Happenings of Nearby Towns
Galva and South English pairs wed in Toledo Iowa while Will Brown and Miss Jessie Pyle unite in Sioux City. Storm Lake bank deposit acquisition reduces local lenders. Sutherland beats Dr Hooky Loucks 10 to 9 at Peterson Memorial Day ballgame. Storm Lake county candidates fight to June 30 convention. Remsen paving advances toward Atlantic coast with Le Mars crews paving westward. full sixteen miles slated next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galva Tribune
Margaret Mantz
Galva
Paul Ruth
South English
Toledo
Iowa
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Buena Vista County
Farmers State Bank of
Sulphur Springs
Citizens First National Bank of
Storm Lake
Peterson Patriot
Sutherland Baseball Club
Hooky Loucks
Peterson
Will’ Brown
Jessie Pyle
Sioux City
Emmett Pyle
Eureka Township
Hanover
Remsén Row
Atlantic Coast
St Pauls Lutheran Church Sermon On The Convenient Season
The pastor E F Webbing of St Pauls Lutheran Church invites parishioners to services next Sunday in the American language. The sermon topic is The Convenient Season, noting hindrances and the delusion of delaying matters. Read the ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
E. F. Webbing
P. G. Club Meets. New Members Elected in Ames
The P. G. club met at Dorothy Stieneke’s home on Wednesday June 6 with a lesson on decorating waste paper baskets. Delegates to Ames were chosen and four girls Esther Nelson Margaret Kiester Margaret Johnson and Jane Blanch were elected. Seven new members joined the club and the initiates joined a 4 H club initiation followed by a party at the Kiester home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G
Dorothy Stieneke
Ames
Esther Nelson
Margaret Kiester
Margaret Johnson
Jane Blanch
Kiester
Wind and hail damage hits Aurelia after weekend storm
Damage from a Monday night wind and hail event in Aurelia is extensive though concentrated. The school building suffered seventy eight broken or cracked west panes and additional windows were damaged elsewhere. A Kleeberger sign blew down and plate glass windows were shattered at the implement building. Trees fell on farms, barns, and sheds, with debris clogging streets Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Z. Chamberlin Implement
Kleeberger Harness Shop
Kleeberger
Lloyd Scott
Homer Robar
Protest Meeting Demands Lowden for President
About 100 farmers and business leaders in Cherokee Iowa protested Herbert Hoover’s nomination at a Farm Bureau meeting June 6 1928. They urged delegates to support Governor Lowden of Illinois and warned agriculture would vote Democratic if Hoover is nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Cherokee
Farm Bureaus
Eleventh District
Oscar Heline
Thad Snell
Eleventh
Kansas City
John Veline
S. Trosseman
A. V. Brady
O’brien
Frank Kohn
W. P. Dawson
Cherokee County
Francis Dickinson
Dickinson County
R. S. Eyres
Plymouth County
Chas. Richards
Sheldon
Hoover
Middle West
Republican Party
11Th
Iowa
Lowden
Illinois
Obituary of Charles W. Demarest of Aurelia and Cushing
Charles Wesley Demarest born September 30 1883 in O Brien County Iowa died June 10 1928 at Council Bluffs Iowa age 44 with 8 months 10 days. He married Bertha Slater December 28 1903 and had five children Harley Smith Harold Florence Walter and Orville Dale. Survived by wife five children a mother five sisters three brothers two grandchildren and many relatives. He was active in I C O F Judge of Cushing Town and Community club and known as a kind husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wesley Demarest
O’brien County
Iowa
Council Bluffs Hospital
Council Bluffs
Charles Wesley
Charles Demarest
Aurelia
Bertha Slater
Cushing
Harley Smith
Greeley
Colorado
Harold
Florence
Walter
Orville Dale
Town
Former Altaite killed by electrocution Monday
L C Nelson a former Alta resident was electrocuted by the magneto of his Ford near his Audubon Iowa home. He and another man had been dynamiting tree stumps on a nearby farm. Coroner’s inquest says wet hands and contact with the car and barbed wire likely caused the fatal current. Nelson formerly lived on a farm near Alta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
L. C. Nelson
Audubon
Iowa
Nelson
Alte
Children's Day Program at Methodist Church
The Methodist church hosts a Children's Day program on Sunday morning June 17 directed by Mrs. C. C. Waddell. The program features a sequence of preludes hymns recitations songs and exercises including "Tis Children's Day" and "Oh Roses Red" with solo and choir portions and the Benediction and postlude to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
C. C. Waddell
Dean Parrott
Johnny’s
Phillip Peterson
Burdette McKinnis
Claud Davis
Marjorie Parrott
Frankie Scott
Billie Scott
Jane Alice Scott
Ruth Rutter
Public debate on sale of town light plant
A letter from former councilman B. Paulson argues for the sale of the town light plant and granting an unconditional franchise to the Iowa Public Service Company. He cites lower electric costs, improved infrastructure, and bond retirements, but warns rates may rise without protections for small consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Paulson
Iowa Public Service Company
The
Sentinel
Pulpiclimleresy
Avid. Swelimmacs
Paulson
Main Street
Crowds Rally for Weekend Concerts and Dances
