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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
2
The notice extols buying intelligently rather than choosing the cheapest option. It cites home merchants offering durable, well‑made goods at fair prices, warns catalog descriptions may be vague, and highlights local dealer Gillham purchasing and relocating a drug business from Albert City to Luathers.
County auditor announces the vacation of a county road in Pitcher Township Cherokee County Iowa. lies along the section line between sections 4 and 2, township 39 range 39, ending at the southeast corner of section 31. Objections or claims for damages must be filed in the auditor’s office by noon on the specified day in August 1908, or the highway will be separated without appeal.
A northwest Iowa town presents a grand Fourth of July event with balloon ascensions, a parade of about twenty floats, two music bands, and a ball game won by Aurelia over Alta. An estimated crowd of four to five thousand enjoyed the program from morning till night with no accidents or disorder.
The July weather this week was cool and cloudy until Saturday, then warmed. Showers were frequent but the rainfall below normal, delaying lowland cultivation and hay harvest. Hay yield is expected to be large though quality depends on future conditions. oats rust reports rise, corn and other staples show mixed progress. a summary from crop correspondents lists conditions of corn, wheat, oats, hay, and potatoes compared with average figures.
Des Moines Iowa July 4 The state law governing red cans for gasoline is not observed by all parties and prosecutions may follow. Grocers and consumers are said to be equally liable for using or supplying non red cans. A deliveryman in strict compliance refused to pour fuel into a non red can at a house. The piece notes few accidents may result if the law is followed and mentions several local obituaries and society notes.
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association insures at cost against fire and lightning in Cherps part of Gherok county along the Little Sioux River in Iowa. Cherps serves as president with J. G. Lovris as secretary.
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