Public Sale Dates Listed For Aurelia Territory Auctions
The Sentinel publishes dates for upcoming public sales in Aurelia and surrounding areas. Names and precise locations are listed with dates from January 14 to February 5 1994, including estates and individuals planning auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Aurelia
Nels’ P. Benson
Alta
Walter L. Lewis
C. M. Olson
John Hasenwinkle
Aurelia School House
W. H. Glienke
Hanover
Bartz
Coombs
Oscar N. Peterson
G. QR. Noble
Afton and Nearby residents share holiday visits and nuptial news
Mrs. Floyd Prescott spent Christmas with her daughter in Sioux City. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Doupe hosted in Cherokee while Mr. Doupe visited in Cherokee township. Floyd Anderson left for a two day business trip to Ames. Lyle Wilson of Washington Iowa and Miss Sadie Schnell wed New Year’s Day in Cherokee. Paul Jones returned to Cedar Falls for school. Kenneth Gould of Larrabee came home from vacation with the Zwick family. Bert Mummert entertained relatives at dinner. George Melton and three daughters drove to Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Prescott
Sioux City
Arthur Doupe
Bonsall
Cherokee
Mr. Doupe
Doupe
Kenneth Gould
Larrabee
George
Earl Zwick
Bert Mummert
George Melton
Rochester
Robert
Erickson
Sam Mann
Guhlen Dyslin
Christmas and New Year social rounds across Cherokee area
Mrs Vernon Goodrich and Mrs Arthur Boardman plan Christmas with daughters. Troy Mummert hosted the 600 club Friday. Mrs Chris Montgomery visited from Sutherland. Gilbert Clow a patient at Sioux Valley Hospital earlier. Helen Martin returned from Omeda Iowa. Leo Kelly and Joyce joined New Year’s dinner with Larrabee relatives.
Bookish Eating: Birds and Amphibians in a Michigan Cook’s Note
A Michigan cook asserts that any bird is edible including owls with sparrows and starlings used for pot pies. He likens fresh water crawfish to shrimp and hears that natives find toad legs tastier than frog legs.
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Hyer
Michigan
Hungry Young Man Steals Revolver in Harlem Night
Leo Merton, an ambitious but hungry man, drifts through Harlem near Lenox Avenue seeking food. A chance encounter with a gunman leads to a hold up attempt at a second-hand store, where a wary old shopkeeper offers a five dollar payoff for the gun.
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Leo Merton
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
Cross Street
Teo
Biddy
Sid
Leo
Tie
New York
Motor Bicycles Rise in Popularity After 1895 Debut
In 1898 reports note bicycles first propelled by motor around 1895 gained dependability and popularity shortly after. The shift marks a rapid adoption of powered cycles as a new transport form.
U. S. Speeds Up Redfern Search In Guiana Jungle
A State department report boosts the belief that aviator Paul Redfern, missing eight years, is alive in Dutch Guiana. The account cites a Creole teacher, corroborates explorer La Varre, and says Major Taylor may lead a rescue with approval from department commanders.
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Washington
State Department
Paul Redfern
Duttch
Guiana
Plains
Redfern
Duteh Gilana
Junale Tadhtn
Redferns Erehind
Phifmans
Kapan
Sapakunu
Taylor
la Warre
Abseut
Paramartha
Brunswick
Rio Janeiro
la Vuarre
Suriname
Dahomey
la Varre
Indian Learns to Write at 51 in a CCC School
Joe Starr, a fifty one year old full blooded Blackfoot Indian and CCC camp member in Assonet Massachusetts, learns to read and write after months of study under Camp Instructor Abial Hammond. His first letter to Maj. Gen. Fox Conner thanks the CCC program for English instruction. Starr was born in Butte Montana and spent years at sea before wandering and ending up in Boston seeking aid from the CCC.
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Assonet
Mass
Joe Starr
CCC
Abial
Hammond
Joe
Fox Conner
First Corps
Butte
Mont
Singapore
Boston
Ccco
Sacred relics turn to dust at Notre Dame spire
In Paris the bronze cock atop the Notre Dame spire was removed for cleaning and the relics it held have turned to dust. The relics of Sainte Genevieve and Saint Denis, placed in the cock in 1800, were long considered protection for the capital as repairs to the spire proceed.
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Paris
German Army Establishes Military Music Academy at Bueckeburg
Germany reintroduces universal conscription last March and creates the Academy of Military Music at Bueckeburg. Cadets will attend classes through mid November focusing on musical training for military roles amid army preparations.
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Berlin
Germany
Bueckeburg
East Afton and Elk Community Social Notes
Mrs Wm Booth writes of New Year gatherings at the Booth and Erickson homes with 500 games at three tables. High prizes won by John Booth and Mrs Booth. low prizes to M Hines and Lois Booth. Several visits from Irene Kracht and others, plus outings to Cherokee and Sioux City. Mrs Guhlen Dyslin ill cared for by Mrs Sam Mann.
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East Afton & Elk
Wm. Booth
Copper production sites and forms across the world
The piece notes copper occurs worldwide from Peru to the United States with native copper crystallizing in cubes and oxides forming layers. It highlights the Butte district in Montana as the largest copper producing region in the world.
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Peru
Chile
Alaska
Australia
Siberia
Cornwall
Germany
United States
The
Philadelpha Inquirer
Butte
Montana
Legend Claims Charles I Buried Sitting in Westminster
Deathfinder Magazine notes a legend that Charles I promised poet Ron Jonson burial in Westminster Abbey. The chosen spot was partly occupied and small for a full burial, so the king allegedly allowed an interment in a sitting posture.
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Charles I
Ron Jonson
Westminster Abbey
Deathfinder Magazine
Swordfish and Sawfish Attack Tactics Described
A historical note describes a swordfish plunging its upper jaw twenty two inches into ship timbers during an attack while a sawfish uses its five foot saw as a tearing tool against prey.
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Afton Vicinity
Minnesota
Mesdames Vernon Goodrich
Arthur Boardman
Troy Mummert
Chris Motgomery
Sutherland
Gilbert Clow
Sioux Valley Hospital
Helen Martin
Omeda
Iowa
Leo Kelly
Joyce
Sleezer and Sons
Howard Lee
Pilot Township
Anna Danielson
McKinley
Chas
Donald Groff
Guy Robinson
Doris Stiencke
Storm Lake
Loma Robinson
Tfr
Vivian Smith
Tir
John Dyslin
Vivian Dyslin
Glenn Dyslin
Jennie Johnston
Frank Mummert
Ammon Sexton
Frank Beecher
Cou Zoe
Gare
Tscee
U. S
Ray Hines
W. M. Booth
Orville Erickson
Orville
John Booth
M. Hines
Lois Booth
Irene Kracht
Brooke
Fred Kolpin
KK. Erickson
Orris Erickson
Emmet Mohrer
David McMillan
Peterson
Howard Haight
Elsie Mae
Helen Booth
Anna Marie Raymond
Florida
Floridan
Illinois Central
Illinois Central System
New Orleans
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