Happenings and notices from nearby towns
Peterson Commercial club prepares for Old Setlers Reunion events on August 11. The Peterson bank at its front door will be sold at 2:00 p.m. on August 10. Threshing is active in Marcus and Amherst Townships with C. E. Helme yielding 70 bushels per acre from 30 acres of oats. A Sioux Rapids youth, 18, jailed for five years after a stolen car incident. Sioux Rapids bids invited to clear Main Street for new highway connections. Storm Lake reports 71 north paving open to Rembrandt with detours due to shoulder work. Frank Parneut leads tasseling prep with 262 acres of hybrid corn. detasseling to involve 40 workers, plus 21 local youths and 20 Missouri workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson Patriot
Basil Deegan
Peterson Commercial Club
Old Setlers
Peterson Bank
Marcus News
Marcus
Amherst
C. E. Helme
Storm Lake Dilot-Tribune
James Joseph Snyder
Sioux Rapids
Francis Simon
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Christenson
France
Collins
First Street
Main Street
Storm Lake
Rembrandt
Sutherland Courier
Frank Parneut
Neck of the Woods
West Plains
Missouri
Twine Order Ad From 18tf Farmers Elevator Co
Advertisement offering twine with a favorable price from 18tf Farmers Elevator Co inviting customers to visit and inquire about the deal.
Oats Make 100 From Alta Area Fields
Reported yields across Alta area show oats hitting 100 bushels per acre in Aurelia limits with other fields averaging 57 to 90 bushels. Local threshing continues amid a bumper crop of oats rye and barley. several farmers post strong individual results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALTA
Alta Advertiser
Will Marsh
Aurelia
M. Parrott
Tom Griffith
Albert Grashoff
Afton
Glenn Leeds
Homer Anderson
Beeghley
Ralph Peterson
Clarence Ohlson
Will Tolzin
C. E. Gustafson
Peterson
Linn Grove
Frank Brake
Good Harvest of Grass Seed From Aurelia Territory
F J Tomlinson and G G Elwood of Red Oak report a good average blue grass seed crop in Aurelia territory. Harvest was higher than last year with good quality. Seed shipped by rail to Kansas City for cleaning. Season lasted about a month with 42 strippers and about 55 men employed. Southern state harvest heavy could push grass seed prices lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Tomlinson
G. G. Elwood
Red Oak
Aurelia
Kansas City
Rabbit Season Opens August 1 Under New Laws
Cottontail and jackrabbits may be lawfully taken starting August 1 under revised game laws. Daily bag limit is ten per person and possession limit is two. Season runs until March 1, 1938.
Pitcher Farm Bureau Summer Picnic at Aurelia Park
Farm Bureau members in Pitcher township held their annual summer picnic at Aurelia park last Thursday evening. A large crowd attended despite threatening rain. The program opened with a local high school band concert and 4-H club songs, then a piano trio. Rev. L H Preul praised Farm Bureau work and urged cooperation of education religion and farming groups. County Agent C H Thompson spoke on weed control and offered cooperation. Ice cream and cake closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcher Township
Aurelia Park
Virginia Carlberg
Jean Simmers
Elda Dagger
L. H. Preul
Farm Bureau
Walter J. Peterson
County Farm Bureau
Ralph Peterson
Edward Lehnhard
Clifford Ohlson
Harold Nelson
Cherokee to Open Patrol Station With Six Men
The city of Cherokee will house one of ten Iowa highway patrol concentration offices, announced by state motor vehicle commissioner Lew Wallace. The Cherokee office will include a supervisor and six patrolmen, with Denison as the nearest other office and Spencer staffed by three patrolmen under Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee
Iowa
Lew. Wallace
Denison
Spencer
Paving and Grading Contracts Set for Aug 4 Letting
Iowa awards for No 5 primary No 5 paving and grading work in Cherokee and Buena Vista counties. Projects cover Aurelia to Alta and Alta to Storm Lake with multiple culverts bridges and miles of concrete pavement and earth shoulders to be built this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
Aurelia
Cherokee
Buena Vista County
Alta
Storm Lake
Ames
Alta Strip
Cherokee East
New Abelia School Superintendent A J Renaud Arrives
Arthur J. Renaud and family from Union Iowa arrived in Aurelia to lead the consolidated school. He replaces B L Troup and will oversee grades including Doris Jeanne in 8th Ruth in 4th Ray age five not yet in school. Renaud led Union schools 14 years and earlier coached and taught in Dawson and St Louis Park Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Renaud
Abelia Consolidated School
Union
Iowa
Renaud
Aurelia
Hardin County
Dawson
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
Central College
Pella
Iowa City
Baseball Land
Y. M. GC
Paving on No 5 East of Fonda Nears Completion
Fonda Times reports the No 5 paving east of Fonda is four of five miles finished as of Saturday night. Crews will pave the final mile toward the Calhoun county line then connect with the paving at the east end. No. 5 is open from Pom eroy to Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonda
No. 5
Calhoun County
Pomeroy
Fort Dodge
Farmers Elevator Co. seeks old stock for exchange
The 1811 Farmers Elevator Co. announces exchange of membership certificates and certificates of indebtedness. Members should mail or bring their old stock certificates to the elevator office for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Elevator Co
Mgr
Lockin Agency Insurance Services Offers Broad Coverage
Local insurer Lockin Agency announces a range of insurance products for individuals and businesses. The firm emphasizes responsive service and tailored plans, aiming to simplify coverage decisions for auto home life and commercial lines in the region.
