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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
4
This article introduces a series reprinting from an 1889 Cherokee county history by Postmaster A. A. Dingman. It notes the material captions early county history and invites readers to follow weekly installments while remembering the original 1889 dates may be confusing.
The article details Pitcher Township in Cherokee County Iowa, created September 6 1869 after splitting from Pilot. It notes bounds with Buena Vista Diamond and Afton townships, major landforms in Maple valley, and Aurelia as market hub on the Central railroad. Early settlers include Horatio Pitcher and Harvey Wamsley. many later arrivals arrived as railroad lands opened in 1869 71.
Local residents such as Mr and Mrs Charlie Hamman and Mr and Mrs Ed Erickson of Cherokee are listed as weekend callers. Funeral services were held for Albert Pingel with relatives from Paullina Slayton Minnesota Nebraska Page County Peterson Storm Lake Aurelia in attendance.
Lois Simmons and Ronald Becker wed at the Aurelia Iowa Methodist parsonage officiated by Rev L H Preul. Attendants were Becker sisters Mable and Berniece. After a Des Moines honeymoon, neighbors hosted a charivari and the couple settled at their new home.
Church school at 10 a m Morning worship at 11 a m Junior and Senior Endeavor at 7 p m Edwin Trigg serves as pastor and leads services and youth programs.
George Hay born 1566 died 1625 used a natural cave at Wemyss on the Fife coast as a furnace site becoming Scotland’s first glass maker. He exploited the cave’s unique shape to establish early glass production.
rupture expert H L Hoffman of Minneapolis will demonstrate his Perfect Retention Shields at the Lewis Hotel in Cherokee on Friday June 18 from 10 a m to 4 p m. free public display and physician endorsement available. No mail order. Office at 905 Lincoln Building, Minneapolis.
Services for Mrs. Emil C. Radke were conducted Friday at Hanover Lutheran Church with Pastor A Bahr delivering a German sermon and Pastor Kurt Horn English translation. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The obituary notes she was born April 6 1904 and married Emil C Radke in 1915 with two daughters Lillie and Mercedes and two sons Werner and Willis.
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