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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
2
The legality of last fall’s $165,000 school bond election has been approved by Chapman Curtis and Parker of Chicago. They found three technical errors, which the board has corrected. The attorney’s letter will be printed next week.
T G Ohlson of Diamond township was elected to succeed resigned George Anderson. The board of county auditor, clerk, and recorder made the appointment, and it is believed to be a splendid choice. A Happy Night In Dixie, a clean carnival of songs and dances by fine artists, plays Idle Hour theater Friday night.
County board of supervisors in Cherokee rejected all bids for new stream bridges as excessive. Shelved are the Gearke Rosenbrook McAndrew bridges and others west of Diamond Center and Williams schoolhouse. Low culvert bids went to H A Holmes of Aurelia for twenty one. state highway rep notes county saved about 100000 by building earlier bridges and culverts.
Readable items show farmers at work and business moves in Aurelia. Hogs bring a record price. buildings bought and moved. marriages and a jury list for April 1920 court appear among local notices and transactions.
A patriotic monologue extols Red White and Blue as symbols of opportunity in America. It emphasizes love of country and the idea of home as a shared American ideal while noting both majority rule and minority consideration.
If you have money to loan at a good rate, come in and review our guaranteed farm mortgages from J. C. Lockin & Son. The ad promotes securing loans with steady returns and stresses trustworthy local lenders.
A survey of recent notices reports John William Eden’s death in Holstein, Mrs. John Claussen’s passing in Washta, two weddings in Cherokee and Storm Lake, a ministerial resignation in Storm Lake, school director elections, a notable marriage in Webster City, bar endorsement for the Iowa Supreme Court, hospital prognosis for George Fraser, an American Legion post organized in Galva, Aurelia city election details, and town officials to be elected March 29 1920.
Township trustees will meet April 5 1920 at 1 30 p m to open bids for road superintendents. Bids must be in the clerk Joshua Shank by that time. The Sentinel Office offers Remittance Books Order Books Calendars Wall Pockets Fans Carbon Paper and a folding piano and player piano at lower costs.
W A Parks notes Plymouth Hall debt shrinking as Iowa Protestantism grows. Counties join Inter Church World Movement with a Cherokee meeting to organize county cooperation in April. A church school statement declares Make America Christian and cites religious affiliation figures.
Early Thursday morning at Dad Cavey the night watchman spotted a light at the Herrick and Gallaher store and nabbed the intruder. The suspect Andrew Mitchell from Minneapolis confessed and was sent to Storm Lake jail to await the April term, with two accomplices who escaped. The depot entry yielded little loot and the hardware store change of $6.60.
At the Monday meeting Earl Fraser and Bert Waddell were sworn in as new members and Geo E. Blanch elected president. A Wednesday session discussed a possible bond election, but no action taken. Directors urge voters to decide, and the Tele phone Company directory will be printed soon with notices for changes and advertising space.
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