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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel notes subscription rates per year in and outside Cherokee county with foreign rates. It states papers do not stop at expiration unless notified and continuing readers owe for the period. A lighthearted line mentions finding a clean way to replace a typewriter ribbon.
A playful exchange compares spouses to birds in a lighthearted quip. The groom admits he was no spring chicken at marriage and the bride agrees, calling him a little goose in a humorous retort.
C H Gilbert of the Iowa Department of Agriculture notes that last year's warehouse loans are fully cleaned up with no penny lost to lending companies. He reports nearly 750000 bushels of grain warehoused since work began and only a small interest loss in one case. The system provides safe loan security and aids farmers by supporting orderly marketing of the crop.
A New Year dinner gathering near Julia Missouri honored Harold Leber’s birthday with family and friends from Galva Afton Atta and surrounding areas. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Willitan Haight Mr and Mrs George Pepper Roy Leber Alba Leber Leroy Gueiseh plus many others.
Afton area residents share weekend visits and social events. Algie Odor family vacationed at Wim Sleezer’s. Ed Mienking of Storm Lake visited daughter Mrs Salni Snyder. New Year’s donor event at Geo Melton home drew about 70. Guests included A Cumming of Mankato Minnesota and Misses Ruth Helen Melton.
Local residents Mr and Mrs George Kelpin hosted visitors at Aurelia while others made calls in Audia Sioux City and LeMars areas. The group includes Bill Booths Gerjets Dyslin and several relatives with extended visits noted in Aurelia LeMars and Hadley Minnesota during the week.
The notes cover first through ninth grades with classroom work, reading in Beacon primers, handwriting projects, new students, birthday celebrations, and health lunch programs. Reports include progress in arithmetic, history, geography, and languages, plus semester exams, county nurse visits, and football letter awards for fourteen players.
English classes discuss Poe's The Gold Bug along with study of Mlrons L Allegro and Il Pensiero and describe places objects animals and persons. Ninth grade covers letter writing basics before semester end.
The Aurelia public library fills a community need as shown by the 1929 report prepared by librarian Mrs Cass Robinson. Books bought totaled four and months due amounted to seventy eight. The library closed the year with 1169 volumes.
A terse local column line notes a reclitary event may run once, with brief unspecified details. No names or places are given, leaving the exact timing and participants unclear.
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