheran Bethania church was organized in Pilot Township with 42 communicants, 30 children. Officers elected and plan to join Augustana Synod. The piece promotes upcoming farmers’ grain company convention seeking delegates from across the state.
Police capture Lloyd Wilson and Gertrude Waddell near Panora and Aurelia Iowa after a cross-state pursuit. Detected by Omaha detective John Dunn and W. Q. Striker, they were moved to Cherokee jail where Wilson faces a preliminary hearing and possible grand jury indictment amid a coinvestigation into reward sharing and town rivalries. Sheriff Lawrey circulated notices across the region offering rewards and detailing suspect descriptions.
Missourian C C Williams writes from Maryville praising local education and infrastructure. He notes three ward schools, a state normal school, a music conservatory, a business college, and a thriving electric light system with paved streets. He compares Maryville to Galva and invites readers to visit and see the region’s stock, crops, and growth.
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