Main Street Graveling Boosts Aurelia with Subscriptions
Over $1,000 was raised to gravel Main Street in Aurelia. Preparatory work finished and 50 carloads of gravel will be shipped from Cherokee next week for six inch layers from curb to curb, from the telephone office crossing to the Illinois Central depot. First and Second streets will also be graveled similarly if funds allow.
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Main Street
Cherokee
Johnson Brothers
Main
Telephone
Ilinois Central
First Street
Mummert Implement House
Weaver Livery Barn
Holmes Cement Plant
Aurelia
J. C. Lockin
P. D. Wine
Cherokee Times War Echoes From Connecticut Visit
Mrs C A Stilea satueped morning from her early home in Connecticut where she enjoyed a visit among New England scenes. She notes vivid war memories in New England and reports grim stories from army nurses in Europe. A nurse described being driven to insanity by ongoing heart rending tragedies and the mercy killings of maimed children. Times: Mrs George McNeillha received a letter from Herbert Hoover praising Cherokee county women for conservation work and noting county plans offering useful suggestions for national efforts.
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C. A
Stilea
Connecticut
New England
Central West
France
Europe
George McNeilhra
Herbert Hoover
United States
Chero‘kee County
Aurelia Happenings of Ten Years Ago Recalled
Walter Lewis travels to Waco Nebraska Monday to work for druggist Robert Beckord. Mrs EB Johns to Milford to aid daughter Pyrle after severe tumor surgery. Prof Handley arrives to guide Aurelia schools next year. J C Lockin sells 80 acres to T G Olson of Diamond Twp. Farmers Elevator completed and open as a modern grain house. Dan Hankens family vacation to Black Hills and Sylvan Lake. Johnsons return from Europe after seven thousand miles. P D Wine buys a Auburn 1907 touring car. total Aurelia autos rise to six next week with Henry Johnson’s pending purchase.
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Walter Lewis
Waco
Nebr
Robert Beckord
EB. M. Johns
Milford
Pyrle
E. S. Handley Arived
LaMteille
Udayo
Aurela
Handley
Aurelia
J C. Lockin
Sylvian Lake
Custer and
Deadwood
Erick Johnson
Olga
Europe
Sweden
Aurelia Folks Host Camp Hyatt Reception for Company M
A crowd estimated at over one thousand gathered at Camp Hyatt south of Cherokee to welcome Company M. Aurelia residents donated ice cream and cakes while the Aurelia band played from a hilltop. Mayor J C Lockin praised the soldiers and gifts included pocket knives for each recruit with local names engraved.
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Camp Hyatt
Cherokee
M. Boys
Aurelia
Aurelia Band
J. C. Lockin
B. I. McQuin
United States
Wm. Striker
Company M
Ray Green
Harry Carlburg
Orlie Waddell
Archie Nelson
Fort Snelling
Baggageman Killed In Rail Wreck Near Cherokee
A head on collision between trains Nos. 16 and 31 near Cherokee injures crew and passengers. Baggageman R B Cheever of Sioux City dies from a crushed skull. Fireman T G Bushman of Fort Dodge loses a leg and suffers other injuries. Track damage includes the engine and baggage car wrecks. no other cars derailed.
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Aurelia
Cherokee
R. B. Cheever
Sioux City
T. G. Bushman
Fort Dodge
Bluffs
Wm. Lysaght
Cheever
Bushman
Nugent
Alta News Items From The Advertiser Times
Mrs. Al Dodds of Euclid avenue dies after paralysis strike. E E Rutledge becomes owner of the David Burns residence in east Alta. Virgil Robinson leaves Alta to enlist in the navy at Sioux City. Ruth Erickson to Storm Lake for stenography job with Iowa Telephone Co. Oil coats Alta streets after delayed first shipment. Ray Porter passes Navy exam in Sioux City then returns home. Mary Ann Baing dies at her son W C Bains residence aged eighty eight or eighty nine.
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E.E. Rutledge
David Burns
Virgil Robinson
Alta
Sioux City
Fonda
Ray Porter
Sam Porter
United States Navy
Mary Ann Baing
W. C. Bains
M. E. Church
England
Dimmer Law Sparks Highway Lighting Debate
Citizens discuss a proposed Dimmer law restricting headlight power and beam direction for motorists. The statute would prohibit lights over four candle power with reflectors unless designed to prevent glare, requiring the beam to rise above two inches, and to avoid direct rays toward oncoming traffic.
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Remsen Bell
Weather and Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Midwest Yields
The week featured cooler but sunny days supporting corn growth and favorable conditions for small grain with rust nearly eliminated. Early oats rye barley and winter wheat harvests progress in southern counties with central districts next week. Potatoes yield small. hail damages noted in Washington and northern Scott counties. Estimated annual acreages show corn about 10.24 million and oats 6.23 million. hay and pastures also substantial.
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Washington
Scott
Insanity ruling after deadly Le Mare hatchet killing
Mrs H F Buchanan of Le Mare was found insane after killing her 8 year old daughter with a hatchet Saturday. She was moved to the state hospital in this city Tuesday for care. The item notes the surrounding court finding and transfer.
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H. F. Buchanan
LeMare
Jol. Williams
Johnson
Main Street
Happy Hour
Conscription Draft Exempts Benedicts and Married Men
The Cherokee Democrat reports exemptions to the selective draft for married men with dependents and others with dependents. Exemption categories include married men, sons of widows, and guardians of motherless children, plus officers, clerks, pilots, mariners, and certain religious sect members. Eligible individuals may file claims within ten days of notification, needing evidence and a physical examination.
Millet as late crop for hay profit in Iowa fields
Iowa State College agronomists urge farmers to plant common millet as a late catch crop for hay. Millet can yield in about 60 days under normal weather, tolerates wet ground, and fits after early sma’ grain. Seed shallowly at 25 to 35 pounds per acre with two or three light diskings.
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Iowa State College
M E Sunday School Picnic At Storm Lake
The annual M E Sunday school picnic will be held at Storm Lake city park on Thursday July 26. All are invited with a hearty welcome and the group will depart at nine in the morning for the picnic dinner. The old school house has been removed and wreckers finished their work.
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M. E
Storm Lake
Alta Advertiser
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Sentinel
Henry Johnson
Des Moines
CO. M
Advertiser Times
al Dodds
Euclid Avenue
Ruth Erickson
Iowa Telephone Company
P. M. Mitchell
Great Northwest
Ain
Iowa
County Seat News
Ben Hall
Amen
Benedict
Harriet Fry
Marcus
Ames
John A. Nelson
J. S. Bell
Wedgewood
Democrat
W. Carr
Afton Township
Sheridan Brothers
Big Ben
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