Christmas Advertising Boosts Early Auto Sales
The Aurelia Sentinel notes Christmas ads performed well for the Early Auto company. Their vehicles were marketed as suitable presents and five cars were sold during Christmas week.
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel notes Christmas ads performed well for the Early Auto company. Their vehicles were marketed as suitable presents and five cars were sold during Christmas week.
Senator Kenyon files senate resolutions aimed at ending free carriage of campaign documents and speeches. He calls for limiting free seeds and requiring postage for printed and stamped envelopes, arguing purchasers should pay carriage when the government still prints for free.
Collier's Weekly notes varied state results showing independent voters influencing outcomes. Iowa and Nebraska delivered Wilson majorities while reelecting Republican Kenyon and Senator Norris respectively, with California’s First District favoring Wilson yet keeping Kent in Congress as a cautious progressive.
A reader note highlights a recent Iowa Homestead column on rose protection and tulip bed care for farms. The publisher offer clubs The Homestead with this paper for one year at $1.23. Send subscriptions to this office.
People in debt to the Peoples Cooperative Telephone Co are urged to call at the company office and pay promptly to straighten the books for year end.
Local for sale column offers space for items or trades. Readable text invites listings and bargains for residents seeking to buy sell or trade goods locally.
Report details how Republican leaders quickly pushed through three nonpartisan bills in the Thirty-fifth assembly. The Oregon plan primary, presidential preference primary, and blue sky bill were placed on the GOP slate as Democrats were distracted, with rapid drafting and swift committee action.
Over eight thousand dollars have been subscribed toward a new Spirit Lake Methodist church. Other items report a baby health contest at the Sutherland farmers institute on January 25, a large turnout for Union revival meetings in LeMars, and a fire alarm in Storm Lake after fumigation with no damage.
Miss Marion Pitcher and Miss Sadie Georke of Aurelia report Cherokee calls while Mrs Kreger visits county seat on business. Dr R L Cleaves is critically ill with pneumonia. recovery is unlikely. Dr C L Quinn has moved to rooms above Schuster's drug store. Cherokees plan a 230000 church next year and await a $70000 federal building appropriation. Court sessions continue with little general business. Revival meetings in the Christian church are led by Rev Mack.
Job seekers are invited to earn $15 per week and more with a part time prospect that pays expenses. The Hawks Co. promotes a home territory plan and claims the program is a winner. Send details to Box H, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
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Des Moines January 11 Representative Walter P Jensen Pocahontas plans a bill to overhaul Iowa county jail practices. He envisions county or district work farms employing inmates at labor with wages partly supporting families and partially reimbursing counties for upkeep. The proposal targets non felony offenders and habitual drunkards for hard labor. Reports show high intoxication arrest rates across Iowa counties.
Aurelia music lovers will hear violin virtuoso Christian Hansen at the opera house this Friday evening January 17. He will perform works by Ole Bull Paganini Sarasate Tartini Schuman Haydn with pianist reader Miss Ethel Belle Haynes assisting.
The Morningside Glee Club presented a varied program of vocal and instrumental numbers at the M E church last Tuesday evening. Carl Nelson and his young son Johnnie provided comic relief while the twenty members displayed fine voices and training, earning high praise from the crowd.
The Cement Products company is the new enterprise in Marcus. C A Sylvester will be president and general manager. A cement block building will be erected in the spring to produce cement blocks drain tile and pressed brick.
Pricilla club members hosted a masquerade party at Mrs W G Whitney's home on Tuesday evening. About thirty attendees arrived in elaborate costumes including a bride and groom, Jumbo the fat man, a Dutch girl, and others. Progressive som ’r somerset was played at seven tables with Mrs Elsie Nelson winning the most points. A two course lunch followed around midnight.
Mrs T L Kenyon returned from Correctionville where she visited her sister. Mr and Mrs Frank Nordstrom left for Denver for Mrs Nordstroms health. A C Lanham s sister and Walter Vought visited from Win d om Minnesota. Mrs Herman Linquist convalesced after hospital stay. Evangelist Mrs Tyler aids Good Hope meetings. G T Littlefield and Howard Lucas visited Cherokee. Corn shelling underway. roads good for hauling. weather mild. Carl Tuft and A C Kuhlman shelling. Tuft to Aurelia. Kuhlman to Galva. E L Isakeon to shell Thursday.
The Good Hope church began a weeklong revival last Sunday led by Pastor Yotter with a Sioux City evangelist. Miss Edna Johnson of Quimby visited with friends Miss Oblaons and attended Mt. Olive Church Sunday. Beginning Tuesday January 14 at 7 30 p m Mt Olive will host evangelistic meetings conducted by Chaplain White of Jackson Michigan. Everyone is invited to attend and welcome Chaplain White.
Special to The Tribune Des Moines January 11. Representative E. H. Cunningham of Buena Vista County was chosen speaker of the Iowa house by the Republican caucus defeating Gerrit Klay of Sioux City 38 to 24. Cunningham, farmer and real estate dealer from Newell, has led agriculture committees and is seen as a progressive Republican.
Public school lists honor students who were neither absent nor tardy in December 1912. First Grade names include Byron Paulson Pauline Stutz Henry Stutz Charles Morrill Pearl Miller Frank Hansen. Second Grade adds Anne DeVries Harold Paulson Ernest Baumann and others. Room II and III retain multiple pupils with also Hazel Lamm Opal Paulson Rosalie Garber. Room IV covers Albert Grashoff Glenn Nelson George Nelson Corneal Clover and more. High School names Florence Russell Lola Stutz John Mummert Neil Whitney Floyd Cly-
A list of residents including Edith Russell Mildred Puffett Ralph Peterson Fayette Bailey Oran Parrott Walter Peterson Herbert Will Byron Sweet Ray Parrott Martha Bischel Agnes Russell Frances Shaw Walter Bischel Harry Crepps Clyde Mummert Ruth O Neal Opal Green Opal Overing Felecia Hines appears in a community roster with civilian residents noted for a local item.
United States District Attorney Faville of northern Iowa has filed in federal court in Sioux City to repeal Gustaf V. Carlson of Alta’s naturalization papers granted by Judge Coyle in September. The challenge rests on a witness who knew Carlson only six months, not the five years of intimate knowledge required by law.
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