Monthly Meeting of C C Live Wires and Fathers Banquet
The Community club hosted a lively monthly session with a large turnout. Members enjoyed a program on George Washington, a Near East Relief collection, luncheon, and a song festival. Invitations for a Fathers and Sons banquet were issued for March 7 with a full program planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Live Wires
Pythian Sisters Organization
Iowa
Des Moines Register and Tribune
F. G. Scott
George Washington
Missionary Field Notes From Lotumbe and Wedding News
A missionary letter from Lotumbe describes two deaths and local beliefs about a drowning and a tumor, with reflections on native customs and leopard sightings. The writer also shares life at the mission, local prices, and a plan to buy and run a store. A separate item reports the quiet marriage of George Scott and Maregraret Howell in Aurelia.
Big Declamatory Contest Friday at Aurelia
The winter high school event brings Cherokee Storm Lake Alta and Aurelia to Aurelia High School for the state preliminary declamatory contest. Eleven contestants perform in acting oratory and music with winners advancing to the final state contest. A large crowd is expected as delegations travel from nearby towns to support their entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurelia
Cherokee
Storm Lake
Alta
Child Fatally Scalded in Pan of Boiling Water
Cherokee Iowa Feb 28 The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Co R Kent of Larrabee died in a local hospital from scalds suffered Saturday when she fell into a pan of boiling water The vessel of water had been placed on the floor for an instant while meat was being canned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotumbe
Alumbaugh
Miss Alambauch
Mr. Smith
Africa
America
Mpakama
Cherokee
Co. R. Kent
Larrabee
Obituary of O D Waddell from Aurelia Iowa
O D Waddell born June 18 1846 in Lowell Wisconsin died February 22 1928 at Aurelia Iowa aged 76 years 8 months 4 days. He married Alice Jane Colton January 1 1871 and had seven children and twelve grandchildren. He farmed in Martin and Cherokee counties before moving to Aurelia to stock buying and shipping and retired about seven years ago. He is survived by his wife, seven children, twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. one daughter predeceased. Funeral services were held in Cherokee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Waddell
Lowell
Wisconsin
Aurelia
Iowa
James
Mary Waddell
Edinburgh
Scotland
Belfast
Ireland
Fairmont
Minnesota
Alice Jane Colton
Vermont
Martin County
Cherokee County
Mamie Schoonover
Frank
Charles
Bert
Orlie Waddell
Etta. Garber
Gertrude Mallory
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Flossie
Oregon
Beaver Dam
A. H. Waddell
Cherokee
Whinery Speaks at Cher okee Methodist Brotherhood Meeting
A. J. Whinery of Aurelia addressed the Cher okee Methodist Brotherhood meeting held at the church parlors Tuesday evening. He delivered a popular, entertaining talk blending humor with constructive guidance for men. Residents changing residence were reminded to update their phone numbers for the directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Whinery
Methodist Brotherhood
Cherokee
Aurelia
Methodist Men’s Club
Aurelia Banker
Aurel ia Happenings From Ten Years Ago
A fire destroyed the C C Hansen general store and Chandler Bros billiard parlor, sparing about 1500 dollars of Hansen’s stock. F H Wieland moves into Hansen’s former building, J C Nelson’s property. The Dawsons of Waterloo plan a new home here. Wm McLaughlin rents the B B McCarty house near the school. Clarence Johns moves from R B Howell farm to Henry Swanson place. Five inches of snow arrives last week. George Iverson ships household goods to Herron Lake Minnesota to join his family. Earl Bruce wed a Nemaha Iowa girl with a reception planned at his home on the 26th. Read the ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Hansen
Chandler Bros
Hansen
F. H. Wieland
J. C. Nelson
Coombs
Jess Dawson
Waterloo
Wm. McLaughlin
B. B. McCarty
Fame
Clarence Johns
R. B. Howell
Henry Swanson
Earl Bruce
Nemaha
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. H. Lockin
G. R. Gilbert
Chas. Nelson
Ray Jones
W. 8. Williams
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Fathers and Sons
Methodist Church
W. H. Bischel
C. E. Day
G. R. Wharton
Conley McLaughlin
France
Car Herald
Walter Lewis
H. J. Arends
Sentinel
Shayne Brun
J. L. Taylor
Fred Kauffman
David Watts
Miss Alumbaugh
Latumbe
Jesus
God
Satan
Montgomery Ward & Co
Mission
Mpoto
Europe
George Scott
Maregraret Howell
Harry Howell
Howell
Fort Dodge
Omaha
N Aurelia
Frank Scott
Ames
G. J. Lewis
J. J. Howell
Aurelia High School
Spirit of
Abraham Lincoln
Margaret Delaplane
The
League of Nations
Helen Herbert
Plumed Knight
Scott Porter
Helen Thamre
Bernice Baker
Ruth Gilbert
Lo&St Word
Jeanette McDade
Hope Foster
Carrie Smith
Mrs. Lee Robinson
Bill Smith
Dorothy Fleming
Glada Kurtz
Over the Bannister
Loradell Lightfoot
Theater Party
Joyce Paulson
E. S. Kiernan
Carl Herold
M. E
Gilbert
M. E. Church
Gillet
Federated Church
Yearington
K. P. Lodge
Ray Waddell
Frank Daniels
Alcester
J. J. Waddell
Whinery
Cherokee Methodist Brotherhood
George Iverson
Herron Lake
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