Large crowds gathered in town Wednesday and Saturday for the Iowa Blues Dance Orchestra open air concert and Legion boys dance. Free moving picture shows on Wednesdays also drew sizable attendance as weekly events continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Blues Dance Orchestra
Legion Boys
Pioneer Harness Man R. Kleeberger Dies at 79 in Aurelia
Charles Robert Kleeberger known as Pioneer Harness Man of Aurelia passed away after a brief illness at his home aged 79. He moved to Aurelia in 1876 and built a long civic and business career. He was a Mason, Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow, and left a widow Caroline and three daughters. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church with lodge members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. R. Kleeberger
Aurelia
Charles Robert Kleeberger
Charles Herman
Mary Ann Kleeberger
Iowa
Montecello
Plattville
Wisconsin
Kleeberger
Caroline Thompson
Manson
Board of Education
Pythias
Odd Fellows
W. E. King
Norfolk
Nebraska
Congregational Church
Edwin Trigg
Moore
M. E. Church
Ambly
Cherokee
Odd Fellow
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Rebekah
Odd Fellow Lodge
Herman Kleeberger
Prosser
Washington
J. B. Peterson
Spirit Lake
Idaho
T. Malden
Eugene Malden
Des Moines
John Feige
Monre
Emery Rhodes
Sioux City
Rose Stiner
Fonda
Harness stolen from Lewis Daniels recovered at Fort Dodge
A Concord harness taken from Lewis Daniels at the barn by the stock yards was recovered from Fort Dodge buyers linked to a man named Jackson. He is held on charges of stealing the harness and a saddle in Fort Dodge, with additional thefts of harnesses and saddles alleged across the state. Jackson was nabbed in Cherokee with the saddle and faces transfer company evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Lewis Daniels
Fort Dodge
Jackson
Cherokee
Sioux City
4-H Club Girls To Short Course At Ames This Week
Twelve 4-H club girls and three leaders attend the annual 4-H Girls Convention at Ames this week. Sessions run Tuesday morning to Friday noon. Cherokee county delegates include Ambherst Virginia Treinen and Mildred Mossman Afton Ruth Gould Gladys Jones Helen Melton leader Eilden Miss Erma Schmillen leader Alice Kolb and Margaret Ekdahl Cherokee Mrs L C Gifford county leader Vera Dawson and Mildred Corrington Pitcher Margaret Kiester Esther Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Cherokee County
Ambherst
Virginia Treinen
Mildred Mossman
Afton
Ruth Gould
Gladys Jones
Helen Melton
Eilden
Erma Schmillen
Alice Kolb
Margaret Ekdahl
L. C. Gifford
Vera Dawson
Mildred Corrington
Margaret Kiester
Esther Nelson
Margaret Johnson
Jane Blanch
Alumni Holds Annual Banquet at Au relia High School
The twenty four annual Alumni Banquet was held Friday evening at Congregational church parlors. Sixty five members attended including fifteen graduates of the class of 1928. A two course supper was served by the Ladies Aid. Toasts by Lorine Johnson Florence Giantier TM George Wharton and Oliver Scott followed a roll call. George R Lamm was elected president and Lewis Daniels secretary and treasurer for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia High School
Congregational Church
George Wharton
Oliver Scott
Geo. R. Lamm
Lewis Daniels
Two Free Movie Shows Planned at American Theatre
To accommodate large crowds, the American Theatre schedules two free screenings each Wednesday. The first begins at 8:00 PM and the second at 9:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Theatre
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago in Cherokee County
Cherokee county recalls a 31-man call to army camp dated June 24 with locals including John Mummert William Baumann Adolph Fest er Oscar Berquist LeRoy GRETsch and OD Gilchrist winning a Maxwell from a Red Cross sale. Decoration Clifford Card enlisted in coast artillery after Sioux City trip. College students home for summer include Glenn Nelson Ray Parrot and Elsie Nelson. Twenty Years Ago Minnie Buddenhagen and Lou Anderson wed June 4 at Mrs Buddenhagen’s home. Fred Schroeder hires Parks Brothers for a brick building project. Fred Kohlhagen and J C Nelson named councilmen to fill vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee County
Aurelia
John Mummert
Wiliam Baumin
Adolph Fasster
Oscar Berquist
LeRoy Grettsch
OD. J. Gilchrist
Maxwell
Red Cross
Clifford Card
Sioux City
Coast Artillery
Glenn Nelson
Madison
Wisconsin
Ray Parrott
Iowa City
Elsie Nelson
Cedar Falls
Minnie Buddenhagen
Lou Anderson
F. Buddenhagen
Fred Schroeder
Parks Brothers of
Storm Lake
Nelson Wins Freshman Grain Judging Contest
Roy E. Nelson of Aurelia won the annual freshman farm crops judging contest at Town State College Ames with 2175 points, scoring perfect in identification and ten grain classes. Ralph Maddox Storm Lake placed second with 2161 points, while George Swenson Postville had 2155, all earning medals from W Brenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Nelson
Ed Nelson
Aurelia
Ames
George Swenson
Postville
Thindse
W. Brenton
Dallas Center
Nelson
Maddox
Swenson
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. G. Club
Mathias Hansen
OLD Hartford
United States
First National Bank
C. R. Kleeberger
Fred Kohlhagen
J. C. Nelson
Farmers National Bank
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