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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
1
The Alta news page notes a high school basketball team from Albert City winning Tuesday evening. Also listed are tax figures for the year 1923, including a grand total of 98 648.44 and other past-due amounts, with reference to payment timelines.
Lawmaking pace and the scope of revision are under fire as legislators discuss a large board of control bill with over 500 sections. Senator John R. B. Price of Monroe County leads self-starting action while debates reveal tensions between House and Senate on budget and marriage and divorce reforms.
Cherokee County farm bureau members met at A. A. Friday for a liginess session to reelect Louis M. Johns of Sheridan township as president and W. R. Montgomery of Cherokee as vice president. R. L. Little of Pilot Township was secretary and A. D. Bushlow of Pilot Township treasurer. Johns also served as voting delegate to the state convention. Mrs. Lyle Gifford was elected president of the women’s group with Mrs. Tom Lingle as vice president and Mrs. A. N. Tilton as secretary. The election drew competition for several posts. The county board of directors was declared elected, with township chairmen named. The meeting included a printed report of farm bureau achievements and remarks by W. W. Latta of Logan, Iowa, a state executive board member, who urged farmers to unite for goals and cited Ed Cunningham’s placement on the federal reserve board as a notable bureau success.
At the I O C F meeting held Monday night officers were elected. Names include N G Albert Fierk V G Leonard Pierce Rec Sec Oscar Sansen Fin Sec B Butterfield Treas M 5 Fairchild and others. An initiatory degree was conferred and a luncheon followed with bakery cleanliness emphasized.
A batch of four Cherokee firemen passed engineer exams for Illinois Central Railroad on Monday, named F. T. Kotecke F. E. McCord K. U. Leonard and G. V. Meneses. County Farm Bureau allows each township bureau to choose a delegate to the state convention in Amés with travel paid by the county bureau. Jones and Barr of Sioux City acquire Ford products agency, to be known as the Jones Barr Reparation. Womens Auxiliary elects officers led by Carrie Robinson and Opal Parrott with Margaret Scott as secretary and Verna Howell treasurer.
A students notes column recalls George Ruge building a large barn on his farm north of town and a birth on January 13 1914 to Mr and Mrs Joan Grigsby. Other items record changes in local farms businesses and legal actions in Aurelia and surrounding areas.
Basketball schedule lists games from January to March with locations including Washta Galva and Cleghorn and notes a county tournament at home. The First National Bank reports a successful market day sale last Saturday with receipts over 2000 dollars and strong prices for sold property.
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