Local community notes and births across Aurelia area
Community items report births at the Schmidt and Grienke households, moves to Wakefield and Storm Lake, visits from residents like Pearl Johns Esther Christensen and Gust Larson, and several club meetings. Neighbors discuss store openings, bank duties, and agricultural sales as area families reconnect and plan events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Evans
Newell
Pearl Johns
Paullina
Frances Coats
Soux Raunds
M. Hines
H. J. Schmidt
Larson’s
Esther Christensen
R. J. Hines
Felicia Hines
Margaret Hines
Pomeroy
Sioux City
Congregational Ladies Aid
Mary Fraser
Z. Chamberlin
Lee Robinson
Ima Fraser
E. S. Kiernan
Aurelia Community Hews From Farmers to Festivities
Local notes from Aurelia and surrounding farms detail moves of residents Oscar Carlson and Tara Carlson, Miss Florence DeVries recovering from mumps, and visits by George Kelpin, Miss Rose Stiner, and other neighbors. The Aurea Motor Co receives Chevrolet Sixes. community events include a Legion dance, a lyceum performance by the Jackson Flamation Singers, and a St Patrick tea with a fundraising auction. Subscriptions, upcoming elections, and showers for Miss Felicia Hines are also recorded alongside school notices and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Carlson
Floyd Prescott
Cherokee
Meriden
Rapp Hardware Co
Tara Carlson
Geo. Blanch
Aurelia
Pierson
Florence DeVries
Audubon
George Waldo
Pomeroy
M. Hines
Wm. Booth
Marjorie Hines
Felicia Idines
George Kelpin
Sutton
North Dakota
Bordens
Borden Fabrics
Ciarson Bros
Burl Porter
MuntsVeedLo
Whynesota
Alver
Mes
van Aubes
Frank Aubes
Rose Stiner
J‘onda
C. R. Wuecberger
Lert
Storm Lake
Will Kruse
Kfurt
Didge
Uhus
Kruse
Fort Dodge
Aurea Motor Co
Legion
Jinse
Lucenes
Milford
Merry Fu
Aida
Leland Dawson
Frank Jordan
Jordan
Howard A. Nelson
Fred Jordan
Alfred Kannenberg
Lockin
Hursany
Glenn Parrott
Arthur Fettengall
Grace Puma
Kannenberg
He Jackson
Mietuudiscitren
University of Kansas
Cners
Lyceum
Aureun
American Legion Auxiuar
Des Moines
Tin St. Patrick
Auxiliary
Munur
Mesceianevs Suuover Sanduay
Fonor
Muss Teliga Hines
W.N. Booth
R. J. Hines
W. C. Waddell
Gene Ammons
Miss Hines
J. Poulson
George Anderson
Martha Waide
Alta
Aurelia Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Dhe Aurea
Maren Li
Peter- Sen Tailor
Agernoun Trum
O’c.uck
Balucs
Bert Waddell
A. d. Matley
L. E. Christensen
P. D. Wine
Lucy Kurtz
Ronald Lewis
Felicia Hines
Buncu
Stratcon
Vv’. G. Waddell
Mabel Johnson
Newsboy Learns Change From Market Street Trolley
A man leaned from a Market Street trolley window and paid a newsboy with a five dollar bill after failing to supply change. A quick chase followed as the boy waited for his money while the crowd muffled their ears at the man’s loud cussing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Philadelphia Record
Beecher sermon sparks bald head satire public
During a Sunday service Joseph Bucklin Bishop recalls Henry Ward Beecher delivering a stirring sermon. He notes a moment of comic reflection aimed at bald heads, describing clergy and laymen as bearing worn hair from endless sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bucklin
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Bishop
Three Christmas Gift Requests From Marjorie
The Ranges City Star notes Marjorie writes to Aunty listing the three wishes for Christmas. She asks for three bicycles and three wrist watches as the top desires, to be chosen by Aunty for a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Aunty
Bisids
Ranges City Star
Inventors disputed over major and minor inventions
The article surveys disputes over who truly invented key devices such as the telegraph and friction match, noting multiple claimants across nations and eras. It contrasts celebrated geniuses Archimedes Edison and others with lesser known inventors, highlighting legal and historical uncertainty in attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archimedes
Ericsson
Edison
Aventors
Morse and
Wall
Sommering
Munich
Switzerland
Scotland
Parle
Vidi
Bourdon
Leibniz
Scientific Monthly
Five National Holidays in America
Grace Robinson writes that only five holidays are celebrated nationwide in the United States and possessions: New Year’s Day Washington’s Birthday Independence Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. It notes several other holidays observed by many states and lists regional observances including Confederate Memorial day and birthdays of Jefferson Davis and Robert E Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grace Robinson
Liberty
Washington
Miss Robinson
South
Jefferson Davis
Robert Lee
French Ocean Liner Provides Life Belts for Pets
A French ocean liner outfits dogs with three sizes of life belts to secure pets during travel. The devices strap quickly on the animals and are praised by humane societies for safety minded innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Societies
Planting Crocuses and Lilies of the Valley Indoors
Instructions advise growing crocuses indoors around the house with bulbs lightly covered in soil and not planted too deep. Lilies of the valley are also grown indoors in a house garden with gentle care. Request a dozen pips from a seed shop and plant them in a small bowl.
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MR. Hog Raiser
Hess & Clark Research Farm
Dr. Hess
J.C. Nelson
Louis Bouchey
K. C. Dagger
George Fritz
A. A. Davis
Alfred Grienke
Mummert
Nelson
Gust Larson
Oscar
Arthur
Verna Howell
C. E. Day
Lake View
Mrs. Day
Alma Bischel
W. E. Blanch
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Alfred Stieneke
L. H. Dyslin
Floyd Glawe
Louis Witt
Ivan Wilson
Aylesworth
NUART
Farr Alpaca CO
Yoana
Niels P. Petersen
Ernest Bjorklund
J. Waldo
Mummer’s Hardware
B. Butterfield
J. H. Dieterich
Richard Nelson
Chester Holden
Home
F. A. Perry
Power House
Russell Filson
Dan Dubes
Frank Dubes
C. H. Kaskey
Chatersen Club
H. P. Nelson
Turee
Nant
Cari Nelson
Ture Maaison
Carl Nelson
H. K. Nelson
America
Community Theatre
Laura LA Plante
Lucata We Rer
Geo. Parrott
Yarlug
Hereford Buil
J. D. Rosenbrock
Saleu
Johan Devore
Tracar
Mummer
John Deere
Tivator
Marcon Lace
Phone
Perry Taylor
Aurela
A. J. Whinery
Legion Building
Larson
Brothers
General Merchandise
Alderika
J. C. Nelson
Diuggi
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