Aurelia Ten Years Ago Happenings Highlight Local News
Z P Oblson bought forty acres adjoining his Diamond township farm. Laura Petton and Rose Reckoff graduated Storm Lake public schools. Frank and Mrs Sump welcomed a ten pound son last Friday. Frank Dyslin received a 1600 dollar raise on the Murphy farm near Aurelia. A H Waddell place north of Diamond Center sold for 125 dollars. Ed Weise bought it. G C Wilhelm returned from a west trip and plans to settle there. Mrs Matzdorf, mother of Ed and Sigmond Matzdorf, died near Storm Lake. remains were taken home for German church funeral in Elk township.
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Z. P. Oblson
Diamond Township
Laura Petton
Rose Reckoff
Storm Lake
Frank Sump
Frank Dyslin
Murphy
Aurelia
A. H. Waddell
Diamond Center
Church Schedule and Grocery Stock Update
Morning church service at 11 00 Sunday school at 12 00 Junior C E at 2 30 Young People s meeting at 7 30 Evening church service at 8 30 A large stock of groceries now in stock at Pierce and Son s store
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Pierce & Son
Letter of Appreciation From France for Donation
In May 1919 a translated letter from S. L. Chandler of Mt. Vernon Iowa prints a message to Master Donald Hankens. Widow Besnard Augusta at Gineot in St. Glen thanks him for a 450 franc donation to her seven year old son Jean and sends heartfelt gratitude.
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Donald Hankens
France
Donald
Aurelia
S. L. Chandler
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
St. Glen
Jean
Besnard Augusta
Gineot
Methodist Church Notes Rev Kephart Schedule
Morning Worship at 11:00 and Evening Service at 8:30. Sunday School starts at noon with Epworth League at 7:30. Rev H C Kephart is the pastor.
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Epworth
Alta News Items From The Advertiser
C J Ellis will run three barber chairs after employing two men. Dr George Hadden dies at home after months of poor health. Miss Millie Anderson and Mr Ned Dahl marry in Chicago after a long courtship. City sewer project begins in the southwest part of Alta with streets to be dug up before paving. Price arrested for auto theft at Ida Grove. discharged after claiming intoxication and recent military discharge influenced the judge.
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C. J. Ellis
George Hadden
Millie Anderson
Ned Dahl
Alta
Chicago
Price
Ida Grove
Justice Court
Recital by Miss Ohlson pupils at Diamond Center Church
Miss Esther Ohlson presents pupils in a Sunday afternoon recital at four o clock in the Diamond Center M E church. Admission is free. Readings and songs include Springtime Greeting Williams Swanson Ashamed of Jesus Irene Helgerson A La Bien Aimee Schuett Serenade Helmund Ruastle of Spring Laura Johnson Man in the Shadow Reading Esther Peterson and other student pieces from Dorothy Gaynor Catherine Burgess Idello Helen Gustafson Celia Linquist Ardis Hickey Melba Peterson Helen Bjork Arcia Hickey and more in a varied program.
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Esther Ohlson
Diamond Center
M. EB
Dorothy Gaynor
Catherine Burgess
Idello
Helen Peterson
Gurlitt
Helen Gustafson
Williams Haze
Swanson
Jesus Irene Helgerson
Engleman
Orville Hickey
Fairies At the Fountain
Pixies
Celia Linquist
Ardis Hickey
Ryder Marie Odquist
Rogers Melba Peterson
Aimee-Schuett
Ruth Oblson
Irene Helgerson
Ruastle
Laura Johnson
Man In the
Esther Peterson
Brook Wilson
Where Trees Are Milked Across Tropical Forests
The article surveys trees in British Guiana and the West Indies yielding milklike sap. It describes a Demerara river tree used by natives as milk, a Gingalese tree named Kiriaghuma producing milklike fluid, and Massenodendron in Para forests giving long keeping milklike juice. It notes Aragoa Canagua trees producing cheese upon air exposure and a Canary tree Tabaya Dolce with milk thickened into jelly as a delicacy.
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British Guiana
West Indies
Demerara
Para
Aragoa
Canagua
Canary
Floating island spotted by Gulf Stream fishermen near Palm Beach
Deep sea fishers report a twenty five foot diameter floating island off Palm Beach composed of marl and muck with tangled roots and rotted seaweed. Trees and mangrove sprouts grow on it as birds feed nearby.
