Anthon Juniors rout Sibley in ball game and advance to state
Peterson Patriot reports the Anthon Junior Legion team beat the Sibley Juniors 11 to 2 on Sunday at Peterson ball ground. Anthon will represent the ninth district in the state tournament to be held later in Rockwell City.
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Peterson Patriot
Anthon
Sibley
Peterson Ball
Rockwell City
Galva Tribune
Galva State Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank
Galva
Tom Irwin
Mary Kathryn Grubb
Friends
Torch
the State University
Ottumwa
Storm Lake Register
14Th Judicial District
Crescent Beach
Okoboji
G. W. Stillman
Algona
Fred Hudson
Pocahontas
James E. Deland
Storm Lake
George Heald
Spencer
Light and Power
Iowa Public Service Company
Big Top Sensation Promises Laughs and Feats at Opening
The Sentinel announces a sensational circus debut featuring side splitting clowns peerless performers and ferocious jungle beasts for audience entertainment. Don’t miss the opening act.
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BIG Top
the Sentinel
Methodist Bible Conf. to Open Next Sunday Pilgrimage day marks 1938 session opening
Lake Okoboji Iowa hosts the Methodist Bible conference with a 10:30 worship service as delegates from about two hundred Northwest Iowa churches arrive by motorcade. The eight day program runs July 24 to 31 featuring morning worship inspirational addresses Bible hour leadership training forums and evening worship. The Summer Music camp band directed by Leo Kucinski and Paul MacCollin leads singing with a large chorus. new improvements include a lighted cross and a concrete floor in the main tabernacle.
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Lake Okoboji
Iowa
Okoboji Way
Spirit Lake
Leo Kucinski
Paul MacCollin
Corn Threatened As Harvest Is Pushed
Des Moines reports corn nearing tasseling amid extreme heat while harvesting of small grain continues. Charles D. Reed notes 100 degree days may threaten the crop, with southern and western Iowa showing danger signals such as rolling leaves and dead tassels. Rust, lodging, and chinch bugs impact yields, as bugs move from grain fields into corn fields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Aurelia Defeats Albert City 10 to 7 in Sunday Ball Game
Aurelia defeats Albert City 10 to 7 on home grounds Sunday afternoon. Kracht pitched for Aurelia with 12 strikeouts while Thieman lasted all nine innings for Albert City. Three base hits by Kracht highlighted the scoring, as Aurelia exploded for five runs in the first inning and held the lead most of the game despite a late Albert City rally.
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Aurelia
Albert City
Aurelia Boys
Kracht
Thieman
L. Thieman
Kinney
Lawrence
Danielson
C. Johnson
King
W. Thieman
Aurelia Oo
Robar
E. Rapp
Garden Club Discusses Outdoor Furnishings in Aurelia
The Aurelia Garden Club met at Mrs. Mary Perry’s home with twelve members present. Topics included an outdoor living room program and a paper on lawn furniture care and landscaping, a California vs Florida debate, 35 leaf specimens, and a flower naming contest won by Mrs. Eula Lewis. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Rose Hansbruch.
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Aurelia Garden Club
Mary Perry
Fae Fraser
Olive Johnson
Margaret Scott
California
Florida
Bess Pitcher
Faye Fraser
Eula Lewis
Rose Hansbruch
Ruth Carlberg
Verna Lockin
Lauridsen Family Mourns Death of Alta Area Patriarch
Walter Lauridsen’s father G. Lauridsen died at his Alta home Monday evening after a lingering illness. He would have been 86 next month. Survived by son Walter and two daughters Mrs. Mads Frederickson and Mrs. W C Mattsen. Lived in Alta 25 years, previously farm north of Alta. Funeral Thursday at the Alta Presbyterian church with burial in the Swedish cemetery near the old home farm.
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G. Lauridsen
Walter Lauridsen
Aurelia
Alta
Walter
Mads Frederickson
W. C. Mattsen
Lauridsen
Presbyterian
Old Home Farm
Engineers Named For Cherokee County REA Group Project
Buell and Winter Engineer company of Sioux City was hired as engineer for the Cherokee County Rural Electrification cooperative at a Farm Bureau meeting. A membership drive was organized with listed volunteers to recruit applicants for service. A $230000 federal grant supports building the lines, with about 100 miles initially planned of the projected 210 miles, targeting year end operation.
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Cherokee Times
Buell and Winter Engineer Company
Sioux City
Cherokee County Rural Electrification Committee
Farm Bureau
C. H. Thompson
Cooperative Electric Association
James Brady
Marcus
J. J. Walker
Cleghorn
Albert Peterson
Larrabee
Viktor Nelson
Peterson
Axel Anderson
Harry Pingel
Aurelia
George Zwick
Jess Mason
W. W. Bryant
Bryan Campbell
Floyd Springer
Leon Mitchell
E. M. Hartliep
Glenn Curtis
R. L. Little
Earl R. Crippen
Irving Johnson
Joe Carey
James R. Fee
Alfred Schmillen
Acd
Cherokee
Agriculture Course for Out-of-School Youths
Young men aged 16 to 25 not in school may join a free part-time agriculture course next fall. Sessions are one evening a week for 15 or 16 weeks, taught by the local vocational agriculture instructor alongside day classes. The program includes supervised practice on the home or employed farm and aims to improve farm enterprises with regular instructor visits.