Cherokee Times Highlights Local Honors and Road Work
A. T. Dahlin retires from Illinois Central after 45 years. A massed band concert brings organizations from Marcus Meriden Cleg horn and Cherokee. Road paving advances on U S 59 reaching north Cherokee. Soil conservation training for Cherokee county committeemen. Lyle Dawson named supervisor of Iowa state highway patrol post in Cherokee with six aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Dahlin
South Tenth St
Cherokee
Illinois Central Railroad
Marcus, Meriden, Cleghorn
Wescott’park
U. S. Highway No. 59
O'Brien County
Larrabee
Cherokee County
K. P. Hall
Lyle Dawson
Sne City
Iowa State Highway Patrol
Dawson
Sheldon and
Spencer
Seed grain light in weight may still make good seed
R H Porter of Iowa State College says light weight grain due to rust or lodging can be sound seed after a germination test. Light weight wheat has been used for seed in Montana the Dakotas Minnesota and Canada and light oats in Iowa. Tests will be run in the Iowa State seed laboratory Ames with a small labor charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Porter
Iowa State College
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Canada
Pr. Porter
Iowa
Ames
St Pauls Lutheran Church Service Schedule
William Walter, pastor, leads St Pauls Lutheran Church with English worship at 10 45 and German service at 9 00. Sunday school at 10. Visitors welcomed and urged to make this their church home. Also offering prompt plumbing windmill and pump service by P V Clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. V. Clover
Looking Back Into the Past in Aurelia and Surrounds
Obituaries note the death of Raymond McLaughlin at Weber hospital Duluth and Mrs. A A Pierce from Aurelia era injuries in an auto crash. Fred Cammack dies at 52 on the Lockin farm southwest of Aurelia. Two remembered events include a July 22 marriage of Ethel Parker and Henry F Reeder and a fatal train crash at Rice crossing. Rube Morrill buys George Clover’s half of Casino amusement park Storm Lake. Aurelia ball team post three wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond McLaughlin
W. A. McLaughlin
Weber
Ethel Parker
Henry F. Reeder
Methodist
Earl Johnson
Johnson
Rice Crossing
Aurelia
Rube Morrill
George Clover
Casino
Storm Lake
Monoplane Crash Victims Improve in Iowa
Peterson Patriot reports C Bascom Slemp 29 Spencer businessman and William Knipe 24 Spencer salesman, critically injured in a Saturday monoplane crash on Elmer Gunnarson farm north of Peterson, are improving. Knipe received a blood transfusion, suffers skull fracture, ankle and leg injuries and facial cuts. Slemp underwent ankle surgery with the other ankle to follow as condition permits, under Dr Arch O Donohue care in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
C. Bascom Slemp
Spencer
William Knipe
Elmer Gunnarson Farm
Knipe
Spencer Hospital
Slemp
Fastenow
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
Arch O’donohue
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Alta Commercial Club
Bertha Benson
Edwin Axelson
Canton
South Dakota
Geo. H. Watson
Benna Vista
Everett Lund
Elizabeth
L. P. McLaughlin
Chicago
Lund
Beirut
Syria
American University
Jeraltery
Credit and Balance
First Trust & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Pitcher Farm Bureau
A. J. Renaud
Attention Stockholders Farmers Elevator CO
Sentinel
Cherokee News
Cherokee Times
Albert City
Farmers National Bank
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