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Gulf Stream
Palm Beach
Fila
Gay St
Cherokee County News Highlights Marriages Obituaries and Sports
Cherokee papers report the June 25 marriage of Thomas McDonald and Helena Jongewaard in Sioux Center Iowa. The Times notes the funeral of William B. Chick in Miles City Montana and the death of Mrs. M A Rogers from a fall injuries. It covers booster trips, teacher Harriet Sage moving to Cedar Rapids to study penmanship, and soldiers mustered out of service in Cherokee county. Also recorded are a shooting tournament result with SUTTON edging RICE, a romance marriage of Grace Johns in Berde Iowa Falls, and the death of Mrs. Wilhelmina Klockow near Cherokee with German church funeral services.
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Thomas McDonald
John McDonald
Helena Jongewaard
Sioux Center
William B. Chick
Cherokee County
Milea City
Montana
J. C. Wilson
M. A. Rogers
Times
J. G. Warburton
Democrat
A. G. Ferris
Harriet Sage
Aurelia Consolidated School
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Business College
Provosat
Crowder
A. J. Sutton
Ed Rice
J. K. Rice
Ed Kelley
F. R. Parsons
Primghar
Sutton
I O O F District Deputy to Install Officers Monday
The district deputy Grand Master will attend on Monday July 7 for installation of officers. Attendance is earnestly desired with refreshments to follow. T. R. Crippen N G.
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T. R. Crippen
To Have House Painted In Wartime Letter From Worcester Youth
A London letter from Worcester Mass describes a boy saving pay to surprise his father by repainting the family house. He asks for cost details and pledges to send the money, requesting secrecy about the payer. The note appears alongside a wartime aviation context in The Outlook.
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London
Worcester
Mass
Portable Houses Farm Hospitals Planned by Navy and Red Cross
The United States Navy with Red Cross aid plans to erect a 250 bed base hospital on an old estate along the Irish coast using knock down portable houses. The portable houses are designed to bolt together for rapid deployment and readiness.
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United States Navy
American Red ‘Cross
Pioneer Woman Nancy Groff Dies in Aurelia Home
Nancy Jane Elden Groff, a pioneer resident of Aurelia, Iowa, died Monday after a lingering illness at age 74. Born April 10, 1845 in Indiana, she married W. M. Groff in 1863 and lived in Cherokee county, Marshalltown, Boon, and Aurelia. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 pm at home with Rev. W. U. Parka. burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Nancy Groff
Aurelia
Nancy Jane Elden
Indiana
Iowa
W. M. Groff
Marshalltown
Cherokee County
Boon
Groff
Chhildren
Inez
Sam
Robert
William
Jake
James
Cherokee
Art
May Winters
Sheldon
Marshall Eldon
Ireton
Glenn Groff
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
W. U. Parka
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Illness and Bereavement
We thank friends for many acts of kindness during our mother's illness and our bereavement and for the beautiful flowers and other expressions of sympathy.
Prussian Guard Long Famous Through the Centuries
The Prussian Guard, once the Trabune Guards of archers, grew into a premier fighting force under Frederick William I and Frederick the Great. It expanded after Napoleon's Imperial Guard inspired its increase, and today forms a full army corps drawn from each year's Prussian recruits.
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Germany
The
Marne
Frederick William J
Europe
Frederick the Great
Imperial Guard
Salvage work begins on century old Spanish shipwreck
A Cuban salvage company starts operations off Boca Ciega Cojimar to recover a Spanish vessel sunk over a hundred years ago. Divers report forty two cannons remain in fine condition, some mounted on deck and others at the sea floor, with extraction hindered only by depth and technique.
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Boca Clega
Cojimar
Storm Lake Storms Flood Basements After Severe Thunderstorm
Storm Lake reports a powerful electrical storm Saturday night with heavy rain and lightning. Basements flooded citywide, and rail service noted washouts near Galva during the same period.
Notice to Ford Owners Security Auto Lock Ad
Notice urges Ford owners to buy a Security Auto Lock for protection. Signed by S. M. Foute. End of notice.
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Ford
S. M
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