Rainfall Douses Fears of Dry Spell in Local Area
A little over three inches of rain fell in the immediate community last Saturday afternoon to ease fears of drought. Heavy showers occurred to the east and west, with a light sprinkle nine miles north of Aurelia. Another brief shower occurred Tuesday morning.
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Aurelia
Epworth Leaguers Return From Institute Week
Ten Epworth Leaguers came home Sunday from the Epworth League institute at the Methodist camp grounds on West Okoboji lake. Rev and Mrs Preul returned home Monday. Seventy four Leaguers registered this year, eighty more than last year.
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Epworth
West Okoboji Lake
Epworth League Institute
Preul
Aurelia
Ralp Peterson
Philip
Fred Daniels
Arthur
E. C. Lighter
Herbert Will
Ars. Chas, Bruce
Ladell Rapp
Kenneth Bischel
Edwin Watts
Espy
Auxiliary Closes Successful Year for Aurelia Unit
The American Legion Auxiliary of Aurelia installed new officers and closed the year with a secretary report. Membership is 58 with 45 seniors and 13 juniors. Activities include school programs, hospital supplies from materials made, poppy contests, and donations to Cherokee and Knoxville hospitals. Proceeds from events totaled 60 560, with surrounding fundraisers and community projects such as a basketball court and grave markers.
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American Legion Auxiliary of
Aurelia
Art Larson
The
Legion
Knoxville
Cherokee State Hospital
St. Patrick's
City Park
Alta News Items Highlight Local Happenings
Danny Gratton the green pacer racing in Canada under S L Hawley of Alta has earned about 1500 dollars in five starts recently. Miss Lulu Newcomb of Aurelia visits at Rosie Haight’s home in Alta. Bertil Lindquist and Lloyd Bahr travel to Des Moines for navy entrance exams. Alfred A Peterson and Alva Nesser wed July 9 at Pocahontas and will live in Des Moines where he works as a mechanic. City council asks Buell and Winter to draft a WPA grant plan for 64501.65 to curb, gutter, gravel, grade, and surface about 70 blocks in Alta.
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Danny Gratton
Canada
S. L. Hawley
Alta
Lulu Newcomb
Aurelia
Rosie Haight
Bertil Lindquist
Lloyd Bahr
Des Moines
U.S. Navy
Alfred A. Peterson
Knute Peterson
Alva Nesser
Pocahontas
Mr. Peterson
Buell and Winter
Sioux City
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago
A retrospective listing local events with names, places, and notable happenings from Aurelia and Cherokee county including obituaries church anniversaries surgeries and civic notes. The item cites Mrs. B R Olds death at home and Aurelia community reflections.
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B. R. Olds
Aurelia
Aften Lutheran Church
C. H. Lockin
Bates Hospital
Fred Kaskey
Detroit
Mr. Kaskey
Dieterich Family Reunion Reported Near Gold Field
My and Mrs Richard Nelson and families joined relatives including Mr and Mrs Howard Nelson Mr and Mrs Orlo Shank Mrs Emmett Rand Mr and Mrs A N McKinnon Mr and Mrs Bert Nielsen and family Mr and Mrs Roy Dieterich Mrs J H Dieterich Mrs Robert Anderson and daughter Mr and Mrs Chas Mene fee and sons Mr and Mrs John Idings and Harry Dieterich drove to Gold Field Sunday for a Dieterich reunion. A classified ad may sell it.
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Richard Nelson
Howard Nelson
Orlo Shank
Emmett Rand
A. N. McKinnon
Bert Nielsen
Roy Dieterich
J. H.dieterich
Robert Anderson
Chas. Menefee
John Ldings
Harry Dieterich
Goldfield
Dieterich
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Methodist Bible Conf
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Garden Club
County Rea Group
Alta Adverticur
Sentinel
Cherokee County
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Ernest Hasenwinkle
Richard Carlson
Carl Phalen
William Deller
Charles Bryant
Harvey Dyslin
John Stablefield
LeRoy Hench
Martin Christensen
Roy Blanchard
Gust Johnson
Russell Parrott
Albert Kolpin
Guy Brown
Olaf Olson
William Holderness
John Deller
Winfred Moulton
Carl A. Larson
Edward Wogahn
Edward Scott
Frank Floyd
D. J. Gilchrist
I. Stieneke
Chas, Fett
A. G. Connell
Veterinary
Army
Roy T. Hill
Coe College
Officers’ Training School
Fort Sheridan
Peter Sylvester
Henry Bischel
Clay County
Robie
Aurelia School
Leo Kk, Morton
Grace Hench
Grant McManus
ANSUR
Makidouag
Farmers National Bank
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