Happenings of Nearby Towns Highlights Across Regions
Multiple small-town items report deaths, marriages, civic notes, and legal actions. Mrs. M F Bockwoldt of Galva dies at Holstein hospital. Burdell Johnson passes Navy exam in Sioux City. Linn Grove wedding of Hugh O Shirk and Elizabeth Jones. Hertha Rickert wed Edward Wiese at Schleswig church. Elbert B Brewster pleads guilty to forgery in Buena Vista County Court with up to 10 years. Ben Summer reports Sutherland Bank dividend payouts to depositors. coroner’s jury in Sioux Rapids links Marshall A Lee death to strychnine in alcohol but names of suspects withheld.
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Galva Tribune
M. F. Bockwoldt
Galva
Holstein
Peterson Patriot
Burdell Johnson
Sioux City
Navy
Linn Grove
Hugh O. Shirk
B. F. Shirk
Elizabeth Carolyn Jones
Clair Jones
Royal
Hertha Rickert
August Rickert
Edward E. Wiese
Henry Wiese
Frieden
Evangelical Church
Schleswig
Storm Lake
Advertising for Alta Fourth of July Celebration
The Alta July Fourth celebration ads spread across nearly 100 square miles via posters and audiphone equipped autos. Over seventy five towns will be visited next week and thirty-two newspapers including The Sentinel carry paid notices. Alta aims to draw a record Northwest Iowa crowd for the holiday events.
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Alta
The
Sentinel
Lowa
Plan road work in five townships plan road work in five townships
Cherokee Times reports the Cherokee county board of supervisors approved nine miles of grading and seven miles of graveling in five townships Afton Liberty Amherst Tilden and Grand Meadow. Graveling is only in Afton with seven miles from Wilson school to cemetery and to county trunk road I funded by a mix of township construction funds county trunk funds and abutting property owners.
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Cherokee County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Afton
Liberty
Amherst
Tilden
Grand Meadow
Board of Supervisors
Afton Township
Wilson School
Afton Cemetery
County Trunk Road
Liberty Township
Evangelical Church
Fielding West
Willow Township
Floyd G. Rubey
Cherokee County News Highlights Local Events and Weddings
Mrs Charles Lockin Ruth June Merle and Horace return from Shenandoah and Omaha. Miss Shirley Heath elected 4-H historian at Ames convention. Pilot Rock Plowing Show set for September 9 and 10 at Clifford Chapman farm Cherokee. Edward Hartigan and Frances Lambert wed in Detroit June 20. Cherokee Diamond Jubilee preparations begin with committee meetings for parade and civic group participation.
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Charles Lockin
Ruth
June
Merle
Horace
Shenandoah
Omaha
Shirley Heath
Cherokee County
Ames
Robt. Fee
Pilot- Rock Plowing Match Association
Clifford Chapman
Cherokee
Edward C. Hartigan
T. W. Hartigan
Frances Lambert
LaPorte
Ind
Detroit
Mich
Chamber of Commerce
Texas editor lampoons hard times with witty hit at Mood
A Texas editor mocks national gloom by listing exaggerated hardships and absurdities. He jokes about parking shortages, silk stockings, rising cigarette purchases, slow movie queues, and overbuilt mini golf on vacant lots to show the era of hard times.
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Texas
Will Rogers
America
Anti-Saloon League Observance Week in Cherokee County
Iowa Anti-Saloon League officers visit Cherokee county this week to present a law observance program. A Sunday morning service at Aurelia Methodist church features Alice J. Boyer who will discuss prohibition and temperance. A countywide union service in Cherokee will feature the league drama Protection directed by Albert E. Cole with local participants.
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Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Cherokee County
Aurelia
Alice J. Boyer
Cherokee
League
Albert E. Cole
Herbert Grienke Opens New Standard Oil Station
Herbert Grienke announces the opening of a Standard Oil Co station in Aurelia using the Kannenberg building. He will offer the full Standard Oil line and tank service, with J H Evans contracted to operate the station.
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Herbert Grienke
Standard Oil
The
Sentinel
Standard Oil Co
Aurelia
Kannenberg
Wm. Hansbruch
J. H. Evans
Firecracker ban in Aurelia business district ordered
Aurelia Mayor C. C. Larson forbids shooting fire crackers in the business district until July 8 to prevent disturbances and fire risk. The notice cites municipal authority and sets enforcement expectations for residents and goers.
