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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
4
A dense local notices page lists residents traveling to Okoboji and Fort Dodge for the Fourth, visitors from Chicago and Norfolk Nebraska, and various family visits. It notes sales at Home Grocery and Pete's Style Shop, births at local hospitals, and community events, with multiple short social updates about neighbors and relatives.
The Pitcher Township Trustees require all weeds on public highways in Pitcher Township be mowed by July 18 to satisfy state law. If not mowed, the township will perform the work and assess costs against adjacent property.
Mr. and Mrs. Gosser of Manson visited Diamond and Cher okee events with Rev and Mrs Liming. Families from Diamond attended the Cherokee fireworks and July Fourth activities. Local residents hosted relatives from Long Beach Des Moines Galva Storm Lake and Arthur for weekend visits and church gatherings. Diamond Ladies Aid meets June 15 at Mrs Dukes home.
A Detroit graduate asks which vocation offers a longer healthy life, a blacksmith or a college professor. The editor replies the professor has the better chances since he only teaches.
Community notes show Mrs Lillian Hey visiting in Marcus and cousins in Mt Olive. Many relatives gathered for July 4th at various homes across Cherokee Storm Lake Galva Aurelia and surrounding areas. The Ladies Aid met July 1 with a $5.30 collection and several hospital and funeral attendances are listed.
Mae West of St Louis Missouri writes she weighed 170 pounds at 28 and after four weeks on Kruschen Salts now weighs 160 pounds. She reports more energy and no hunger. The ad promotes half teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast and an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks.
The funeral for Patricia Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nelson, was held Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Trigg presiding. Internment took place in Aurelia cemetery. Afton and vicinity reports include A.C.C. meeting delayed by rain, Fourth of July decorations and contests, and numerous visiting guests from Sioux City, Chicago, Des Moines, Waterloo, and South Dakota.
Mr and Mrs Reinhart Miller of Galva visited the Dick Schmidt home. William Speckerer and family joined relatives at the August Miller residence. Prof J Schmidt left for Chicapo for a teachers conference. Mrs Albert Fett underwent an appendicitis operation at Cherokee hospital and is recovering. Dick Schmidt and Reinhart Miller families attended the wedding of Ted Witter and Lillian Loomis in Newell. Prof J Schmidt and Paula visited Germantown, and Paula Leitz of Des Moines spent the weekend with her parents.
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