Happenings in Nearby Towns Across The Region
Storm Lake reports Gordon W. Meeter leaving athestic coaching to take football and track at West Waterloo high. Peterson folks seize Storm Lake park and bathing beach during a large Sunday school picnic with about 150 present. Local anglers set a new blue catfish record at 23 pounds 3 ounces near a Storm Lake dock. Jennie Chatterton greets seventieth birthday with an airplane ride while visiting at Dr. Carl Chatterton's in St Paul. Miss Anna Funk dies after being struck by a car on highway No 10. coroner’s jury finds the driver blameless. Burr Leslie pitches a no hit no run game for Peterson baseball club in a 17 to 0 win over Everly in a Sunday match. Copper sulfate treats Storm Lake to curb algae growth. Holstein farms rise in value, signaling continued price gains. Alden Sedgley and Kathryn Henderson wed in Rockwell City after elopement at the Methodist parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune
Gordon W. Meeter
West Waterloo High School
Peterson Patriot
Peterson Folks
Peterson
Jennie Chatterton
Carl Chatterton
St. Paul
Carl
Anna Funk
B. R. Carris
Marcus
Carris
Peterson Baseball Club
Burr Leslie
Everly
Bert Stull
Ida County
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Alden Sedgley
Kathryn Henderson
A. G. Gran
Rockwell City
Methodist Parsonage
la Grohn
Scouts Ready to Haul Away Your Junk
The Scouts offer to collect and remove unwanted junk from any location. No amount is too small or large. just tell a Scout where the items are and they will handle the rest.
Auto Spill Discloses 65 Gallons of Booze in Car
Leo Burns of Ruthven alias L R Brunson and Mrs Leo Burns were injured in a high speed crash two miles south of Rembrandt on Highway 71. The rear of their Ford business coupe contained 65 gallons of alleged alcohol. Burns jailed on illegal transportation charges. Burns bound over to district court. Mrs Burns hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
District Court Grand Jury
Burns
Highway 71
Rembrandt
Mrs Maria Bischel Weds Peterson Man at Peterson Iowa
Mrs Maria Bischel and C. I. Fel ton of Peterson Iowa were united in marriage at the German Evangelical church in Peterson Buena Vista county on July 3 at 4 o clock. Rev Herman officiated and the couple were accompanied by Mr and Mrs William Westphal. The bride wore gray crepe and a matching hat and the groom gray business suit. A 6 o clock dinner followed at the Wesphal home in Aurelia served by Mrs Arthur Rucksam. Both principals are well known in Cherokee and Buena Vista county and will reside in Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Bischel
C. I. Felton
Peterson
Towa
Buena Vista County
Herman
William Wesphal
Aurelia
Arthur Rucksam
Cherokee
Donald Lockin Weds Cherokee Young Lady
The ceremony took place at 3 o'clock on Wednesday July 3 at the bride's parents home. Miss Fern Maddox daughter of Mr and Mrs Win Maddox married Donald Lockin son of C H Lockin of Aurelia in a ring ceremony performed by Rev B W Coonradt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Maddox
Atrs. Win. Maddox
Donald Lockin
C.H. Lockin
Aurelia
B. WH. Coonradt
Sioux City
Alta Creamery Anniversary Delivers Record Butter Output
Governor Hammill to deliver dedication address at Alta Co operative Creamery opening in early September. Navy sailor Ivan Breyfogle on leave plans duty on the battleship Pennsylvania. Poultry house and other improvements at Buena Vista fairgrounds push costs over $2000. Miss Anna Teerink returns from Columbia University to Alta home after teaching at Superior. June marks record month for Alta creamery with 45 855 pounds of butter valued at about 22 927 50, plus by products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammill
Alta Co-operative Creamery
Ivan Breyfogle
Mrr
Win, Breyfogle
U.S. Navy
Philadelphia
Ivan
Pennsylvania
Buena Vista County Fair Grounds
Charley Sansen
Anna Teerink
Columbia University
New York
I. J. Teerink
Alta
Teering
Teacher’s Normal
Superior
Wisconsin
O. We AL Bright
Alta Creamery
Farm Lands Reach More Stable Basis
A USDA report as of March 1, 1920 notes farm real estate values in Iowa declined about one percent over the year, with some counties showing gains in farm labor wages. Iowa farm income for 1928 rose slightly over 1927, supporting land values though crop declines kept prices modest. The outlook for 1929 remains similar to 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Carl M. Kennedy
