Cherokee County Farm Bureau Forms As War Measure
The Cherokee County farm bureau becomes a permanent body with a meeting at the courthouse attended by representatives from all townships except Spring. Murl McDonald explains the war time aims to boost seed corn supply, labor, and farmer cooperation as Iowa must be fully organized by February 1. Officers elected: President W. P. Dawson, Vice President Charles Bush, Secretary Oscar Helin, Treasurer P. M. Peterson. A township board of directors is chosen and an executive committee will be appointed to select a county agent.
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Cherokee Times
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
Court House
Murl McDonald
Ames
McDonald
Iowa
W. P. Dawson
Pitcher Township
Charles Bush
Willow
Oscar Helin
Amherst
P. M. Peterson
Pilot
Alta News Items From The Advertiser
At a school board meeting last Monday the schedule remains unchanged with a majority against Saturday sessions. Alta leads 29 to 26 in a boys basketball win over Correctionville. Friday night they travel to Fonda for another game. Death visits Maple Valley as pioneer Friedrich Wilhelm Sechagen dies at his son-in-law and daughter Plog home. Miss Hilda Lichtenberg wed Wilhelm Winterhof at St. Johns Hanover. A home guard petition, led by VanBuskirk and Wilkinson, garners nearly one hundred signatures. Alta State Bank interior upgrades add two offices and a new accounting room after a partition removal.
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Correctionville
Alta
Fonda
Friedrich Wilhelm Séehagen
Maple Valley Township
LC. Plog
CG. A. VanBuskirk
J. W. Wilkinson
Alta State Bank
Galva Tribune
Galva High
Barly
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Storm Lake
Schmitz
Jast
C. J. Kentzel
W. A. Seavert
Hawkeye
First Street
Oito
Peterson
Wm. Kahoe
Harry Gunnarson
Rutland
Iowa
Tuesaday
Harry
Linn Grove
T. J. Toft
First National Bank
Sheyenne
N. Dak
Quimby Herald
Montgomery
Hogben
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Guy E. Mack
Mack
Storm Lake Register
Roy W. Murray
Mack Building
Murray Avill
Cherokee Pavers
W. QO. Dailey
Dailey
West Cherry Street
Royce Hantsberger
W. J. Hantsberger
Morley McNeal
D. W. McNeal
Reserve Medical Corps
McNeal
John Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Lola Dodds
Miss Dodds
John Main Jr
Peoples Co-Operative Telephone Co Annual Meeting
The annual meeting will be held in the Idle Hour theater on Saturday February 9 1918 at one o'clock for electing officers and other annual business. 442 A L McKinnon Secretary.
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Peoples Co-Operative Telephone Co
A. L. McKinnon
Aurelia Iowa imposes fuel conservation regulations 1918
Local fuel administrator A J Whinery orders strict townwide restrictions to conserve coal during a national shortage. Stores open 8:30 to 5:30, Saturday 8:30 to 9:30. billiard halls 10 to 9:30. schools lightly heated on weekends. various venues closed earlier or limited. coal deliveries capped at one ton per household. gatherings reduced. churches to share space. lodges suspended. nonessential services exempted.
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Iowa
Aurelia
Reat
Motion Picture Theater
Aurelia Art Club
United States
A. J. Whinery
Women Needed for Red Cross Surgical Dressings
An instructor announces a wartime program inviting Aurelia women to join Red Cross surgical dressings work. Volunteers must maintain cleanliness, wear a home or store bought uniform, and log 32 hours to earn insignia. Sessions start February 6, 2 to 6 PM, then Tuesdays and Saturdays, at the east room over the drug store. Bring scissors and a ruler.
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Aurelia
Red Cross
Galva High School Wins Sixth Straight Victory
Galva Tribune notes the Galva high school basketball team defeated the Barly quintet 33 to 9 for their sixth consecutive win. The update also mentions coal shortages affecting schools and local business openings in nearby towns.
Rev S L Chandler Takes War Work With Y M C A
Rev Sidney Chandler professor of sociology at Cornell college has joined the international committee of the Y M C A war work council as secretary. He is stationed at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois and will sail for France. He served twenty eight years in the Northwest Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and was dean of Morningside College for seven years.
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S. L. Chandler
Sidney &. Chandler
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
International Committee of the War Work Council
Camp Grant
Rockford
Illinois
France
Mr. Chandler
Northwest Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Morningside College
Aurélia
City ‘Journal
Maple Valley Mutual elects officers at annual meeting
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance association named officers at its annual meeting led by President F H Creppas and Vice President A W Baltimore. J C Lockin serves as Treasurer with H H Lockin as assistant secretary. Directors for three years include A W Baltimore Wm Cockburn and Howard Pelton. Also notes bed blankets shipment arrived at Lewis store and offered at current market prices after fall orders.
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Maple Valley Insurance Association
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
F. H. Creppas
A. W. Baltimore
See
Treas
J. C. Lockin
Ass’t Sec
H. H. Lockin
Wm. Cockburn
Howard Pelton
Lewis
Cambridge Players Here Friday Night At MFE Church
The Cambridge Players present The Rival Friday at 8 30 pm at the MFE church. After a year of rehearsal the group offers refined Lyceum fare with noted humor and drama. They tour widely and receive high praise for audience appeal and literary merit.
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Cambridge
Aurelia Lyceum
Cambridge Players
MFE
Cambridge Tagers
Lyceum
Silias Day
America
Great Lakes
Gulf
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Bernard Paulson
Aurella
Lowe
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P. Dawson of
Hanover
Hilda Litchenberg
Wilhelm Litchenberg
Wilhelm Winterhof
H. Winterhof
Ford
Mert
Auale
Fuel Administrator
Maud Morgan
E. B. Eckerman
Marcua News
Lou McDaniels
Choice Lumber
the Farmers Elevator Co. Lumber Dept
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