Local News Items Mention Visits and Community Notes
Residents and visitors fill Aurelia area with travel and social updates. The column lists trips to Okoboji, Des Moines, Cherokee, and Lake City, with several families visiting relatives and attending reunions. An upcoming church project and road work near Pixler bridge are noted, plus local businesses and services advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hansen
Des Moines
Cherokee
Clear Lake
Okoboji
Aurelia
Local visitors and house guests in Aurelia area
Louis White of Omaha stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fraser on Thursday. Esther Winslow of Hammond Indiana visited last week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Peters southeast of Aurelia. Henry Myers traveled from Okoboji on Wednesday and will stay a week or two at home before returning to their cottage. A local offer invites readers to inspect oil or gasoline pressure stoves to keep kitchens cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Culver
Moline
Ill
Pixler Bridge
No. 5
Aurelia
Roy Matzdorff
Des Moines
Ames
Theresa DeVries
Anie DeVries
Britt
Brewster
Edith Wright
Aurelia School
Louis White
Omaha
A. J. Fraser
Mummert Home, Co
Esther Winslow
Hammond
Ind
Will Peters
Henry Myers
Okoboji
Arthur Fraser
Jas. Kerns
Ellery and
Dale
Quimby
Edward Brandt
Clifford Corrington
Cherokee
Chas
Phalzgraf
Holstein
Sylvia Parker
Cushing
Society Notes Snapshot of Local Groups and Birthday Gatherings
Rebekahs held a July birthday party after a meeting in the I. O. O. F. hall with lunch and games. The G. A. R. Circle of Cherokee hosted twenty members and guests at Mrs. Earl Crippen’s home. Embroidery and social teas, picnics, and family gatherings populated a lively week with visitors from Ver million, Storm Lake, Galva, Aurelia, and Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. O. O. F. Hall
Rebekahs
G. A. R. Circle of
Earl Crippen
Helping Hand Circle
Espy McDeid
Embroidery Club
Melvin Hermans
George Lamm
Art Larson
Will Soule
Vermillion
South Dakota
John Holderness
B. B. McCarty
John Chilgren
Ella Johnson
Aurelia Park
Charles Lansen
Ralph
Dorothy
Marjorie Case
Alta
Evelyn Sansen
Lee Zimmerman
Storm Lake
Dick Grieme
Galva
Henry Sansen
Caroll Sansen
Cherokee
Lawrence Davis
Peterson
Oscar Sansen
Rosalie Johnson
Afton Area Socials and Funeral Notes From Local Families
Afton vicinity residents hosted many visitors including Lavonne of Newell and Oscar Lewis. The A C C picnic drew around one hundred at Wescott Park. Deaths touched the community as Ben Anderson of Woodward died, with funeral in Cherokee and burial at Afton cemetery. Families from Plainsview and Buena Vista counties visited, others traveled to Tarkio and Lake Okoboji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lewis
Laivonne
Newell
Victor Swanson
Lavonne
Wescott Park
Ellis Jones
Plainsview
Texas
Ray
Kenneth Jones
Will Kludas
Afton
the Lakes
Farm Bureau
M. E. League
Aurelia
Anderson Bros
Ben
Woodward
Iowa
Guy
Floyd
Cherokee
Anderson
North Dakota
Guy Robinson
Lake Okoboji
Loma
Arlene Myers
Oscar Swanson
Hartley
Merwin Rennings
Shirley
Sioux City
Ellis Stieneke
Guy Anderson
Alta
Tarkio
Missouri
George Zwick
Laurine
Cummings
Henry Stevens
Sac City
Anna Hill
Earl
Mary Coupe
Cheerio Club
Maurice Eddy
Pitcher Township
Doris Stiencke
Emma
W. A. Zwick
Earl Zwick
Merle Wetherell
East Afton and Elk Social Notes
Local residents report dinners and visits across Aurelia Primghar and Arnolds Park. Mrs Booth and family hosted W M Booths guests. Hines and Stiencke families hosted travelers. youths took a week outing with Lucille Coburn and Madalynne Booth joining seven companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Afton & Elk
Wm. Booth
Dyslin
Aurelia
Lucille Coburn
Madalynne Booth
Arnolds Park
Growth of Yeast Realized in 1836 Discovery
The text notes that yeast in fermenting liquor was only realized as a living organism in 1836 when observed under a microscope. It emphasizes the breakthrough recognition of yeast as a growing organism rather than a mere fermenting agent.
Oldest Indian stone sculpture in America on display
A Third century B C stone crocodile from India is exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and is described as the oldest Indian stone sculpture to reach America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Boston
America
Broken Kernels Reduce Malt Quality in Malting Process
Broken Kernels have only feed value and must be removed during the cleaning process before malting. Skinned kernels are a loss even though the kernel will grow because the sprouts break off. This prevents proper modification of the endosperm and lowers the grade of malt.
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N. C
Mummert Home
Clarence Diercks
First Trust & Savings Bank
Mrs. W. C. Radley
Lake City
Mrs. Wade Brown
Mrs. Radley
Mrs. Brown
John Swanson
Ralph McKinzie
O. B. East
0. G. Sage
Minnie
Chicago
C. C. Waddell
W. P. Dawson
Joyce Chase
Columbus
Nebraska
Lakota
Ray Smith
Harry Howell
Brooke Consolidated
Mary Dreyer
Kruse Grocery
Chester Sjoberg
Minnesota
Canada
Farmers Co-operative Company
J. M. Whitney
George Kaskey
Will McWilliams
Fred Mueller
Mildred Thomson
Aileen Myers
Loma Robinson
Ernest Gustafson
Lou Stutz
Luck
Wisconsin
R. A. Gustafson
Edgar Graham
Lucille
Frances
Los Angeles
Calif
Karl Crippen
Robert Adams
California
E. C. Lighter
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
A. V. Fierk
L. C. Johnson
Margaret
Arnold Faber
Robert Orr
Meckling
Manson
Fierk
St.Paul’s
Will Swanson
John Asskin
Webster City
Illinois Central
L. F. Stiner
Fort Dodge
Moore Abstract & Title Company
Chas Is
Moore
Cherokee County
Fred Wieland
Will Wieland
Robert Taylor
Lake Park
Lakeside Park
Frank Wieland
Heron Lake
A. A. Davis
Claude
Mt. Sherman
Kentucky
Mr. Davis
Duco
Speedy
Guarantee Oil Company
Aurelia, Iowa
Society
Bill Swanson
Afton Vicinity
Mrs. Earl Zwick
Certo
the Kruse Grocery
Martin Senour
F. E. Pratt
W. G
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