Towa
Iowa
Kennedy
Family gathering at Will Gulnitz home on Sunday
A July 7 gathering brought immediate family members to Will Gulnitz's home. Hosts shared a 1 pm cafeteria dinner and an afternoon of socializing and photography followed by ice cream. Attendees included Frederika Miller and family, the Bottineau group, Victor Lawson’s family, Benson residents, Honsbruck family, Golnitz relatives, and Leonard Buddenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gulnitz
Frederika Miller
Fred Miller
Wilbur Eileen
Evelyn
Bottineau
North Dakota
Victor Lawson
Francis
Betty Rose
Benson
Minnesota
John Honsbruck
Delbert
Adrian
Garland
Henry Golnitz
Melvin
Leonard Buddenhagen
Aurelia Town Notice Orders July 24 Weed Mowing
Aurelia property owners must mow all weeds on streets alleys or premises by July 24 to comply with law. If not mowed, the town will mow them and assess the costs against the property. By Order Town Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Mummert's Hardware Offers Quick Special-Order Stack Covers
Hardware store Mummert's advertises stock of stack covers and promises fast service on special orders if the desired size is unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mummert’s Hardware
Books Donated to the Public Library List of Titles and Authors
A list of donated books for the public library includes Warning Pamela Wynne The Lone Wolf J Vance When A Mans A Man Hara Bell Wright Eyes Henry Harrison The Wind Before the Dawn Deil H Munger The Right Princess Chia Louise Burnham He Fell in Love with His Wife Edward P Poe A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs The Law of Life Carl Werner The Wayfarers Mary Stewart Cutting Inez AKE Wilson The Financier Theodore Dreser A Garden of Spires AL Keith Fraser Mary Moreland Marie Van Vorst The Dark Flower John Galsworthy Hero Tales from American Life Francis T Miller The Crossing Winston Churchill Blix Frank Norris The Foreigner Bo Conor Oh Money Money Eleanor H Porter Clever Betsy Clara Louise Burnham The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance A Modern Chronicle Winston Churchill The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick The Colonel of the Red Hussars John R Scott Comrads Thomas Dixon Jr World of Girls L T Meade Girls of True Bliss L T Meade Ann of Green Gables L M Montgomery Peg O My Heart Hartley Manners Five Little Peppers Margaret Sidney Mother Vareye Ciduars Kate Douglas Wiggin Little Women Louisa M Alcott
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George Scott
Hara] Bell Wright
Harold Bell Wright
Henry 8
Harrison
Deil H. Munger
Chia Louise Burnham
Edward P. Poe
Edgar Rie
Burroughs
LP. Roe
Carl Werner
Mary Stewart Cutting
John R. Scott
Thomas Dixon Jr
L. T. Meade
L. TE. Meade
L. M. Montgomery
Peg O My Hart
Hartley Manners
Margret Sidney
Kate Douglas Wiggins
Louisa M. Alcott
Fake sailors accused of swindles in Minnesota warning
A Clippings note reports a warning from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension about a scam group posing as romantic sailors. They sold rugs and fur coats bought cheap in New York and Cincinnati claiming no duties, then traveled house to house seeking buyers. Several arrests occurred in the state with others ordered to leave. Mrs. Lydia Miller and her family visited Spirit Lake, Iowa, then returned with Mrs. Alma Bischel's household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
St. Paul
Minn
Europe
State Bureau
New York City
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Tasea
Austin
Lydia Miller
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Alma Bischel
County Seat News Highlights Sunday School Institute
More than 50 delegates from 13 Cherokee county Protestant Sunday schools attended the Cherokee county Sunday school institute at the Christian church. Thieves broke into the church Sunday night and rifled collection envelopes but nothing was taken. A wasting storm of misprints and stray notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
Cherokee County Sunday School Institute
Christiaan Church
Boy Scout News and Cabin Plans for Aurelia Troop
The Aurelia troop reports missing scribe Edwin McCurdy due to eye trouble with glasses soon. Members gathered junk for financing a log cabin and estimate eighteen tons of vidtron on hand. a care load equals about twenty eight tents. Three new membership applications were received and likely to be admitted. A swimming party to Storm Lake saw non swimmers trained in self preservation. The troop discussed cabin plans a thirty four by thirty foot building with a large meeting room a patrol leader den and an official hall plus a full length porch similar to a Milwaukee design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin McCurdy
