Local notice items and community happenings list
Small town notes record visits and meetings. Mrs L P Nelson improves after illness. Afton Consolidated school district directors chosen with no opposition. The Sentinel runs classified ads for goods and services and notices.
Local Notices Include Sales and Social Events
Ed Wall advertises rental space for store and living area while a March 19 bake sale at Daily's Store promotes the Girl Reserve. Edith Marsh visits sister Mrs D A Roger in Cherokee. Knights of Pythias entertained Pythian Sisters with luncheon and dancing. Leland Dawson moves from Allen farm to W P Dawson farm near Aurelia. A one day dress sale at Larson's. Model Clothing Co reorganizes fixtures and floor painting. Tie-In barn consignment sale reports fourteen brood sows sold averaging $45 each with strong prices overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larsons
Model Clothing Co
A. B. Lindsay
Lack of Finance Checks Hinders Farm Warehouse Act
Des Moines Iowa March that lack of an adequate method of financing warehouse certificates has practically checked the use of the farm warehouse act this year Carl N Kennedy assistant secretary of agriculture who has been directing this work Less than 10 percent as much corn has been sealed during the past winter as during the previous year when there were two national agriculture credit corporations in Iowa to finance these loans Several credit corporations are loaning money on certificates at present but the rate of interest has been higher and their capacity for loans smaller than under the credit corporations of last year Last year a total of 2269898 bushels of corn 74616 bushels of oats and 26000 bushels of timothy were warehoused as compared to 222887 bushels of corn 10145 bushels
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Carl N. ‘Kennedy
Agriculture
Towa
Kennedy
Library receives forty donated books in Aurelia
Courtesy of Julia Robinson executive secretary of the Traveling Library of Des Moines forty books have been donated to the Aurelia library and will be ready for circulation by next Wednesday. The March and April issues of Every Child's Magazine are now on the shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Royer
Cherokee
Aurelia
J. W. Grapenthen
Larsons
Peterson
Grapenthen
B. A. ‘Satterlee
Peinglte v. Garner
Osborn
Diamond M. E
Shurch
Earl Fraser
Monrad Paulson
Capital City Commercial College of
Des Moines
S. O. S. Club
American Theatre
Snows
Lousia Schmidt
Louis Witt
Julia Robinson
Traveling ‘Library of
Aurelia Library
Every Child’s Magazine
Early History of Pitcher Township Published in 1889
An 1889 publishing marks the first in a series on Cherokee County history focusing on Pitcher Township. It details its 1869 constitution, borders with Buena Vista Diamond Pilot and Afton townships, and the Maple valley landscape along with Aurelia as market hub. It chronicles first settlers Turvey Wamsley and Horatio Pitcher, growth after 1869, and early voting lists including Horatio Pitcher and John Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcher Township
Cherokee County
Board of Supervisors
Pilot Town
Ship
Buena Vista County
Diamond Township
Pilot Township
Afton Township
Maple
Aurelia
Illinois. Central Railroad
Turvey Wamsley
Section 6
Dennison
Crawford County
Hugh and
William Fraser
Ruben R. Whitney
Oscar Chase
Daniel Wightman
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Nelson
Aurelia, Iowa
Armour Cream Station
Mabel Neville
Joseph Lockin
Morningside College
Nellie
Jennie Swanson
Alta
Frineds
Madsen
Jane. Parrott
Thomas Bell
Elmer Converse
Tim
the Sentinel
L. P. Nelson
Arthur Phipps
Henry Sump
Afton Consolidated
C. A. Parker
Waterloo
Richard Glane
Parker
W. G. Whitney
Iowa’ City
Wiliam
H. H. Lockin
Chicago
Dorothy Royer
M. E. Church
J. M. Whitney
First National Bank
Moses Mummert
Whitney
Homer Robar
Julius
Robar
Rok
Jay
Chas. J. Hamann
R. E. Rand
Icense Plate
Sentinel Office
Wilbur Sweet
Sterling
J. M. Parrott
Egeg
Rhode Island’ Reds
M. Parrott
Ste
Ford
Garner Osborn
Town
Carl Herold
Lt. Dyslin
Buff Leghorn
Lars Kannenberg
S-comparimen Steamer
Edwin Wall
Daily’s
Washington Territory
Horatio Pitcher
Boston
Massachuetts
Pitcher
Illinois Central
Francis McQuire
John McGuire
Samuel Foust
Adam Lutz
William Perkins
Jacob Foust
John J. Hitchcock
William Hitchcock
Robert D. Russell
Davidson Russell
J. B. Chapin
Fargo
North Dakota
E. M. Giles
The
Lockin Hotel
Schuster
Cherokee sLok
G. W. Will
Larson Brothers
General Merchandise