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Aurelia
C. C. Larson
Alta News Items Highlight Local Moves and Court Case
Misses Doris and Helen Swanson visited relatives in Alta with Aunt and Uncle A W Kindwall. Rev Pollard announced leaving his Pente costal charge in Alta for a Storm Lake Pentecostal pastorate. Roy Pitkin moves with family to Gray Cottage Casino Park while awaiting Alta home. City crew spreads gravel on about 40 blocks in Alta for second coat. Edgar Poulson, arrested by state men, pleaded guilty to illegal transportation. fined 300 dollars plus costs.
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Doris
Helen Swanson
Aurelia
A. W. Kindwall
R. Pollard
Alta
Storm Lake
Roy Pitkin
Gray Cottage
Casino Park
Mr. Pitkin
Edgar “Spoop” Poulson
Poulson
DeLand
Fire destroys barn on Jas Scott farm near Aurelia Cherokee
Early Wednesday a blaze consumed the Jas Scott farm barn on Primary No 5 between Aurelia and Cherokee. The five year old structure housed work harness seven tons of old hay and alfalfa hay. Estimated loss exceeds 2000 dollars with 1300 dollar insurance on the barn. No livestock perished as horses were in pasture. Aurelia fire department responded. cause unknown.
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Jas. Scott
Aurelia
Cherokee
Scott
Aurelia Fire Department
Riverside Park at Cherokee to be Enlarged
The Riverside park in Cherokee will be more than doubled in size with the purchase of 25.5 acres east of Second Street from Fuhrman estate. The park commission C A Styles Robert Gracey and Carl Goch announced the expansion so the park can accommodate growing crowds. The new tract runs from the Little Sioux river center of South Second Street southward across the hill then east to the river front and will connect with the existing park via circular drives and two underpasses beneath new concrete bridges on highway 21.
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Cherokee Times
Cherokee
Riverside Park
Park Commission
C. A. Styles
Robert Gracey
Carl Goch
Second Street
Fuhrman
Twine sample sale by Farm Bureau and Farmers Elevator
On display is a sample ball of Peoria Cordage Co Peerless standard twine offered at an attractive price. Orders are being taken through Farm Bureau Association with Farmers Elevator Co. handling distribution under manager C DeVries.
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Peoria Cordage Co
Farm Bureau Ass'n
Farmers Elevator Co
C. DeVries
Cheating students undermine education and parental effort
The remark condemns students who cheat on examinations as harming their own education and squandering the investment their parents have made in them, highlighting the broader consequences of academic dishonesty.
Potatoes Hope for Higher Yields With Spray, Iowa State Dr Drake
Dr. C. J. Drake of Iowa State College says spraying to control the potato leafhopper can lift potato yields by 40 to 100 percent, averaging about 60 percent. Bordeaux mixture is effective, with three or four applications a week to 10 days apart.
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C. J. Drake
Iowa State College
Iowa
Drake
Aurelia Community Club Sets Informal Friday Meeting
The regular monthly gathering of the Aurelia Community club will be an informal meeting this Friday evening. No notices are being mailed to members. Inform friends who belong to the club about the gathering.
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Aurelia Community Club
Looking Back Into the Past Ten Years Ago
A digest of events includes deaths in Aurelia and Alta, marriages in Sioux City and Fairmont, a resignation from Aurelia Lumber Co, and notable college student achievements at Morningside and the State Normal school.
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O. B. East
Illa Bauman
Aurelia
Alphonse V. Singer
Remsen
Cathedral of the Epiphany
Sioux City
Julia Waldo
Alta
Alma Bischel
Guy W. Peterson
Fairmont
Minnesota
Lawrence Butterfield
Aurelia Lumber Co
Los Angeles
California
D. Parnell Mahoney
Morningside College
Lillian Newcomb
State Normal School
Congregational Church Service Schedule
Edwin Trigg is pastor. Sunday school at 10 00 a m morning worship at 11 00 a m and Christian Endeavor Society at 7 p m guidance for parishioners printed in church notice.
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Christian Endeavor Society
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Aurelia, IA
Storm Lake Register
Elbert B. Brewster
Buena Vista County District Court
C. R. Gaffin
Brewster
Reformatory At
Fort Madison
Sutherland Courier
Ben Summerwill
Sutherland State Bank
Farmers National Bank
Aurelia, Iowa
County Seat News
Anti-Saloon League
Country Club
Nelson Restaurant
Alta Advertiser
Jas. Scott Farm
DR. Hess
F. E. Pratt
Ames College
First National Bank
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