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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
4
Local bulletin notes cheer leader Elmer Gid in a Pilot-Tribune item about a first place finish and team momentum. Sparse readable lines reference award and upcoming event.
Members of the Fidelis Sunday school class gathered Friday for a social at the Shane B. Pele Coe venue. The event featured light games and informal fellowship as attendees celebrated husbands.
The Bennetts, who have no children, own 240 acres near Center School in Silver township. A girl baby is in consideration for placement with the Bennetts, who express willingness to provide a home.
Mrs Augusta Johnson hosts a Market Street dinner in honor of Miss Faye Reckoff and Mr Herman Coker of Aurelia Iowa. Austin Petersons entertain eighteen guests on Cleveland Avenue with bridge after a group dinner celebrating a wedding anniversary and the Aurelia visitors.
Morning worship Sunday at 10 30 with sermon by the pastor Sunday school at 11 45 The younger men organize a class with Dr Eddy as teacher Be present for opening session Sunday morning Sunday evening resume study of the book of Revelations The fifteenth chapter The Sea of Glass mingled with Fire There is in this symbol a despair and beautiful spiritual lesson Good music at all services The Congregational people invite all to the reception for their new pastor Friday evening Jan 6 Let all who can be present
A library yearly report notes 1927 activity with a total of 96 volumes added that year. It records the library’s overall holdings and count of books in its 1927 tally.
Extensive program summaries cover poultry, swine and beef projects, 24 pigs exhibited at Pilot Rock Plowing Match, 356 chicks raised at $314.15 value, 114 girls in canning clubs, 4001 quarts preserved saving $400, and 7 demonstration teams with state fair entries. Notable also are soil tests, seed corn, pruning, sugar beet trials, vaccination school, employment aid for 361 applicants, and a large county-wide meeting and picnic totaling thousands of attendees.
Over the past week about 50 new members joined the Farm Bureau booster ranks. In Marcus township on Tuesday fifteen farmers enrolled after interviews, nineteen joined Grand Meadow on Thursday, with additional names from Willow Amherst Sheridan and Cherokee townships. The Faywm Bureau Exchange urges farmers to join to safeguard their interests and combat misinformation.
The schedule lists games for Washta on January 18, Quimby on January 20, Sulphur Springs on January 24, Larrabee on January 27, and Cleghorn on February 8 with venues noted as here or there.
Preparations for the annual enumeration of Iowa’s 212000 farms are underway. Assessors’ meetings will occur in all counties within two weeks, and by January 15 the statistical system will operate fully with over 2500 assessors. Farmers are urged to cooperate so figures are true and dependable for state planning and county publication in the Iowa Year Book and Iowa Monthly Crop Report.
Edwin Trigg pastor leads morning service at 10 30 with A Call to Communion The address will be followed by the quarterly communion service Evening service at 7 30 features Christ and Economy The Christian Endeavor society meets at 6 30 and the annual election of officers will be held A good attendance is desired
The remains of Fred R. Woodcock were brought to Aurelia for burial. The Ideal Telephone Co board voted a 25 cent monthly rent increase on all phones. Julius Robar’s daughter reported Otto J. Johnson of Elk has bought a residence in Alta and will move March 1. Ed Kreger rents Leonard Larson farm east of town for 12 dollars per acre. Twenty Years Ago C K Davis resigned from Western Elevator Co to homestead in Colorado. John Kolpin Sr. buys a residence in Galva. his son George will farm. W L Kannenberg will move to Luverne Minnesota to take a farm there.
The Home Grocery advertises grape fruit priced at five cents each. The notice emphasizes a low price to attract shoppers. It highlights the store as a local option for fruit purchases and suggests customers stock up while the sale lasts.
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