Ehipee
Aurelia
Storm Lake
Milwaukee
Storm Lake Invention to Be Produced on a Big Scale
A $500,000 Delaware corporation formed to manufacture and market the San-Seat Covers, invented by Storm Lake mechanic S. AL Nystedi. The patent bureau granted protection, and Iowa authorities authorized Class B shares sale. Nystedt will hold a large stock block as the company aims to sell about $50,000 of Class A stock in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delware
S. AL Nystedi
Storm Lake
Patent Bureau
Washington, D.C
Mr. Nysedt
Secretary of State
Sam-Seat
Iowa
Nystedt
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Announces Mission Meetings
Pastor F. Webking will lead Mission Meetings at a grove. services next Sunday to be dismissed. One week from Sunday services on the American language with communion. Announcement one week from Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dda Grove
Notice to Mow Weeds on Public Highway at Pitcher Township
Notice directs all weeds on the public highway in Pitcher township be mowed by July 24 to meet state law. If not done, township will perform the work and assess costs to adjacent property. issued by Township Trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcher Township
Kitten Ball Team Wins Three Battles at Oalea
The Aurelia kitten ball team won three forenoon battles in July at Oalea. They earned first money in the tournament after a gate dispute threatened admission. They defeated Alta 8 to 0, then beat Barr Motor Car of Cherokee to claim overall prize money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitten Ball
Oalea
Aurelia
Atta
Gwas
Moter Co. Tenn O
Chang Ae
Nuvellac
Alta
Dirst
Barr
Cherokee
Suvoyl
Dee
Sunset church wedding at Hanover on Sunday June 30
A June wedding at St. Dolotey Latheran Church in Hanover united Miss Thala Otte and groom Vette Colonie. Attendants included Adelia Dreekton and others. The bride wore white satin with rose bouquet. Reception at Pleriaan Otto tote followed. couple to reside on a farm southeast of Alta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aita
Vianaver
Thala
Banest
Jesse
Hoe WelRife
Tio Aichoeh
Elareti
Lohenprins
Sebniedtt
Atta
Vette Colonie
Eany Artareeregeers Ttt
Clara Dreyer
Adelia Dreekton
Kteda Manteufel
Adien Polity
Idenin
Walbert Otte
Parry Otte
Heocansa Miniteufel
Bertdess Ohvosen
Vernon Pett
Min Jarie Deste
Haves
Otto Tote
Marion Folie
Lyilicg Wustedt
Tne Pustedt
Vania Tinakeldey
Opie Veneccdiae
Dean Caieme
Youre
Alta
Looking Back Into the Past Fen Years Ago
A mistyped reminiscence recounts events from years ago including property sales, moves to Sweden, and local business changes. Notable items mention Gustafson selling farm property, Sam Jounson planning emigration, and Amedia ball team victory notes.
Proper cooling emphasizes cream storage and transport
A Hatbeetiare of thee bet describes cooling methods for cream including chilling after separation and storage, with references to an Iowa agriculture official. The piece notes wooden tanks between wells and stock tanks to manage cold water and keep cream fresh before market while urging readers to try the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roo Clark
Iowa
Chak
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Peterson Man
Aurelia Sentinel
Farmers National Bank
Aurela
Owa
Alta Advertiser
Mrs. Gitford Warning
Pamela Wynne
Alias the Lone Wolf
J. Vance
Inez
A. K E. Wilson
Theodore Dres
Ser
County Seat News
Blot Coonradt
The
Christian Church
Riverside Path
Burase Owen Enapluer
Dhursaay
bPraneis Maenam
Mileham
Grand Jury
Bernice Bong
Mir
George Bone
West
Maple Street
Alta Hospital
John Hannon
BOY Scout News
Sunset Chuercie
Hanover
Clifford Simimers
Hicrtley
VP. Simmers
C.F. Miller
Sentnel
Nies
Weduis
Doe
Non Des Moines
Uenor
Aeudmont
Sam Jounsots
Eving
South Oat Aurelia
Properti Wd
Tipee Satiecee
AL Spank
Robert Templenmyan
OLA, Satier
Bewrs Clothing Department
Kanawua, Lown
Mroamd
Marl Copeland
Dageaitis
Deethanea
Marl
Prhass
John Murphy Hae
Aviapten
South Dakota
Aiedia Ball
Tema
Adca
Harry Lauder
Savings Bank
Harry
First National Bank
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